The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-04-04

peaFed 10 have an excellent under
standing. The pretty schoo
mistress, through q tFifle more s0be
and pensive than wss wont. locke
prettier and more radiant than ever
while, as 10 Mr.. Herbert Lane, wh,
he was In such positive, compars
tive, supurlative good spirits, that b
| donated silver dollar to the frs
barefOoted urchin he met, VIII
evinced his delight by turning thre
somefsaults, and then starting at
The Wiltonville grand jury va
only Q little premature In thei
verdiet-Miss Barrett had sctuall!
/ consented to change her name In tn
I not distant future to Mrs. Lane.
But one evening, when Lane wa
hack at his post OF duty in the city
he received q letter-a had letter Ia
more senses than one, IL being no
poorly written poorly spelled and o.
shocking grammer, but bad In the
message ID contained. II came from
Miss Patience Green, and Informed
him that his "girl was galantiu
round with q gOOd-loOking stranger
who had jest cum TO town, and folly
sed they was Engaged"
The result was Mr.. Lane wa.
dreadIully Jealous !" Miss Green was
= disinterested party" he reasoned,
land had no cause Ia tell him other
than the truth"
With an aching head. and sad, sad
heart, he went mechanically
through the day. duties, little heed
ing who came or went, aud not
infrequrntIy handing out a wrong
article Ia 3 customer, in his absent
mlndedness. Sometimes, he would
resolve to think no more about her Z;
then, with the strange ineonsis-
Iencie- of = mind ,racked by conflict
ing love sud jealousy, would seek
excuses for her conduct, and dwell
Oh her seeming arIle-=nesa, and
evident affection for him. The
upshOt of all which was, he
solicited, aud obtained q few days
leave Of absence, aud went forth
with To WilIouville.
A. he rode into the place from the
railway station. whom should he
meet, hut Miss Barret aud strange
gentleman, taking an evening walk.
He rOOliy bowed. which saIutatiOn
she, With crimson face, cOOlly re-
turned
Late that night lac paced back and
forth past Colonel Armstrong;. By
and bye, he rrept lightly to one of
tue still Illuminated parlOr win
rlOWs, and peered eagerly through q
narrow vertical space betwee the
aud window frame. What
he saw confirmed his darkest sus-
picionr. There. on the sofa, sat
Miss Barrett, aud beside her the
gentleman he had met
with her-the two engaged
la low, but apparently earnest con
Mr.. Lane and Miss Barrett had q
private conference next day. ID vas
4 stormy meeting, aud their last.
stubborn pride-uo
by either party. And 80
hey parted.
Al about six o'clock in the morn
ing on the day following this unhap-
~ interview. good, mOtherly Mrs.
'olonel Armstrong, tapped al Miss
liarrett's door. and was Mt once adj |
nitted. Miss Barrett was up aud
dressed. but looking quite III.
II have called thus early" eX-
claimed the good woman, on q mat
pr Of personal moment to you. |
Bluntly aud to the point at once, ] |
wish you would tell me, confident
ally, il you still love Herbert |
..aur'"
"Why, what a funny question"
YES: but for your sake, wish
cry much to know. Tell me, my
lear. do you care much for him ."
"les; believe you are too
honorable to hetray my secret, and
- will tell you that I still love
lim-ayP, better than LIE ITSELF"
II am sorry. did hope you had
rased Ia care for him. hut
vanted Ia know the truth about iI,
however"
why, what am I to understand
" this"' asked Miss Barrett, in
uddeu alarm.
''Oh, my poor girl-my poor, dear
irl," exclaimed the eye-bedimmed
natrsn, putting her arm around her
raist. al am sorry you love MIR.
.ane, because-hecause- can
ever be yours. My poor child!
IesVen knows ! pity you from the
OttOm of my heart. No, nv dear
rlend, you can never meet your love
gain an the shores of time. May
Tod give you strength to bear the
loW-for Herbert Lane IL dead"
% was only too ture. A young
nan, u Beighbor aud friend Of
.sue's, calling On him very early
hat morning, aud directed by his
mother to his bedrOnm, had made
lac dreadful discovery. There was
Oihing To indicate that he hal been
murdered; nor, GU the other hand,
hat lee hsd committed seIfdestruc-
on. Hut he was dead. aud there
as consequently much talk and
resi excitement through ali that
pgiOn.
To the worthy "schonl mistress
rom West Chester" the shock was
lr a time q Overwhelming. Imagin-
~ that she herself had somehow
cen the indirect cause Of his death,
rmOrse and grief so preyed upon
er mind that she became critically
I. Aud when, after weeks Of suf-
ring, she rallied, aud at length
agained her wOnted health and
Irength. she herself knew that she
as changed-thOrOughly, radically
and that the beautiful
'orld about could never TO her be
~ same bright world again.
And how we pass 10 certain events
hich have an important bearing
n our story.
CHAPTER III.
Five years have rolled by, and we
re- once more in WiltOnvIlle. u IL
June morning. The sun shines
ear aud bright, the lilaes are
/ bloom, the air Is fragrant Of
pple blossoms, and the bees hum
ierrily, as they fly from flower to
over; while on the soft summer
Ir comes the unmelodlous tones Of
le COW bells. and the pleasantly ,
nkling sheep bell of the herds and
Ocks grazing on yonder green hill ,
de and pastures.
IL was Q quarter Of nine by Squire
raft's watch. There IL to be q
horse-swapplng" trial at "Meed ,
ity," Of Rldlon vs.. Shaw, 9 little
yer q mile from Wiltonville village,
nd the squire Is on his way there !
loot and alone, to try the case.
Just little beyond the ivy-cOver-
I domicile Of the Widow Green !
nd her daughter Patience, he meets
mother pedestrian, . younglsh man
! a gray business suit, with long I
lack whiskers. aud rurley black {
air, and n buff-colored travling :
X ut his side. He stops, and ac- ,
ssts the squire with the question: :
"Iou reside In this place, do you :
nj, sir?'
81 do. - ssid the squire. il
The stranger remarked that he