The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-09-25


IL was mistake aud / was brutal.
Talk no moro but lean on mo-"
She obeyod in silence, aud sling
ing my horses bride over my arm,
I led her down tho road until she
paused before q miserable hut,
whose battered aspect and uulighted
windows gave sorrowful evidence OF
tho poverty Of the inmates.
As / released her she seized my
hand. and gazing up into my face
appealin3ly, broke into passion Of
| tears.
II understand YOU I said. "No
one shall ever know what has occur
red tonight from my lips. No
wrong has been done except through
my violence and l hope that you
will forgive. Now go to your faith
er."
Waving my hand in farewell, I
sprang upon my horse and rode of
Cautious inquiry in the next town
elected tho fact that tho hut had
seen was occupied by an old man OF
the name Of Windsor anl his daugh
ter Julia. They had como from the
East somo three years, ani had seen
better times. Eveu now, poor IA
they were, they preserved an aris
tocratic scclusiOn, 80 that their
noighbors knew little about them
ani cared less. How they lived my
informant could not guess, The ia
ther had been in feeble health for n
long time, but the daughter, u fra
gilc, delicate girl, had found tho
means to support him.
/ had learned one OF these means,
and / went away from tho town with
a deeper respect for Julia Windsor
than | had ever felt Cor WOMAN.
Two years later found me estab-
lished in New lork | bad aim )st
forgotten tho adventure with tue
road ugcni, and should have forgot
ten il altogether but for the old pis'
tol, which | still retained.
One evening, during o reception
at tho house Of friend. | observed
among the slests lady whose face
seemed familiar to me Where
had met hor before | could not re-
member but there was something
IN her appearance that 1 recognized
rather by the heart than by the
mind.
On inquiring who she was. / learn
od that ,he had lately returned from
the West with her father, who had
experienced severe rererses OF for
tule some years b,fjre, bnt had re.
ceutly regeined his wealth Her
name, it was told Inc. was Miss
Lee.
| had never known any one Of the
name, but certainly knew her
While | was puzzling for solution
of thus emiSma, one Of her darl;
Druias which covered her forehead
fell aside, aud ] saw n small red scar
= upon her temple. Then | knew her
1t was my would be robber. Ms,
Lee or Julia Windsor. ! could no,
: be mistaken in her identity,
As may be imagined, / was mol
long in seeking au introduction tc
/, her. If, gu her part, she recognized
1 NO, ske maintained her cJmposure
1 admirably. \ small red spot. rising
in her check aud fading instantly
D was the only sign of agitation tha
could detect.
II had thought her beautiful in
her ragged male attire, two year.
before, l found her m IRE so nov
I The expressions Of care and grie
had passed from her face, hat it has
= left it's traces iu her soft eye sud il
u the treau!oIs outline Of her mouth
An air of quiet thoughtfulness-th,
repose of "a soul heavily chsstene,
g with sorrow-hai supreme charm
u for me.
: had sst been sitting near he
ten minutes before it became pan
o fully apparent to me that my llf
:, was cold aud selfish one. Thi
q beautiful girl had lived aud sudere'
y for another. IL her experience ha
beeu a sad one. it had likewise bee
U uoblc Somehow my adventure vii,
u her that memorable night seemed I
J give mo right to her regard. Per
haps il was because | had never for
: gotten her, aud that the simpl
memory Of h,r had kept her close {
mo.
s' when left her that night il wa
y in au unhappy state of mina Emo
D. uons had been aroused in mo this
, would not be put a. sleep agaIs
u For tho first tune in my life kno
what love mcsut--lovc for largo
=, hearted, noble woman,
a | had hoped that had secure
W. tho means ot familiar in'onoar'
v with M,ea Leo. hy which l might |
" enabled 10 enlarge my aeloa.n,an'
, with her Rut aeon found ihst
' waa mistakoa. Converse with her
'e might, bu. never freely, eu,er h
houso when aud so often ~ ! eaes
'e but her sympathy not AZ all, NJ
Nv aeenei to hold me armly a. III
10 lance. With all my efforts, | e,a'
u. not even eatabhah cool ir,a@Asa
Y, between VA,
" Nid abe remember me, then, M
IN hate ma tsr my knowledge " tM
one dark even, ia her past lIief
W seemed az, indeed Nel Was al
" blMaf Omll she NJ, nee tha,