The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-06-02


1" Not sin$t6sresq De would say when
sense nv dear. You are az secure
| from allimult as you would be in the
Goverhor's paflor, with your father and
your future husband. both at hand to
Protect yoii, It,s only a choice between
| going there and having Varick and his
| friends here to entertain"
| What wonder that she thought men
hard and merciless? What wonder
that, when Rodney France CAME with
out questioning, and proposed antelope
ment two weeks from the day when he
met her first, she should fly to the ills
/ which she knew not of from such as sur
rounded her?
And now the brief peace she had
known was broken, The serpent had
reared its ugly head amid her roses;
it could be Paradise to her no more
Rodney was away much of the time,
now. He was anxious to launch him
self on the sea of business life as speed
lily as possible. flq oH' ut doTd
81 think i have found the very thing
/ want, )" said he, coming back from the
city week after that incident by the
H Il
ship with man who impresses me most
/ favorably, though / met him to-day for
! the second time. A returned Califor-
MAN, who looks more to business eapac-
ity than capital from his associate He
wants to start a savings bank in River
ton, a hundred miles north of here,
which busy little town offers an open
ing for such an Institution. He says
g., no
up in the Western mines, but there are
4 immense risks 20 be taken; and for his
part he prefers to go slow, with certain,
though moderate, success ahead. y & i4go
i "Oh, Rodney, don't speculate, what
ever else you dor' ''' ''a"l' -
"My dearest, there's some sort of
speculation in. every new enterprise q
! man undertakes. But don't fear; I'm
as much opposed to illegitimate ventures
| as you can be. : g7 9slgltI 4iIyrspf. 4
Rodney had burnt his fingers in gold
gambling before he came of age. He
had begun with different sort of gam
bling, had won, and had carried his,
winnings into the gold room, to have
them slip, like magic, from his grasp.
1t was this operation, coming to his
guardians ears which had caused the
latter to delay the transfer of his funds
when Rodney came of age; done, of
course, with the young mans full con
sent.
They were walking under the trees
which surrounded the cottage, the sun
set light pouring in a rosy flood over the
scene. Approaching upon the turf
which deadenedh his footsteps, came a
servant in plain livery, who lifted his
hat to Rodney, with grave air.
4 V"A package, sir; with Miss Sanger
fords compliments H79l 1u ,-alsr
sob, Dennis, it is yQu,n cried Rod
ney more discomposed than he liked to
show. $50 the Sangerford family real
ly are in the neighborhoodP' ~,
awe took possession of our new coun-
try seat the latter part of May, sir, y re-
sponded Dennis, stiffiy, with "a wave of
/ the .hand-indieating 3 villa which over
observation-disclosures rounds. NO an
swer, sir, my young lady said.
"What has she sent you, Rodney?"
asked SIignon, as the man turned away.
''Letters?"
1T looks Sake ltR tvust say she
might have CHOSEN Ga more suitable
time" ~s~ No . {
"Rodneyr' she exclaimed, accusing
ly. 'rXoa baveSaeen,inloye. with her,
and ySd hsHdrAold nae YoiN1may as
well confess at once"
ut will make you despise me, Mig
non ''59D1ll s 3Aiu4it JON "A
"Oh,sno, 8 think not. But,it makes
,. me sorry for herl' .jdJl od ionrg1
: Sorry" exclaimed Rodney, with al
most startling Intensity. els that wom-
ans lovePt Why, Migh6n, if I were you
if Ilthought.iyot1 had ever cared for
another man, 1 should hate him with all
i' There was 81 a look On his f face Which
sent a thrill, akin to fear, through her
veins. bnG ,2SVGI1 S1uiEm3Tq -
jealousy she thought and it flashed
over her that here WAS the, chance for
Varick's revenge, If he only knew.
''But l never did care" she said to her.
self; ''never, in the way he means"
Rodney burned the package of letters
unopened!oiG-ao 991' s,,S1.4Td
d "She meant them to make mischief
between u.s., Mignon,n he said land
she has I; failed dsi In her purpose thank
But,be Was doing Rose Sangerford in
justice by the thought. She had known
from the, day they came into the cot
: tage who her near neighbors were. She
was PROUD and her pride had received
a cruela blow; she was miserable, too,
and feltioutRaged, and Inundated that
they should eometo,6aunt their happi-
ness under her very eyes. How often
her heart had been, torn, BY seeing them
together before She Yielded to the angry
impulse Which prompted that one Act OF
retaliation; Rodney France would never