Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-19
a TALE iODacTWO usEAs01rs.


How he E6sess & Pc srs souseaunss m
uksa ssr tho Aaoseestaslea Of Leses
Chnc.so 1ribane. d acci ri g,,. ~ ls;s
I" Good nv. 1yrtla.". ,,,,- .,s-, Ill
so loag, Mcclure. . replied the gill
q tail, Mi6Snne besuty with dark, gleaning
cyec snd ! woaltA q uubosnl bso6Des 'tiak
would have beso nd auyWhsge outside df
. novel. She stood on tho veranda thst
juno evening, ~ honsysuclZIee clustering
IN viva besnty al asound hee, while he %
when she spoke isgsred st the foot, Of
the stops, Standing thew iFresolutely With.
the evident hope, that the proud beauty,
whose D. per pair six "st6Ckings be saw
gleamin1 &&fu1J,iu thea half- light of the
gloaotn&s MouA say ths word that shead
bei0g him hack to her side to seal again
With burning kisses, and honeyed words
e love ths 'o.' s''tial that had been but tc't
"lfsss 60, s1sSsAsarte" ?" asked Eth
Gilbert, loolng up With wistful, Whit
quit-raining during race week expression
on hib pue2d fa0o. i"s',Tt,E odE
- r"NS, ~ Cream Chariie,'' replied Myr-
tle, Nsi1g ~ pst nsRe BY which he was
kp0Ne q, home vs !" you had better 90
away and try TO forget me-try to let tho
pleasureS which men have always Ut their
comiissd sweep away from ~ horizon tf
your lie ths blask pail Of dissDpointmsnt
that NOW hangs 70 heavily athwart its ut ,
sermoss ,S .iT; ~ i.th IN yoI, once soa e T.
is best that We shoald part now" n"' .
"There can 10 - revocation of this
cruel sentence, then ?" he asked.
Chose, whatevor,Ui was the girls re-
ply. 81 have tvittered, and my chirp
H. A.. - m
Eth'lesFt :. went sadly sadly away 49, '.., 81 .
A year has passed. Tho winter which
came 20 saddeniy s.d crept gently along
in soft white SNOWY robes has gone. The
sweet spring days, with perfumy hints Of
rose and woOdbine, aud fresh emerald
leaves, and climbing vines, and bursting
blossoms arc ,here. In the parlors of a
stately residence gay company of young
people arc assembled. It 10 the last party
Of the season, snd Myrtle Hathaway, the
acksowIedged hale Of the year, is as usual
tho csntrs ,0f attraction. She stands with
charming grace beside marble figure of
Psyche that ornaments recess in the
conservatory, and is chatting gayly with
Bertie Cecil-"handsomc BERTHE" the
woman call him-who has tho beauty Uf an
Apollo and tho sao0ir oiore of hired man.
= .''Whnk has bsoone of Ethelbert Nc
Guire % Myrtle suddenly asks; Il have
not seen him in ever SO long"
Berthe looks at her with an astonished
expression. =" ''''.' - '''.''
ado you not know, then? ?" he says.
The girl shakes her head.
'Isupposed you heard, - he said. ''Ethel-
bert INST with . 'diAppointment about a
yeax ago; the old story. they tell me, of a
mans love for , faithless woman. He
never speaks Of the matter, but God knows
he suffers enough. Il is not slight grief
thak will mako man indulge in dissipa-
tiOn until his life is q wreck '...
Myrtle's face became pallid. 'Is he then
20 very dissipated p she asked. .
Il should gasp" replied Bertie. 'He
smokes cigarettes every day now."
Myrtle reeled, and would have fallen had
not BERTHE caught her. "You are i'll, Miss
Hathaway" (" he exclaimed in anxious tones
t'6onething have said has caused this.
Recovering herself by mighty effort
Myrtle spoke: Il am better now," she
said. ut was nothing but the pie."
"Ah," said BERTHE. II had forgotten the
lie" "."' .1'. B"