Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-05-13

tiaXen- haired mistress with Sucl
bitter resentment as her simple an(
uneventful life had never known
before.
That night her uncle called hel
to him in a softened mood and tolC
her that Dr. Coventry had been and
asked his permission to marry her
Cecily's face paled as she said in g
tone of unchanging resolve:
al will never be his wife, uncle.
Do not ask my reason, enough that
| know him to be utterly unworthy
of good woman's loyal affection.
Tell him / refuse him now and for
ever"
Surprise kept the man dumb for
a second; then he flew into vio-
lent rage, and stormed and cursed
at her more bitterly than he had
ever done before, and he had storm
ed somewhat roughly in his time.
Cecily grew white, and bore his
passionate upbraiding patiently,
bowling her sweet face like flower
before the breeze.
"You shall leave here before the
week is out, and go to work for
your aunt Helen, ungrateful, deceit
full girl"
Cecily said she hoped if be could
spare her he would let her go at
once, such change was her most
earnest desire.
And so in the morning sunlight
she sped away from rural Ruther-
ford into the dust and din of the
great city to big school in Blooms
bury, where her maiden aunt trained
city misses into the mystery of good
breeding.
Meanwhile the puzzled doctor
| had received her answer from her
uncle, who, now that the safety
| valve for his ill humor was gone,
pitched into the doctor, telling him
| his girl must have some good rea-
son or she would not have acted in
so contrary manner.
That night the doctor, with a sad,
set face, went into the pretty cottage
where pretty woman waited for
his coming with a puny baby wall
ing at her breast. She saw at once
something had gone wrong with
her brother, and quietly won from
him the little history of his love and
its perpleXing ending.
II should not have thought such
jolly, honest-eyed girl could be SO
fckle, Tom. There must be some
misunderstanding, dear. You were
so sure of her love, Tom"
"As sure as | am of Gods dlviE-
ity: vet, you see she has failed me.
But don't bother about me, dear.
| am man, made to suffer and be
strong. But i have news for you.
| found Jack out to- day, and he has
promised there shall be peace be-
tween you. He looks ill, and is
angry at your masquerading here
as Il widow. He is overjoyed that
the baby is a son, and satisfied me
that yours was a groundleSs jealousy, |
and in fact, waits outside impatient |
to speak for himself. You have |
PLAYED with edged tools, sis; may |
YOUR wounds be Il warning to you |
In future. Remember ito the pure |
all things are pure so cease to cavll
at your fate, because your husband
counts pretty woman among his |
friends. Goodnight, little woman;
l am in no NO )d to witness a love
scene, so | will go. Goodnight,
dear, God bless you"
III ltIG DOICH HC PsluoCN ~ o''y W
a tall bearded man:
"GO in, man, or she VIII 1alnt
with suspense. Be patient with
her, remember error became OF eX-
cee 8 of love.n
"All right, Tom. My heart has
yearned for her so long that L can
but be gentle, seeing what she has
suffered since she tore herself out OF
my arms. Poor little girl life were
not worth living without her."
II
"a lady to see you, Cecily. Please
be quick back, there are all these
exercises to correct, and we are
late"
"Very well, auntie, won't be
long. Who can the lady be, unless
it is the rector's wife. oh, | hope
uncle Is not worse" .e
With proud cOmpOsure Cecily
waited for her visitor to speak, but
instead of speaking the little lady
burst into a flood of passionate
tears, begging Cecily, if she had a
Woman's heart, to prevent her only
brother, DIR. Coventry, from going
as a surgeon with regiment order
|
''1t is simply ruin for him to sell
his practice now, he is doing SO ia
But he says he cannot
stay in spot that recalls daily his
bitter disappointment. Why can't
you love him? He is good, true,
noble, all that man should be.
There never was dearer brother or ,
a better son."
Cecily began to see the light. Oh,
why had she not trusted him.
Clasping Ally's hand, she told her
all her suspicious, ali her wicked :
Jealous rage that had hidden fair to {
wreck two lives. And then Ally :
told her own story, which had just {
the same groundwork jealousy, |
and while Cecily listened, she {
blamed herself each moment more 6
severely.
"What can do to remedy my
mistaken"
"Come back with me at once, and {
ell Tom how it came about. lie I
.ame up to town about disposing of {
his practice, and returns tonight to /
only discovered your c
address to-day" {
Cecily needed no second bidding, 4
Dut, prettily dressed in her daintiest /
rock, sprang into the hansOm be- /
iide the woman she had hated, and y
vas driven to stately house at f
kensington. '
Ally pushed her into a darkened i
'oom, where man stood in IA de- h
ected attitude by a window, read c
ng a letter in the dark. y
II say, Ally, my business with ,
Curtis has fallen through. He says d
he purchase money is too much. y
Why did you go out alone, child?
know Jack dislikes it ="
Cecily came timidly to his side,
Ter courage fast for-aking her. y
Tom looked around, and saw, .
instead of Aliy's pretty petite shape, ?
stately form, with a graceful q
lrOoped head then he sprang for ),
ward, saying: J
"CeciIy! is it posi- sible? Why are
Tou here?"
He drew her into the dim light of e
he window, and scanned her shy q
ace as he spoke then she uplifted Il
Ill the witching light of her plead a
ng eyes to his, and said softly: n
"Oh, Tom, can you forgive me? g
have wronged you cruelty" y
Then followed the dreary details v
# her jealous pains and her weary +;
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