The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-20

IN spite OF the tcItgliiiii, III" 49,
10 feel that | have done pretty wei h"t >.
But will trus, YOU. Farrell, J do trust You. I
If dill not don't knO" what woui' peco'i'' ,
Of me. ,;.,,,. ,.,,r
y. ST. hope you will duly consider your
next letter before sendtil. u anu W. SUI, nt Ike
this new way.
The reader NAV observe that the ABOVE .
letter. Will. stating that the writer had re-
yardcd the prohibition Of the telegram So ar
is not reading the letter was concefheu'
omi.s to say any thing about burning IT,
There wa, "a good reason foi the ON! sion;
Grace had not burned it. She had not reau
Il. She did not mean to, but she hal KEPT
il. Her course was rs II Eve, instead OK eat.
inc the apple. had put it in her pocket, mat
i, OF course, surprising that she hau Hi"
Now Farrell, as may he supposed, had
been decidedly uneasy As TO the manner III
which his telegram might be received U!
Grace, and when he read her letter he WAS
nightly relieved. Some girls dxsr " s''cS
a thing. for il must have seemed
a little odd to her; they. would
have made row, but Grace had only seemed
A little ANNOYED and quite good .natured
about it. To be sure, he noticed that sne
omitted 10 mention having burned the let
ter. Probably though she had done SO. lie
would like to assure himself on this point,
but he felt that he had rather imposed on
her already and was hardly in q position 10
hold her to a strict account. Accordingly
when he wrote in reply he said nothing
about the matter OF the burning, anu lh'
deed barely alluded to the missent letter.
He said that he had made very ial,ShaoIy
stupid blunder and was no emu oVllstu ~
her for not being vexed ut the troilple he
had made her. and then without luf!hut
words about the business passed on 10 Jam
love in such a feyvid strain that 1t Is no WON
dar Grace forgot to criticise the suddenness
of the transition from explanation to protes'
tation. He had never written her Such leu.
for before, Lucy came out as Grace SAT
reading Farrell's letter the second time over.
~ suppose he explains all about tna1
mysteriO,,. letter" she said rs she saw the
handwriting, and glanced sharply into
II am perfectly satisfied" said Grace, and
as she raised her happy glowing face to her
sisters Lucy could but conclude the eNpla'
nation had been most unexpectedly com.
plete. Nor did she ever afterward think OF
, doubling it. She said to herself, "He Is
coming in day or two, will wait TIL ! see
him, ana then will tell him how badly
feel and he will explain it ALL"
l A couple of days later he did come, Ior
mere flying visit Of u single evening. GRACE
was lust enough afraid of her big lover u
, add AN exquisite thrill to her love for him
5 Nevertheless she went down stairs to tn
Y parlor quite intending to breach the sub]ec
= Of the letter at the first good opportunity sh'
found in the course OF their conversation
t But there came no opportunity. She wa
;. very much in love, poor thing, and whel
!, she entered the room and saw him standin
Is there. 80 big and so handsome, and saw nj
e eyes rest on her so full Of glad proud 1ont'
5 ness. she felt lust one spasm OF shame 10
d all the s,,sDiciOns she had cherished concern
n inr him. and then forgot them wholly for tn
It rest Of the evening, giving herself quite II
" to her happiness. ,,:.
n II wanted but week Of the wedd'n:
il During the ensuing days the hustle OF prey
,r aratioM, the multitude OF things that must
done and must be thought OF. necessary! u
" yerted her mind; and then when, the day p'
1t fore the great day. Farrell came ana was
10 handsome, so devoted. 80 giad, no" s".
of she help quite forgetting all else in mutt
of pride and happiness: But when tn
n. NIGHT. the night before the wedding, she W
er at last alone in her room, then she was near
Id than ever to opening that dreadful! lc
Il. tor. How could she, how could she,
nd through the morrOw's solemn lifelong co
ur spcration to her lover with this vague, u
,e, formed. awful doubt Of him hid in h
mt heart. Nav, in Justice to him it not to n
ch self she was bound to clear her mind OF
to She had no right to come to him with II
between them. Never had the temptatl
taken suise so specious. She caught
he the letter in nervous grasp. llaii way
ly, tore the envelope in two. Then her strene
hit. failed. She had never done q mean thing
OH her life. Was this mean? Had she right
Open the letter or not! Was II MS OF he |,
he Her head was in a whirl. She crled-l
did not open the letter.
d.
to Next day came the wedding. 1t is treas
to 70 as true heart as every beat, but l m
, it own it. even when she was making the
our suonses to the minister she could not ~
for FORGET the letter. 1t was the grain OF >:
cad nnder the eyeid that could not be forgot
Itch If she had been less in love with him, II
uld had been ready to take philosophical V
lid. Of ,he matter. and to realize that her To-
had while an immensely good fellow as
he went. was not perfect, no doubt she VIC
hat have forgotten it quite. But to that
YOU could not descend. She must love
the wholly, must give herself to him win
&c is thrsiasm or With an anguish OF cOnillc
lph, emotions.
fore Many time the words lreh'n,eo ~ on !,
YOU lips, "That letter-oh. FHrell! Teli
.ond about that letter. Tell me the worst, u
pect may forgive YOU" --.... .,
R,t she could not summon strength
nav inter them. How could she let him K
NY. N.Y., ~ This late day that all along She had
NJ ,' sn nected him? And then, tOo-for she
- ~ a,.n think of that-thOugh she felt she
yh, he hauui.r after fOrglving him the y
har THING than she was now. what ii he sh
,,;u me- meet her questions with the anger OF
, ,~as .ho,,ld fa|ter and try to deceive her:
~, Sho would he worse of than ever. Al
~ sho the SWORN in the bud' gnawed a
d;~' damask cheek, and her husband said to
. " otter the first week OF their honeymoon
. "aS, ..Grace. dear. we are travelling too
' Sec. Won are not well. We will stay
~ ~" NJ BMt she insisted that she was well
o was would rather be moving.
most They came home at last and set up n
letter keeDing in the most charming OF
oIted houses. Never was q more devoteu
: and band or, in spite Of her happiness,
ewes unhappy wife. Perhaps her tempera
was rather morbid. IL was one Oh
,,,ow which are only fitted Tor compiete emo
seized lucy W" w.. thomselves with ave
tiONS or CODSOIc VuCIusOSOS Ws.sA wv
!. nav Il seems scarcely fair to cal! them m n
open. an that account, though I admit II
How on ,a:. r".S % 500 what business s,,c|
She lIl"! - 10: ~. .h;s ;n,nerfect world. Ora
noble PIE na' .h; H. she At least had none. 81
glad. san W vi t. ""ncsrned ahout her state Of
Ill Es She was growing worse and worse
lie must in some way put an end to TINS
n ,: !" tion. That letter, now hid away IN IN
cl,ng. tom OF her bureau drawer, was wit
What heI "M" ""ndio
ling Of WIN .s ano .G farrell came home In
ned so UaT .e,o"t;on"te frame Of mind-al
It and usuony esao,;o,, -" Tho mart Of six
m"cn bridegroom implies good deal: Ar
ner. As they were sitting alone In the
!etter little parlor before the glowing crate
pierce ahont how mich she was to him, how
or two the pride Of oil he did was double
'h NJ. n9 9 how the thought Of her was to him
blinds ,lrad times a day like 4 draught OF &c