Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-10-27

- u nis nsnu 10 MS head, stag
gered, and fell to the Hoor.
Poor Estelle! Bitter were the isvs ,bs,
followed! On the very eve of his .a,lur,
her father was stricken with paralysis, anc
oeiore long the girl found herself homeless,
and almost penniless.
After the first shock had passed. then IN,
noble nature that had Numbered ou;escen,
SO long in Estelle Glyndop's soul spranc tc
the surface. Steadily refusing all offers OF
assistance, she set herself unfiinchingjy
AMID the ranks of the worlds workers. l,
was easier to obtain employment In the
neighboring city than in their own small
town, and to the city Estelle went.
After thee years had g,ded by, Es,elle
was called to her dying parent; and as she
knelt by the bed where be lay calm and
still, she felt that she was, indeed, alone.
Better to be as she was, poor and hard.
worked, than the unloved wife of Foster
Severne.
1t was evening, q few months later. The
streets were wet with the fast falling rain.
Clasping large parcel in her arms, girl
ish figure essays to cross a crowded thor
oughfare- A carriage swiftly passes. There
is cry in woman's voice. Then, amid
babel of voices, ''How sad," '.who is
shes' ''How did it happeni" Sigh: form
is borne upon mems arms into the nearest
house. There is no clue by which TO tell
who the unconscious girl Is.
sit does not matter who or what she is, y
says the kind minister into whose house the
stranger has been carried. .'We will care
for her. And so, instead of beng sent to
the hospital. the sufferer remained at Doc
tor Stewards home
Another week went by, and one morn
ing, with a beamIng face, old Doctor Stew
art came into the room where his wife and
Estelle were sitting.
"What do you think, wlfe.-our boy is
coming home. He will be here this week.
Isn't that news.
Tears Of joy sprang to the old lady S
eyes.
''My dear boyl how glad skall be to see
himl''
When her husband had left the room,
Mrs Stewart explained to Estelle that II
was her dead brothers son, who was as
dearly loved by her husband and herself as
though he had been their own, who was
thus eagerly expected.
1T was sad blow to us when he went
so far away" she concluded, land what
made it saddeI still was that the noble lad
carried with him heart full Of pain. Some
fashionable beauty had bewitched him, and
then had deliberately crushed out his hap
piness. But hope and trust he will return
cured of his heart wound.
Estelle WINGED as she listened.
The days passed until the one came in
which the expected guest was to arrive.
Clad IN a simple dress of white, Estelie
was reclining upon the library sofa when
the carriage wheels sounded upon the
gravel.
She heard the eager tones of welcome;
and then the voices approached the room in
which she was. The door opened, and
there, older and graver than sine remember
ed him, but still the same, stood Douglass
Macdonald.
'.Estelle," he cried, my darling. i
came to seek you, and have found you al
ready! Oh, tell me that am welcome
that you are glad to see me. l only lately
heard of your refusing Mr.. Severne and of
yoHr misfortunes. Then in my heart a
faint hope sprans into existence, and l de.
termined to return and seek you and try
once more my fate. Can it indeed be that
my hope is not to prove in vaini"
Estelle lifted her eyes TO his, and 10 their
luminous depth Douglass read his answer.
Later, everything was explained to Doug
lass; how it was that he had so unexpected
ly found Estelle in his uncle's home, ard
all that rad occurred since they had parted.
s.My dear friend, you little thought VIII
was the fashionable, heartless girl who
refused your boys true heart, said Estelle,
softly, to old Mrs. Stewart, as the happy
group of four were drawn together about
the lamp that evening; ''but you will for
give her, am sure, when she promises
that henceforth that boys happiness shall
be her foremost care, and that she will try
to the utmost of her power to repay him for
the pain which, through her foolish, wick
ed pride, she once caused him to suffer.