Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-07-18


disinherit you. Since you have made
made your bed, when there was nc
need for such foolhardiness, you car
sleep in it. You have displeased one
| whose wealth would have made you
| independent for life--aIl for the sake
of poor young governess' pretty
face, and now, sir, you can abide by
itln
And SO these two parted.
Our hero left his old home, and
went to his own true love with a
heavy heart, wondering if poverty,
shared with him, would content her.
Its no surprise to me, Harry, to
learn that you are indeed SO poor,''
she said, bravely, looking up lovingly
into his handsome, manly face, 'sfor
you never enlightened me as to your
prospects of falling heir to your I'M
cle's wealth."
81 meant to test your love for me,
Tessa, and then, as my bride, take
you home to Amidon Park, but an
heiress, whose name 7 do not even
know, stepped in and ruined my bril-
liant prospects"
"But let the power of our love OBJ
literate the past she answered, en-
couragingly. Poverty with you will
be happiness to me, for, oh, I love
you sol'
And that night, as she stood at the
window of her room looking at the
moonlit scene without, o troubled look
was upon her sweet face, that would
indeed have started her lover, had he
seen it then.
81 wonder Il | have done wrong ~
she thought. "What will he say or
think when ] tell him how have de-
ceived him, and yet it was only o
whim of mine that caused me to yield
to this romantic temptation
But on the following day when he
called to see Tessa to arrange for
their marriage, he found, to his sur
prise, that she had gone, leaving no
word by which he could trace her.
my governess received a letter
this morning." said motherly Mrs.
Lynne, 'and an hour later she packed
her trunks and bid me goodbye, only
saying that she would write to me in
a few days."
Disappointment greeted him on all
sides. He could learn nothing more
of Tessa's movements beyond that;
and thanking Mrs. Lynne for her in
formation, he walked slowly away.
81 sacrificed all for her, " he thought
bitterly; "and now, at the last mo-
ment, she has turned from me be-
cause am poor. / loved her so pas
sionately, but, alb, perhaps it was too
cruel in me to ask her to share my
poverty"
The next morning he received q
hastily-written letter from his uncle,
who begged him to return to Amidon
Park at once, on important business.
''And I have surprise in store for
you," part of it read-"a surprise
you'll never forget. Do notallow our
recent quarrel to interfere, but lay
aside you pride and stubbornness,
and come Immediately"
And our hero, happily, was wise
enough to do so. That afternoon he
stood in the library at Amidon Park,
in the presence of his uncle who
greeted him warmly.
$50 you have come at last, Harry,
my boy? ' he said, "Hope you'll
make up your mind to stay after you
have seen that charming little heiress
1 want you to marry. You see, I am
determined that you two shall meet,
She is in the drawing-room now.
Come, and judge for yourself
And with miscellaneous twinkle in
his kindly blue eyes, old Dir. Amidon
stepped into the drawing-room, fol
lowed by our hero, who, when he
caught sight of the graceful little
creature seated beside one of the