South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-03-07
A Little Heroine.
By MITTIE POINT MILLER.


summer night, and listened 10 tho re-
treating footsteps OF her lover. She mad
sent him away from her in bitter anger
with sca,h:ng words OF dismissal.
Did no thrill OF anguish stir her proud
heart IS the long future stretched out I've.
fore her blank and joyless without him?
For Elinor loved Charlie Eastlake
dearly, though she had played fast and
loose with him for two long years.
prompted thereto by the impulses OF q
jealous Snd passionate Temperament.
IL was jealousy that had worked the
mischief this time. Einor lived among
the mountains Of West virginia close 20
a rocky cliii.road tia, oyerhung the 'riv-
er, and Eiinor'@ nearest neighbor. Rose
Derham, had come home from ner city
boarding that summer full of airs
and graces aud romance.
Rose was . beauty, snd an liciress,
too. Not that Charlie East!aSe cared
for that. Elinor's black eyes aud gypsy
grace were more to him than all the pink
and white beauty in the world. But
Rose Denham had fallen into the river
ana Charlie had fshed her out. and
Rose had gushed an sentimentalized
over the episode, ana presented Mr..
E1stlake with On elegant cameo ring.
appropriately inscribed. There was
where Elnor's grievance lay, and she
had toiG her lover hotly tina; they could
never he engaged any more, an ! angrlly
hidden him TO go and marry Rose Dem
ham
But large tears were streaming from
Eiinor's eyes as shs stood there alone,
with her Lcavy heart in the darkness.
anl when she heard her brother Tom
come whis,linE up the road she ran has
lily in and up 10 her room. where she
sat down 81 her window. Tom was the
haudsomcst brother and the dearest boy
in the world, but he was the embodiment
Of mischief, practical joker and an in
% rinjh!c tease. She dld not want to
encounter him now rut presently she
heard his musical whistle uH.lrr her win.
dow.
Nell Arc Yen thee
Yes, she answered suilcnlv.
Il say. Nell, aren't YOU ashamed Of
yourself? met East,alte down the roal
just now aud he told ne YOU had thrown
him over again Whatever do you mean
by such outrageous tempcrs?'
i hate him. mutterej Ljinor in5is-
timely.
.WIcv2' vris,loi Tom rn.lcr HE
breath. Then he looked up at the win
dow anil said impolicn,ly. i tell Won.
Nellie. Eastlate is = rcgnlar .sorv" |
would have cured YOU Of your Jealous
fits loAr auo ifyUu ha.! been my svocr
heart.
Neljic's window-shu',ors banged &c.
gciher Indignantly, AMI Tom retrcatet
in good order. but, when Tom was
gone. she opened the shutters again and
leaned her elbows or Tie sill, and her
head on her hands. The moon was ris-
lnE over the distant hills s''vering Lh"
.'CG.'"iS' ana ''hu!hG " S"a'o|I. mystic,
'uV'''c 20 everything. a li%hi Wino
was moaning through 'he shfooocry
IKE restless spirit an Jhe lonesome
cry OF Il "h'Proor"'i III 'He H'H'ancf
c''nc So'Vy 20 "er ears. nature NY
T.,'' voices SCENE" time" 10 sadness Ike
f'inoF heHr'.
] buC suddenly Ihro"-" INC so'V sounds
OF INC night lar OIL ana Iaiht. yet c'eav-
ing Ohe distance IKE an arrow. came the
tones Of human voice ringing on the
2'ri ; STRAINED nearing. y Human voice
'"nO named hcr name in wall OF an
|u'sn
Eii"or Ehno'
/ E'inor E!inor The c''i's caught
up 'he aaron sound an" echoed ~ hack
~ hc' I'D an ahSui~h'.i' "NipT wall 'Ll'-
nor Elhor cue slaTle. up ~ terror
U anu GliS DGt npT HUE hands.