Wichita eagle., 1888-09-09
-une Is somr-n ne sranmereo.

-1oe Is so pkg ne scaumereo.
'Well, she viii soon be in love with
you." said Janet, with last supreme
effort. "Take her Make her happy"
She had been leaning away from him.
She now turned, with the rsvalsion Of a
billow, threw her arms around his neck,
covered his face with kisses and tears,
and then once more leaned back from him
to look at him.
That is the end of all between Us, she
said. in hoarse, deep voice, totally I'M
like her usual utterance. "Henceforward
shall do my duty, and you must help me
do it. One thing-never tell Nellie this:
it would darkeo her happiness. And now
good by"
She dragged herself away from him, ran
down stairs, and locked herself in her
room.
.'Mein Gottl' nurmured Ernst, left to
himself, Il shall lose heart worth den
tousand of mine. But it is peter. She
is wiser. could not lofe her. l should
end by making her unhappy as now-und
more SO. She is wise for rs poth."
The next day. to the establishment and
annoyance of Nellie Fisher but by the
positive dictation Of Janet Holcum. the
two women removed from their lodgings
to cheap boarding house. There was.
however, ope good thing about the change:
the boarding house had a parlor where
Mr.. Hartmann could be received with
sense of spotless propriety; and, what
was delightful, he always had to be re-
ceived by Miss Fisher, the elder cousin
excusing herself Oh pretense of business.
illness, etc. One can easily see that all
this had to end in second troth plight,
and that the parties to it could not be
other than Ernst and Nellie. It was
'petter;" youth must have youth; love
must have love. In these bargains nero
respect and gratitude are not fair ez-
change for the unreasoning. instructive,
potent impulse Of the heart.
Almost the first use that Nellie made of
her betrothal was to run down to Ernst's
the new picture; but mainly, no doubt, to
before her, observed a change in the per-
never known that her likeness had been
obiterated, and she did not discover it
now, for it had been restored in all it's
beauty. But in the face of one of the
principal female figures, face which,
AOV 6DSC1AtSlN iISANoOi4iC, was
sublime with an expression of noble and
tender resignetion-in this face. which
looked Up to heaven as if it haddescended
from thither, Nellie recognized the coun-
tenance Of Janet HoLcum.
why's you have got in Cousin Jennie,
too" exclaimed the delighted girl. ''Oh.
you creature! you have made her finer
than me-"
Il wanted to tightly the painting, 4"
said Ernst, simply, with the bortrait Of
the pest woman in the world.
Isn't she!" replied Nellie, pressing her
face gratefully against his shoulder. Il
am so glad you do her justice. / owe
everything to her. Oh! wouldn't cause
her grief for the world"
The picture having been sold to Moi
neau for the large sum Of $3.50, it was de-
cided that Ernst's prospects Of success
were good enough to justify marriage.
and Janet ruled that Nellie must 60 home
for that purpose to the residence of an
old aunt in Connecticut.
The giri having departed, Janet felt
able to have one interview with Hartmann,
not with the object of indulging in any
weak reproaches or bemoanings, but to
bid him last farewell. She was going
to Ceylon, she informed him, as English
teacher in one Of the schools of the
American Board o. Foreign Missions.