The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-02-11

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from the village, and IA moment later u
voice said, 'you are punctual, and she
was caught for a moment in Godfrey
Hopes arms She know his voice, and
struggled to release herself before roal-
izng that hes had mistaken her for tho
village beauty.
pooh = ho said, releasing her.
"Don't put on airs, Liz Were you
going to the house T.
"Yos," she said, family indignant
and yet curious, her womau's wit see
ing his error.
al must go, to, before long, though !
had rather stay here with you, sweet
heart"
"Your aweothcart is at the house,
Alice said, trying to assume the Jealous
tono of an uneducatcd girl.
What that ohalky- faced girl in
black Not "a bit Of it. Didn't love
you long before she camo TO tako what
tx mine T. And curse followed
coupled with her maine, that thrilled
Alir" with hono,.
"Iint they hay you will marry her,
sho I,ersisle,, calming her voice ns we'll
rs she csHld.
They Eay right will marry her
aud have my own. Then, when she ia
dead, you shall have your old beau
again, Lizzie, aud come to the hounn nH
my wife 1t wilt only be waiting a
year or two
"But she may not die r gAsped the
tcrpor-stricken girl.
"She will die I'll have no fine
lady taking what is mine-m mine, tell
YOU But what ails youi You arc
shaking as ii you had an ngue tit, Iyo
talked it all over often enough before,
and YOU mover went OH into such
shakes ! Il is nothing new am tell
ing you"
"But you--would- -not-murder
her :" tho poor girl cried, drawing the
veil closer
Come, now, none of that, was tue
rough answer "ycu're not going back
on Inc now, after all you've heard Of
my plans. You've sworn to keep my
secrets, or III never havo told them.
But what is tho mattorf
Here Alice found herself shnkon
with no gentle hand, to her great in
| dighatiou. Bat her fusr ogermastersd
/ her anger. Godfrey was heir-at law to
her ncwl wly-acquirel fostuni, anil ii hu
suspected hor identy ia those dark
/ ~oods, s!,r did not doubt, after what he
had already said. that ho would tako
| her ltit.
Il ara not ~cl:," nls n.id. lroein;
bcis..if fs..s.. sire ruugh grasp on icr
arm, ''and must hurry on. Wait ;or
rue here until | 10 my efrand at ;ht
/ hoGs- and come back 4"
BE quick, then was tbe grad re.
spoase
And If lie ,cJuudrel was Ia haste, h,
might aeil be satisfied with the ralidi
y ~iih which his companion ief. him
:;i,r hcarcely knew lp~ she r.nche,
her hong, tore of im.r h"rtowesl iinety
and wrote To Godfrey Hope dcclinin.
,lr honor lao hal proposed her, bat civ
,,,. uo othe, reason for hes refusal thai
lI., statement that she dll ne, lose iiu
suliiclettly tn hsco.le h,s ~ii<
Mamn~, shu said, coming into th'
drawing room, Il have written to God
frey, DECLINING his efier, and sent th,
letter To him by James. have re
mcmbered who and what he is.
| Mr. Godfrey Hopes hmazement wa
uulaunded when, returning 70 his room
in the village hotel to dress for hi
promised call on Alice, he found he
note a~a!ting hiu, hut he did not re
nounoe his hope OF shaking her resolu
ton until the next day, whom ho me
the true Lizzie Mason in the grove, and
in the course of their lOverlike conver
sation, that damscl told him who ha
worn her hat and shaVl on the pew
ous evening
"An' she sent me five dollar bi
with the dress, because she got il wet,
asid tho girl. can that ! call res
handsome of her, Why, what aiIs yol
You're white as chalk"
, "Nothing nothing. You were nc
, in tho grove at all, then, yesterday 3
''No, | couldn't get oil till long aCtC
dark, 80 / stayed all night, kne'
. you'd be mad waiting for me. but
couldn't help it. Why !" For he
: lover had started for the village will
out even the ceremony of a good-by.
I He lost no time on his way until b
9 stood in the Office of JerEyn q Je
t rnyn his grandfsther;s lawyers. Viii,
: as death, with voice hoarse and thicl
t he said to the old partner
"Eou told mo my grandfather le
mo ten thousand dollars upon certai
conditions
J.. "Quite correct. The conditions al
5 that you leave Bellows Falls and neye
t return to it, and that you sign dee
t relinauishing all claims as heir-at-la'
. in case Miss Hope dies before she is
o ago. Mr.. Hope did not draw up th
paper until his will was signed ar
o sealed he was reminded that no ht
i made no stipulation for the revcrsion
J. the estate"
"Reminded by you !" was the bitt
, response.
It Reminded by me, lie was show
g the danger that you might become
@ suitor for the heiress."
y "Well, that danger is over. | ha'
o heen sincere suitor for the heires
,e and she has refused the honor Of an {
lance"
I "Hum p
IS $50, having lost that. stake, a
10 prepared to accept the conditions, tai
T., the ten thousand dollars, and turn U
i back on Bellows Falls for life.
1t was with a sense Of great rel
v from a very urgent fear, that Ali