The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-09

| Her hrEerS shake-her broth come, fnt-
OIL oieaoiul Il must bel II t'.7
| Win angty ao.l Ihs reads tho line:
III bhhg friend to teal"
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ALL BUT TRIUMPHANT
she waa only goyerncss in Geor
Wiliosd's house, aud q nursery governe
al thai. ,.
A pretty, lady.likc, q1iet little crea!ur
whom his two mothotless children dear
loved. b.
Between you and me, dear reader, b
fore their father had been home from b
travels many months, he was in danger
following their example.
Mrs. Vane saw that. Sic was a widow
handsome, hsushty, poor, and with a pal
Of fine black eyes that werc UNUSUAL
keen and vide awake for all that concern
I'd tho wealthy widowsr. For he was he
cousin, and she had kept house Tor hin
since bis wife's deatt-two years APO
with tho decided intention of ultim stel,
and permanently supplying her place AMI
consoling him Tor his bereavement.
She watched him now with cloudc,
lace ss lie rat at the open window, nav
Ing less attention to the morning paper i,
ttis hand tiian to the merry group In tt,
garden. whose silvery voices and happ,
LAUGHTER reached him where he cat. '
"lIow happy they aeem, and how lone
the children are Of her!" he raid at lns
pursuing bis own thoughts. "But wb,
DOS she slTays wear black? Do vol
snow for whom she Is In mourning
Helen ?"
"Her mother, believe" Mrs. Vsns
answered with supreme indifference, "She
"a Oh orphan. Governesses generally art
orphans, 1t seems 10 me-"
And she rledto quiet her own fears BY
rejecting:
81. ia only natural that he should take
pleasure in watching his own children.
surely it can not be this girl?"
But It WAS ''this GIRL" in spite OF her.
She thought she would put it to tho test,
and 80 went quietly out Of the room and
sent, the bonse msid to summon Lily
Diane to he. preaence.
You arc az aEillful at this kind Of work,
Miss Deane," she said, as she held IN q
pleca of torn and costly lace before The
blushing, II altering girl. " should be clad
il you would mend it IS soon as possible, u
And she looked with strong dis'ayor a,
the aattering form and rosy blush.
She had Bsen George MILFORD acccst the
girl as she came ii IRON tho garden, and
soc knsw what this bl,tytes maant.
She made no remark, however, but when
sho went down sgain 10 the room where
she had left her cousin she found him
standing simlsssly in the middle Of tho
room as II uncertain what to be about.
'rhe gs,den has lost it's attraction" abe
thought, and her black eyes flashed. "This
girl must be got rid Of, and at once"
More easily said than done, however.
The children loved their gentle friend and
play fellow, AID their father made no escre,
Of the pleasure her presence and sweet
compnuioaship afforded him. d.
While as Tor L!ly-thougA she WAS "ouly
a goveruess'-it was plain that IN I'M.
wonted scene Of heppinesa inside her blue
eyes more bright and her smiles more ire.
quent, She lever thought Of questioning
%%hy.
The eimple little eoul backed in it's at
mosphare Of love and Joy, Oh birds and
flowers DO, and thought ABOUT the Cause OF
It as little.
The stately house had grown to be q
1appy home to her. 49,
Was it eipce Mr.; Wilford returned? Well,
va, much pleassnter
under the masters sway. He WIS good,
10 kind, 30 gentle 10 herself; SO considerate
:owards everyone. All, but his wife must
have been happy woman. How sad that
she should hsvs died, and left her lovely
babies, her dear husband. And he, ton
10 young, Ecafcely thirty-Burely bis life
Vas lonely. She wondered now would he
aver
And at that thought she put up two little
white handa to her face, that suddenly
burned vivid crimson.
"What is it to me ?" ahe murmured with
an unconscious sigh. "Butit be should, 1
suppose it would be Mrs. Vane. And l
should have to go. I could not stay then,
the children love me, and IL
love them 3d." Tears dimmed her blus
eyes suddenly. cater oil, what is it 10
me ?" che zig he'd. "Only he is 60 good. 80
very good 10 me-hnw can I choose but
wish him bappiness?" :
And che stopped and kissed red roee.
bud that she held, snd which he hsd given
her. - 81.
That instant a voice fell on her esr and
q firm band gsasped her arm.
"Do you kiss the flower for its own
sake" asked the voice, or for The giyer's ?"
Poor Lilly started guilty..
"The-the eiver, madame ?" she falter-
ed. II do not understand"
"Mr. Wilfofd gave you that rose, I saw
him. Flo IL my bethrothed husband. Miss
Deaue, take you for foolish, though,less
sir), rather than wicked or a hearslees
one. have resolved to appeal to your
sense Of risht-your honor. MI. Wiiford
is engaged TO me. Irlovc him and will
mover give him up. His fancy for yo,, can
only result in your dishonor, for though
you may steal his heat from me and make
me wretched, you cannot win his hand.
That is engaged to me, and will claim ;"
Lily, with white face and great dilated
eyea, now suddenly, with one sharp cry OF
pain, fell iainting at her euemy'o feet.
The blow hsd been ao=sudden. With
cruel, pltiless hand Mrs. Vane had plsct d
her face to face with the secret Of hor own
unconscious heart.
She knew, in that moment's augnjah,
that che loved George Willord, and that
he was the promised hutba and Of another.
Farewell, love! Farewell, hope! Fare.
we'll, peaceful home, in which she had
found brief, decsitiul happiness! It seem.
ed, at first, as il abe had said farewell to
lie itself, IS she lay, white and motion
lees at Mrs. Vane's feet. AZ. ,l50.
Sho was such slight sirlish cresture
that that lady managed to lift her to the
sofa without help, and was bending over
her and sprinkling water on her white face
when the blue eyes flaw wide open again
and consciousness returned. ii @.l4
Tho palc che eks grew c-''n,on Instantly
and ehe drew her little han Ia away ami