The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-06-13

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Il seemed to DR.. Harrisse, about this
time, that DR.. Johns was always joining
them; that be had 4 weakness himsAf
fot H3ss Iihdssy; md HarTisse smiisd,
sthink hing how fatile L was. 81
"You remember Captain Hamertonp"
asked DR.. Johns on one of these occa-
ioRssAvhep. the taik,ahad;ssomehow
Drift dHpbp love and nArriaga .Esl
<s0h, certainly" said Harrisse, wish-
ing Captain Hamerton and DIR. Johns
FsfS in the Fed So fg}iE Eztissi iySpeak-
ihS. al rsmember Hm4an ahcient
|lnaFiner, always eadcwing something
or somebody, ehp"
|HwslI, you Know, he fen in love with
Heeireys-rdsriS,Faet r And he sixty, il
a1dAy "a real Sieve hffairth ~ =
81 think must GO below" said -Lu-
diIe; sthe sun Is withering." Naturally
enough, Lucille was tired of the sur
eeon's "reminiscences; naturally she had
10 interest in the vulgar loves of circuss
fders LEN epd 9lS bea9x, ,ara.l ,,a,sITII. 81
4side, OBTAINING her. "Dr. Johns viii
he gone presently. Let us see the even.
ihg star eoms Test, together on this last
"And I suppose he married her and
lived happily forever after" said Har-
fsse. having SsTied bis point, and
turning % DrsaJohns llEA
'.No; she wouldn't marry him; but
when he died he left her q fortune, and
she left the, profession, -, AZ
'.And the Hamertons were Mayfiower
stock"
DR.. Jshns left presently, and the sunset
famed in nthewesfsHnddsFkness dropped
down over the vide lonely sea, and one
$ar softly trembled into view; and far
df sail, like white wing, shone
9gainst the dark horizon, wan and
ghostfy. VA'S e.A-~S IL ~
"The sea has ITS pearls,
The heaven has its stars,
yrt messeSsRsh heett has Iss ai9ys'.
he sang, beneath his breath. '.Do you
know, can you guess, Lucile-can you
guess vh6 my loYe islr
Iwss feveS God att ttenigmss - a lit
De distantly. "Dr. Harrisse, do you
remember When you first met meP''S 2
at, seems to me that i have known
YOU Away" he eVsdedl AoG5E
81 thought you remembered when !
first saw you here. Pm afraid you did
| not" q
"Could ever forget YOU Ladder,
sit seems So" she said, smiling
hintly; 'but I have q confession to
make"
$50 have l."
"You will believe that have deceived
your"
'.n this is deception, let me be de-
| deived forever" And then DR.. Johns
jpined them again. When they parted
next morning, he said: ''I shall see you,
| Il may, at the first available moment
ih the week; If anything prevents, 1
shall write"
Sitting down to dine the following
day with his bosom-friend, ''Tom," he
seked, .'vca know everything and
| esTcryhody; can You tell re where j
have met Miss Lucille Lindsay"
| "She was the person Captain Eamer-
| ton wanted to marry. You remember
old Hamerton? Forty years her senior.
Romantic story. He tempted her with
| Jewels, as Faust tempted Marguerite;
With kindness and luxury; but although
she was only poor little circus-rider,
she wouldn't marry him. When.he died
he left her half his estates. heard she
Went abroad She broke q bone, falling
| ffom her horse, at one time, in the
1 circus I suppose you must have set it
Gone, ehp Been on the ragged edge of
q firtstion on the voyageP Fancy a
Harrisse marrying circus rider! How
Heacon street would howlin
1 DR.. Harrisse was perhaps thankful
| that his patients demanded his atten-
| ton, and gave him no time to think or
fFisit ut once, and that a case of special
and serious importance importuned him,
apd made it utterly impossible, as he
\ -sAia -ts-h himself, do ether than-post-
none Miss Lindsay. After all, had he
Icomppafed Aipselfi EDd bot many
4 . bsnh4pr whff3ef tehd& nothings on
1 . seAi+eyage thout 4fiteAtionss Was
it not expected of him to charm away
| seasickness and ennuiP Should he not
e 2 ies be- m S1tHss ss amy oS.o1s Ssssr
\ \ hity Sfersd ard II sGsirs adjust
| heAs Svssa Afer a ponths reflection
him that Lucille was a trihe paler than
before. hut she made up for this defect
found that when he called for an hour
j first visitzthey never referred to theEoy-
age. One day he met DIR. Johns COM
ing Away from. her, presence; he had an
4 dAir a suppressed excitement about him.
1t was year since they had parted on
the Malta. The fellow lis ealmos'
II hsndsome,'' thonght HArTisse, and he
is in love with Lucille. 'N Miss Lindsay
y lwas-engaged with q headache, anC
begged DR.. Harrisse would excuse her
a Ehe wprds Sounded strahgely7 to him
he felt 'dazed and miserable, and angry
fbHith Dr. Johns, as II his visit hsd some
thing to do with t. All at once the fac
Edsl trS ssSstd efS st8Jis 9s ana & no @ impor
tahss Is Is lssea Ssr Est tSoss laugh VII,
Lvin, What did it signify to him
,llfhouak, Bs4con istreet and all creation
disapprovedp
..lGHe drove home, and went to his Il
brary. It seemed as If there was n,
, time to lose. He never remembers
sl;haying been in such a hurry before il
his life. Why had he postponed happi
= ness 80 lOngf 1T was late in the follow
, ing Day whenshe received Lucile's re
"Yopr Hnd yo1ds = she wrote. "hay
|. on TIE 1EhltA when 4 believed M Esel
! as dssPeratsly i'm love as You befey
1 yourself 70 be to-day. confessed q
2 me yesterday morning, and he was wi
Dr. Harrisse tossed the lefter into tn
grste, and went out 70 his patients.
Il was perhaps half q dozen year
> later when, looking over some ol
papers, he happened upon the charre
!, remnant Of Lucile's letter. which h
i servant had rescued from the fire an
y folded AWAY He opened it ct1riousl,