The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-19

Il must have time to consider this
matter" she said So
Certainly. dearest; take all the
time you DESIRE" and, after a brief
conversation, left her. ''-- -
This interview was on Wednesday
evening.
During the two following days was
so busy 1 had no opportunity to call on
her Saturday morning received an
invitation from my FRIEND to be pres
ent at his house that evening, on occa-
sion of a wedding that was to transpire
there at seven The names of the con-
cracting parties were not mentioned,
and it was a mystery to me who they
could be. 1 dispatched a note to the
young lady" informing her what
was TO occur, and that / would call for
her to accompany me at Gas.
/ did call, as per notification, only
to find the house where she resided en-
tirely deserted. What could it mean?
In no enviable frame of mind wend-
ed my way to my friends" He an
swered my ring in person.
why didn't you come sooner?"
were his first words on seeing me.
Seven was the appointed hour" i
returned.
1T is quite a half-hour later than
that now, think" he said.
''Our times must differ very materi-
ally, then" 1 replied; and looking at
my watch found it indicated ESQ. the
time / had supposed it was when / left
my home My watch had stopped, a
thing had never known ii to do before.
But come in. and let me present
you to my wife"
Your wifei" said I, astonished,
never having known him to be atten-
tive to any lady
Yes" smiling. 'Ah, here she
comes. My DEAR" he continued, ad-
dressing richly-attired lady who was
approaching the place where we stood,
''let me-
An exclamation, by no means pious,
that fell from my lips. stopped him at
this point in his remarks And well
might L use profane expletive. The
lady, now his wife, was identical with
the idol of my affections What would
be fame, wealth, any thing the world
could offer to me, without her, dearer
10 me than all else, but whom | had
lost forever? Gone were the anticipa-
tions of aught but n future of sadness
and desolating misery. And then,
that she, in whom / so thoroughly
trusted, should prove faithless. Oh!
it was crushing blowI The lines OF
Motherweu rushed TO my mind:
las for woman, sheVn claim
name and title all her own-Docelt"
Here was a living exempIifcation
OF the truth oI the poets words.
My friend, - whose restorcr to life /
had been, must have known my long
continuing attachment, and had un-
doubtedly won her from me to himself
in some unmanly manner. SO he. too,
was false to me. His gift was in
competent to make up for such treach-
cry In n voice tremulous with ill
repressed passion, / shrieked:
''Aiay my eternal curses be-
At this instant l aUOke, TO find
the fire nearly burned out, my
meerschaum in fragments on the
floor and the first rays of morn
ing light trying to force a pass
age through the curtains. shook
myself once or twice TO satisfy nv
mind that it was all dream, and
then entered the room where the
corpse lay as quietly as when had
last looked at it My doubts were
dissolved
The gentle girl" blue eyes, and
so forth, will become my wife next
Thanksgiving, profession or no pro-
fession-
We have settled that matter.-Fred
E Foster, in Ballou's Monthly.