The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-10-03
SELECT STORY.
WHY HAD He LEFT HER 2

you 70 uOWu IOWl tlis illuIhlhS'
why do you want so much, An
thine l thought gave you enough,
yc terday."
True; Papa but Madame Fon-
taine gives wedding reception for
her daughter Clara next Wednesday
evening, and l must have a dress suit
able for the OCCASION
Certainly, my dear your father
delights in nothing so much as in see
ing you enjoy the rich blessings that
have been given us. l love to see you
look very queen among tho rest. |
was sadly disturbed yesterday after
noon
"Why, Papa ?
And stately Anthne Elleston leaned
over the velvet easy chair, and drew
her white fingers carelessly through
the silky white hair of the father she
loved so well
because, Just as | was leaving my
office to step into my carriage, little
back-eyed child with such famished
face, put out her thin hand and begged
for o ponny-only one, because her
papa was sick and hungry. l was tir-
ed, and cold, and impatient, and knew
| had nothing less than sovereign in
my pocket, so told the child had
nothing for her, and hurried into the
carriage, and told John to drive on.
"But caught the disappointed look
on that chlld's face, and it has haunted
me ever since"
"My dear father you are too sensi.
tive about such things You are in no
way to blame. You cannot be expect.
"a to give to every little beggar-child
| III meet
81 know that, Thenia,' that was his
pet name for his elegant daughter
''but | have been thinking that, as
Heaven has given much to US, He will
expect much from u.s.
ave do all we can, am sure and
| v ould think no more about this little
incident. The child will get along
W enough. The all manage to live
in some way"
$50 the matter rested neither
father nor daughter forgetting it
either when the costly silk dress wa:
bought, or later still, when in the ele
gantly appointed boudoir, Anthine Ell
lesion stood before the long pier glass
that reflected back her stately form il
all its queen.like beauty, arrayed in th'
sea- green silk, silver tipped waves, hal
hid though they were by the costly
llace founces.
: Diamonds and rubies sparkled on he
fair neck, were clasped on each shape
ly arm, and shone amid the satln-lik'
coils of her dark hair, that was woun(
in the form of coronet round he
head, and gem larger than the res
sparkled above her forehead.
| She was a beautiful woman sh'
knew it, and gloried in it. Her fathe
was proud of her, and she strove t.
please him but that which steeled he
| heart, and made her so naughty an(
reserved-so heartless, as her admirer
said-w as the fearful blow she received
when only eighteen.
On that eighteenth birthnight th'
grand old mansion was thrown opel
to a goodly company, and Anthine, il
her fair young beauty, with the orang
flowers on her brow, sat waiting, witt
her bridal robes around her, for hin
who had chosen her to walk besid
| him down life's pathway.
| Paul Wellington was noble fellow
manly, truthful, and upright il
every action of his life even then
though only twenty five, a lawyer o
some note.
But on this bridal night, with guest
lawaiting, and the bride as beautiful
and as loving as bride could be, NJ
one claimed the bride,
| A telegram to his distant home wa
sent, and the answer came at once tha
Paul Wellington, on the day he expect
ed to start for his wedding, sailed in
steamer for India, without any expla
nation whatever.
! 1t was a fearful blow to Anthint
but her pride came to the rescue, an
when she went out again she was, a
we find her now, stately, and far NOR
beautiful than in loving girlhood.
| 1t is seven years since that night
when her lover, who seemed so nobl
and good to her, sent the chilliness O
death to her heart,
1t was past understanding and afte
a time she ceased trying to comprt
heud it, and sealed her heart to mar
kind, clinglng only to her father, VIII
id .lized her.
Paul Wellington came back from Ii
dia,cam once to Anthine, and begged I
see her, but she refused TO meet him.
Then he sent her letter, entreatin
her to read his explanation, but she rC
turned it unopened.
lie became distinguished in his pre-
fession, and occasionally they met j
society, and though Anthlne could nc
help noticing the sad expression on HI
face, she invariably avoided meetin
his glances, and when obliged to spea
to him, she did so with as much COO
ness as politeness would allow.
Tonight she knows that Paul We
, lington is to be an honored guest &
her friends house, and almost uncol
sciously she has chosen her dress I
suit his taste, as she remembered it 4
long ago,
Now she fastens her gloves, an
picks up her jeweled bouquet t-holde
in half revere, thinking perhaps, {
a time when she was bride expectan
happy for little time as the bride 81
was going to greet.
"Oh, will happiness ever come to n
again = she murmurs softly to hersel
as she sinks on the carriage cushion
and is rapidly driven away.
The parlors were crowded, the mi
sic was perfect, the guests the gayes
the bride and bridegroom the hanC
soonest, the whole scene like some fail
picture, but somehow in spite of IL
admiration universally accorded to he
as she moved up and down the Ion
room, looking every inch queen
her royal beauty, het heart was strang
ly sad, and it was positive relief whc
maid in attendance brought her
sealed note.
''In memory Of one who loved yo