Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-21

she met him, and the result convince
her that in handsome yet penniless Tor
there was more of her ideal than sh
had vet met.
But, naughty by nature, che woult
not reveal this to him, and he, equally
haughty, despite his poverty, and, in
deed, on that very account, would no
betray himself.
Thus the two lovers, for such the
were in soul, were kept at everlasting
loggerheads, state of feeling which
y ould have existed. mercy knows hov
long, had 1t not been for a lucky hap
pening which happily served to brins
about an understanding between thu m
| A horseback party had been planl &C
by the ladies' Of the Crys tal Lake Club
and Tom was one of the escorts upC {
certain damsel, by name Miss Fro, h
inRham.
Lively and laxative she proved, ne
| also an admirable horsewoman, IN; n
aging the high-spirited thorough bret
which she rode with q skillful hand.
Minnie StockweIl, with Hartley
Brandon as an escort, led the cavalcad,
ard a gay patty thay formed, As il
their bright tunting oostum - they gal
loped across the fields. About Fair
view extended an admiral tract o
country for the hunt, ard of this Fair
view was wall aware and TOOK due ad
vantage.
Their ride upon the present DAY lee
out over the OLD turnpike to Baltimore
and, though trihe dus'y, was, never
theIess, pleasant gallon.
After getting well out into the com
try, the party broke up in couples
some going ahead AMI some falling be
hind.
Miss Fnthinghar was lively rider
and s)on Tom found him elf well in all
vance Of the main patty and at a par
of the road but mile and half from
a series Of steep descents, into what was
called he Devils George, ii deep cut
between the hills through which ran Il
foaming torrent.
Suddenly upon the hearing of the
two Smots aStrtes of ghttned screams
and tho hoarse halloo OF excited men.
Then the Eext moment behind them
came ~" thander OF hoofs, aaA ere
they copid }erNze the rature Of the
trouble there leaped past them with
trightfnl SPEED the white-faced
thoroughbred of Minnie Stock well, tht
broken bits dangling from his lower
jaw, while upon mis- back, with fearful
ly pallid face, sat the peerless beauty
of Falrvew cIiuging resolutely yet de.
spalringly to the saddle.
AS she swept past Tom her face was
turned upon him, and in its wild terror
thee was an Expression of pleading
and fifth which seemed to say to him;
lyon are man-yOu can save me.
With IA groan OF horror, and ter
ribie resolution uppermost IN his breast
Tom Hathaway dug both spurs deep
into his thorough breds TANKS.
Like an arrow the noble animal re.
sponded and shot forward in pursuit.
1t was a terrible race for life or death
and Tom, well realizing it, rode as be
never rode before.
Nearer he drew, gaining mOmentari,
ly, such was the superior speed Of his
own horse.
Out of sight OF the rest of the party
they swept
Now tie black is alongside of the lit
Tie bay.
A rise in the stirrups ana Tom ex-
tendS his powerful arm, enCll cl.ng the
waist of the proud capitalists daugh-
ter; she is plucked skillfully clear of
the saddle and landed SAT, upon the
wethcrs of the black, who now beneath
the double weight slackened lis speed.
The naughty beauty was ayed, and
by the very man whom she IN secret
loved above all others.
What was the result?
Her naughty spirit broke down, and
she lay limp upon his broad bosom,
while the choking tears hDwed in tor
rents
We will not depict the scene which
followed on the verge OF Dev.I'S Gorge
before the rest of the party came up,
but suffice /; TO say in brief that from
that L uinent there existed between the
two a perlac5 understanding.
And this Is why our Zero dreaded the
denouement of the dlsgraceful duel inCo
which he had been unwisely drawn,
not from its criminal consequences so
usual, as the reproach ho knew he
would merit and receive from the one
girl whom he Lived Oh all the wide
earth.