Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-13

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She had tied a small veil of gay tissue
over the gaudy hat, as she left the cottage
and she hoped, if she met any acquaintan
ces she would escape recognition.
When she was half way through the
grove she heard quick footsteps coming
from the village, and a moment later q
voice said, ''You are punctual," and she
was caught for moment in Godfrey Hill.
arms.
She knew his voice, and struggled tc
free herself, before realizing that he had
mistaken her for the village beauty.
''Pooh!" he said, releasing her. s.Don'i
put ON airs, Liz. Were you going to the
house?n
yes" she answered, family, indignant
and yet curious, her woman't wits quickly
seeing his error.
81 must go. too. before long. though
had far rather stay here in the wood with
you, sweetheart"
"Your sweetheart is at the house, Allce
said, trying to assume the jealous tone OF
an uneducated girl.
"What That chalky-faced girl in
black Not bit Of 1t. Didn't love you
long before she came to take what is
mine 3"
And curse followed, coupled with her
own name, that thrilled Alice Hill with
horror.
But they say you will marry her," she
persisted, calming her voice as well as she
could
They say right! l will marry her, and
have my owni Then, when she is dead,
you shall have your old beau again, Lizzie,
and come TO the great house, my wife. 1t
is only waiting year or two.'
''But she may not die !" gasped the hor-
or-stiicken girl
''She will dIel I'll have no fine lady
taking what is mine-mine, tell you
But what ails your You are shaking as
If you had an ague fit. I've talked it all
over often enough before, and you never
went off into such shakes 1t is nothing
new I'm telling you"
'.But--you-would- uld--not--murder-
herr" the pocr- girl gasped, drawing her
veil closer.
'Come now, none Of that" was the
rough answer; ''ycu're not going back on
me. now, after all you We heard OF my plans
You've sworn to keep my secrets, or I'd
never have told you them. But what is
the matteri"
And here Alice found herself shaken
with no gentle hand, to her great indlgna-
tion. But her fears over-mastered her
anger. Godfrey was heir -at-law to her
newly acquired fortune, and if he suspect
ed her identity, in those dark woods, she
did not doubt, after what he had already
said, that he would take her life.
81 am not well, she said freeing herself
flom the rough grasp on her arm, land
l must hurry on. Wait for me here, until
l do my errand at the house and come
back"
''Be quick, then," was the gruff reply.
And if she was in haste, the scoundrel
might well be satisfied at the rapidity with
which his companion left him.
She scarcely knew how she reached her
home, tore off her borrowed finery and
wrote to Godfrey Hill, declining the honor
he had proposed TO her, but giving no other
reason for her refusal than the statement
that she did not love him sufficiently to be
MS.
Mamma" she said, coming into the
drawing-rvom, 81 have written to Godfrey.
refusing his offer, and sent the letter to him
by James. / haze remembered who and
what he is
Mr.. Godfrey Hills amazement was un.
bounded, when returning to his home, in
the village hotel to dress for his promised
call upon Alice Hill, be found her note
awaiting him
But he did not renounce his hope Of
shaking her resolution until the next day,
when he met the true Lizzie Mason in the
shaded grove, and in the course of theil
lover-like conversation, that damsel told
him who had worn her gay hat and rec
shawl on the previous evening.
can she sent a five-dollar bill with tn,
dress, because il got wet," said the girl
can that l call real handsome of her
Why, what ails you YOU'RE white a
chalk"
"Nothing-nothlng. You were not il
the grove at ali, then. yesterday" {"
'.No; 1 couldn't get off till long afte
dark and so stayed all night. l knowet
you'd be mad, waiting for me, but
couldn't help 1t this time. Why"
For her lover had started for tn vii
,age without even the ceremony of good
bye.
He lost no time on his way, till he stoo'
in the office of Jermyn & Jermyn. hi
grandfather's lawyers.
White as death, with voice hoarse AM
thick, he said to the old partner:
"You told me my grandfather left m
/ &n, Thousand 1nllars narfQin rOndi
tions."
.Ouite correct. The conditions are tha
YOU leave Bellows Falls and never return
TO it, and that you sign deed relinquish
ing all claims as heir-at-law, in case Mis-
Hill dies before she is of age. MIR. Hill
did not draw up this paper until his vii
was signed and sealed; and he was re
minded that he had made no stipulation TO
the reversion of his estate"
Reminded by you'll" was the bitter re
ioinder.
"Reininded by mel He was shown th'
danger that you might become suitor t.
the young heiress."
"Mell, that danger is over. / have beer
sincere stIitor ID the heiress, and she ha
refused the honor of an alliance
'sHuml'
$50, having lost that stake, l am pre-
pared to accept the conditions, take tn
. ten thousand dollars and turn my back Of
Bellows Falls for life"
1t was with sense OF great relief iron
a very urgent fear. that Alice Hill hear
! from her lawyer of the demand upon tn
/ estate, that made her poorer by ten thou
' sand dollars. and removed Godfrey Hi
+ from her path for life.
She told no one of the walk in the gloan
ing that had revealed to her the blac
: treachery of the man who woed her
e gently and had so nearly won the treasur
j of her young heart.
1t made her shy of suitors for Ion
e time, fearing her money was the magn'
a that drew them to her SIDE; but there cam
s a true lover, at last-one she trusted an
loved, and who won her for his tendel
faithful wife.
n And Godfrey Hill left his old home nev'