Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-03-31

paths Of lie which mus lie t4keI III
whether The heart g NY L., direct acL PER
/ p~s,uli.y wthi1 or nor For the blow she
hal received served fr.t 10 shog the
s.s'ugta and dep h Of q love now remain.
il-oIr 20 NE crushed on.
Oae UlaC wsS s.il to be added SIX
mon.h- from tie ,ime OF E.arnIs depart.
ure cslac q . t~cr-eoutain!ug tie DELAYED
cards, ;s LII al En1w by the s'ze. shape
AMI feeling Of this miss We. THIS she at
once re!uc os@i TO tie printed adlr e. on
the corner Of the envelope, adding merely
these words:
return your letter eni contents with.
on. on a'ng any turtl-r coumuuic.t on
OF whatever nature from YOU. Nj. L hrne
will meet w.th & likarsturn.
LILLIAN ~Sr4SFORTH"
Now, on the evening when l. hiring hlu
declared h.s love, JACK, wlo hal entered
TIE room u1OUs aryel, herd a goodly share
Of VIM Was going on. lcs0yo lie had pres
ence OF mint enough 10 beat . noiseless re.
treat.
H9 was IN honorable, manly 10y. and
kept his knowledge to himself That Eth.
r.ns had written Lii st the expiration Of
tAe oppo ntaI time filed his naalt with
eXult4'lon But when he knew Sine had re-
tarned the letter unopened, JACK fe,t that
something wss wrong.
"hf', he had no conception until late In
the 70 lowing winter. Bobby Malrlck mp
paned in conversation to spelE OF Mr..
Lthring5 marriage. And beng a Nasty soco
Of boy, alluded in a tauuclng sort Of way to
the tect tLat . folks said Lii S.anIor,h WAS
brc kin her hear. over it."
lam happy to say tina. Jack administered
aihr.sl.ng tLen M tlcro to young Mgrl.cE
W-Icn he remembered for many n day AMI
then, boil ne Cgcr with wrath, Jack went
nome and up 20 his chamber. Then he con-
cocted the following cpistle, still preserved
in the family archives:
NAPOLEON, MAY 81, 1889.
Mr. ROBT, ErHRrHG: Sir, II you Are O. psn.
ti"inaI you Will CIV Nc satislacshm 50 from
one gentleman to Another FOR the elite YOU
showed nay LII by going or aul Marrying the
Rose girl when you As good As urqmist LII
you loyl her, for Herd ,ou myself by ayi.
dent. If Lii dies you Wll BE to Blame and size
looks Ike D,th sometimes now. let Ne hero
from You at once. john S%rANFoRrL
In realty this was more I scape vaIvc for
Jacks ang r than soberiy moan as u chal-
longe. Sill, it served the purpose.
Easter Sunday, with suggestion OF spring
flowers in tn b%rcezas, and ncnnc.s brought
forth by the morning had arrived. Lii.
ready dressed for church, ga. down at the
piano to run over the new anthem tho
choir were to render
Suddenly Jack, strangely excited. dashed
into the room.
"Lll-,h, LII he breatbles3ly exclaimed
lit wasa'toar Mr. Ethr.ng that was mar.
ricd after oll'-lnl dashed ont, closing tho
door behind a tail, handsome young man.
a! the : ght OF whom LII. uttered n little cry
and pressed her hand against her heart
"Lllian-my love, Iillian-thank Cod
oh, thank God!' And in another moment
she Yves clesped to her lovers heart
y - II g
Service was over l. was remark ID that
Mss S,anforth had never rendered tn.
music commcmordting the g.ad resurrec-
ton with such beauty aud power. Her face
wGs, SO to speak, TRANSPORTED aud shone
with new beauty-the beauty of perfect
love, for LII! if sanity in spirit, was very
human withlL
Robert Ethring, the broker. ia one man; |
hohert L. Ethr.ng, banker, quite another"
the young man explained And | an by !
no means a millionaire, h glid, with n
smile; though ! have enough to live
on and support a wife. 1t seemed that
his LOSES bad been greatly exaggerated
from the first. Then the Ascending book
keeper was arrested and a goodly par of
the stolen funds recovered. Fortune
smiled upon Ethring in every thing except
ing his love.
And when you sent back my letter with
inclosed Photograph
Your photograph, and l thought it was
your wedding cards. cried Lii. Can You
ever forgive me?' ,
i think | can" WIS the quiet reply
And lie placed the lovers seal of forgiveness
on the sweet lips half upturne to meet his
own, And tbs is way Robert i, hr ne
o.tsn speaks OF his wife as his Easter
Liily FRANK Converse