The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-08
INIT THE UNFORGOT-
TEN LAND.

~ NAhS VIA
was a business, not n love letter, else be would
not have rca1 it 1t apparel thai the
writer's father left Thornton twenty years
previous, owing Joe-who had then just en-
Tered mans -estate-money for house rent
Having but rec nifty discovered this fact, the
lady, being now possessed o. cons-de. abe
property, 6csired in Justice 70 pay both
princiI al and interost.
Such wns tho sum and substance OF his
letter. read In the golden after-glow OF one OF
June's fnirest days. There waS however,
one line over which Arthur oGil pondere1
seriously. 1t ran thnsi
''The story so swectly begun and so sadly
broken of under that roo you know we'll"
Yes, If course. Joe Laux knew. When
queenly ~Ermyntrude Southmayd broks her
engagement with Arthur Okill, oil tbs Cos
sips in tho village got bold Of this racy bit Of
news and rollol It like some toothsOme morsel
under ,heir tongues. The elders remembered
it TO this duy, although tho dlseardei lover
had ct different times honorpbly wooeI n
Won two Of their daughters and hal buried
them, and children with them, under the red
and wh.te clover bloom in Thornton's little
green graveyard Folks seldom forget
things Of this sort. More's the pity. From
his rose-diupei window he colld sec ncross
the way tho niosS-embioi Tered caves under
NLhA IVY IoA W ~ 11iJ bNN NSh1J $50
ago
Since that memorable evening he had
written all sorts OF harI and bitter things
against this beautiful, impcrious creature,
AID had closed and sealed the pages time and
again, only to open them onee more aud TO-
write. although for nearly twenty years her
Light S ep had mover crossed his path.
Now at last, as tho dry diel in amber reds
along the gentle slopes OF Thornton, he fell
to reading between these 1efy lines rcnned
with his hearts host blood, an to won loring
whether II lie had but refused to have taken
that lash girl ut her word she would no. hnvs
been touched AMI have melted Ike wax under
loves indomitable flame. Sltting there in
the crimson and amber sun-glow, with wh.to
and pink rose-leaves Coating in at tbs open
window like sctnsed, tinted snowfakos. he
wished, vaguely, that this thought had 90
Cured to him thcl, nnl That he had ac.el
upon It, As II vas, It was too late. Even
the ashes OF tint oil love were tcattcred. HIS
would toonor exptcs to behold those whom
he Ind kissed and laid away come forth in
lcshy h~abillments thnn to find that
annihilated passion clothed nnew and dwoll-
ing in bis bosom.
"Whnt in tho world nre you doinST' OK
claimed Mrs. Soth Oaiil, opening the door CT
tho oflco from her pHrlor adjoining. Il
lupuRul 1bu NGIt KOsuH Ouls
mo, I'm Attending 10 q little business, - IT.
piled ber Lrother-iu-.aw hurriedly seizing
some legal documents and making bel.evo to
look them over. "Say, Cad,n recalling her
as she WINS about retiring, you remember
the ~Southmayds. don't your
"To be sure l do. What was that beautI-
full daughters namef GlenwoolI Elem
hoodi No, that don't sound like 1. either"
Try Ermynuule," suggested Arthur,
drily.
''Sure enoughi Ermyntrude. l usnd to
name all my u~rettie1t dolls after her. Nice
family. but awful poor and proud, weren't
theyi What about themf'
''She's written to Joe from jersey CITY,
and is coming 10 see him on business"
"Poor joel And he dead an buried this
two wesksl" sighed Cad Okill. 'ShII
pretty old now, isn't shei Pm twenty-oight,
and sho was grown up WHOM ! was a little
girl"
shes thirty-niuo," rcp,Iol o.iill, running
his shRpe.y fingers through his own thickly
powdered hair and beard, wondering III.
while how "EmpresJ Ermyntrude'." rare
auburn lTaidS Stotd the test OF time.
"Thirty-ninc and not marliolIn exclaimed
Mrs. Okill, as II comprising tho round Of
human misery. 'ls she after cur dear old
bachelor Juef'
'Nonsensel You know oil about Joe's love
affairs Any way, she always held her head
TOO hl3l for sIcl aIh, o., ili pd, any ono,
for that matter. Now that sho's rich, shs
Doubtless holds it higher yot."
YES, l recolloct, she was called tho En-
prrss, wasn't shei She was so beautiful and
seemed to lie 50 grand, l really thought she
ruled a kingdom. an Of eli wisheI 1 could
s Up into the house aud SEQ her crown and
throne. When is she comingf'
Tomorrow noon,n
The morrow's mid-hour found Miss South.
mayd alighted at the pI esty vine engarlnnded
station, and rapidly pursuing her way toward
tie well known interesting streets, on on
corner Of which was Joe's oflc,, anil upon
another the rambling, ~tree-gIdled structure
she once cllleI horne
Despite the changes nearly twenty ycars
had wrought, ''Eml rees E~rInytiude," al.
though she pulled her gray travelling veil
over her face, half determined neither 10 SOC
nor be seen, rrco nizsd a familiar r,sdenc,
and bit # woodland green and emerald
sward. She had not cone with any Intention
Of remaining even FOR one Jay. There were
painful memories connected with the
place other than those interviewer with
loves young dream" Then, too, there was
really no one she cared or dared see, except
Ing Joe LauA Tho remaining member OF the
only family whose ncquai ltance she had kept
up removed some three mouths previous, and
were now her neighLors in the city where she
made her home.
Still, strive az she woull !, bitter-sveet
memories c! owdeI In upon her, aud when at
length she met Arthur Okill face to face, herr
was rapt, dewed like that Of a rose in the
flush OF dawn.
1he ripe, red lips still disclosed their scoi
rearl rosary; tbere was no thread NJ silver
among those Chestnut braids, no trace OF o
wrinkle on those rounded cheeks While far
younger women. such Us Cad okill. aged I'm.
der the matrimonial yoke, and ~"child-hirth
pain left its traces on heart and brain" she
retained her splendid hath. and,
although she had earned her bIeal and m,I
many trials, was even NOR reSally beautiful
than In the olden time. In early maideuhoo
critics bad pronounced her "tso fat and toc
red" The tendency OF over-ripcuess had
bCon checked, that tropical r.chnesi OF color,
ing toned down, and criticism Gu that scort
was disarmed.
Arthur she cred, not flushing In III.
least, yet with all thelisht OF her coun.cnancS
dying out and a strange gloom overshAdow,
the warm, brown eyel
"Ermyntrude" exclaimed ha
One Instant these two, who had wrecked
each others hope. clasped hanis, and eye met
eye In searcbing, yearping gas; then the lady
said, quietly enough outwarily:
This is an unexpected meeting. I regre-
being so pressed for time; I nm obliged u
seem abrupt. ! came TO sse joe on a matter
Of business Is-T