The daily gazette., 1883-08-22
Beneath the EIms.
ny yM.v.O.

huh yve were lovers, ana the morfo" wa
tide .ote us for long time, now long w
TO sepaist' On the porch our elders sat IL
knew no', ',oonversation, and we caught al
pleasant Of sadness in their voices. They
underIyDngb I,,,,b;s pa,ents, my uncle and aunt
we're 1Gsd oiven me parental care and love
who nau Eornhan babe, had beeL sent tc
slnce' fsom 20 nv mothers death-bed almost
slIIecn No nv aunt, the sister OF my father
ifPreseh,.'9 ~ AXE me away to the city on the
who wa' ioined them A proud-looking,
D9ug9,T5il D99,5lv dressed woman, bearing the pres
sPIe'udi he remnants OF great beauty, she
tige ',u ud I sat beside my Aunt Mcleod, com
cslly, .',r rI rcIipsing, with her spreading, lus-
Pelrp paonnces, her handsome and costly
uou' and the CLEANS of rich Jewel or two,
acFs1 sobar plalnness of that best OF women.
the sl soUr, roTe. TOO, something of defiant air
ene neought the look of trouble to Aunt
.aAs mi ooS,s sweet face, and something almost
Msn''f Sa trown of impatience to that OF my
lAv la.Itv calm and unObservant uncle.
usual shaw had never taken the least
AuIT ih, If me before She was not fond Of
ta0lF"o a0i."n She said, and hearing that the Nc
i. nod taken me home, on my mothers
Leouo ,tsease she had known that | was sufii-
deceSS', a.ig ,yelI cared for. But now that was
cel,,3 pn1 M longer she felt 1t her duty to
a Vua't ,orward and give me some advant-
coln' ancb as | could not receive from these
sgts .oanectable but decidedly unfashiona-
W. ssl! !neopIe, | must have year or two at a
or'tP5oUssble oe school, or under a good finish
-. governess, and with masters. Then,
lux nonners being formed, and sufficient
ltl,,nnlisbments ll gained, she would intro
iSvuI i.o me- into society where her position and
~" Iu.i tnowpdge should have gained how TO
Y. nsta the most of my good points, would
naa5iIy nani secure me desirable match.
PTbo 1eYt nerning we set out for the city.
u,rb It whose wife had promised to be,was
lD4sonsolate husI at our separation. But 1t
us,Ti1 IsuJ not be for long, said, and / would
NvsaI Nus,o and explain all. And so the good-bys
ma.a n,,.' aid and drove away beside my aunt
Win ali the dewy freshness and beauty OF
Mst Ioveest of midsummer mornings
mockinr ~,, the disQuiet and impatient grief of
my spirit
Tvontv Years had passed ere / returned.
,aS ,ben how changed were all the mate
i,.I in1 and nd, sniritual aspects of my world. l
nant a thoughtless child of 10, with gay
S,sams ,si of ambition fitting through my
ma | came Oack woman OF 80, for
ubnm uDI life had no longer any hopes or any
,'ln,ions went rich in friends, and joy,
and love, IN my abounding youth, In the
hams ot youthful form and features, with
s the world before me wherein to Gull joys
md eyperiences to deck my hearts home in
tbe near hereafter came oack poor,
widowed, childlcss, hopeless and friendless
bat for Hugh, glad TO accept the home he
Altered me-. and the post of housekeeper in
N. bachelor establishment, since ! must
am my livelihood somewhere, and Is years
n absence had made me stranger in my
own land
Bugh too, was changed into the tall,
bnad bury man of 40, with grizzled locks,
gnyr eve and unsmiling mouth. Uncle
sBl Aunt Mcleod were dead, old servants
kewisr, aud a new generation had sprung
In who knew me not. Only the gray old
raole, remained the same, perhaps little
np.pr than of old; even the elms had
eroxn 10 more gigantic size, and quite hid
fhe b.Hch where certain never-iorgotten
words had been whispered. Hugh, gen.
eucn ever, in holden gray or broadcloth,
realrd me with none of the old familiarity
-four Youthful days. He had his own avo-
,ations mine, and we went on our sepa-
rste wsys in unsympathizing silence, OBJ
seTing only those outward forms of civility
which the veriest strangers adopt.
A few wears will suffice for all the history
btthtSe years of absence.
Aunt Shaw's more powerful will had bent
ne to her purposes from the first, t,and when,
b the second year of my residence with her,
be proposed going abroad, | acquiesced,
Ard even submitted without murmur when
he c0ntrYed to prevent my farewell visit TO
he Ems Hugh had been prevented com
ng 10 mt by the illness Of his parents, and
aleF sailed was shut out from all inter
course with him.
After year or two Aunt Shaw left me In
Europa. She had married me to man
ShOn letested, having first inveigled me
ltO giving him what, according to the code
etiquette in the country where we then
lTed wss encouragement that did not per-
nit ne to reccde. She left me to misery,
but she could comprehend no misery that a
lille and palace could not heal. She died
loon after, leaving me by her will all her
Tealh, but the heirs of heir husband con-
ltsted the instrument, and my husband,
Sho became defendant In the suit that fol-
owed, being alien and absent, they gained
heir cause. My husband had title, but no
wealth, and we lived "a wretched life when
zoe hope was wrenched from us of succeed
Hhg to Aunt Shaw's estate. There were
many Years of this life--I have never cared
count how many. Children were born to
ne and died, and at last the man to whom
ase VOWS bound me, died too, and ! was
ei alone, amid strangers, in the land that
uAg always been strange to me.
laen came home to find my own land
sAlcelY less strange, to meet coldness and
SOltumely, and to feel myself reduced to
lul6e my pride, and gladly accept the
nome Hugh had offered me.
aad been near six months at the Elms
saen the midsummer brought my thirty.
sala birthday. No word of this anniyer.
'4ly aad passed my lips. Not for worlds
syulu have reminded Hugh of that sad
sale ol temptation when / had forfeited my
Wv ,S1s, and deserted him with the confession
" oSe still glowing on my lips. But hi
M +peuiorY was not less tenacious than my own
aS ,as morning of my birthday saw the gift
IVY NE by his dead mother laid beside m!
pae al breakfast, accompanied by his owl
~ 1.le one costly shawl of rare lace, tn
vsaef .aS clasp of pearls to fasten at m
sI.t at.t Silte throat. had few words where
r,r ",l 70 thank my cousin, and he repelle,
ny. ~! gratitude almost roughly, reminding m
,on,, ani MS coffee was growing cold, and h
tSs tSull not loiter, since ne must at day visi
,Ss.i ,sSslsrket town. But thought it but fame
vaa uas le glanced at me more kindly than hi
snna, sva., aud clasped the cold, tremblin
hisn5s. se5S | laid in his palm, with not ur
feldly clasp.
ttha aau ,ii not known till that day how dearl
r5s,,as MEMORY of my early love had bee
tS4gltshed. Salind Amid the rush of memories an
NV rT,''iig Hg which the day brought, no fact {