The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-18

neue Gueo1nSto0 Gordon. ,ought 70
have written from 0aSatoRa. but one
breads t0tend such . lstter."
Mr.. Russet felt - il he had behayed
very like . scoundrel, now that he Was
removed from the magnetic jn6uence Of
the hsiress and her jewels.
But Of course" he pleaded, before
the tribunal Of his own conscience, "a
man devoted to my profession should
select the sphere in which lie can do
the most good. And with Antoinette's
wealth and position, am morally Ger.
tain Of rapid advance in the World.n
But, somehow. the letter would not
ct Itself written. To do . q contempt
ible action, 10 one thing, to confess il
boldly to ones fellow creature !, an
other.
Two OF three days passed, and still
Reuben Russell could not bring himself
70 tell Pennie Joyce about the Saratoga
heiress. with the purple-blue eyes and
the low, silver.syllabled voice.
Pennie watched him, Wistfully.
He il changed" she admitted to her.
self; "but Of course could hardly ex.
pect him always to be just the same.
Only-0nly-"
And the tears came into Pennies eyes,
she scarcely e knew Why; and she blamed
herself for being "such a foolish little
goose"
But, one su!try summer evening, Mr..
Ruseet did force himself to write the
letter-a vague, mysterious sort Of
missive, containing only one plain fact
that be was engaged to Miss Gush-
ington Gordon.
And, Is he wrote Il, he felt more and
more what . fatal mistake be had made
in giving up Pennie Joyce's true,
WomanIy heart for the artificial smiles
OF the Saratoga belle. II
Al be folded and sealed it, the land.
lady's little boy handed in the evening
mail-two papers and . letter.
A letter from one Ernest Valdes,
whose acquaintance he had made at
Saratoga-an idle, good.humored young
fellow, With no harm in him, and q deal
Of latent good.
Mr.. Valdez wrote:
1--WE are al progressing much the
same - ever. We drink the waters,
We criticise the music, we watch for the
incoming trains. BY the way, you
surely haven't forgotten that tall girl al
your house, with the curious pansy.
colored eyes and the magni6ccntly.dyed
hair? Miss Gushington Gordon, you
knowi Well, she has turned out q
humbug -an impCSitiOn-a stupendOul
maid, the whole time, and she has been
skillfully masQueradine in her mistress
wardrobe, during that lady's absence al
the sick-bed ola dying relation.
Mrs. Montague has come back; the
'daw IN borrowed feathers has been
stripped Of her gay plumage. and Mis-
Gushiugton Gordon, with her imitation
diamonds. and second. hand airs and
sraces has disappeared entirely from the
arena.
"S0me say she has been arrested
Others declare that Mrs. Montague has
forgiven her, on condition of her retir.
Ing TO her native pace, in an obscure
English town. At all events, she hal
vanished from the stage Of action, and
the places that knew ler once nov
know her no more"
Three or four closely.written pages o.
gossip and clever satire followed, but
Reuben Russet never paused 10 glance al
these. He sprang from his chair with
IN exclamation Of relief.
THAT Providencew he exclaimed
"that ! am no longer bound to tina
false. hearted, hollow pretender! Lit
tie Pennie Is worth ten thousand O
her."
He tore up the letter of confession
and went straight to spend the evening
at the Joyce farmhouse, and inu0cenI
little Pennie never knew how nearly thai
season at Saratoga had cost her hel
lover.
Az for Reuben Russet, he 10 . wiser /
not . sadder man. And he wants M
more lessons in human nature.