Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-11-23

ding day she told him that she could not
do it, and Ofle ed him his liberty if he
did not feel inclined to wait for her.
My first duty" she had said, lies at
home. l must take care of mother and
the rest until she is strong"
He had left in anger She cid not
know that there was no getting ST rong for
the poor mother. The family, as is often
the case, were the last to see the danger.
If the mother died, Roy knew that Bes-
sic would still be bound by The chains Of
duty, for there wer9 five children young
err tn herself.
In fit of pique and anger the foolish
youth had proposed to Bessie's one enc
my among her associates Nora Stains
and beeu accepted. II hey wele m FRIED
almost Immediately, though at the last
it was rumored that young Bryon tried to
back out.
Poor Bessie! The day after the we'd
ding she received a note from the bride
groom read ng:
Don't hate me, Bess. l was mad at
first, because l thought you did not care
for me, and were trying to throw me over
| did not find OFT my mistake till too
late. She won't let me off. Deuce tlke
her Roy"
OF course the foolish child cried over
the disloyal bit of paper, blaming herself
as the cause of what would probably
prove Roy's ruin.
Instinctively she felt that he was shal-
low and cowardly, not ut all the man she
had imagined him to be, but then, she
was Young and deeply infatuated and
then it was Roy.
She was q true woman, despite her
weakness, however, and though she cried
over and kissed the note in secret. she
never deigned one word of answer; and
when by chance or intent on his part
they met, she bowed cold and passed
him by
Soon after Roy and Nora went West,
passing entirely out of Bessie's busy,
painful life.
Less than a year after their departure.
and while Bessie's heart was still woe
fully sore, the suffering mother passed
away In another twelvemonth her
! brother, next younger than herself. sick
ened and died, and before the mother had
/ been dead five years the brother and sis
! ter next had been summoned from earth
/ Then The mortgage on the farm, given
during Mrs. Browns illness, came due
/ and everything had to be disposed Of that
/ could BIO spared to save the home and
+ fifteen years of the closest economy anC
/ severest toll and prlyations passeu before
/ the last cent Of that bounding debt was
I paid.
Meanwhile the noble girl had beer
everything TO the ofttimts despondinl
+ father and two little brothers.
She lived itall over that night, after tin,
minister had asked her 10 help him beaI
+ ms barlons, remembering all the pain
Int with il thee. was the consciousness oil
having done Vh sle could.
NV life can not have been wholly a.
vain, she thought FOR Harry and Ton
are good men, uud surely ] have loeI
some help 20 them.
Twenty year, is 10 long time fur 0omuI
90 cherish thr meuor, of uu uuwort a
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