Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-05-30
After All; or, RishtinG n Wrong

looked OOuOly 50 III utL nAo"S NtbNAAS
garments that were not more white
than her pallid cheeks, from which all
color had fled. In VAIN did friends try
to rally her from the sad mood in which
she had fallen; their sympathy and their
congratulations fell unheeded on her
ears. Had She been 70 the funeral Of
her dearest friend she could not have
looked more despairing than on her
wedding day.
For the first time she thought of the
fatal step she had taken. She felt as If
she had committed a sin in vowing 10
love and honor him who stood beside
her. when heart and affection were IT.
revocably auOther's.
''IIere is bouquet my friend re-
quested me 10 present TO the bride,
said a light-hairud youth.
lie bent his curly head toward Isabel
whispered something and was gone.
A crimson flush stole over lsaOePs
pale, sad face for q moment; but 1t
quickly fcI, leaving her paler than ever.
When alone, she examined the
flowers, and note dropped 10 the floor
from among them. She hastily picked
II up, AMI read:
Farewell 70 hope, love and life; but
not % thee. / leave forever my native
land for Italy. May you always be IS
happy as you are now IS the prayer OF
Your Leurt-uTukeu
CLAUDE VERNON
Alas, Le dill not know the heart ht
had won. or that an enemy had whisper
Ell "A few words of fearful import To the
rredulous Isabel. she believed them;
and one evening, when the high-souled
artist was standing IN the door OF his
studio. looking up at the Sllvery moon
above him ami thinking only or love
and Isabel, servant handed INN u
package containing his letters ana
miniature, with the request that he must
never see IeT again.
At first Lc deemed iJ but a strat1gem
To try his love and sought an eNpldnI-
tiuu. But ia vain, for none Was gwen.
Then rumur came that she WAS about
10 be married. On that day, which
crushed his hopes of happiness forever,
ne sent her a bouquet at sWeeL-Sceuted
flowers which told her she WAS sun De-
loved 10y h.m.
Five wears passed. Isabel had learned
10 love Edward for his Kindness To her;
vet She felt She could not appreciate
him Justly until she SAW the light 20
out from his dark eyes and his cheeks
grow paler, aul noticed that lie met the
king of terrors with the resignation OF
"a true Christian. Then, when she
listened 10 his sud farewell, and felt
for the last time his kiss upon her brow,
she knew how deSolLte she would be
without him. Her father had been
called home q few weeks before and she
was alone in the world.
The crimson sunlight, with Its golden
rH.# ~
where Isabel was seated She held a
withered bouquet in her hands, and
tears were IN her deep blue eyes. That
morning she had learned that Claude
was innocent. Yes, Grace Gordon had
confessed on her dying bed her only
falsehoOd, and asked for forgiveness. 1t
was readily granted; for Isabel could
not but pity her when she said, Il
loved him: l knew you were credulouS;
and that was the stratdgem l took to
separate you, for | thought / could win
his love. Since then have never known
one happy moment
II had been a glorious summer day,
with its bland air and huZy light, falling
so peacefully on the heart, when Isabel
Howard and her husband y 80 ece Fanny,
drove up to Mr.. Icons mansion in
Italy. where they We're warmly well
coined by the family.
Fanny thought they stared at Aunt
Bell rather siugularly rs she introduced
her TO her husbands relatives. Perhaps
Il was because they were struck with SO
much beauty. She declared aunty was
more beautiful than ever. But she did
not know why the bloom of health was
coming again to IsaEel's cheek. Fanny
curiosity was gratIhed when her little
cousin Ida came in, and threw hel
arms around her Bells neck, and said
Il know III love You, for you are 81
much like Mr.. Neruun's beautiful Dol.
trait he has hanging in hIs studio
Father, don't YOU think Sotn
''Yes, Ida, dear; and TO satisfy you
and TO make an apology TO your cousin
for staring nj her so rudely, We will z,
into Neruou's little studio.
Strange emotions sprang up in tn
bosom OF Isabel rs she glZed ut the por
trait. Her heart told her the owne
must be the one she had wronged s
long in thought, and now perchance sh
might see him, and all would be for
given.
1t was n glorious night, such as
seen only beneath IN Italian sky. Tn
moon shone with its soft mellow light
peculiar to the cline. Isabel was gaz
ing at the beautiful heavens above her
her mind wandering far back over tn
past. Another, too, was gazing wit
his midnight eyes ut the same scene
He was also thinking of the past-hi
first and only grief.
at was on such night as this" h
murmurei, ''she pledged her love to m,
and on such night rs this my hope
were crushed
Isabel heard the murmured words {
the stranger. She heaved a deep sigf
and when he looked at the apparitlo
before him he stretched his arms fol
ward 10 clasp her to his heart. Simu
taneously she spraug forward with Ill
words: Forgive, OH, forgive m,
Claude; have always loved youl''
His heart was stIll true to his fir!
love; and when explanations were giver
he clasped her again To his heart an
whispered, 'BeI, YOU shall Vet |
mine; the past Will be forgotten in Il
bright future -
''Aud yuu.' she replied, ''you wi
forgive me, Claude, and will love me !
of oldg'
Eyes, Willingly"
''Ah. l am So happyl' she murmure,
She need not have said sO-he kne
it from tie expression of her love-l
eyes.
''Look, look, cousin Fanny, at NJ
Vernon. lie is gazing rs earnestly
Bell rs he used to ut that portrait in
studio"
II wonder who introduced them,
said Fanny.
The mystery was soon solved, al
when Isabel Howard returned to h
native land her artist lover accompani,
her. Once more she stood ut the alt
and pronounced the solemn marria
vow, and 1t was unfaltering this tim
She WAS cured forever of the fault
being "tOo credulous.n
Starting with the idea that the har
EarIes sensibly IN size with the amour
of blood present In Il any moment, Pr
feSsor MoSso, the Italian physiologi.
has made some most interesting inv,
LEGATIONS. In his first experiments I
hand was placed IN a closed vessel
yxsatar whpu the phauCa IN tha -irrrl