The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-03-29

II do not ask your answer now he said,
gravsly. "God forbid, Perhaps should
not have spoken so soon You know COM
paratiyely nothing OF me save that have
been in busin ess and met with heavy losses
But let mo say this Tomorrow go bacx
to the world SIX months hence viii ask
your answer II you say, come-that Is
enough. Shall it b. sol"
There was silence in the room for mo
ment Ethring fancied he could he n the
quickened beating OF the young girl heart
as she stood motiopless before him in the
half darkness.
at shall be as you wish,p she said And
softly withdrawing her hands from his clasp
she gliled away,
LII was not ono to wear her heart upon
her sleeve She took up her burden of duty
as of yore, but as the days went by after
Ethring had gone, Lii was vaguely con-
sious that something was missing out OF
her life Yet at the same time IL was as
though life itself was taking on new bright
ness and beauty As she sat at the old piano
in the twilight, sometimes her lips would
shape ITO the tender smile which is the re-
flex of happy thoughts And then from the
white keys came appropriations OF wonder
ful sweetness and beauty.
Before leaving her Ethring had SPOKEN
briefly Of Rose, the or g nal OF the photo
graph she had sven His deceased father
had been anxious that Etdriny should
marry her to unite tn, two estates and
drawn from him half promise that he would
stink of it. But the more he thought
OF 1t, the more dis tasteful the idea. To Rose
herself it dill not Seem to mater much
either way, A rich marriage WIS the desire
of her heart-love quite secondary con-
sideration
Il am ent rely alone in thu world now,
with no one to pleas, but myself l have
written Miss Anstrath TO con sider herself
free to marry the man of her choice, he
said. That was ALL
April and May with bud and prom Sc
gave way to their sister months of blossoms
and fulfllment One moremonth and-hcr
letter would come?
Il WIS Mrs Merrlck, tho rector's wife,
who handed her the New York paper con-
tanning r5ther extended notice of tie
mi rIiage OF Robert I. Ethrlng, the young
millionaire broker, whose successful reconp
from his tremendous losses last winter will
be remembered, 10 Mrs Rose Anstrath, the
charming society belle.
80 strange he shouldn't have sent you
cards, DEAR she said, innocently, And LII,
who had summoned oil her pride and cour-
age, very quietly replied that it was per-
haps an overs ght And having completed
her neighborly call, went home,
When l. II got to her room and had locked
herself in she did not cry or faint She
came from different stock. LII only threw
off her hat and fell on her knees by the
bedside bury.ng her white face in her
hlndS The agonlz,ng cry which went up
to Heaven was only ineligible TO Him
whose ear is always open.
A little paler-a little more quiet LII
went about the everyday, common place
paths OF life which must be taken up
whether the heart curry its direct ache per
petually with 1t or no. For the blow she
had received served first to show the
strength and dep h of a love now remain
ing only to be crushed out
One pang was sti | to be added Six
hs from the time of Ethrings depart
ure came a letter-containing the delayed
cards, is LII al knew by the size, shape
and feeling Of this missive This she at
once reinc osed TO the printed address on
the corner of the envelope adding merely
these words:
return your letter and contents with
out opening ANY. turCuer COMMITMENT on
of whatever nature from you, Mr. Eshr.ng
will meet with like return.
LILLIAN STASPoRTH
Now, on the evening when L hiring had
declared his love, Jack, who had entered
the room unobs,rved, heard goodly share
of what was going on, before he had pres
ence of mind enough to beat n nolseless re-
treat.
He WINS an honorable, manly boy, and
kept his knowledge to himself. That Eth
ring had written Lii at the expiration Of
the appointed time filled his heart with
exultltion. But when he knew she had re-
turned the letter unopened, Jack felt that
something was wrong
What, he had no conception until late in
the TO lowing winter. Bobby Merrlck hap
pened in conversation to speak OF Mr.
Ethrlng's marriage, And belng nasty sort
of boy, alluded in haunting sort Of way to
the fact that folks said Lii Stanforth was
bre kin her heart over it --,----.---
: ] -: la happy 20 say 1lat Jack administered
NJ Lob