The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-01-19
THIBODAUX, La, SATURDAY, JANUARY 49, 1884

| heard the beating of their own hearts tue,
, he said very quietly
, "Poor child (! you have been very har,1,
/ tried You mean. to do what was right. 4,
{ ways believe, Kate, that l understand t,.at
, Now must leave you, but you will lea
from me later"
Mechanically she placed her cold hand il
his warm clasp; then. in dull, hopeles:
sort OF way, realized that she was alone
alone, Lenceforth, and forever; for. thourh
Harold Crosby had in no Sc. form of word;
cast her of, she knew tha; the bonds between,
them were severed.
That same evening the note she expected
reached her -
II am calmer now, Kate, than when I left
you few hours ago. am able once moro
to forget myself, and think ou]y Of your
happiness, which is nearest my heart Yon
tave never loved me, dear; therefore, it is
only who will suffer at our separation, aud
L nm man and strong. You will hear frcm
Mr.. Nlayville of his improved prospects. I
:an only add my prayer that every good
thing in life may fall to your share, who so
'icl:ly deserve them all.
She read and re-read the lines. What did
nc mem? He seemed to write as though
some intuse good we're assured her. What
then, 1aatie her heart SO sad?
f~gt Of the mystery was cleared when t,o
hexs morning, Fred was admitted to her
presence and, in tones half of shame. ha,f
of tr-aaph, told her Of the wonderful GOOD
fortune that had just befallan him.
Ar. Crosby had sent for him the preced-
lsg afternoon to ask him to become the leral
adviser of their immense business connec.
'ion-a connection that would guarantee him
from six to eight thousand year.
"He told me frankly" he added, "that
ne was induced to do this through interest
ior you, and that he hoped it wou!d clear
Inc way to our future happiness He is
prince, Kate. almost wonder you could
Keep corner in your heart for me AGAINST
such man."
Then he went on in his eager protestatione
OF love, and his hopes for the future. The
girl listened calmly, quietly, as if carved in
stoue II
lie accepted all, giving no thought to the
man VIII, had resigned a!l, never dreaming
but that she, too, was ready to receive the
sacrifice.
She looked into his face. It was hanl-i
some as of old. bat its beauty no longer alb
scrbed her vision. His voice had lost ncneI
OF its music, but it no longer thrilled her
senses. She had lived o dreain-life Of her
The reality stood before her,
and her dream fed. Amazed, incredulous,
Fred Mayville refused to believe that the
good gifts had come too late-that she no!
longer loved him. He first pleaded, thenI
II seem destined to make every one un-
happy, she murDured; "5ut can't helpl
it, Fred-I can't indeed! cannot marry
'ou-1 no longer love you"
Rather say" he retorted, stung to rel
on seeing the prize once his
now slipping from his grasp" rather sayl
fou have learnel worldly wisdom, and you
prefer a richer lover"
A great scorn gathered in her eyes This
vas the man for whom she would have onoeI
'ounted the world well lost !; and she, in her
ormer blind idolatry, had failed to see TINT
'e. too. had God, the God of self.
Of no ,,o ~
sst. "You will know some day how youl
ave wronged me-"
But he, refusing to see the little white
and outhald to him, bowed coldly and With .
rev.
The days that followed, were very dreary.
he long future stretched YEARLY before her,
Ut each day revealed to her the secret of
er own heart
With one hand she had cast away her life's
appiness. So she thonght, rs she sa. alone
ne afternoon in the early spring, when the
rvants, throwing open the door of the
orary, announced q visitor.
She glanced up to see Harold Crosby! He
lme forward with tho easy, familiar air of
friend striving to diss;pate her elnbarrass- NJ
ent
:" am going away, Hiss Kate" he said,
voice that strove to be cheerful. al
cant to write my adieux, but concluded
See you instead. wanted to tell you you
ust not reproach yourself for the past. II
"a no right to expect to win the love of
ch woman, but feared as you did not
nsummate your happiness, it might have
en- because"
"You did not KNOW" she interrupted.
tRQt nv enOnoemanf NTH M. M..-:l,