Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-27
Love and Hope.

name the admirers of Estelle Glyndon had
given TO her, and, pested and praised for
her grace and beauty as she had always
been, it was hardly to be wondered at that
the girl had come to the age of eighteen
with z conviction that not for hel were the
trials of life.
As she stands now, beneath the shade of
the old eak which guards her favor1te seat,
the most casual observer could not help but
pronounce her rarely beautiful. But the
lovely mouth is marred by naughty ex-
preston, as with averted head she listens
coldly to the young man by her side.
1t is Douglass Macdonald, and in earnest
tones he Is speaking thus:
''Oh, Estelle, can it be that 1 have de-
celved myself in thinking that you cared
for la,. Ard nil his summer, in which i
have been so foolishly happy, have you
only been playing with met 1t cannot be
true; you cannot be so heartless. / have
been told that Foster Severne is the favored
suitor who has superseded me; but | said
that until you confirmed it with your own
lips would not believe it. oh, my dar
ling, whom l love more than life, 90 not be
so cold. Look up, Estelle, and tell me it is
false!'
Estelle hesitated. Only the previous day
another had laid his heart at heT feet, and
with it the richest fortune in all the country
round.
She had not given her answer; but in
her Young heart prde was very strong, and
she felt ;ha. to be mistress of The Elms
would be an envisbls position
Douglass eagerly watching her expressive
features, conjectured her thoughts.
al see.'' he exclaimed; ''it was true
the report l heard. \ ou intend to marry
Foster Severne-dissipatedmano of the world
though he be-slmply because he is rich In
this worlds goedsi / came to day to ask
you qudstion upon which great deal de-
pends. Two openings are before me-one
10 settle in an honorable position in my ma
tive town; the other to go abroad, far away
TO the distant land of China You do not
love me-my choise is made. This Will be
NV last farewell. Tomorrow will see me
on nv way to foreign shore. ,
He grasped her hand, wrung it; then,
without waiting for answering words, turn
ed and left her. She watched his tall form
ill if passed out of sight. Then sudden
ly, with lightning flash, the knowledge oil
what she had done came to her, and she re-
allied that IN rejecting Douglass Macdonaids
love she had wrecked beyond retrievai the
happiness of her life
That evening we see her in the midst ci
a fashionable throng. As he looks GOWN a.
the woman on his arm, Foster Severne
heart leaps triumphantly as he thinks now
proud he will be when he can call her his
own. As if by accident, he leads her 10
the conservatory. where, amid the splash OF
fountains and the fragrance OF flowers NE
can speak undIsturbedly. There once more
he offers ber his hand and heart ALI thal
is left of it-and, never doubling Wha' IL
will be. awaits his answer.
Not moment does Estelle waver.
Her reply is uncompromising: "Mr. Be-
verne. cannot become your wife
An angry flush springs to the young man 3
face.
Miss Glyndon! you cannot mean "na'
YOU saw! Think little lougeri You sure
" do not mean to refuse such position as
] can give you" -,
If Estelle has been fearful that she VIII
cause him pain, all such isea is swept away
bv his words. and she cannot help compar-
ing him to the lover who in her faise pfiue
she rejected. uo5
When she reached home, Estelle is caiieo
upon to bear another trial. Truly tne uas
has been hard one for the girl upon "no
hitherto the winds have not been sunereu '"
blow to roughly.
$50 Won nave refused Foster Severne,
who, vou know it was the dearest wish OIL
NV heart that you should become his wiie'
Then let me tell you that in doing 50 you
have doomed both your father ana yours,
n neuurv am a ruined msn! FOR a
. year past have seen the crash aproa'l'Ne'
and it is even now at hand. Esteiie' 'neie
nyet time; retract your refusal, become M
Seyerne's wife and all will be saved
Estelle trembled as her father "oraS'
first angry and then imploriDg. fell upon n''
ears. :.
'Father, 1 cannot! 1t would Dc ' :,
were | to marry him. for love ano'i'e,.
With an angry gesture, Mr.. elynoon
made a step forward; then, with an &c