The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-21
A NOBLE HEART.

When ne caught my eye he laughed snd
bIusbed
when courtssied ne bowed, making his
ours dAncs over his shoulders. aud said he
I've spoiled one pretty picture that l
could bsve looked Il all dsgi Bat I've made
another - pretty, 30 I'll not grieve May
come In
And welcome. sir,n said I, aud I set a
chair for him for be Nas era ldiather's land
ord; br. for al that / felt uncomfortable.
for was not n. ed 10 fine company.
he talked away. paying me more compli-
ments thai was ussd t., Tor grandmother,
Who brought me up always ssid: Hand.
some : IS handsome does aud beauty is bat
kin deep
Since an telling the story 1 will ell the
ruth had done wrong about one thing.
Neither OF the folks knea ast ! wore Evan
Lockes rirg in my bosom, or that We had
taken vow ID each other beside the hsw-
thorn that grew in the church lane. never
meant D deceive, bat granny was old and a
little hard. and that love of mine was such
sweet secret.
Granny came in from TIE dairy five MN
utes after the Squire gone. and she
heard he had been there.
That night we had something else think
of; mIsfOi me had come upon grandfather;
but | didn't foresee that when the half
yesr's rent shouldsbecome due not penny
10 pay it With would be found
Al this time Evan Locke and had been
as fond as ever of each other aud be came
as oftsn as before TO talk with grandpa in
the winter nights, and still every little while
our young landlord, SQUIRE Turner, would
stop IN and sit in MS lazy way watching me
knit or spin.
I could not help his coming nor help see
ing him when he came, and Ibid not deserve
hat Evan should be angry with ME, but ne
was.
He made me angry, and spoke up:
For that matter, the Squire would be
glad - have me promise to marry him. he
thinks more of me than you do just now"
May De you like him better said Evan.
Il don say that" replied /; but bad
temper and jealousy scarcely ever make me
oSeriouG Of another. I pray I may never
nsve husband who will sc0ld me-"
Fer he nss been scoldlng me. There was
10 other name Tor it,
Well Evan was wrOth with ms aud I
With hia-aot heart-deep though, thought
and I'D not see him for more than q
week.
So did not fret after Evans absence. ror
quite snub Squire Turner, who liked me
more than ever But one night grandfather
came IN from a lonely ride and shutting the
door. stood between gcandmamms aud me,
looking al me, and so very strangely thst
We both became frightened. At last he
spoke.
I've been to the Squires. For the first
.ims bad to tell him that l could not pay
ais rent when due"
J opened my lips. Grandmamma's hand
covered them. Grandpa drew me to him.
Thou IT young, lass" he said, 'end they
sc right who call thes pretty. Say, couldn't
u ee like the Squire well though to wed
him2'
"Ehg' cried grandma ''Sare YOUR not
wandering
"'sanire Turner asked me for this lass of
ours tonight. OF ell the women in the world
be is but one he loves as he should his
- ife. and that is our Agatha"
wit have him and be rich lsdY?' said
grandpa
Aud - hen he waited tor an answer I burst
out with: No and sob together.
shes frightened" said grandma. NAY,
We must all wed once in our lives, my
child
Then grandpa talked to me. He told me
how poor they had grown. and how kind the
Squire was and had but to marry him to
make my grandparents free from debt and
poverty their lives through If 1 refused
ard vextd the Squire, Heaven only knew
wat might happen.
All was hard TO bear-bitter hard but
now there was no help for it. l took the
ring ITOu my DoSO IN anu ldlQ IL on my p2lm
and told him Ii Was Evan Lockes, and That
/ hsd plighted my troth to him. and grand
mamma called me a deceitful wench, an d
orsDdfather looked as If his heart would
break.
enc day grandpa said 10 ne: at seems to
me your sa eetE cart is OF overload OF you,
or oveTarx Gus to see you"
Why not?' said l.
Where has be been this month back
Basy, doubtless"
perhaps YOU know al about it." said
grandma. "You are going along with him,
maybe
where - said l.
She went to the kitchen door and beckoned
n woman who sat there-Dame COMBS
who had lust come over with some eggs
II heard you rightly" she said. You told
me Evan Locke and his mother were making
ready for s. voyage"
They are going to Canada. Ny son, g
Carpenter-and a good one, though 1 say IL
MADE the doctor box for his things. The
Old lady breads the new country, out she
goes for the doctors sake. There's money Z
- made there, they say. That's what tsEe'
them.f
give me whom you will, then, since my
own love does Z OF want me-"
30 days rolled by and I was close on my
msrrlsge eve, and granny and Dorothy
hume were busy with my wedding robes
wished il was my STROUD they were work
in 81 instead
And one night the pain in my heart grew
TOO great Sno went out among the purple
heather on the moor, and there kpslt down
under TIE stars and prayed to be taken from
the world. For how can | live without
Exam
l spoke the words aloud and then started
uP 10 sHrght, for there 1t my side was 1T
tie slhsn figure. and heard a cry that + rat
scarcely thought earthly. Yet il was bu,
Scotch Jenny, who had followed me.
why do you call for your true Low.
rows she said. "Ye sent him fras for sax,
O. the young Squire.
What co you mean % said 1.
III speak gin lose my plsce,r said Jen
By. I rode with the mistress TO young Or
Locke's place past the moor, and there So,
lighted ard gave him r.ng which turned