The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-09-08

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Same reason. or how faithfully she
clings TO her love for Won. and belief In
your solemn engagement. My son. II
You do not really purpose making her
your wife il would be more honorable
TO ask her 10 release you. IL Is crime
to triile with trusting heart; aud such
a one Is Daisy's"
When this letter reached him lie was
quite impatient and vexed. and in
Weighed bitterly against 1.-The folly OF
young girls who take word Of Hat
terry In earnest!'
.For have no recollection OF any
thing like a serious engagement" lac
wrote. although. OF course. II Daisy
claims that such was the case, shall.
IL necessary. sacrifice myself 10 sense
OF honor. But believe my cousin Is
too Just To require this. and too sensi-
BILE 10 believe that n man and woman
could marry happily upon the mere
remnant of boy and-girl Irritation. IL
Is not that any other love has filled my
heart have never really loved. My
art is my love- and my life's one aim
and hope is--ambition.
And TO himself no sand:
Marry. indeedl Tie myself down
with wife and family TO be clog
upon my best endeavorsl No. lndeedl
And for Daisy. too-a poor, little, SIM
Pile country girl. ms sweet and insipid
as the flower l named her afterl VIII
she hold me bound? Have i ruined my
whole career by "A moment Of thought-
less folyP"
Not IL 1.-THE ruin of his whole career"
meant marrying Daisy.
BY return of post came letter that
set him free. 1t contained but few
words. simple and TO the point. aud
was quite prcttily written. He turned
II over aud over curiously. his first
feeling OF self-gratulalion giving way
to an old sense OF annoyance and loss.
Cool enough. certainly. She
couldn't have been SO fond OF mo as
mother thought. And nicely written.
She must have improved good deal"
He glanced at the picture again. 'She
was a lovely creature in those days.
certainly, aud with proper training.
and culture. and dress. and all that
might have DEVELOPED into beauty;
but. pshawl don't know how these
country girls grow up! Freckled. and
tanned. coarse aud awkward. tow
headed. ignorant and narrow minded.
ann well out OF u troublesome scrape
aud have good reason to DO thaukfull'
He thought so Ia good earnest when.
In tho following winter. he met at last
the woman whom he called ''his fate ';
ut sight of her the light and ambitious
heart--that Daisy's SIMPLE loneliness
had touched. indeed. but never really
won-was stirred to its hitherto un-
suspected depths, and awoke to a real
passion.
"They tell me / am like your statue
OF Marguerite" said Miss Raymond to
him. with her calm and gracious SIN lie.
IL should like to see IL. and Judge for
myself. IL you have no objection
He had no objection. though he
dared not say so. II was snch fanci-
full and idle one. In his soul he shrank
from allowing tho woman whom he
loved to look upon the modelled face
of the girl who had loved him. and
whose trust he had betrayed.
For he could better appreciate now
what he had made Daisy suffer-now
that his own heart was awake.
IF she loved me as love this queen
OF hearts, he thought "what must
my inlidelitv have cost herP Poor lit
tie, innocent child Heaven grant that
this woman. who holds my heart In
her fair hands may not fling IL away
as did Daisy'sr
And mentally he vowed, standing
beside "his fate" and gazing with her
on the marguerite" seek out the
poor crushed Hover he had worn so
lightly. and ask her pardon. aud to be
to her always true friend aud brother.
Aura Raymond. the beauty aud heir
ess stood long before the statue with
out word. IL may have been the
memory OF Marguerite sad story, or
II NAV have been tho pure and simple
loneliness OF the fower-lixe face, tn at
touched her heart-but. rs she gazed,
her own face grew clouded. and look
of pain aud trouble grew In her deep
violet eyes.
Then suddenly she turned TO Cyril
She was stately always. bat she SEEM
cd imperious now.
what was her nameP" she asked
him.
For his life he could not have re-
fused TO answer. Could not, oven to
win her. deceive the woman no adored.
IL cnll her Daisy" he said. hum
bly,. lit was pet name. only she
was sort of distant cousin-I DO not
remember her real name Daisy
Vane.'"
And did you love herp-I know
that she loved you--no need to tell me
that; can read IL Ia those candid. in
nocent eyes. Did you love her. Cyril
DantonP"
Then he told her all. His vanity.
his falschood. his awakiug TO real love.