The Mineral argus., 1884-07-10

" stopping TO PICK up Une OuotouS PUi
pie blossoms which had fallen from her
hair. ''then we shall consider u en-
gagement dissolved"
"And can you give me up so readily,
Rosa?"
cob" said Rosa, a little impatiently,
'Fwhere's the use Of being romantic about
it? You have chosen your part, L have
chosen mine. So let it be-"
Clarence Hyde took his leave, de-
iected enough. 1t is not pleasant to
set up a fair idol and worship it with
all the strength and tenderness of your
nature, only to find, after all, that 1t
is dust and Observation-Disclosures and
falsel
Cuthbert Hyde sat smoking his bri-
erwood meerschaum by the open VIM
dow as Clarence entered-a square,
shrewd- looking old man, with deeply
scanned wrinkles on his brow, and rest
less. sparkling eyes, cleaning like 1--we
Goals beneath his shaggy brows.
clarence, my boy, something has
gone wrong" he said, brusquely, after
he had regarded his nephew in silence
for a while. '"Tell the old uncle what
it is"
81 have told you about Rose Eldon.
sir; well, she and 1 are-in fact, 1t Is all
over between us"
Engagement broken, Ell? Past the
power of patching upP
"Yes, uncle"
f'And it was on my account? Nay;
boy, don't turn away-I al read the
truthin your eyes. So she played you
false"
"We are parted uncle-is not that
enough? ?"
"Well, perhaps so-perhaps So. 1t
was well you found her out in time,
Clarence. It's for the best. my boy"
Clarence Hyde was passing down the
village street a day or two, subsequent
ly, toward dusk on a mellow August
evening, when a slight form glided up
to him and a tremulous hand was laid
upon his own. He started at first, but
quickly recognized the face and figure.
"Lizzie Eldon!"
"Oh, Clarence, I could not rest with
out telling you how very, very wrong l.
thought Bosa, and how sorry l am for
you"
"Thanks, Lizzy, 1 do not think she
has treated me exactly right"
Lizzie burst into tears.
"How could she be so cruel, so I'M
womanly? You are right, Clarence
you acted nobly. / think Rosa will one
day live to repent it."
AS Clarence stood there listening to
Lizzy Eldon's impetuous words and
holding her little soft hand in his own,
he wondered that he had never before
noticed how very, very pretty she was
"a softer, more subdued style of beau
ty than Rosa's, yet not less bewitching
in its way.
They haunted him all night long, that
oval, earnest face, those SHINING blue
eyes.
Day by day Rosa's image waxed faint
er and more faint in his memory, and
Lizzy's shy, gentle looks grew more
than ever present in his heart.
81 do believe I've fallen in love with
the girl" he thought. 81 wonder what
she would say if 1 was to propose to
her?"
Next to wonder came realization.
One fine October day, when they had
strayed a little way from the gay, nut
ting party, whose voices made the old
yellow-leaved woods musical, Mr.. Hyde
asked LizZy Eldon if she would accept
the love her sister had sighted, and
Lizzy, smiling and trembling answered
him, yes.
"You see, Uncle Cuthbert," said
Clarence, eagerly, as he explained the
new position of affairs to his uncle that
evening, after he had safely escorted
Lizzie home, with her basket of nuts
only half filled land no wonder, all
things considered), cit will be so pleas
anti We shall all live together, and
Lizzie says she will love you dearly.
Lizzie is such a famous little housekeep-
er. She thinks it will be so pleasant
to have you sitting by our ~hearthstone
And, Uncle, You will go and see her to-
morrow, won't you?"
eyes" said Uncle Cuthbert, briefly,
"I1l 60"
And the next day Lizzie was surprised
at her sewing by a brown-faced, little,
old man, who abruptly took both hel
hands in his and imprinted a kiss upon
her crimsoning forehead, just as if he
was the oldest acquaintance in the
worldl
$50 you're going to marry my ne
phew, Lizzy, are you?" said uncle Cuth'
bert.
, eyes, sir" Lizzie made answer, tim
idly.
, "And you love him Lizzy?"
, "Oh, yes, sir"
! And you won't object to having thu
old man numbering round the house
helpless and feeble though he BET"
{ "I shall be so glad to have you liv'
? with us, sir, for I never remember m,