Daily Republican., 1884-09-06
THE LOVE THAT LIVED.
BY ALICE DALE.


OF such thing.
And pretty Rose Wardour tossed her
be-frizzIed blonde head quite disdainfully.
Nellie Kay sighed. She was not beauty
and belle like her cousin /; aud she be-
lieveo that there is much happiness to be
found on earth, even without pleasant
accessory OF wealth. True, wealth 10 very,
pleasant, as an accessory but then, the re
is something else worth having-the
love of true heart.
But Nell had no business to entertain
such pronounced opinions (this, At least,
was the verdict OF Rose), for she was q
little nobody, and only dependent upon
the bounty Of the Wsrdours. They had
clothed and fed and cared for the orphan
girl ever since her childhood, and Nell
had grown up to be q patient, self-sacrf
cling creature, and one of the most love-
able Of women.
She felt her heart beat now at the thought
of Lawrence Thornton. To her he was .
hero !" without guile" and In her heart
her little, lonely heart-Nell felt that he
had no superior. Everybody in Wyndham
liked Lawrence yet be was onlya poor
farmer, and Rose Wardour despised that
honest calling. She had fiirted with him,
all the same, aud led him on after sort
Il Dl SihTN cTG NcIC ibputOut ahh ~
length the young man believing that he
had won her love, had ventured to lay at
her feet his heart and hand !; fortune,
alas no one ever expected him to possess.
And Rose had glanced into his face with
eyes full of calm wonder, wide open, ba-
byish blue eyes, and laughed lightly.
"Why, Mr.. Thornton p she exclaimed,
in well-feigned surprise, !" Il am sure l
never thought that you cared SO much for
me But, of course, what you ask is
quite out OF the question, for when mar
ry intend to marry fortune"
He rose to his feet, white and still, an
avn full look upon his handsome face, his
strong frame trembling.
Rose" he faltered, brokenly,. you
|csnnot mean what you say have
learned TO love you so, and had trusted
you SO implicitly. You cannot intend t.
cast me oil like this, withOuta VOID OF
hope for the future You need not feal
poverty, Rose, for'-he checked himself
abruptly, and added 81 will devote my
whole life to your happiness. Rose
Rose unsay those cruel words and give
me little hope !"
But the smili z, blonde face was firm
and innexible, and there was cold, hard
depression in the babyish blue eyes. She
shook her golden head decidedly.
"There is no hope, Mr.. Thornton,'
she repeated ; 81 must have wealth ant
position, neither of which 1t is in YOU
power TO offer me. am truly sorry thai
! you have made this mistake ; but viii
) not attempt to deceive you-what yot
, ask is mpossible-quite "
He s,aggered toward the door of thu
. room like one cropping In the dark. A
the door he turned and glanced back, hi
} face quite white, his eyes full o. anguish
"God forgive you v' he faltered, brok
! lenly-" you are wicked, deceitful wo
! man and your love is not worth possess
ing. Remember. what say, Rose War
Idour the day will dawn when you will
!. regret your decision when you will lool
back upon this honr and wish you hat
+ decided otherwise. But-then-it will
be too late ~
His words were audaci0us but haught
. Rose Wardour made no answer, and di
not resent their utterance. She bowe
!. her golden head, and when she glance
+ up be was gone. Strange how dark th
" word seemed 10 grow. -,
And then Nellie Ray had entered u
i room, and Rose had confided to her TN
b Interview only-she omitted those al
i dacious last words, which sounded 81
7 much like threat. And Nell neve
II knew of the bitter tears which Rose sue
o N the solitude of her own chamber,th
, for what she was weeping the young lad
could not exactly explain.
81 There was q pretty little lake not II
% from the handsome home OF the Wa
20 dours. One lovely day, a fortnight afte
2. ward, Nellie went there to gather pom
lilies. Whom should she encounie
sitting on a huge stone beside the waite
NJ but Lawrence Thornton himself, lookin
d. pale aud sad. He greeted Nellie plea
y antly he had always liked the timid, r
"a firing girl, but had hitherto been so e.
crossed with Rose that he neglected
cultivate her acquaintance. He invite
Is her now for sail upon the lake In que
~ of lilies. Nell consented, and they pass
ne a delightful hour together. They four
II In each other congenial mind and sin
liar tastes, and Lawrence parted fro
-, Nellie at the gate of the Wardour pla
,E with real regret. He had asked perm
ns sion to repeat the sailing expedition
m. the following day, aud Nell, whose ples
ret ures were like angels visits, few and
between" readily consented.
mi Days and weeks passed, and they n
es. every day, and at last grew so accustom
BAL to those pleasant hours OF compan ie
! ship, that the thought OF relinquishi
y them brought actual pain. 1t was tn
N. that Lawrence Thornton awoke to I
. truth. He had learned to love Mel
- Raw with an intensity, deep, abidi
~, strength, compared 70 which his love
Il her cousin had been as moonlight III
.Isunlight, or as water unto wine." 1t "
HE clear case (not at all uncommon) O
ri, heart being caught in the rebound !
on ce heard sage old lady remark Il
n DI the best remedy for case of hopeless
unreauitted affection is-to fall In Il
= with somebody else. And this conn
: had been followed by our hero, wise
otherwise,- he was desperately In Il
GW with Nellie Ray. And he was not II
nch In fnding an opportunity to confess
Of affections. Nellie felt wild thrill
~ happiness as she listened to his ayow
= She had never dreamed that he wo'
W. care for her How could any one l.
sess her, having first lavished his aftecti
.st upon the beautiful Miss 'Wardour !
IL lstammered some words to that effect,
Az Lawrence Thornton only laughed.
dsr was quite safe-quite recovered from
p. delusion, you see, since he was ablt
t. laugh at the recollections of his TO
And as Nellie had long loved him,
.Sio did not say nay 30 the two were
w, ttrothed.
10 Rose listened to the announcement
the engagement IN angry surprise,
An her heart ached, with mad, bitter p
LII LII But she said, condescendinply
TT. n "A very good match for you, Ne
since wealth Is no object He will m
RST YOU q good husband, and am sure '
~. az you both all happiness ~
'tl But her heart was wailing over
81, IL over, in bitterness !:
7thI ~ love him love MIN Anu 1