The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-09

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Friday, and she got to wondering
" bat kind Of a guest his friend
would be.
She fell asleep in sort Of con-
fused intermingling of ideas; and
dreamed that Jerold was speaking
to her, begging her not to cross q
stream with the stranger. The
stream was deep and spanned by
a narrow bridge. The guest was
pleading with her to cross over
with him while Jerold insisted
she should not attempt it. But
Eleane, in willful mood, stepped
resolutely forward with the stran.
ger; and as she did so the bridge
gave sudden lurch and they
we're precipitated into the water.
The revulsion Of feeling was so
grea: that she awoke with start,
and was glad to find it only a
dream.
But the dream had much an
noyed her, and during the two
or three days following she would
continually fancy she saw the ex'
preston of pain that had crossed
Jerold's brow as she stepped for
ward on the frail bridge.
Eleane wondered if Harold's
friend was as handsome as Jer
old.
Harold had closed his last let
ter with these lines to Eleane:
Il am coming on next Friday
and you must look your prettles'
and do your utmost to please my
friend. He is handsome anc
wealthy
Perhaps it would have been bes
had Harold not added these lines
for they aroused the suspicion
in her mind that Harold va
bringing James Preston hom'
with him for the purpose of max
ing a match
His last experiment in tina
line had not failed Minnie wa
engaged to a wealthy young plan
ter, who had been Harold's class
mate at College.
He had long known of the al
tachment existing between Jerol'
and Eleane, and it was in tb
hopes of weakening their low
that be prevailed on his mothe
to send her to a boarding school
her vacations being spent wit
an Uncle residing short distanc
from the College,
When Eleane had read the lei
ter she threw it to Minnie, ez
). claiming:
sAnd I won't do any thing {
the kind! III be just as disagree
able and ugly as 1 can. Harol
need not think I am piece
furniture to be put off on th
highest bidder
Now, Eleane, you are flying o
> in one Of your old moods. 70
! say you will look your uglies
when 1 know you will do just tt
reverse. You know you are goo'
looking, and I have never y
} seen the woman who would sligl
/ her charms; and you will NJ
: either. 'Well, if do look we'll ca
l help it? But shall not,
, the least, exert myself to plea'
that young man. she said with
: disdainful toss Of her head.
: 'Pshaw! You will have Jero
!, in a perfect phrensy OF jealousy
less than q week after his arriva
To this sally Eleane made
3 reply, but with a.pout on ber ro'
e lips and a decided frown on h
4 brow, she left Minnie, who W;
r laughing heartily at her.
She wandered to a favorite sp
j in the oak grove, and seating be
9 self on the grassy sward gave be
= self up TO fancy's wandering see
t ter.
d If only she could feel free al
happy, as in the days gone b
- when she and Jerold had studi
and played together in the o
school house on the bill.
Why should she and Jerold 10
the old time trust and freedo
p simply because few short yea
o had passed over their lives ?
n And, though only in the fl
!. flush of young wowanhood, s
was already signing for the hapl
past.
. And then she thought of Jerolt
speech, Does Miss Melville st
S consider me her little school b.
champion
y And suppose the three yea
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