Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-02-29

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shall be very glad to see YOU"
''alsy'ssOft voice answered; but though
!, "'' words were few, the expression of
UT uplifted lustrous eyes told him
D'O'e eioquently than the longest sem
'ence how very welcome he would be.
hour weeks slipped by and one day
"uy left his friend Harold-who had
'VAg since accepted his fate like man
ana resigned the field to his favorite
'ya-and wended his way to the place
Snere he expected to find Miss Wes-
'On. But to his intense disappoint-
meat she was not there.
"The old gentlemen was taken sud-
uelly i'll with alarming symptoms and
INSISTED on leaving at once for his own
'ome' sir" the hotel keeper informed
him.
Gan you tell where they have gone"
he asked.
and upon receiving satisfactory
answer to his query, then and there
Vuy sat down and indited letter to
DAISY in which he told her how over
Nnelming his disappointmenthad been
winding her gone, and what the ma
Vie OF the errand that had brought
iAn to see her that day had been.
h'S answer reached him a couple of
weeks later, after he had reioined Har-
on In Rome. 1t was written upon
Paper whose edge was deeply bordered
WIN black, but its contents were not
sonbre, and should have filed Guy
With the liveliest delight.
But they did not, for within the re-
cent fortnight events had happened
that had made an entire change in the
destiny of the man who read the sweet
lnAocent ayowal of reciprocated affec.
tim.
Tor one day legal communication
ma come to him informing him of the
deth Of a distant relative, who had
lefto him the half of his large for
tueupon one condition that he would
fastihe hand in marriage Of a young
lal,-the testator's adopted niece
|, !. l0O s,,rl, a union would siii&ke co
IS WIN hImsel1. In casp5he spec
ned marriage should not take place
IF entire property was to revert to
tle latter.
fThe deceased had been an entire
sttanger to Guy, and his surprise was
gFat as he perused the lawyers letter
Beyond all other qualities in Guy Har-
tfgton's character. ambition had al
ways held the foremost place.
llis mother had married poor man
against family's wishes, and had been
eRt off by them, and thus it had been
only after a hard struggle with adverse
circumstances that Guy had gained his
present foothold upon Fortunes ladder.
But what of the love that had Gre
ated for itself an abiding place in his
heart? Should he drive it forth and
sell ms affections and every honorable
instinct for the sake of gold?
The conflict between greed and con-
science is sharp; but it is brief, and
the former conquers, and letter goes
forth to Daisy that crushes for time
all the sweet hopes that have made a
garden within her breast.
But after while her bright head
raises itself bravely once more, and a
feeling of intense thankfulness blends
ltseiE with the regret with which she
thinks OF the dear adopted uncle, who
had been the benefcent genius of her
me- and even in dying had rendered
her an inestimable service.
Hhen she had spoken to him of Guy,
tnef romantic meeting and subsequent
friendship, and of his attentions and
evident regard for her. she had learned
with surprise that he and her adopted
uncle We're related.
Soon after, feeling dissolution near,
anu wishing to try Guys disinterested-
cess OF purpose and nobility of char
ae'eT, the old gentleman had made his
eccentric will.
a week later Guy starts for England
to visit, for the first time. his late rela-
.FeS nome and his own prospective
inheritance, and to make the acouaint
ai'e ol the young lady who already
ngufeS IN his mind as the future Mrs
o"9 AaltldSt0n.
nS destination reached, his eyes di-
a'e as they take in the extent and
lnasallcence of his late cousins state
ly home.
a pompous butler leads him through
'ho vide tilted hall to the drawing
room A lady rises as he enters.
q once in his life Guy Harting-
'On sell possession deserts him. and
wen II may, for in the graceful form
anu sweet face of the beautiful girl
s,V'e MN, whose eyes meet his SO
Coiuly and haughtily, he recognizes
DAISY Weston.
ss' meets him calmly, 1t is Guy
up11 whose crimsoned face chagrin and
IN" rs asSment sit plainly enough.
ns Punishment for his mercenarv
0p,." nds truly been swift, and GUY is
Ol-' 700 glad to escape as soon as he
ran me seornful glance of those love-
y oanuid eyes. without the slightest
aess@pt at extenuation or anoloov