The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-25
a K.lasaON H.e FAarIi

A lovely summer morning; the
birds singing " 'ly the river gliding
ny. ike Al stream Of molten silver, past
the great. roomy niansion which stood
upea, isS green banks. Upon the long
eer&nda, ViRe-wVsthed and shndy, I'll
hasnuaUck WAS swinging slowly ~ and
Iro. and sim figure in clouds of
white musliA Ley idly within, . Look
of poems in one jc,1lcd hand.
l;elle 0ilbert's ders tyes wore n3t
fixed apon the p,gi Hoee her; they
were watchiuk the iieoc! white CLOUDS
which iioatcd like coEu pp'n the blue
expAnsu of sky above. \ yellow rose
nestled in he dusky brnids, and its
periums filled the nir. She was Judge
Gil6ert's onl. daughter, pretty and
fascinatingAalI heiress to half u mil
lion yet.th perfect June morning
her heart was full of unhSppiness.
Let pe tell you all about II. She was
10 disappointed in Arthur Tremaine.
Shs had respected ana esteemed him
until her heart hHc slipped from her
Keeping and now--noW her idol was
dethronsd, and She saw that i: was Of
clay. AE
Arthur Trenlline VAS jus. finishing
his lawstudi,s under Judge Gilbert's
supervision, and he WAS passing his
summer vacation st Bellies home
She. khew littlt,ror cerning him save
that be MAS weil conpected and poor !;
but piverty ha,l'not seemed such a
bngbr' IN her eyes until now, when
she believed b, hsd sought her for
msrcenAry reasons, and that hc had
intended to make her his wife, pro
vided he cenld win her, not because
ne lDKeJ her. hut for his cvn selfish
purposes; for only the tvsa'ny before
she had overheard q convera sion be-
tween the young mar and mis- "osow
4. friend, Raysl Hprs; Balls had been
reEdipg in !. tiny rtss arbor, and the
.wo ,yl.Ng .ren ned wau6ere' out "a
esjeg the tlesh bretIe Snd.tbnr frag
rant Bes 4As
go. si'r- .zaiar" s;ist Eurs;, ban
tsriGgy, i hs's riaac uo your
yGaAto tlwlfi,nstS'
n'f2"
Arthur Tfspa,pA. spice was full o
Indifference, Just sinsod With con
tempt
"You are greatly r,stsken, IN,
friend, he wa.t On, slowly, I'll ak
was tff last wtmnap on earth woult
not give her tcadoi thought. There
is but one nupIan IN ihe world %
nae my idcal--bUt poor fellos
like myself doro nos eSon" ~ mucl
heyohd him"
"ha ha! n'1,st, STE s"u 1at.
laughed Hurst 4. insgina, tia
there ATS little d9eb' sr ina snh, h,e.'
II, 'straws slow . Nita' Esy tas win
blows, there ls'no AsrG"r oI refusal
should think tint -iru wifi" woul
be perfect Endssnl !"
Arthur Ire aaine made no. reply
and with All indnlent yawn, change
the subject. But Belle had hear
3 quite enough Bhe believed that til
man TO whom she had unconsciousl
given her heart wac false and III
worthy, and cared only for her wealtI
1t seemed TO The poor girl in that hor
of bitter humili ,tion that death wUul
he o boon. shs was very prcud--tt
proud fl,r her own happiness pelhap pI
and she resolved to shun Arthur "r
maine henceforth, and prove to III
that he was nothing to her But |
wss great deal to her, and h.r hes
was very cad at the though Of givir
him up.
Swinging to aud fro IN the h.r
mock, Bellies thoughts wer' very b
ter. There was no truth OF honor
oil tn. 'rsat wide, wide world thL
since ,e with h.s esrncst face al
grave, thoughtful eyes, which setm
so full If truth, had proved falls al
mereenary. True, no words haG ey
been spoken which revealed love,
she had read it in his clear blue ey
as she had beIisgsd in him. All,
think that is the most bittet sting;
see faith wrecked and con nidencr gol
There is nothing quite 80 sad in
the world.
All at once, while buried in tn,
dreary reflections, Belle saw ArtI
Tremains coming SLOW ly toward h
His lace vs. svery pale and she CO..
not fail "a hseryc thS suppressed
citemen, in his ewes He ca
straight {, her side, end holding
hamMoek steadily, gazed into
face,
"Bsllsl Mise Gilbsrtw he excla
ed. q must speak! ! lovsyoul '
You be ny wifsFs
She glsncsd into his face with e
full Si naughty scorn and c0ntsmp
mo" she painted, 81 viii nc
marry nehunter, mercen
n,ar rslln q . ras nnlv for my HaA