Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-07-21

arc aware that II will be a very ad.
mrsole match, are you not2n
Hose had strange, stunned feeling xe,
she bowed family. From childhood sb.
mad been greatly under her brothers con.
troll. 'A'
should like to write him fayorablv.
nose. Have you any objection sn
| IL"
She found herself upon her feet sbiver.
ing in the May sunshine.
would nave little time, Edwin,
Certainly, if you WISH. though hi,
orow siightly clouded. !.The doctor viii
not probably look for an immediate an.
swer,"
The next moment Rose had escaned
from the room, and was locked in he,
chamber.
During the next two hours she hardly
Knew what she was doing. She found her.
seu walking the floor, and wringins he,
hands. At last she stopped short, with a
sense of pride.
There is no reason-no reason in the
world dare tell my brother why l will
not marry Doctor Wingrove.n
Rose Fofrester's Escape
Doctor Wingrove was the noblest and
gentlest of men, singularly handsome,
wealthy, and highly connected, and barely
thirty years of age. He had known heI
since childhood, never made love to her,
but now that the offer of marriage had
come TO her, she realized, somehow, that
he had always loved ner.
Hose was conscious Of rackihg 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.
She soon walked herself weary, without
abating her painful sensation, and, return.
ing to the street in which her residence
wss situated, entered the public inclosure
trees and shrubbery which ornsmented tn,
square. Afountain bubbled in the centre;
the stone vases Of flowers sent sweet per.
fume upon the air.
So close to her home, she had no timidi
ty, and, sinking upon circular seat sur.
founding large tree, she gave herself W
to her absorbing thoughts.
1t was soon dark, yet she had not stir.
red. In her black dress, in shadow, sht
WAS quite unnoticed by two men who eros
sed the street from the opposite side and
ss, down behind her.
She would then have risen and gilded
away quietly, but that the movement wa:
arrested by Howard Manley's voice.
"How soon Z" he asked.
"Now, my dear brother, III stand the
risk no longer. I've passed false money
enough for you to shut me up for the rest
of nv life, and value my liberty, singu
larry enough" sneeringly.
swell, well, 1 am willing enough to go,
Fred. Heaven knows that am as sick Of
the business as you can be. Coming isn't
all prosperity. II a new country l should
feel like another man. But"
"The heIressf'
81 am sure Of her. But don't like tC
urge has:y marriage. She has an o.d fox
Of brother, who msy be inconveniently
curious regarding my affsirs- If we could
wait till the sutumH, now, might entel
some respectable business.
II tell you it won't do!'
Both rose in their excitement, aud invol-
UNFAIRLY walked away.
Plainly under the gaslight, Rose saw
Howard Manley and his brother pass under
the street. They were coiners-
More dead than alive, she crept INTO the
house. But Rose was not weak girl.
Before midnight she had placed Howard'f
gifts in Q close package and scaled with
them Z rote, briefly stating hat she had
overheard the conversation in the park.
The next morning it was dispatched.
As soon as her brother brosched the sub
icct Of DR.. Wingrove's proposal, she asked
to have the latter call upon her.
He came, with coantenance so high of
purpose, with eyes 30 full of truth, that she
involuntarily contrssted Howsrd's old, re-
ticent face with it; but she told DR.. VIM
grove sll the truth.
"Perhaps i, was wrong, but loved him
loved him purely-and my heart is torn
and bleeding. am wild with secret
pain which / must hide from everybody.
| IL l had never known him-but / cannot
imagine ths,. This terrible experience has
changed me; am not the care-free, happy,
trusting girl you knew. cannot love you;
but pity me-be my friend. l must talk
to some one, and, Oh, there is no one in the
world so kind 81 YOU
"Was DIR. Wingroye piqued by this re,
ception CT his proposal5 No, ne was too
generous and tender-hearted for that.
"Poor child" he said, in tone so scoth'
ing that, for the first time, Rose gave way
to relieving burst of passionate weeping.
sswhat shall dol What do YOU thiuk
On me.' she asked ST last
ewe will wait, and think that l love
YOU 2" he answered quietly.
So two kept the secret of Roses sorrow
more easily than one, and though her hear
still knew its pangs of griet for a time th'
summer brought chsnge of scene which
was helpful to spirit really brave and In
pocent.
DR.. wingove Joined Rose and he
brother at the seashore, to find brightness
IN the young airl's eyes again, and to tn
latter il was sweet to call 50 kind and nobl'
q man friend.
Together they climbed the rocks, drani
in the free air, watched the sunsets and
the sea o old they had been congenial
and now they seemed more happily 50.
There is usually sacredness about firs
,ove, and perhaps if is expected of me t.
record the death o. my heroine Of q broker
heart. but must tell the truth
In the Autumn Rose married DIR. Win