The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-01
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l forgive you Hessy."


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 al forgive you Hesty."
 Thomax Turnstile turned away with . heart whose load cf sorrow vas almosa too great to be borne and walked slosly down the shady lane which led to his mothers humble cottage al the loot oi Huckleberry hill Young. hopeful and with spirits as buoyans e health and . clear cooscissce could maks them, hs had 6llen in one instant iron the sun- kissed heights oi contentment ard happi- ness to the black dep&hs of desolatioa and despair. And vhy? Bscause gisl -a naughty beauty vhose hthsr's wealth had placed her tar above rhomas Turnssile in the social scals-had, aAes turing him on and oa with all the arts which women know O well and practice % skilfully, haughdly refused the love that he offered her-she love oi a true, honest heart-a love of which any wo- man, no matter how exaltsd her station, might will have ben proud.
 And she had told him plainly that she had been toying with his heau-told him this in the same lcw, oulcst tones that had % oiten vitched him iu the days gone by when they had wandered to- gether through mossy glade and bosky dell, through the silent woods in which the sustling of the 1ephys-xissed leaves vas the only sound that came to them. She had said the cruel words that sey- cred their lives forever softly enough, but sn the beautiful face that had for years haunted his memory and had been the beacon-star of his endeavor, there was cold, naughty, rough-on-rats expression that told him only too truly that each syllable vas uttered in earnest, and that to hope Cor a revocation of the sentence this girl had pronounced were indeed foolish. And yet. dsspite this fAct, he loved her with . mad, consuming, ehlo- nde-of lime-on-a an -old-shirt pa.saon that was scorching his very soul. every beat of his great, manly heart seeming only the kneh of a life that was soon to be quenched forever.
 One year has passed. On all sides one hears talk of the wonderful success that has crowned the efforts of Thomas Turn s,ile as a specula,or. His daring opef- s;ion of buying all the poker decks in Chicago just previous to the assembling of democratic convention had made him millionaire and to none was this news of more interest than Hetiy Hallow- heart, the proud beauty of Horse Fly Villa Judge of her surprise when ooe day there came a note from Thomas rurnstile asking permission to call on her. lt vas at once given and the even- ing Of the following day appointed ios the inserviev. Al eight o'clock a cu- riAge rolled up to the door and Thomas TuTnstile vas ushssed into the psrlos, where Hetty waited to received him. ip the sof9 mellow light of the s per tkousand gas she looked more radlanily beautiful than ever and there vas tremulous tinge of admiration iu the young mans tones as he spoke to her.
 "A year ago" he said, offered you m2 hand in marriage and you refused |, beczuse of my poverty. am nov .ich and repeat the offer. Do you accept it '"
 "l do." she ans sesed.
 Ha! false woman" he cries, at last my revenge n accomplished know, then, that do not love you. and that my only object in coming here tonight was to humilate you :" and with hollow, mocking laugh he turns to go.
 Stop" says the girl in an lmperious mannes, and as she speaks ThomAs Turn ssiIe sees two men, one lawyer Id the other sseoographer, come from behind . jApanese screen which stands near an Eiruscan cuspidsr. Hetty's face lights up with . weird, baleful smile
 What does this meanF he asks. "Why have my words been taken down"
 It means she continued, that am loaded for bear"