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glad that no had determined to remaIn and

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Tho old irlS,nds Thought him changed for the
man, though no had fought against them In
'hS Kings army. ,o,. 1T. l., ,,,
glanced about, and encountered tho eyes Of
Mistress ksziah. She sat ip her old place. He
oh'sa Yin rafh sgh II ns%on Of rsScrn
turned his courtesy after .hs manner. Not
again during tho services did he look that way.
custom Of the pnce. on the church steps chat
ting with the farmers. Kcanh passed BY.
whptev"r they were, had taught him grace
1t, scarcely seems eight wears since / was
here he said. and she was quick to think that
"lln has forgotten" She thought. but she said:
Tho time. must have flown more quickly
Tor you than Tor ~. You have led u life OF such
Ilappiy ga, is over grew very tired Of it.
| Then YOU viii remain here Z"
| YES. WHY not?'
low W. N N GearI that you might remain be-
NJ; 1 have no such intention; Where iss
What Martha wodded' 1 thought of her
= Eight years is long enough to make child
Then ho Thought, She has forgotten" and
mimi that sue almost alone OF all of them was
was more beautiful ,that when she had given
HIM her PROMISE and tho years had seemingly
S 9 w her whom! nr1Ins he her
he walked home, if SO be she still cares for
w " 1hH yoHng woman med,ated IN the the
he is SO handsome, AMI will he remember p
| But the days passed swiftly by. one like tho
1Ii n,iI and three years had gone when Farmer
What vii! you do 2" Capt. Foster asked Ke-
2iah after the funeral Durini; these years
| they had met as friends and n"ighhors meet.
| and SO kindly crcumspect was each to tho
other tina, such became their confirmed habit.
| In the L.$guse OF kind friends hip aud nelsh-
borlv Offices the love that was burning within
neslbor, asked her what sho would do. now
| that her father was dead Even then he found
himself hoping that she would shy, ono word,
portnnity to say what had been in his heart to
But she answered him with another question.
i2 you mo not tmihk ths farm too large tor me =
Yes. Ishal employ my neghbor Moses and
his wife. They, viii live with me and take care
TIE farm; They are good E9ore;;,,
Of your land AS you do not need, and hs spoke
OF certain meadows that adIoined his. MENTION
| ing price and deeds OF sale and the ike.
All, but If she had said one word or looked
with one such glance AS she used to best{o,w
| cation, and told her how yearnea for her" was
Nuthan's despnirinE thought ~ he went away.
And th9 w9man.-whon ho had gone she wcpt
Nino years went By; Nathans hair was
| whitening Il lltt.r. but MS form was erect
his step vigorous. 1t had come to bs that No
| ziah consulted him on such business as her lit
70 farm required Of her. and she intrustcd to
| MN the Investment aud care OF some money
| she had Inherited. Then too. in tho long win
ter time shH would for tho sake OF company
| spend Il week or more with Nathan and his SIS
| ter at their farm.
Sister Nancy had never asked question. For
many years he had fondiy hoped that Nathan
| would bring kcHiah home. but rs the months
PASSED and he did not do so; sho at last knew
| mat IT would never be. Yet Nancy Foster saw
|
| when they were near each other. and she AZ
last surmiscd that. having passed tho ardor of
youth, they had by force of habit drftod into
surh relationship ~ brought them pleasure.
| Time HES so gently over unrventiui lives rs
to leave nothing for memory to grasp whereby
his passing may be brought to mind, SO it
| happened that year after year passed away.
yet Can't. Foster needed not that Ke2iah was
growing feeble by reason OF the forty years that
bear in mind that this white haired man. who
now, was often racked with tho rains of the
| whom She once gave her hand. As he still had
her heart he was unchanging and unchanGe-
Ono day there, came the inevitable. Sister
Nancy came TO her brother in tho night time
cone cone to say that Kcziah Is dying" .,,a a,
speak iii! they reached Kezahs nome.
Tns Sd h U.S. t9d them that Reznh
ousy as to give alarm till that evening. when.
| after severe sphsm OF pain. she began to sink.
Then they entered tho chambers: tho room
same from whose windows she had seen Young
Nathan Foster. riding IN handsome. forty
Tho stir of their entrance aroused her from
her lethargy, and. though too weak to move.
For him her look obterated time and place.
| and he saw her then as he had seen her or that
SUNDAY morning when the preacher lisconrsei
hnf
| content to lie there, with her eyes fixed on his.
The sudden trnnsilsuration which sometimes
look of youth, though it caused Nancy and tho
hons@Tifs TO eXC,IIanss glance as though TO
have observed il. He stood rig dly, his face set
as as IN Iranc" fog no was not ,hnre in spirit,
| Her eyclihs drooped, yet he did not stir. but
e,o9a tn se ssznG at n%r but when she It last
| NV betrothcd" he said.
;, She heard him for, she smiled again. and her
Sister Nancy bent over ' her to hear tho whis
per. and when she lifted her face she said gent
| ly: could not hear. was too latn."
| lie stood like statue and his face was like
that Of one.
Come, brother" said tho sister. Come.
He turned upon her flercely. All the passion
o. y2uth had leaned to his face;
NJ, Leave us. She was always my betrothed."
now the is History 'e"f h e" i've" '0r she read
:. =, Leave them" she whispered TO tho woman.
He Is unnerved. He will be better after
| WHILE"
They waited long in the outer room. They
| had heard one sob. as Of tho outbreak Of long
| pent passion. and then. as was bciitting, tho
| chamber WAS silent as the grave. At length
they opened the door They found HIM kneel-
| ing at the bedside. his head resting her
hand. ;, They touched him but he answered
not. He too had passed away.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN TIE VEST.
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