The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-18


cred. In those Of the girl, wss = visit
ful. appealing glance, - though she
would say:
oh. rerember my position! Keef
silence no longeIl Do9no withhold
tie words which seem forced upon MS
and for which my soul yearnsr
Ceu.d he Withstand their pleading?
-Four years! It will not seem ve.y
long. and you will oous back to me-
Had same en- spoken those worria
or was Il only . memory?
His facs was gkastly as he rose to hi.
feet and offered his companion biz
arm.
Il forgot I am monopo!izing the belle
Of the evening. he said. lightly. though
in his own ear his voice sounded harsh
andchangea.
Ono moment she faltered: then
wrspping herself in the mantle Of hez
pride, che swept ,nts the light and "a.
dance ok to hall room. hes gloved
hard jsss resting on his sleeve. . smile
upon bsf lips. and only . shade perhsp,
Of pallee on the beautiful cheek.
: Hssk 70 eslle99 md TO work. Il W,
this slsne. thoue 1T John Arnold. which
wosld ave HE hsain from madness
Tbreogh The long vscstion no plodded
on. He wrote bis uncle:
Next year 10 my last. To do you
justice. you must let No sssy here and
work -
: II l shsuA - her should betray
myself aud ny honor be added to him.
self.
Then . sudan idea possessed him.
BE would cut short the time Of theis
probation and. 80 Hasy. Her lstters
seemed cbanRed, Psrhaps she was not
bsppy. - ffsS'cs fs..--
Ah. when 10 saw her his cid allegi-
ancs must return and he would forget
this unnsturdls dream vh,ch now sp-
peared TO have snvsloped HE life. He
slnost thought il dissipated when, in
thes 6rst glad moment Of greeting. he
held 0ayy Ia hsa arms, and saw the
rose dssb % ter cheek deepen to vivid
scarlet. :
She haddrwn herself away ~ though
in sudden Ahyness Of the elegant stran-
Ger. 20 unlike the lad who bad hidden
her farewell three long years ago. She
glanced down. too. 1t her cotton dress,
20 simply made. and then at tho text
urs Of HE ssyiish oat6t. But these
were mere externals-these she could
conquer. What eiss Was there yswn-
ing between them. . black and bitter
gulf!
:. She did not know, che would not
think; she put the truth resolutely
away from her. and he. holding fast to
his hoaor, helpsd her oil be could, until
one day she missed him, and stroll,ng
into the wood in search of him, found
him q last prestrats on the ground. his
frame convulsel With sobs, letter
crushed in his hand.
He did not seem to know she slipped
Il from his cold fingers ard read it
|! e!hlough-eys. 70 the very end. The
letter san thne: st
'vsrs b very III. my boy. 70 i'll that
ws have shaved of the beautiful hair,
you remember. close TO her head: 20 ill
thst shs knovs no one; but her one
pitsous cry from morning until night 10
for you. The physicians, think your
prssenes might quiet her, and il this
thipg continues che nust die. For
Code saks. lose no timei It cannot b
bat that you love her. Let no fear Of
fortune come between you. All that I
have i yours and hsrs.'
The letter had fallen to the ground
now. aud the girl's voics. though very
lev. hpA % tFsmelA thsueA her nn.
gers Wds 70 tightly intes1ncked that
she wondered dimly ifshe could release
them even from their own intsrclasp.
'Jshn. you are losing time said she.
The train leaves ct six.
Whist commonplace wordsl Did they
tell the stesy oi . bseahisg heart !?
i cansot gor he groaEed.
What yon Woald II. .1ar die Think
What the world voald b without her.
for yoa love her, Jehui Al. do not
atastl III had msant 10 tell yoa sny-
hpw. that ws have grown older, ws Of
06arse-had-sAasesd-snd that /
thought il better to 60 back to the old
footiae-wbsn - called ne your little
sister. and to give mp the foolish talk
that followed it. We thought We loved
each other then, in . di6srsnt way: bnt
you see-hov inveluntarily the sweet
voiee faltaesd - her strength almost
taile1l -sle Ne all . nistake. and-snd
it only required . little coossge for one
of % % state the truth
'Yoa nssn it. Aasy!' hs cried. see-
tRg evens su6dehH NPen lts gates
hs6ses ki9. Spsiaging g his feet and
K5aspiae her handa. sza
A. lke seesy q theE aonspt. when
hb clear syss searched her facel How
ssald they b clowc ellade1 with tesrs
for love q a6ceh6e Womaa2 But her
venaass ssal sophsod ~. eed In his
blindsess - saw nething.
r 1hIss yseks laaef aDd the physi-
eieae said that his. comipg had ssved
yoeA 4alville;s La sa0ha vns stsoag
lQough - bs1R u alhes stesy nov-of
- IoRe, snd ek.ris sNttse Asst suieh
M1l-Ao 1asuv6y - 6aA. .AsPesilsse o.
A1nfg sEaD ia ~ ,c1ssy1totY; and.
1hDa6e ebo bat Iovos hin H. 0Qo
soUaely te holding honne dear than hsr-
~ . paeg stsa6 into her heeSt for the
veon6-o6o Ae0 oeSses eo6ss Who yst
3oat hin b has in6 - Wun1sss even
johee ovnUvesAoUing ooo1snt, whether
foe 80 - Aeest IL vueds ~ lips
uftsesd uuro ~ .Uaee tx1s. ss0 thAt 70
IA buu.sssAH . 0hlnloe e.ea )
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