The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-16
LOVE AND HOPE.


[JouN SHERMAN, in Temple Bar.
LOVE AND HOPE.
ga queen of hearts," Such was the
name the admirers of Estelle Glyndon
had given to her, and, petted and praised
for her grace and beauty as she had al.
ways been, it was hardly to be wondered
at that the girl had come to the age, OF
eighteen with conviction that not for her
were the trials of life.
AS she stands now; beneath. the shade
of the old oak which guards, her ia vorite
seat. the most casual observer could not
help but pronounce her rarely beautiful.
But the lovely mouth is marred by a
bauty expression, as with averted head
she listens coldly to the young man by
her side.
It's Douglass Macdonald, and in ear
nest tones he is speaking thus:
ooh, Estelle. can it be that l have de.
ceived myself in thinking that you cared
for me7 And all this summer, in which
I have been so .foolishly happy, have you
onlV De61'playnSSEHika - We - ~ E"n10' - ~
true; you ca1nM BE 50 heartless have
been toid that Foster Seyerne is the IA
yored suffer who has superseded me but
I said that until you confirm it with your
own lips would not believe it. Oh, my
darling, whom / love more than life, do
mot be SO cold Look up Estelle, and tell
me it is false!"
Estelle hesitated. Only the previous
day another had laid his heart at her feet
and with it the;richest fortune in all sthe
country rouna ssS =
She had not gigenL heH answer, but M Man z
her Young heart pride was very strong
and she felt that to be mistress of The
Elms would be an enviable position.
Douglass eagerly watching her express
i've features, conjectured her thoughts.
"I see /" he exclaimed /; sit WAS true
the report I heard. You intend to marry
Foster Severne-dissipated man OF the
world though he be-simply because be = ls
rich in til; worlds goods sI@came to
ask YOU question upon which great
deal depends. Two openings are before
mre-one to settle in an honorable posi-
ton in my native town; the other to go
abroad, far away to the distant land of
China. You do not love me-my choice
is made. This will be my last farewell.
Tomorrow will see me on my way to a
foreign shore"
He prasped her hand, wrung it; then
witaoutssyaitinESfo for answering words.
turned aud aef5heH She watched bis
taaliEof6salMt passed 6ntofaights Then
suddenly, with lightning fash, the
knowledge of what she had done came to
her, aud realized that in rejecting Doug.
lass Macdonald's love she had wrecked
beyond retrieval the happiness Of her
life.
That evening we see her in the midst
of a fashionable throng. As be looks
down at the womansoIt bis pfm; .Eoster
Severne's heart leaps triumphantly as he
thinks how proud he will be when be can
call her his own! As if by accident, he
leads her to the conservatory, where, amid
the splash of fountain and the fragrance
of flowers, he can speak undisturbedly.
There once more ne offers her his hand
and heart-all that is left of it-and,
never doubling what it will be, awaits his
ansSss Nosa moment did Estellawaysz !
Hef repfysis dnc6mpromising "Mt
Seyerne cannot become your WIFE,"
An angry flush springs to the young
mans face.
aMiss Glyndon, you cannot mean what
YOU say! Think little longer You
surely do not mean to refuse such posi-
tion as can give you Z"
IfEstelle has been fearful that she Will
cause him pain, all such idea is swept
away by his words, and she cannot help
comparing him to the lover who in her
false pride she rejected.
When she reached home Estelle is call.
ed upon to bear another trial. Truly the
day has been hard one for the girl up
on whom hitherto the winds have not been
suffered to blow so roughly.
$50 you have refused Foster Severne.
when you know it was the dearest wish
of nv heart that you should become his
wife? Then let me tell you that in doing.
so YOU have doomed both your. father and
yourself to penury. l am ruined man
For wear past have seen the crash ap-
preaching, and it is even now at hand.
Estelle, there is yet time, retract your
refusal. become Mr.. Seyerne's wife, and
all will be saved"
Estelle trembled as her fathers words,
first angry and then imploring, fell upon
her ears. -,
"Father, I cannot! It,would be sin
weresIyto mary him, fors loYesanoh-
eriT Wiz al angry W gesture, MI. Giyadonf T
made q step forward; then, with an ex-
clamatiou, he raised his hand to his head,
staggered, and then fell to the floor.
Poor Estelle! Bitter were the days
that followed! On the very eve of his
failure her father was stricken with par
alysis. and before long the girl found her
self homeless and almost penniless.,
After the frE shock had passed, then
tho noble nature that had slum6ered qui.
escent 80 long in Estelle Glyndon's soul
snranp to the surface. Steadily refusing
all offers of assistance, she set herself un-
flinchingly amid the ranks of the worlds
workers.. It was easier to obtain employ
ment in the neighoring city than in their
own small town, and to the city Estelle
After three years had glided by, Es.
telIe was called to her dying parent; and
as she knelt by the bed where he lay calm
and still, shegfelt that she was indeed,
alone ss \ rs ~ sGss
-8etterto beasshe was, poor and hard
worked, than the unloved wife OF Foster
Severne.
The streets we're wet with the fast-falling
rain. Clasping large parcel in her
arms, a girlish figure essays to cross
crowded thoroughfare. A carriage swift
" passes. There is cry in woman's
voire Then amid bable of voices,