Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-07-28
BY CHARLES J. DELLAMY.
copyrighted by the Author, and published
by arrangement with him.

part of their required weeks work, which
their wages were considered co pay for; aud
expected to see the thunderbolt fan on this
foolish girl who did not know how precious
was the purchased privilege of being cringed
to. But strange enough the thunderbolt did
not hasten.
Suddenly the girl started, and deep flush
lit up her dark face. Up the walk, to the
front doorway, came the man of whom she
thought, with his own lordly stride as if he
were prince, indeed, as he deserved to be.
Her heart was in a sweet glow: be had found
her out, and had come for her. She would
leave all these beautiful things with rapture
for him.
Ma Enngsworth saw the mans figure at
the fronG gate, ard the girls start, and
smiled rather disagrceably. He had won-
dered before why her lover didn't come, and
here he was at the front door, no doubt ex-
pecting to be ente.-.t. lined in the paror.
Jane Graves gll;,'~,l into the hall. Suddenly
grown shy at the maiden passion of her own
heart, she slowly opened the front door
What would he say first} Would he take
Der hand which had grown so white and soft
latelyl Would he ask to kiss her, and with
beating heart she stood in the open door
way.
1t had now grown almost dark, perhaps he
did not see her plainly.
did you ring!" she asked foolishly, while
her heart sank down, down, would it never
stop?
SIS your mistress in2'
What was this-some strange mistakei
Could he not see who it was held the door
open for him,
MY mistress, Mis- Ellingsworth? why yes,
she is in the parlorn 1t must be a joke but
now he had frightened her enough, and how
they would laugh together over it. She was
attempting TO smile, when she heard the par
ioE door open behind her
ayes, | am here" 1t was Bertha Filings
worth's voice The visitor passed in, and
Jane Graves shut the outer door heavily and
sank upon the floor, pressing w.@ both her
hands against her bursting heart. Then she
leaped upon her feet in sudden madness and
hurried along the hall to the parlor door,
What right had this rich woman to steal
away her lover2 She would care only to
amuse herself with him for few days and
then her servants would be told to shut the
door in his face. Such cold creatures as she
never love; passion they know nothing of,
only the passion to break honest mems hearts.
Why not warn him: Oh, but what was Jane
Graves to him. he might remind her how he
had spulned her from him once
Jane Graves went back into the dining
room, now grown dark, and threw herself
into 4 chair, The poor cannot light against
the rich All but she could hate her mis-
tross' white face. She could curse her in her
thoughts with all the evils in the universe.
The girl burst into passion Of tears.
w hat is the trouble, little girli" 1t was
her masters voice She had forgotten him.
The girl heard him draw a chair near hers,
but she did not uncover her face.
"Was your beau unkind to you' Well,
don't have anything more to say to him,
then, Jennie
Why the elegant Mr.. Ellingsworth was
actually kissing his maid What difference
did it maker the one she loved had thrown
Ler away, and trampled her devotion under
his feet She even let him draw her shapely
little head to his shoulder, end take her hands
away from her face, They hid her lips, he
said. Then the door bell rang.