The Osceola times., 1880-12-11
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Hesfy, rssise1 beaek ~ her heart and
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issOfe ifsssls, ri.zt have do1e kyY pa
and the family skssgA pfDtet ne frDm
sr.fi rsfaxrxs ~ ibese.'
Jane lszd ~ sg<,fef sziI til. than he
rst~ntsJ Il its gftsfsIsee. Her. ess M
a nature " .fGI>Jss otaizz'i0Tss f0T favor.
Og sseyiGees that siAe might do, and che
loyked nfsidiy ~ iHtD Betty's l4ee, bat
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II ne had, IN ifis F9ggb-zD1-tgb,e fight
that sfle-zz neil ~ III tie brr.sehOd II
Jscyb Arlington, ysy,-hzA held Nth
zenisd y>Jgs1y, hzf sgi>igea u, Or crsst~
81 Il Oyer with extreme sslIshAe-s.
We'll. si5e s4id ~ Jane. 10 answer
What have yOu dine ~ mgeh that yOl
can sa0fg " TAFT ~ II i. s. fzr a. III
WilsDn ]. eDbeernsd, ] never boiieye1 be
rlss.d mAfry ySa. lie c0uidn'i SfiDrd a.
eyeD II yOg had retained tie naOnsy
Upc.e Jeremiah len yOu, and nj gwen
il ~ father IION mu0b D0bler il VA 10
yye Il ~ him when be needed IL. than
" have pot II in bank 90 interest ar a
halt ~ bfsyk ~ Wilson with and n1f
nnfh ~ taii a that, only tJl'D"
"Ifii Nas only t5OOJ," -zid Jane, 1t
yas my very OND, and With il fny M
band miglt have started 10 busines~.
and aided ~ my industry -Nhidl even
yoqI ran nOt deny, ~ Il has supported "a
all for I've yeArs-ge could have live
yery continually"
why don't yOu say What you mean,
that il would have saved ~ Wilson from
bankrBpcy, a. II sJOD could have done
that"
IT might, and oft-nfncs wish had
us4d il in that way" aid Jane, bitterly;
ESPECIALLY when ] gsf 10 thanks for my
sacfifee At that time, or iOr the sacridce
u all the weary yeap ] have spent ia
teaf afiiug, when ! might -"
When you might, Jerbafe, have been
Mrs III Wilson, and ki.sed your OWn
boy Instead Of kissing Grace ParsDns un-
der shadow of the sehODl"
And with this iast retOrt Niss IIetty
Arlington swept away. Pretty IIetty
Arlington, whose HDitnc.s Of speech aud
gentleness II demeanOr had made her
the model that mothers plared before
unduitiful daughters, and much-s0ught-
after companion by the young gentle
mem
Her sister Jane, older by half-dozcn
years, known fnmiliarly ~ the "Old Maid
Arlington the "sfhOolma am" or "IIet-
ty's plain sister" stood whore IIetty left
her, beneath the shadow Of the maple.
tree that guarded the side entrance t0
, the sahool-hous stODd looking down
, thr road after lietty. DeryOusly wringing
her hands, and a longing, q dumb-strckcn
, , pain in her face
There are people, they tell ~, who do
not know Of love; men, aud sometimes
women, who laugh AT s"ntimentality, at
rOmance-at ihc idea that one man or
woman could be wrecked throughout life
} fDr the want of an answering love that
: even the possibilities of happiness in the
! future may Oft-timcs be disbelicycd, on
= account Of the unrealizaiiOn Of summer
dream.
p They laugh at the idea that a woman
may marry one man through come mis-
taken cause, and though true to the very
: letter 10 her husband. still retain the old
longing for another who had filled the
niche vet aside Ia every WOnans heart,
and in which she places her lover, cxnlis
, him, crowns him, and falls down at his
: feet 10 worship lam.
Perhaps IL II better that she never
wakes 90 the reality that her Idol IL clay;
perhaps II II better fpr her 90 gather
wrealhs Of dead white longings. of pur.
| pie regrets and blOOd-rcd grieyings, aud
. lay them at the feet Of her shrine, than
! 10 wake some day, ~ the wife oft-times
p awakes, to the impcrfcctiOnH, the petty
, tyranny and cruel neglect, Of the one
| who had been 10 perfect as q lover
. Jane Arlington had dreamed her
dream In the golden past, when
| I'd Wilson drove her out on starry nights
= behind his pretty bay ponies. or took
{ long walks with her through the village
aud up on the hills beyond; dreamed her
; dream land how often she awokc from
/. this drcam-of all the awceiest-to the
J stern reality when lac would throw him
, self carelcssly back IN the armchair that
! he had rolled 10 the side Of the piano.
! I'LL his eyes could look into hers, while
she played and sang for him.
I Then one day the crash came. But
, few day before she received the legacy
from her Uncle jeremiah.
; Ed knew Of the legacy; she had told
: him Of II In the fIllncsr Of her 10y, and
bad laughingly consulted him as 10 its
: best investment.
, The night before the failure was
J known he came to her and told her Of il
, with a set, pale face.
II had thought he said, "io marry
! this Gall. but II will be impossible now.S
lie had never spoken 0f marriage 10
! her before; but she knew In her heart
! thet = intendsd % marry her, - she
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