The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-18
HER REVENGE.

IS thy stood in a coy corner oi
crowded saloon watching he dancing.
ayes" Bertha replied, her eyes fol-
lowin- n little figure IL blue, da-cir.
with the keen enjoyment and zest thit
coma only TO the very young. al he will
be pretty when her manners are more
formed and she gets over her hoyden
Giks.
Il Ike tom-boy girl" was the reply.
"Mind, / don't mean a fast woman
That is simply detestable; but q girl who
i natural and has the fresh vivacity Of
youth
- on viii find plenty of fresh vivacity
in L, lla," Bertha replied, dryly. "She
is rather overpowering TO my taste,
thou n l love her dearly.
Then a mu~ tached, perfumed eXquis-
ite Claimed Miss May for a gallop, and
Paul Rosslyn was left alone IN his cor
ner. A tall, ,broad-6houldered man, with
n f:ce OF faultless regularity OF feature
large gray ewes, whose color changed
with every emotion, and languid man
ncr, that suited well the slight, very
slight, drawl in his voice.
The little figure he was watching was
most unlike the stately blonde with
whom he had been conyersing, the
daughter of his hostess.
lisa ellie Huntley was neither blonde
nor brunette, having fresh, clear COM
p,eXion, large brown eyes, and protu-
sion OF short, nut-brown curls, that
nestled closely round her shapely little
head. She was small and thin, being
~ the age when scragyiness is fully de-
veloped, and her movements were far
to auruPt tor race yet she was pretty,
too, as sne lifted her great eyes to her
p.rtner's face and revealed a row OF
m TX white teeth in some laughing re-
mark.
When she sat down near her aunt,
he
commenced a conversation with Mrs
MAY, whi h led, a. he hoped il would,
to an introduction to my niece, Miss
Hunt ey.'
This is our nearest neighbor, Bella"
the lady said; $50 you will meet him
often this summer" And bella, too
entirely unconscious of her selthood to
be baShful, held out her gloved hand,
and gave Mr.. Rosslyn a schoolgirls grip
oi welcome.
Mrs. May left them together, and Belle
opened a Conv rsat on 10y inform ng the
mt enan tn shr knew all about him.
20 reply following this startling piece of
in OF. pation, she added:
Bertha drove me past your place
yestertay rs We came from the depot,
and she told NE you had Just come IRON
urope be ause your Iather died-oh, L
did not mean 10 say that please pardon
me ii huit your feelings"
"Gou did not, he said slowly, watch
ing with lazy admiration the quick
changes of the expressive face.
81 thought how awfuily Jolly 1t must
be 10 own thai loYeiy house AMI grounds
and 10 Just rs you please. When leave
school I've got To teach, you know, in
he city so all the country l ever see is
what / iini in vacation when Bertha has
me down here. Bertha is very good TO
me-" she adled, gratefully.
is She ." questioned Baul, amused at
her rankness.
"Awfulty :" with q great sigh Give
cot no father nor mother, only Uncle
trtnk, and he's in China-and Aunt
May. ut Bertha tries 10 make up in
vac ton Tor the lonpsomeness the rest
tile time Why, do you know. she
save me this party Just TO please me
1 do so love danring"
"Nil you waltz nows" said Paul; and
in a moment he Ina taken place among
the Gamers and was Waiting with the
e ~ grace OF mo ion that IS po>ttlN c
luxury I, one who loves dancing Tor its
own sake. - -
AiJ-r the waltz was over he led hrs
part er 10 vine covered balcony, where
they paced up and down in the summer,
stdrli .ht and chatted of many things
ornething in the frank, bright yiy4city
OF l'ela lluntley had a great charm for
tie world-weIry man, who hal travelled
thro, gh the best society OF two cont
intnts. and had his heart still his own,
though il had been badly bruised and
punctured IN ms thirty years OF lies
warfare.
They talked OF pictures, and Paul in
vited Bella to view the collection he hal
brought from abroad OF book, AMI he
promised her some not procurable in
this country; OF music, and he had an
"ETard" that nobody opened.
Looking back, after her head pressed
the p..low, Bella wondered If there WAS
> ever such a delightful party and the
walk on the lialCony, the soft ey of
aul ossiyn- were cert iinly most prom
inert IN the delights of the evening
And he, smoking a cigar in his lonely
library, yawned and vote1 all parties q
@borr," country seat gatherings worst
O. al
"Iu the city one can escape on plea of
Ruo' her engac ement" he thought and
then lis musing took another form, and
he concluded that he most marry and
settle down.
The home of Mrs. May being separ-
atnd from that of Mr.. Rosslyn by only
a slight iron fence, Il was but natural the
young man should I'm himself often in
h neigh hor : grounds stro ling under
the trees in the morning playing croquet
IN the afternoon or senti.neutaizing
upon the porrh by moonlight And the
souud of hi- low, musical voice the sight
o. his handsome lac grew 10 be danger
ousiy pleasant to Bella
lie hal read deeply, had travelled
much. and the girl, as the happy davs
few along became so much more sedate
that B rtla noticed Will. a keen pang
The dawntng womanhood whose source
she suessed only too well. She ssw the
clrcless DIR, 50 bet oming the sub ect of
dainty finish, the brown locks carefully
't'rlrd lns eli Of being conbed hastily
To- t.tr gle as they would. knots of ribbon
ted und snowy ru,tiea, where hastily
psuned collars We're before Loving her
little cousin, she tremblei knowing
what sensitive brain and heart she
c.tTrted under her hrusk nanners And
the naan of the world studied the frank.
expressive lace 70 see how he could
make Il flush and brighten BY his praise
or droo7 under has disIHproval OF senti-
men. Or even a ribbon. He HkeI To
" stc.l tie changing color upon the round
chee--, the ash OF mistiness OF the large
ewes ard the quivers of the sensitive
mouth and, being OF thoroughly self
ish nature, he never thought OF the
exquisite delicacy OF the instrument
that answered. 50 quickly to his lightest
words.
For in a stately fashion, he was weoine
Pert ha May Tor his bride She was
b dsome, would be wealthy and would
preside gricrfully over his house. 80
one moonlight night, when thew sat
alone the wide balcony, he asked her
10 be has wife, neither OF them seeing a
little white robed figure behind the lace
curt tif-S q ~ ~ ~ room win low
Fella's heart seemed to stop as sine
heard the proposal In a second the
child was n woman, n woman srorned.
Clear s a belle came Bertha's voice:
~lOu e-e mistaken, Mr.. Rosslyn
am not Fla"
''Bel.a!' with n light laugh, "why
surely you do not imagine 1 wish 10
m-Fry that child %
''>he IS lG Many girls marry at that