Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-03-12

smotbered weeping tell upon my ears
I raped agar1 more sharply. Stlil
there was no answer. opened the
door softly aud advanced into the room.
A woman lay on the sofa, sobbin2 con-
vnlslvely. The slight noise l had
made aroused her. She sprang up
dAshiug handkerchief across her
eyes.
Yes. was right. 10 the pale face
swollen with crying, in the dark eyes
and fair. its smooth bands rou ghened
and dishevelled, | recognized,t ,the heroine
OF nv adventure on the moors.
The recognition was not mutual. and
she stared at me 10 indignant amaze
ment. In a few words explained
who | was, aud added that, in return
for The kindness she had once rendered
me, had come to see whether L could
not now be of service 10 her.
At this she burst into passion oil
tears. | waited till her grief had
somewhat subsidized, and then by degrees
drew from her her pltiful story. Supple
mented by what l heard later on, it
was as follows
Her father was a man of good family
and excellent education for knavery. -
He was gentleman by birth. rogue
by inclination. He had a handsome
person and an Insinuatiug address, aud
ne bad married pretty delicate GIRL
who had been devotedly attached to
him. She died broken hearted when
her daughter was about ten years oil
age. Her love for her husband had
never lessened. aud on her death'oed
she made the girl solemnly VOW never
10 forsake her tsther, 10 stand by him
in good or i'll fortune, aud by her IN
auence to end0avor TO weap him from
his evil course. Nobly and faithfully
hyd the girl kept her word. Sac had
been ever at his side, unceaslng bat
unsuccessful IN her efforts to gide him
towards the path of virtue
He had been in hiding With bis con
federates when she gave me shelter,
and her fears that night had been two
Eo,a. She had feared for me, lest |
.honI,t be discovered: IN which case
susnect--though she has never owned
to 50 dread an auticipahon-that my
fate would have been decided in ac'
ccrdance with the pithy axiom that
dead men tel,no talss.' she had also
feared that l might suspect who ard
what they we're and give lnior'
nation TO the police. DurIu. the inter-
view | glanced furthermore that she
was now utterly irieudless.
returned 10 my chambers. medilat-
ing deeply, and the upshot oil my
copitations was that on the following
day called upon an old friend, a lady
on whose benevolence and liberal warm
hearteuues know 1 could rely. She
had an interview with Ellen White. and
took the poor gul home with her. re-
tanning her first as a visitor and attel
ward as a salaried companion, though
the relation between them soon gre" 10
be almost that of mother and daughter.
White and his companions were sen'
fenced 10 several years penal seryltude
sentences which the public at large
considered they richly deserved.
[ do not know when fret began to
be haunted by The vision OF pale lace,
lighted by large dark eyes aud framed
in a halo of golden hair. Nor do
know when 6rst found myself looking
forward With pleasant anticipation 10
frequently recurring evenings spent IN
Mrs. Palmer's cosy drawing room.
I was awakened to the truth by lew
plainly spoken questions put BY my old
friend. Halfan hours's serious sober
reflection and communion with my own
heart enabled ire to answer them as
frankly as they mad been pat. Yes, l
did love Ellen White honestly and we'll,
aud, her past history Notwithstanding,
[ was truly auxlous to mako her my
wife.
NY woolng did not prosper, however.
Ellen declined my proposal. She was
ielou's daughter, she said, aud union
with her would disgrace me. Oa that
one rock of objection she took her
stand aud neither MY pleading nor Mrs.
Palmer's persuasion could move her
from it.
Il would not despair; MI dcsperandum'
had always been my motto aud it re-
maIued so in this instance. dropped
the question OF marriage tor a while
and returned 10 our former friendly re-
lations. My pauerce had Its reward In
due time. Blrely three years OF hl'
sentence bad expired when George
White died. | allowed decent inter-
val of mourning, then renewed my suit.
Ellen's opposition had become weaken
en- little judicious persuasion and
the victory over her s9ruples was COM
plete.
A few months later, in quiet coun'
try church, We we're married; and now
no woman in Englaud could be more
beloved or respected than my dear vile
Ellen.
What cannot be msde out OF paper
is something which cannot yet be safely
decided. A Hartford, Conn, man has
lately taken out patents for devices by
which very beautiful and substantial
carpets can be made OF paper at prices
much lower than the cost OF common
cotton mating. This new fabric even
| 1900. A., hova nnalifips entirelv suUeriOr