The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-07
ZEN YEARS LATER.

80 he has come aeainp
pretty Nettie Devereaux tren
rom hand to foot as sbs glanced
% him." she said to the servant
- VII be down in ten minutes
d To- i1 - Nettie to herself Il cannot
aown like this-I must calm mysel
d2 1w to ordinary GOODNESS"
Woman-like, She first vent to tb.
49, nio and, in spite of her agitation
T ~ ~ mat she looked unusually well
t L5n, VIZ MlGh her hands clasped tightly
ps'v re her, paced rapidly up and down
ug luoin @ number of times.
.ele was by no means @ vain
woman, although she was a remark
a'y pretty one, and the balf-anxious
llp,es she had given her reflection in
vanity. "'ii0' u ''''''
= was ten years, at least, since she
~ nnsO the gentleman now awaiting
I pelow, and at that time he was
p't accepted lover; so Nettie, with all
= ,nala's consei6usrrc- t vt beauty
5.t.;2tf res itswsight, bad f. If all asked
question:
VIII ne think me changed?"
The mirror told her. as he did. ten
lllnutes later, that she had not. So
there was but one thing to be done,
and that was to still the tumultuous
beating OF her foolish little heart, and
60 down.
Poor, pretty Nettie! She loved him
sthl, although she had not seen him
mall these years, and he, as well as
herself, had married-anOther!
Seh-control, ever one Of her charac-
terlstlcs, soon came back, and in less
than the prescribed ten minutes her
face was steadily set into an express
sion OF friendship, and she was de-
scending the stairs.
But, alas for hum4 n Efforts and hui
man resolves, they often melt away
before other instincts more deeply hu-
man! And the pleasant greeting rest
. lngs firmly on her lips, and themodi-
fled phrase 80 carefully planned OH his,
vanished into thin air when they met.
| '4Iarryl"
Il "Eettiel"
And the two, so long parted, gazed
With happy freedom into each others
Ia hundred questions they asked and
Msv gered. The dead, the married and
fehe were all talked over, and old
zen Ps and old occurrences recalled.
len q thought cameto Nettie, bear
ng flth 1T a sickening dread, a miser-
crushed feeling about her heart.
Erry was, after ALL not the Harry
- though, heaven help her! she
4 him as tenderlyas ever.
"a question: on his part-"Nettie,
ou now tell me about YOURSELF"
awakened her from the delicious
NJ All In the darling light of a
In flash of lightning lnnumerable
cgNs can be clearly discerned, so in
thsaae painful instant the hopeless
! ness, iheurfathomabed depth, the very
silfuheSs OF his love came before her.
\ TIE siit Of his dearface had chased
N avagsvsry other feeling, bat she could,
7 she v9ula, crush it now, now and for
tever
j Haiace grew shade paler, and the
curves OF her delicate mouth grew |
i stern, as she answered the man who
l lad been the one love of her life, and |
4 she knew had seen that she loved |
= still
= lou ask me, Harry" said she, ''to
tell you about mysef. Shall l begin
whee We left off ten years agol"
!. III YOU WILL" he answered, in q
troublea voice, avoiding her eye.
II viii be brief, them" she replied,
but . touch of passion trembled on
the wouid-be tonesof ice. "You re-
nembsr the night wtparted, ten years
ago last July--yes? Then, of course,
You remember the rst--how you said
nnkind words to nc and that stung
me to the quick. bade you go, and
.orever. / knew what else to say,
or how else to pr sh you. But you,
Assking me at my brd went, and, oh,
larry, never re- ned! When l said
lat | did that ht, my heart was
~ King, and W / saw your mar
two months ter in the papersit
III me at death Bdoor. For many,
.szay weeks my lNHhung on a thread,
ever since h I've for q single cay
ly old self ain.".
LIE, Nettid he interrupted,
TOW Ttrie( aseveral times to
- l, to expla j. but always miss
Knew, al pdavoided you. How
u explain hoe listen, and Jou
so anoth woman?"
ou, tod married, and we're
IRE You I'll"
rrled--wk, ~ else Gould dol ]
=: i3llDss - liome-you wose
ghafi dead 70 De But l was ne Ter
hapuy. Arthur ereaux loved me
dearly, but you ...sage was everbe-
fore me, haunting my thoughts by ay
End my dreams by night. HappA"
She continued, bitterly, "happy wen
i broke my husbands heartp'-ior,
I talked oil you inmy sleep, and so he {
rot to know my secret, and, as tell |
yon, 1t broke his heart-it killed himl' I
81 did not know it," she continued, ]
Funtil he was on his death-bed. Then
h. told me how ased to cry in my /
sleep and call himIIarry. All! IwouH {
have called him back to life then, aid S
loved him, too, lit could have been, t
but it was too latel" a
And the tears chased each Other G
down her cheeks as she spoke.
ssBut," continued she, however @
much may havewronged him by thus t
loving you, i have been more than q
punished for the crime. The ample b
'orthne he left me was swept away, t
andsI, the proud Nettie, am only q
,overness, glad Of the paltry salary to
maintain his child and mine AID :,
low you have all that can tell yoi; :,
e;cept, perhaps, chat your coming to- t
Eht has mademe more wretched than N
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