Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-01-29

my pleasure to bring you back to your ole
home, and you can then prove to them thai
absence has not lessened your affection, OF
weakened old ties. We won't put any posi-
tive limit to the time of your absence. O
course you know that we are going abroad
and it may be q good while before we re
turn"
"And when we do return, you will bring
me back ?"
"You seem very much afraid of being con
demned to live with me, Jennie" rejoined
her uncle, half seriously, half in jest. "Well
we'll, don't let US look too far ahead. sup
pose I must try and win your love before
can accomplish anything else. l have al
ready promised that l won't put any obstacle
in the way of your return. What more can
do? Are you not willing to accept those
terms9 They are the best 1 can offer"
4"Yes, sir" meekly replied Jennie She
felt that it would not be expedient for her te
say any more, just then, on the subject which
troubled her.
"Then I am rejoiced," said Mr.. Stanley
apparently well pleased at her decision. He
kissed her, called her dear little thing, and
discoursed during the rest of their walk on
various topics which he thought would amuse
and interest her, so that her cheerfulness was
gradually restored But her heart sank
again when she came in sight of home, and
remembered that Edward had to be told oi
their coming separation.
He did not make his appearance, either
during or at dinner time, and she was told
that he had been obliged to 60 out on bust
ness. Late in the afternoon, she espied him
at distance coming across the fields, and
slipping out through the back porch she ran
off to meet him.
,sWhere have you been all day?" she ask.
ed, gently putting her hand through his arm
"Over at Bradley's. I was helping him
with young horse he has to break"
They walked on for few minutes in silence
then he asked, abruptly
H"Wher are you going away, Jennie ?"
She looked at him in astonishment. "Why,
Edward do you know" she exclaimed.
II heard about it this morning."
II only heard about it then, myself How
did you hear it so soon ?"
all news flies fast" he bitterly rejoined
"Well, no doubt it is the best thing that can
happen. Everything happens for the best,
they say" ..' 81"
Jennies throat swelled she could find no
words. He went on in a rapid, husky sort
Of way
Il have known, all along, that you were
out of your natural sphere here. This dull
common life isn't the sort you were meant
for. I only wish to Heaven Fate had arranged
things differently, some way or other. 1t has
been horrible tumble from the beginning
You and I, for instance, ought to have been
kept apart. Yes, miles and miles apart!"
Edward !" she piteously exclaimed. "Are
you sorry ever came to live here p vs
81 am only sorry for this reason, Jennie-it
you had never come, l should not now be des
olate when you are gone"
81 am not going for good, Edward. My
uncle will bring me back"
"Did he say so?" asked Edward, quickly
eyes, he has promised. lam only to travel
with him, and then return"
"Return-to stay?"
eff I wish it. And you cannot doubt that
I will wish it, can you? p
"How can I tell? A few years, or even
months of absence, may change all your ideas
You will soon look back, with wonder, upon
the time when you found this hum:drum exis
tence enjoyable, or even endurable. You will
90 into fashionable society, meet gay people
different from any you have seen before, and
will shape your notions and manners to suit
theirs. You will become an accomplished
elegant young lady. You will attend con
certs, balls, theatres-things that you know
of only by hearsay, or from books -and hav
ing got accustomed to such life, how could
you ever be satisfied TO settle down again on
farm? You may come back for little
while, but not to remain. Itsel that you will
not"
"You do not believe in me, Edward. You
think am not to be relied upon"
"After ALL" said Edward, in a would be
careless tone, 81 am a fool to trouble myself
about it. It cannot matter to meat least
it ought not-whether this parting comes OF
not Partings come into all lives, l suppose
why should mine be exempt"
He opened the gate, as he spoke, for her to
pass through. Inexpressibly hurt and grieved
at his tone, she left him to enter the house
without her. ~ ... ..
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