The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-02-25

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the ghastly change in his face.
She shuddered, remembering
his aunt's words.
Going away Why, Of course,
you would be soon,' he said, try
ing to speak carelessly, while his
eyes bungrily devoured her face,
and his white, parched lips were
drawn as if in sharp physical pain.
Il have been here three months
she said, feeling her own heart
ache at its misery.
Yes, yes! You will 60 certain
ly.'
'And you,' she said very gently,
you will be in the city, l pre-.
sumo. l should be glad to well
come you at my house.
No. he said harshly; / will
not take such advantage of your
kindness am man your friends
would tell you to shun, Miss Cam
eron-a man who has wasted his
life till il is too late to take up the
threads again. You do not know,
perhaps, that my aunt keeps me
from charity
I know you have offended your
father she answered; but you
are man scarcely thirty, and it
is cowardly to talk Of despair at
your age
Her words cut him like a whip
lash. The dark blood mounted to
his forehead as he repeated:
Coward l might fight the
world yet, but and here his tone
was bitter, and yet strangely pa
thetic, the battle is scarcely worth
winning. What would I gain
Money? I do not 7:lue it. Po,
sition ? I have thrown it behind
me. l have played the fool, and |
must take a FOOLS wages
Il will not have you say so,' she
said, reused by an earnestness she
never had intended to betray. you
shall not uselessly throw away
your life
A hope sprang to his eyes, new
there, lighting shem to dazzling
radiance.
Miss Cameron--Leonie,' he
cried, were there a prize to win,
were one hearts hope centered
upon me, / would trample down
these demons Of temptation. l
would prove myself a man if !
had any motive.'
There was no mistaking the
prayer in bis eyes, the pleading in
bis voice.
Only for one moment, close now
to the low window, before a hand
like a snowflake fell upon his
shoulder, a voice low and sweet
murmured low in bis ear
BE a man for my sake
She was gone before he spoke
again, and be wandered off to the
woods to muse upon possibility
of this new life.
The next day Mrs. Tollman lost
her summer boarder. Society.
languidly contemplating Miss
Cameron for the next three years:
found her eccentric.
She was gay and grave by
flashes, fascinating in every mood.
but she was mysterionsly unap.
proachablo.
The bravest suitor found hsm
self met at the point where friend
ly attentions merge into lovers
devotion by a wall Of icy reserve
that was impossible. She never
| firted, but she had the reputation
of a firt, because she was popular
and admired, and remained single
until she was twenty-se7en. She
was known to be truthful, and she
had distinctly told several inqulsl'
tive lady friends that she was no"
en- gagged, so there was not even
the spice of romance in the gossip
s. knew her not in those
three years, but Mrs. Toldman was
recipient of various hampers OF
city delicacies from her, anG
would acknowledge the samo by
letter.
One of these, dated three years
after the beautiful Miss Cameron
left s., after elaborateIy thank
ing that young lady for a hamper
Of daintics, added:
DO you remember my nephew,
John Furber? He left me the
day after you. did, and | fretted
moro than a little. But be took
| . 4,n, fo, roo5 baoven he thank