Little Falls transcript., 1886-04-16

for you" (very BITTERLY But there!
might, could, would or should Mr..
Vanness do without you, not con-
sidering us common mortals?
Or. Hildreth," returned she, ssyou
seem to be laboring under some de-
fusion. Mr.. Vanness is nothing to
me-" 8G# 81 ,,G #s
Words ono would hardly imagine
capable Of producing so great a change
IN q man as was apparent in Dana
Hildreth. He started; into his dark
eyes came q great light, into his face Il
glad flush, into his whole form an
anxious attention. But she, cold
with her pain, saw nothing of it. She
was gazing into the fire. -
"Helen," " said q low and eager, yet
restrained voice, sis this thing true?
tell me again." :.g
"Of course said Helen, show could
you for an instant, suppose would
marry that man?" ~.
He came close to the trembling girl,
for her little strength had suddenly
failed her.
"Then, dearest, have pity, and tell
me If there is any hope for me. Ihave
loved you since the first time I saw
you, but it came so natural that
l only knew that life, for some
reason, was better and more purpose
full. Then when I found it was love,
lived for q time in a FOOLS paradise,
dreading to speak for fear I should be
turned out oft. Then that scoundrel,
Vanness, told me you had promised to
marry him. / tried to tear you out
OF my heart, to avoid you, but you
drew me to you in spite ofmyself. Oh,
Helen, have suffered! No, don't an
swer me. Twill wait. You shall learn to
love me-"
She had borne her trouble bravely,
after the first agony, but Joy quite
conquered her, and she had quietly
tainted, lying straight, like death itself,
in the great armchair.
DR.. Hildreth's fright was highly un-
professional. When consciousness re-
turned she was resting in his great
strong arms. She opened those blue
eyes wonderingly.
"Dearest, forgive me. Do not ex~
cite yourself: will wait; I was in
considerate."
"No," said she, II love you. That
is what it meant" again holding up
that pathetic hand.
Dana's reply was an appropriation
OF both hands. ''You must live now
Helen dear, live for me-"
DR.. Hildreth wended his homeward
way much later than he had intended,
and meeting friend on the corner,
left said friend i'll stupefed amaze
ment at his ecstatic appearance, NUT
tering, "What the deuce has struck
Hildreth?"
The next morning Dana called for
Miss Whittemore and brought her over
to spend the day, as she had done the
year before; and as they entered the
sitting-room he announced with a
touch of boyishnesa: my dearly be-
loved family, condole with Helen and
congratulate with me-" Then with
an earnest Joy, "She has made my
life worth living, she has promised to
be my wife,
At this Helen, instead of waiting to
be sympathized with in her misior-
tune, seized Janet and rushed blushinp
from the room.
There isn't much more to tell. Miss
Whittemore's physician positively for
bade her return to school, and she ev-
identity considered it economy to have
physician in the family, for she mar
ried him directly after New Year 8 day
This Miss De Brown considered quite
rushing things. Well, perhaps.
So this ends as all stories should in
the fairy.lore fashion: sAnd they
lived together very, very happy ever
afterward. ."-Detroit Free Press.