Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-05-15

! feeling, yet sue D0Weu Ialntly.
From childhood she had been
greatly under his control.
Il should like to write him ia
vorably, Rose. Have you any
objection ?"
Ill
She found herself upon her feet,
shivering in the May sunshine.
II would have little time,
Edwin"
Certainly, if you wish," though
his brow slightly clouded. 1.-The
doctor will not probably look for
an immediate answer
The next moment Rose had es-
capped from the room, and was
locked in her chamber.
During the next two hours she
| hardly knew what she was doing.
She found herself walking the
floor, and wringing her hands.
At last she stopped short with a
sense of pride.
"There is no reason-n0 reason
in the world l dare tell my broth
er why / will not marry Doctor
Wingrove.' H
Doctor Wingrove was the no.
blest and genuest of men, singu-
Iarly handsome, wealthy, and
highly connected, and barely thir-
ty years of age. He had known
her since childhood, had never
made love to her, but now that
the offer of marriage had come 10
her, she realized, somehow, that
he had always loved her.
Rose was conscious of racking
pain in her temples, at last. The
chamber seemed sitting.
Catching up her cloak and hat,
and tying veil of heavy black
lace across her. face she went out
into the street. n8 0n
She soon walked herself weary,
without aoating her painful SEN
sation, and returning to the street
ia which her residence was stu
ated, entered the public enclosure
of trees and shrubbery which or
namented the square. A foun-
tain babbled in the centre; the
stone vases of flowers sent q sweet
perfume upon the air. ga a
So close to her home she had no
timidity, and sinking upon cir
cular seat surrounding a large
tree, she gave herself up to her alb.
sorbing thoughts. 8esa lG 8g
1t was soon dark, yet she had
not stirred. In her black dress, in
shadow, she was quite uunoticed
by two men who crossed the street
from the opposite side and sat
down behind her.
She would then have risen and
glided away quickly, but that the
movement was arrested by How
ard Manley's voice.
"How soon 2" he asked.
snow, my dear brother. I'll
stand the risk no longer. I've
passed false money enough for you
to shut me up for the rest of my
life, and value my liberty, singu-
larly enough" sneeringiy.
swell, well, am willing
enough to go, Fred. Heaven
knows that / am as sick of the
business as you can be- CoIning
isn't all prosperity, In a new
country / should feel like another
man. But ,s-a..,taes
1.-The heiress p"
81 am sure of her. But 1 don't
like to urge hasty marriage. She
has an old fox of brother, who
may be inconveniently curious re-
garding my affairs. II we could
wait till the autumn, now, I might
enter some respectable business"
"Itell you it won't do 1
Both rose in their excitement,
and involuntarily walked away. 4
Plainly under the.gaslight. Rose
saw Howard Manley and his
brother pass under the street.
They were coinerS. H
More dead than alive. she crept
into the house. But Rose was not
weak girl. Before midnight she
had placed Towards gifts in a
close package aud sealed with
them a note, briefly stating that
she had heard the conversation in
the park. The next morning it
was dispatched. a
AS soon as her brother preached
The subject of DR.. Wingrove's pro-
posal, she asked to have the latter
call upon her.
He came, with countenance so
high of purpose, with eyes so full
of truth, that she involuntarily
contrasted Towards cold, reticent
face with it; but she told DIR.
Wingrove all the truth.
perhaps it was wrong but l
loved him-loved him surely
and my heart is tern and bleeding.
am wild with a secret pain
which | must hide from everyone.
If | had never known him But
/ cannot imagine that. This ter
rible experience has changed me;