Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-14

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vto - vIssing .; CoSeg Island. met
Philip tbere Al bop u glad the
poor fellos La sone iISersloas, l
sa,I. but ~ very sOrry sLs raen
tlouei II bsiors Mr. Ani0ver and
nansb-r -! course q DAn cannot work
day and night
August ll-Sach weather - too
spseudld TO er I5y Alooe Mr.. Andover
rosei ne Nd 81 the Artlchoke River
II vas like fairy land, all the bonshs Of
the trees leaning scrOs- from shore 10
shore. and the moonlight and stars
siftans through. and painting weird
shadows upon the still water Resting
upon bis oars. he sang to me . gonde
he'd which be learned abroad. tina,
seemed Just part OF the moonlight,
the smooth river. and the summer.
Whist they we're TO the eve, his song Vas
to the ear. wish Philip could sing.
Angus, l2.-The most astonishing
thing has happened. / cat hardly he
lieve it. have been in q state Of su-
preme excitement ever since the mail
came in. VIVA: rII Philip say: have
never been SO happy since the day he
told me he had made up his mind that
he Was selhshly standing in nv light,
and that our engagement must be bro
ken till be could see his way clear TO q
fortune. Nothing urged could change
| his noble resolve. But now there is no
need Of any longer separation. His way
is clear to a fortune. l have drawn a
prize in the Royal Havana Lottery
Good luck under horseshoe.
August 13.--Mr. Andover came to
give me my lesson. He said l looked
as if had heard good news. I wrote
Philip all about it, and how happy l
am to know that our days of separation
are ended--that he must feel it as much
his money as mine, and that now he
will not need to slave himself to death,
and though we will not be very, very
| rich-not nearly as rich as Squire
Cutts--yet we can live in comfort and
happiness, unhampered by debt or
poverty. How surprised, how happy
he will be
August 14.-Philip has received my
good news by this, and is in the seventh
heaven.
| August 16.--No letter from Philip.
Perhaps it is too early to look for one.
August 20.-I shall never have the
happiness Of expecting letter from
Philip again. Perhaps I am only pun
ished for my selfishness. I bought the
lottery ticket, to be sure, in order to
benefit the home missions, but the
temptation to benefit Philip and myself
was too great. When drew the prize
I doubted at the time whether 1 did not
owe it all to the home mission, but as !
had only hoped to draw a thousand dol
lars at most for that cause, my scruples
were overruled by selishness. My re.
ligious enthusiasm, as Philip once
called 1t, died out when it came into
competition with my own happiness. I
am pu nished, indeed. I was so happy,
too, when I started under Mr.. Andover's
convoy to the church picnic. I had no
doubt but Philip was on his way to
| meet me and make arrangements for
our marriage, because he had not writ
ten. Perhaps he would be at home
waiting for me when returned talking
it over with mother. I was so sure of
his love. By and by I got tired stroll
ling in the woods and hunting fol
maiden-hair fern with Mr.. Andover, and
sat down by some trees, a little apart
from the others. to think and enjoy
And presently heard Miss Anne QUITS
| reading letter aloud to Mrs. Blair
and her droning voice was hushing me
off to sleep:
sour wedding is fixed for October.
I wanted to wait until Christmas, but
my lord and master objected. NY gown
is already ordered of Worth. shall
be married in church by Mr.. Andover.
"Your affectionate niece,
ANNETTE CuTTs."
Was Miss Anne Cults still reading
aloud, or had dreamed this about the
! wedding and Mr.. Andover? I opened
my eyes, and saw little bird fitting on
spray, and Immediately Mrs. Blair
broke the spell by saying, "Bless me,
Anne it's q good match for Philip
Devereaux, now isn't it? A lucky day
for him when he broke off with Belle
Ford !" And I heard no more; the
trees and the bird seemed to swim be-
fore me in cloud of mist. I stood up
and steadied myself against q bowlder,
and Mr.. Andover came and put my arm
in his and took me home. And this is
the end.
Philip untrue; Philip the lover Of
another 1t is unreal. cannot seem
to graspit.
August pa letter from Philip
Devereanx. After all, I thought, maybe
it was gossip and hearsay. The sight
of the familiar handwriting sent the
bl God spinning through my veins. he
congratulated me on my good luck, and
added: Having broken our engage
ment when we were both beggars, how
could renew it now because you have
become rich? Would not the world
our world--have the right to point the
finger of scorn at me? Icannot accept
such generosity, Belle, even for you,
sake, but must still plod on" Once
should have thought these sentiments
so noble. Whereas was blind, now
see. He thinks I know nothing about
the affair of Annette Cults, or he has
not courage to break it to me.
September ID have resumed my
German studies, to divert my mind.
Everybody is talking Of the approach
ing marriage. I told Mr.. Andover
abOut the prize. and asked IL be wopld