The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-06-09

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/ utterly lrcai.C ral penuiIesa fle
luo chl.dfca wgni to their new bone
81 lae same day, aud as thcir sind 4
lriena and reh.irc nothing With
I half heart, BE threw oQ % 3 great F.
measure bis reserve and melancloly, +
10 make their home pleasant to 4
I lhemn
"What were their names II asked /
Nelly
"You may chrislen lhem"
swell, papa has lhe pfettiestuame i
/ go the wond-Waiier. Lilly, YOU .
may name tie GID. I call the boy
+ Walter"
Il win name the eirl after you"
said Lilly. $50 ,hay are Walter and
Ellaw
Had the light been stronger ,-e
girls might have noticed o sudden
palloI on the face of their governess,
but her voice vas steady as she con-
tjnued Not one Of the three hal
seen O tall hgule cross the lawn at
some distance from them, and enter
/ the house by The low French VIM
dows at the hack Of the drawing
Itoom. Neither did they see him
cross lhc room and seat himself be-
I bind the lace curtains in Che darkness
So near thc group he could have
touched any oI the trio by stretching
/ out BIS arm.
"WoIter end Ela, then, since you
SO name them, said Miss Whitman,
"livCd life ofcCmplete happiness III
their luxurious home. Their uncle
I loved them, they loved each other
and their only sorrow was the sepa-
ration OF school life as they passed
from home instruction 10 the semi
nary
"It was after ,heir final return
home that their uncle told them OF
/ their wish chat they should marry
and inherit his fortune and home,
ltovsthor. Ella asked forno greater
I happiness than to become Walter
vile. aad Ion time believed that be
loved her; but as she grew older,
became convinced That she did not
hold Walters heart as he held hers
She was Jealous Of the daughter'of
an old friend, who came often 10
visit them.
GAS we arc eonGning ournamc5 %
those noas at thand, we win call her
after }ou, Lilly She vas very be1p
lilul-not lall as Ella was, not quite
so fond of music and books, but O
fairy like blonde, winsome and ten
der the very woman to win aman's
hea't and hold il in silken bonds
stronger than iron. Walter loved
her"
"And Ella loved him, sighed Lii
/ liz. "Oh, dearw
"Belore the uncle knew Of amy
cross 70 his plans be died. But TO
bis win left his property to bis me-
phew and bis ward only upon oondi-
/ lion Of their marriage II either sc
fused the marriage the money went
/ to public charity, the house to he
sold and the proceeds added to .he
sum. Bot If either died, the other
inherited all. Ii was a cruel will,
I for every day it became more evt-
dent TO ella that her heart was given
to ono who found Che Gift o heavy
burden. The soul Of chiyalry, Wal
ter tried 10 conceal his aversion to
the woman he must marry, unless
they both became heggars. She
loved him SO well that his grief be.
came hers, and she tried to imagine
some way to free him. Only her
death could raleasa him, SO she re-
solved to die"
"Oh y gasped Nell.
"She wrote a letter bidding him
| farewell, and left the house. There
was O small boat in which she often
rowed upon the river alone. This
was found, turned upside down, and
her hat floating near it. Walter adj
vertised for the body, for any news
of her, but none came, and after q
wear tie law gave him sole control
+ of his uncle's property. It ought 70
be bis, for Ella was not related to the
old man, although she called him
uncle and loved him tenderly."
"Did he marry Lilly Z"
COB, yes, they we're married"
"But poor Ella (" sighed Lilly.
uShe did not die, said Miss Wh.-
/ man. "She shrank from the crim5
Of suicide. SO, while they wer
limiting for her body, she was 10
llaroe town, earning q comfortable
living She conquered her love
wears ago, and her life is tranquil,
happy, and useful one
The sisters went to their own
apartment, while their governess
went into tie drawing loom to get
book she had left there. AsAhe
lliehted the gas, a tall figure rose
from 0 seat near the window, and
came forward. He spoke one word
only.
"Ela"
And she staggered halk,and would
have fallen, If his strong arms had
not caught her
aEna," he said again, 81 heard
your story, hidden here, to see my
children unseen, before they knew OF
my return home Oh, you were
wrong / always loved you, but
your own doubts made you so cold
I that ] thought you would marry me
only in obedience to my unclo's
will"
: "You did not love Lilly 2" she
said
81 love You-you only. But when
I believed you dead, her sweet con
ISOLATION won what was left Of my
Z sore heart"
. There was raptuous greeting for
"papa" the next morning, but The
delight Of the girls was increased
when he said to them, very gravely
~ viii finish the story your gov
Il ernoss began last evening. Walter
wife died. but he found Ella, aut
p loved her. She is here, and yol
z must give her a place in your hearts
z as my wife, and your mother