The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-30

tie On nef spirits. 1heu 9uo
began 10 wish that Charley
would not be home when she got
there, and again she would catch
herself longing for glance of the
dark eyes that still haunted her
dreams. She still believed she
loved her promised husband but
but could not recall the past
without a strange feeling Of mis-
cry, and she now never opened the
little box of dead flowers that had
once been such I JOY TO see. 10
no one did she tell Of her sore
trial and Mabel often bantered
her on her Observation-Disclosures and
thought she was homc.sick. Then,
when she had thought TO be home
in few days, Jesse came over
and brought her letter from her
mother.
When she had finished reading
it she turned to him with the re-
mark
There, now mamma wont let
me 60 home yet. Says she is
going for visit to the city, and |
may come when she gets back.
Now, what do you think ofthat,
Jesse
i thank hor greatly. A month
makes quite a difference to me. l
only wish you could stay always
with me- he said, taking her hand
and trying to kiss the rosy fingers.
But Lillian jerked it away just
as Aunt Nina and the girls came
into the room.
x x * X
Lillian accompanied him TO the
door as he was leaving, and as
they stood together he bent down
TO her with the love light i'll his
deep blue eyes.
Lillian won't You kiss me to-
night. 1t is only the second time
have asked and you will leave
me soon I will
The concluding words were cut
short by her unclc's Newfound
land dog as he gave a loud yelp
and ran TO meet his master who
had just come into the gate.
With a playful good night !!
she ran lightly back into the
house as her uncle came up the
steps.
A few days after as they were
all seated at the supper table
and the jelly was under discussion:
Aunt Nina remarked that it was
not 50 good as she had formerly
made owing TO the fact that she
had lost the receipt and had made
by guess. At the same time she
alluded to some she had eaten al
Mrs. Falkner's table as being of
very superior flavor.
4 think | have mammals with
me and will look for it after tea.
Lillian had said.
Yes Julia answered, you have
whole lot of them in your bible
l saw them the day we were IL
search of your coral brooch
| So after leaving the table sh'
went imm ediately to her trunk
in quest Of it. Sure enough there
it was, The very first one she saw
and she was about to close th'
book when a piece of myrtle fel
out into her lap. What rush o
feelings she experienced as 5h
took up the brown leaves
All, Charley in your far AVA
studio, could you have seen the pas
sionato yearDing with which thos
dead leaves were pressed to thos
ripe lips, metbinks you woul
have been happy indeed. Ho'
wildly was the scene recalled t
her mind as she held that Autumn
offering again in her hand! Agai
, she and Charley were strolllng l
the myrtle grove. Again she say
the panied look that she ba
caught as she glanced up at tn
handsome face beside her an
now The flash of her ring
the lamp light recalled her to th
r realities, and with something yer
r like sigh and sob she laid the dea
leaves again in their place. |
those few moments, however, sh
a had made a firm resolve. Sl
! could never become the wife
Jesse Gardner. She would te
y him all and then she would lea1
:. them and be would soon forg'
: her. And she kept her resol1