Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-03-07

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knowledge her love, and how gladly
would she marry him a. the earliest
date he might mention Had she
known his address at that time she
would have written 70 tell him of her
love and penitence.
Four years after Jack had gone
Ruby was at q fashionable watering
place. She was still the belle of everv
sssemblage. Her indifference and
utter carelessness, combined with her
rare beauty, brought her scores of ad-
mirers, whom she drove almost mad
with her GOODNESS. She was still as
lovely as ever, but in her big, brown
eyes there was a shade of sadness, and
slightly absent look which gave
touch of soul to a face that had here
tofore sparkled with wit and sglowed
with gayety and high spirits, but had
lacked feeling. Now it was perfect.
1t Jack could only see her now.
One day she was taking her morn
ing stroll, and feeling an unaccount-
able depression of spirits. Her great
eyes were wearing their most absent
look, and as they wandered over the
crowd that was ever coming and 60
ing, she started violently and her
delicate, high bred face turned as
white as the filmy lace at her throat.
She fixed an absorbed gaze on ve-
hicle that was slowly passing. The
occupant was a broad shouldered,
grand looking man dressed in gray.
His shapely head was crowned with a
white straw hat, pair of large, dis
figuring spectacles of colored glass
completely hid his eyes; his firm
mouth was shaded with long brown
mustache, and between his lips was
the inevitable cigar. No whiskers hid
his firm chin and fine rounded throat.
A footman at his side was driving
span of spirited blacks. In an in
slant the equipage was hidden by she
crowd, but Ruby's eyes would have
known that face, that form, if it had
been far more feeting glimpse She
drew long breath, and by the time
she reached her hotel and looked at
herself in her room, she was startled
at the joyous brightness that sparkled
In her eyes and beamed from every
feature. All day her face wore an
eager, expectant look, her eyes were
ever searching for something At the
hop that night 1t was still the same.
She withdrew early and sought her
room, weary and heartsick.
OH she said aloud, In a troubled
voice, docs he know I'm here, and
still remain aloof?'
She sat there alone, white and sad !;
her face wet with tears; her heart torn
with conflicting emotions and terri
ole fear that he had forgotten her.
The next morning, after a sleepless
night, she started out alone, her
cheeks pale, her spirits Cropping
lShe shaped her course for a hidden
retreat behind the rocks, where she
had often dreamed away hours unin-
terrupted. AS she neared the place
she saw that her favorite rocky seat
was already occupied by an intruder.
He sat in desponding attitude, with
his head resting on his hand and his
gaze directed toward the sea. Occu-
pied with her own thoughts, Ruby
was about to turn away without tax
ing any notice of him, when he
changed his position, removed cigar
from his mouth, blew forth cloud
of smoke and Ruby saw who it was.
Her footsteps had given no sound
on the soft sand. He had not heard
her. She stood perfectly still, tremb-
ling so that she could scarcely stand.
Here was the man for whose presence
she had longed for all these sad years,
and now she dared not speak to him.
He might receive her patience with
scorn, and might be married! Terri
BILE, cruel thought! While this was
passing through her mind she was
startled by hearing some one coming
that way whistling. Not wishing to
be seen, she sprang behind convent
ent bowlder, just in time to escape the
eyes of the new conner, who was the
same man she had seen with Jack the
day before.
The man came up and stopped be-
side Jack, who said, impatiently:
why did you come for me 30 soon?'
why, en- you said come in an
hour, and-iti is up, sure.
Il don't believe it's up, Jack cried
violently, but because Pm poor,
blind stick you think you can fool me.
But you can't. Go away and let me
be in peace if you can, and don't dare
to come near me, again under an hour
from now, a whole hour" s~
'Yes. sir, understand, replied poor
Peter deprecatingly, preparing to
move off, after casting glance at the
watch he wore to make sure of the
time.
Stay, called Jack, irritably. First
tell me if any one is anywhere in
sight. l don't want to sit here as a
show for any one if 1 can help it,
| mot soul, sir, to be seen, re-