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

oecsoe: Ior No % eWeoe y Uos %
cision.'
'Por me to decide. John. when to tell
you to 60 il to bar out by my own aci
the sunshine from my life 2
Bat only for . little while. dear.
Remember there il . future-a future
when yos shall share. al th<xoed tbS,
may Be in stoss for ~
Yes the g,ri anssssed, ssdiy, 1
do not forge. that. noe that But !
will not worry You with my idle fears
and fsrebodings l am not % selfish
a. to bid you stay when know that
By going you can give up . life:you
have never liked, and attain upheped.
lor ambitions. No. your uncle IL right,
aud. though hsis very lste = opGfnl
bic eyes 70 the fase that yoe sta tho
son ~ his sister, even th1ar shG, =
fas sasri1csd tssa family Id - 4
lnasry . farmer. ~ peopoel eljsss ha6
you shouA 20 - college q hissxposss,
with only the stipulation that eli yous
vacations be spent with him, 10 too
generous to be ignored. Go. John;
only do not quits forget ne in your
new lifs'
Aud into the brave words these orept
tue sound OF tears. IL
Forget you. dAfling-in four short
years forget the girl I have loved sll
my life! What would such . love b
worth. Asryi You would be better
without than with it.
'Perhaps. shs snovosed: but i
woulds't b my tAalesS hsld 4qbeae.
'Ysu wlll nsvet Be put 70 ~ tl1
Mary. It does seem hard to leave you,
but this life never would have CON.
tented me. should have always felt
. restless longing for the great world
outside. When have tYisd ~ wiues
I viii fly back. Mary. and then We will
build the home nest in which you and
] are to grow old togsthee. L will
seem strange, indeed, little lassis, 70
watch gny threads sprinklinG year
sunny brown hair. or the peach tints
of complexion change and G1e. Sew
enteen and twenty! An. we have .
long tiue to wait. and when The time
does come my old eyes will be too dim
to nsts the difference
What meant this suddsn siahine g
the girls heart a. ahs listened , Wee
it dim foreboding Of the shadovy fu.
ture-a something whispering In her
oar that the heart might fade and grow
old. even though the hair retained ita
and the cheek its bloomf
And she hsd peo0tssd 70 beoooe
John Arnold's wife. Il WAS not for
her, bis betrotbsd. 70 drag him down,
when his foot wss on tho frst round Of
the ladder which Providence seemed to
have thrust across bis path.
So che bads him God speed for four
long years which were 70 drift between
them-tO her seplsts with the came ~
duties and cares, only
changed 10 the fact tAst no losgse hb
voice or smile would slightsas then;
only instea'i. the letters which hs
promised should tell her ell bic life.
Why WAS it that the very Arst sent
pang to her heart! Il read:
MY uncle's ward 10 with him uow-a
beautiful girl, scarcely sixteen. TvbA
ysa could ses bss. Mary. She is s1iJl
1t school but spends her vacations with
him. % sAall 90. she lsakhslat ne,
though not unkindly. Doubtless /
seem gauehs and rustic enoeRh. snd in
her prssencs. I think ] am more 20.
With you. my darling. ! sm alwsys q
my hest. Ah. how sAaly I miss yoa II
this life of elegance and eass. in Rhiah.
I feel uncOofortAbls AU9 OF ~ plaeer
But. after be had gone b college end
put his shoulder faisly % the Nhyel. shs
iouad only comfort n Ais sletfess.s Ha.
wrote:
4 su bsgiunins 70 fsslny seli . nss
emon9 man. and 70 rejoice that 1 ~
10 longer drone in tho hive: Of. how
qaickly the weeks and months hyl At
this Tass the fsur ysars wll seew4 ~
tlo tine fh1ood.s s ~
WheA thS aext yaoatiee haa beeuA! |!
be wrote.
.Miss Melville is here again. A year
has made her only moro beautiful. Next
year is her Last schssl; the WiaAer fol-
lowing she makes her Ads6wt h society,"
This was all. The second year Be
ceased to mention her nAos. only his
letters came NOT quitp - of114 ord
we're less filled With The roatins 81 Biz
daily life.
Why was il that into the girls
replies ssspe A ssswW1nv sooNe Gre
server Hall ef ~ veosy vt11ing ome
was over. What had The ns1t I've
years In s1oeo e6oe hwe
!. It W. ~ nSgAt ~ fdg t4eJ6oueoe