Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-03

In her solemn, forlorn face. "You
know go abroad Tomorrow for a
while, and during my absence I shall
4 want you to enjoy yourselfall you can.
You will have to have O nice little
pony carriage, and some big dolls, and
lots of fairy tales to read, and money
to buy candies. Then. after you get
stronger. aud feel perfectly at home,
you can have your lessons and learn
to be nice, accomplished young lady.
Won't you" r.
But instead of an answering smile,
tears gushed from her eyes, and her
pale lips quivered piteously.
''Oh, please, Mr.. Alan, indeed |
don't want any thing at oil. l don't
wish to be any trouble OF expense. l
think would rather-please-Iwo would
rather die and SEQ papa than anything.
And pray every night / may-very
soonw .
And then the smile died out of Mr..
Sine lair's handsome eyes, and the
mans heart felt pang OF pitiful con-
sideration for this patient, cold little
wait. ... E ssftt
my child you must not talk like
that. Ii it is heavens will that you
live, you should not repine. You
have been sent to me-perhaps to be q
very great comfort and happiness to
us all. Why not try-why not decide
you will be! Why not make up your
mind you will accept the advantages
offered you to grow up into loyaDle,
lovely, accomplished woman-a bless
ing wherever you go?" a"@
And not till then was there q parti-
clio of animation in her face. Then
her eyes began to sparkle, and pain
full flush struggled with sallowness i'll
her thin cheeks. Be-. ...a-r- ...a.
"Could l? Could lido that? And,
Mr.. Alan, would it please you? And
would it repay your" r..
cit certainly would, Winnie" he
said gravely. --
'.T6en, sir, I'll do it. I'd do any,
thing can for you; papa made Inc
And when Mr.. Sinclair babe her
goodbye that night, her strange,
weird eyes We're glowing eagerly,
impatiently.
II shall begin tomorrow, sir" she
said, as he shook hands with her.
''Very well !" he aughed land send
me letter regularly once a month.
And when como back, in two years,
l shall expect to receive very pleas
ant welcome from my good little
Winnie" .r gH.# has &
But he did not come in two years,
nor in twice two, nor in four times
two. IN. 81 E1tS#E"'- 4E Gs.
He had delayed his return, now for
one reason, now for another; once for
q three years tour in the Holy Land,
once to accompany some friends to
Australia, and the last two years be-
cause he had found his fate at last,
and was too deliciously happy with
sweet Aura Brian to ever think of
coming home.
But eight, nine years after he had
said good bye, he was on his own
shores again, after such experience as
he would rather have died thousand
deaths than have suffered again, and
all because of Aura Brian-the fairest,
most gracious woman the sun ever
shone upon, and the only woman who
had ever taught him the difference be-
tween fancy and passion.
He had met her at Paris, with
party of friends with whom she was
travelling Abroad charming little
lady, with eyes like brown diamonds,
whose very first giances had their eff
feet upon him.
She was accomplished and refined,
aud carried just a trifle of gracious
haughtiness in her high bred air that
was the one, charm Sinclair thought
most bewitching i'm woman. She was
very beau tiful, fair as y-leaf, with
right golden hair, and
Alan Sinclair lost his head, his heart
his will, and worshipped AuraBrianas
only those men can worship who have
lived till middle age with no serious
damage previously done their affec-
tiOns. Sd. rE.--E
And Aura Brian reciprocated, and
there aensued an engagement, when it
seemed to them both that there was
heaven on earth whenever they met,so
perfectly contented and happy were
they in each other-days when Sinclair
would wonder it such bliss could last
in human hearts, and wondering and
half fearing, send up a breathless, pas
sionste prayer that he might never
fail in keeping his darling's love. - 8
And at last half dozen or so of the
English colony in gay Paris returned
home, Sinclair and Aura among them
-he eager to show her the home to
which he would take her; and she
equally glad to 60 with him. $500
lie eager, she glad, until the very
last night of the voyage, when they
were promenading the deck, arn-in-
arm, talking as lovers talk.
There is just one thing | am anxious
to speak to you about, my darling
something have heretofore neglected
to tell you-and that is,l little Winnie
Mayne, who lives at Roseleigh, our
home, sweet. want to bespeak your
kindness and sympathy for her-a
plain, reserved, solemn little thing, too
old tor her years. and entirely friend-
less but for me-but for you and me,
Aura. You will help me to be good
to her, dear?"
He put the question somewhat anx-
iously, for there had come look of
surprise and-was it distastefu lness?-
Oh her lovely face.
"Winnie Maynel You never men
toned her before, Alan. And she is to
live at Roseleigh with-us?'
Such grave, curious questioning was
in her eyes. Somehow it aroused
vague dismay in his loving heart.
with us, my darling. She will be
no de trop party. She is reserved and
. - l. l.,