The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-07-05

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a fair idol and worship it with all the
strength and tenderness ofyour nature,
only to find, after all, that it is dust and
ashes-hollow-hearted and falsel
Cuthbert Hyde sat smoking his brier-
wood meerschaum by the open window
as Clarence entered-a square, shrewd-
looking old man, with deeply-seamed
wrinkles on his brow, and restless,
sparkling eyes, cleaning like live Goals
beneath his shaggy brows.
"Clarence, my boy, something has
gone wrong" he said, brusquely, after
he had regarded his nephew in silence
for while. "Tell the old uncle what
it is"
81 have told you about Rosa Eldon,
sir; well, she and lin fact, it is all
over between u.s."
Engagement broken, ELI? Past the
power of patching up2"
"Yes, uncle"
''And it was on my accountP Nay;
boy don't turn away-I can read the
truth in your eyes. So she played you
false?"
"We are parted, uncle-is not that
enoughP"
swell, 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 day or two subsequently,
toward dusk on a mellow August even.
ing, when a slight form glided up to
him and tremulous hand was laid up
on his own. He startled at first, but
quickly recognized the face and figure.
''LiZZy EldOnp'
"Oh, Clarence, could not rest with
out telling you how very, very wrong
thought Rosa, and how sorry [ am for
you"
"Thanks, Lizzy. I do not think she
has treated me exactly right"
Lizzy burst into tears.
"How could she be so cruel, so unwo-
manlyp 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 soft little hand in his own,
he wondered that he had never before
noticed how very, very pretty she was
"a softer, more subdued style of beauty
than Rosa's yet not less bswitching in
its way.
They haunted him all night long,
that oval earnest face, those swimming
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 l was to propose
to her2"
Next to the wonder came the reali-
zation. One fine October day, when
they had strayed a little way from the
gay, nutting party, whose voices made
the old yelow-leaved woods mu-
steal. Mr.. Hyde asked Lizzy Eldon if
she would accept the love her sister
lad slighted, 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
L'zzy home. with her basket OF nuts
only half filled (and no wonder, all
things considered), cit will be so pleas
anti We shall all live together, and
Lizzy says she will love you dearly.
Lizzy is such a famous little housekeep-
er. She thinks it will be so pleasant to
have you sitting by our hearthstonel !
And, Uncle, you will so and see her to-
morrow, won't you?"
''Yes, " sad Uncle Cuthbert, briefly,
''I'll 60"
And the next day Lizzy was surprised
at her sewing by browH-faced, little,
old man, who abruptly took both her
hands in his and imprinted kiss upon
her crimson forehead; just as if he was
the oldest acquaintance in the worldI
$50 you're going to marry my
nephew, Lizzy, are you9" said Uncle
Cuthbert'
''Yes, SIR" Lizzy made answer, tim
idly.
''And you love him, LizzyY"
"Oh, yes, SIR"
"And you won't object to having the
old man numbering round the house,
helpless and feeble though he beP"
81 shall be so glad to have you live
with us, sir, for never remember my
father-and-you will be like one to me,
1 am sure"
Uncle Cuthbelt kissed her again, and
walked away as abruptly as he had
come.
"He's very funny old gentleman"
thought Lizzy, "but l know 1 shall like
him" a"
Rosa contemplated the present state
of aTairs very coolly--a little contemp'
tuously, in fact.
''If you choose to adopt all Clarence
Hyde's poor relations, why, l can only
wonder at your taste. she sad, loftily.
But Lizzy only smiled, and doubted