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

HNHtis uNt 4 wv NV JN"h A"h"a
promises much happiness as the wife of
Godfrey Hope Remember who and
what he is.
These were the words over which
Alice Hope pondered AS nhe walked
slowly through tho grove at Bellows
Falls. II was her favorite walk when
she wished for solitude, though it lay
at come distance from her home, the
stately house that crowned All incline
stretch of ground overlooking tho vii
lage.
6 Remember who and what he IL !
Mrs, Hope had said these wor,ls worry
slowly, and with dso emphasis, only n
few hours before, when Alice had
read to her letter in which Godfrey
Hope had asked her 10 be his wife
Who was lie, then1 lIo was the sec
oud cousin cf Alice, inan about TWEEN
ty-seven, who had been brought up by
his grandfather in the house at Bellows
Height, and had supposed his inherit
ance of house and furniture assured.
Alice and her widowd mother had
never entered the stately house while
obi AIr Hope lived, but had supported
themselves by keeping school for
young children after Aliee's father had
died. It had never crossed their wild.
est imagination that the old gcntleman
at Bellows Falls would remember them
by even trihing legacy, and they were
inclined to think that they were the
victims of ii practical joke when they
received the lawyers letter informing
them that Alice was the sole heiress of
the entire estate of John Hope, of Bel.
lows Falls
1t was like u dream, 10 come to the
splendid heu:e, to know that there was
to be no more weary struggles for daily
bread, to wander through tho magniti-
cent rooms and extensive grounds with
the deliciously novel sensation of own
ership And it must bs confessed that
Alice at Eyst though. little of the dis
possessed heir. But no introduced
himself soon as cousin, and visited
the house as welcome guest.
Ia answer to the second clause of
Mrs Hopes question, "what was he =
4 lice could have answered trnthtnlly
that ho was the noas fascinating mnn
she bad ever seen. Aud Alice Hope,
though read winner ia the busy
v or!l, had moved in good society. hay.
Ing ar,stoeta:io family fejatiDns bntl, on
her iatnc, and ,nothei $ side.
Sine was tu -. u h.. won hy a
mere county aeusei. hut sis lad never
NET = man whose ihlell,et was 20 broad.
assose se,ttes.. .as - winning, whcso
ice was +, fauls9tne AZ were those OF
Godfrey Hope Anil sc: there was "a
letter in her writing desk, written by
the man whose heiress she was, warn
ing her tLat because no is unworthy.
brcause ha las betrayed the trust /
placed IN him, have di.inhcritrd God
frey Hope.
There was uo speeial charge, i,p di-
ree5 accusation, tut the young heIre-s
was warned against her o,"us,n. Vet,
ia the many long CONTRIBUTIONS the .so
.al h,,:I -. thcr, Godfrey H"rn bad
.n,i,avortd - convince his fi,,r couNiil
that Lis grandfather bal h.ra ithn
ei.crd by fal~c ifierds ~ i..iIeye state
r4suls Ia Lis d!acre,.it uttpriy pntrue
! lie had alulost convinced her liiat Il,
was ala innocent victim to uufOrtuuht,
circumst ,nces, victim To the mistaken
sense OF homer.
She was yoang naturally irns'inl
and nor heart was free so it is no
wonderful that Alice Hope was in
clinei to restore the disinherited Inar
to his estate by accepting the offer o
his heart and hand.
Absorbed in her reflections, Alice di,
rot notice that clouds were gatherin!
until sudden summer shower brok'
with violence above the tree tops. Th'
ram came through the branches sud
denly drenching through LEG thin Llacl
dress, and size ran to the nearest bous
for shelter This proved to be the cot
tage where Mrs. Mason, who did th'
washing for the great hause, lived will
her dauehtsr Lizzie, one of the village
beauties. There wan great buatllni
about when Alice presented herself 4
the door.
Mercy sakes, your half drowned 7
the woman exclaimed, hqrrYing her un
expected visitor to the kitchen fire
"You'ro vet TO the skin, dearle So'
amt it blessing there's whole wash
ing iu tbs basket to so homo Yo
can 90 into Lizzie's room and chang
your clothes. Dear, dear Your ha
is just runed-crape won't bear wei
ting -and you've no shawl. You mus
put on a dress of Lizzie's to go home il
It's nearly dark, anyway"
"Where is Lizzie r
Sewing at Mrs, G0rhaln's, deari'
She'll bo coming home soon. | alIer
make tllat part Of tho bargain, tha
she's to be home before dark, and
gets dark before six-faIl days al
shorter than summer ones. 50 she'll b
, here soon. It's clearing up"
1t was clearing up, and it was ais
growing DARK, so, promising 10 sen
home the borrowed dress in the morr
j. ing, Alice started for homo.
She smiled at herself as she stood b
fore the cottage mirror, for she had n,
worn gay color since her father
death, FIVE years before. Lizzio's blr
a dress, scarlet shawl, and gay sunda
hat were oddly out of place upon Il
slender figure and tho pale refined fa'
Of Alice Hope.
"Dear me-" said the old woman,
hope you will chirp up bit, Mi
Alice, and take off your black. III
old gentleman has been dead a yea
now. Them roses do suit you beaut
: full"
Alice glanced at the staring red 20,