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

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! baunted her
dreams. She still believed she
loved her promised husband but
but could not recall the past
without a strange feeling Of mis-
erv, and she now never opened the
little box of dead flowers that had
once been such 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 home sick. Then,
when she had thought to be home
in u 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 won't let
me go home yet. Says she IS
going for visit to the city, and |
may come when she gets back.
Now, what do you think Of that,
Jesse p
1 thank her 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 *
Lillian accompanied him to the
door as he was leaving, and as
they stood together he bent down
to her with the love light in 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 q loud yelp
and ran TO meet his master who
had just come into the gate.
With a playful good night J
she ran lightly back into the
house as her uncle came up the
steps.
A few days after as they we're
all seated at the supper table
and the jelly was under discussion,
Aunt Nina remarked that it was
not so 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 at
Mrs. Falkner's table as being OF a
very superior flavor.
Il 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 in
search Of your coral brooch
So after leaving the table she
went Immediately to her trunk
in quest of it. Sure enough thel G
it was, the very first one she saw,
and she was about to close the
book when a piece Of myrtle tell
ont into her lap. What q rush OF
feelings she experienced as she
took up the brown leaves
All, Charley in your far away
studio, could you have seen the pas
sionato yearning with which those
dead leaves were pressed to those
ripe lips, methinks You would
have been happy indeed. How
wildly was the scene recalled to
her mind as she held that Autumn
offering again in her hand! Again
she and Charley were strolllng in
the myrtle grove. Again she saw
the panied look that she haC
caught as she glanced up at the
handsome face beside her anc
now! The flash Of her ring II
the lamp light recalled her to the
realities, and with something very
like sigh and sob she laid the deac
leaves again in their place. lr
those few moments, however, she
had made a firm resolve. She
could never become the wife o
Jesse Gardner. She would tel
him all and then she would leave
them and he would soon forge
-,