The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-11


was listening to-" She paused, and
her flashing ewes turned to the chair
he had lately occupied. How he
detests me. too" she said. II have
never tried to wiz. his favorT-we
have never been friepdly, aud 10
think that for weeks, or perhaps
months. | hava eaten bis bread aud
spent his money, thinking II entire
ia m, ow4. But IT. Ii pser--l siia,l
net stay. In the vide world there
is surely room for pe TO earn my
bread.
She drew back the curtain and
hooked out The staps were SHIN
ing brightly, but the mild March
wind was making avoc~of every
stray Leaf and fragment 10 its path
The streets were deserted. 1t was
an unusually bitter might of thai
biusterlng month, a night wheii hui
manity keeps its bead, snall-iikr, IN
doors. when the cr4ckle OF a bright
fire was the sseetest sound on earth.
Marion, Wit a lItile shIser, Inrns
away, Aa
: II must go' she multered, not
another night via | sIsy here a
beggar on bis bounty Old Mrs.
Chaplin. though she is Ro9T, will
Keen me for my uioihef1s ssalse until
/ get something to do and pay her
back She paused a Scond by
Jerome's arm chair, and teamed her
arm on the back Of il. II wish-7l
wish be did hot disilke me So she
whispered, and the tears tempted
the lustre OF her eyes. "Itswas my
abemniable temper at first, and row
be is tired of me, and woald gladly
marry me to the FIRST coxcomb that
ssks.3 81
This mood only lasted second,
and all the ierceness returned.
"Butwhat am / doing p she said,
dashing away the tears and trying
to control her quivering lips. DO
| not hate this man-this superior
being who treats me like child ?
ana not glad BY accident | learn
ed the truth OF my position? Ger
tqirlyl Am / not delighted at the
possibility OF feeling independent,
away from his benevolent smile
| am; and the time viii cOme when
Jerome Nann will wonder that he
ever laughed at me or my sagaries.
All the warm Southern nature
aroused she went to the desk and
began to write a note to this detest
ell guardian, as follows. E
"SIG-ren minutes since | learn
ed my true position IN your hou-e
and it il such an undesirable ont
that | lenounce it from this night
You, who have disapprovsd Of nt
so strongly, will 10 doubt be glad
to learn that have broken from
your reins and fled. Good night
aud good-5y to you, SIR.
MARION
P. S.-I distinctly aad emphatic
ally refuse 10 mary Mr.. Buifugton
NJ
An hour later she vas on the
street. the wind blowing her CLOAK
aud twisting her veil uafd it looked
like 81 gnal fsdi>trtss.
There was nothing Of doe heroine
about her as she hurried dong,
keeping on the darkest side ot th'
street, her head lowered, aud hei
tears dropping thick and fast. Pon
Marionl The first touch of The
world. in which she stood alone,
was colo aud blustery.
The weeks PASSED on. Advertise
ments aud detectives were both q
no avail. and Jerome Nann's fac'
grew strangely Old aud sad, fl
Marion's whereabouts suli Remained
a mystery.
He loved her far moie than h
ever realized. He longed to Sc
that spirited aud magnetic fics
again, aud to hear the pert nerr,
voice which had made such droller,
of his well-meaut advice.
Day after daX passed.- each. esi
an exact repetition of the preceed
ing one. and all very weary, sioken
ing blanks to the rich lawyer in hi
stately home.
1t was June. Sunny. soft wealth
er reigned in the city. Roses blum
ed everywhere, in fl iorists's Windows
market carts and wealthy garden
every where the fragrant bunche'
of different hued flowers waved il
the breeze.
Jerome was standing at his libra
nv window, looking out atthe crow,
of promenaders and open carriage
dashing along. His eyes were n'
longer filled with suspense, the,
were far worse &C I'm aHad sopeles.
He had LEFT nothing untried L
discover her whereabouts, and j
had all been worse than useless. H
had been beating his heart-out-wit'
pain, in alternate hope and failure
ia passionate longing, and now al
was over. Without any renewe,
vigcr he was still kept in profession
al duties, trying, bat vainly TO tax
up the thread of existence as thougi
Marion had never been knogn anC
dearly loyed.
He took up his bat and cane am
went out His steps led tim t
Broadway. The titoroughiare wa
crowded and he walked slowly alnn
his moody face, with its quietly biI
ter expression. in marked contras
to those around hlin.
He paused to look at pictur
which attracted a number of people
ltwas a quaint design IN mftri ebl
ors, inihe shape of a sri illi seree q
The picture showed the sea on
stormy day, with the floating - r
and mas;s OF a wrecked ship appear
ling above the angry waves ia ,h
distance. All the colosiug of Ga
picture is concentrated in two Ii cure
on the shore. VwV
4 One, the dead bodyof a browne,
sailor, curls lying on his forehead
his eyes closed, his blue jacket tori
showing the powerful chest in whicI
the heart would never beat again
The other, a young girl with fac
of extreme loveiiness, though con
vulsed with anguish.
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