Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-08-17

young girl in his arms and carried he I'D
10 her room and dressed her wounds aud
soothed her as best IL cogld
By-and by he came down, and found
Rachel out in the moonlight uu.lrr the
yellow NAPLES. She had bandaG-! both
her hands, for they We're Tarfully
burned, and she had told Dr My she
was not hurt
"Ny dear little girl,' he sal 1e<lraw-
ing her into the sitting room, YOU have
deceived rnc-you are burned. | must
see after this myself And he took off
the wrappers and grew pale at sight Of
the poor SCARED and blistcred hands.
She submitted to him quietly II,
touch brought back to her some # the
sweetness Of the old time And Size had
made up her mind to tell him this very
evening that he was free
"Rachel," said he, when he had I'm
ished dressing the burns, II want to talk
to YOU little while. You have oivcnme
no chance lately, and | have been very
unhappy over IT, have At times almost
began to fear thu. after all you did not
care for me as thought you didr'
II desire your happiness above any
thing else, began Rachel, brately, and
when | saw that you We're pleased With
! Laura, and indeed it is not strange, for
she is young and handsome
pleased with Laura, said Dr. Moore
"I was never pleased with her, ,e,r
have been playing, you will think, /, very
mean and dastardly game, but my ON
science approves me- Two years ago,
Rachael, that girl tlirted with my brother
Henry and broke his heart IL was
young, romantic and very susceptible :
Her beauty enthralcd him. She, ike
| the heartc>S ilirt She Is led him on until
he knew no rest nor JOY away from her,
! Then, when his devotion became trouble
some-for there was another sultor on
hand She laughed ii him for al is;iol
and frankly told him She haI never
thought OF marrying him.
'.Shc had only been amusing herself,
and had supposed he VAS doing the same
1t was SO ridiculous for people to get II
love. Henry went to his ol.insss,
entered his room, locked the door, an'
blew out his brains' And when thi,
girl, who had caused his death itl~t i.
surely rs though her own white hand.
had held the ps .ol when She itr'ld 81
it. she cried out: What fool, Bu'
there, | always thought he was rathe
weak somehow, and he was 50 lond o
me- Dear me. how diSagreeable il is I,
have men falling in love with one, i,
the side Of MY poor brothers dead hosl,
mnde a vow that if ever destiny threw
this fal>r and, ,trcachcrous gtrl IL ny va
would punish her FOR hcr.sn against him
and have kept my word. PernHPa II
not noble or generous for me - ~ty i
hut believe She loves me- And. ks.c,,el
darling love only yon!''
Despite poor RAfElels invaluatlr
shrinking back, he toon her INTO III, arm
and kissed her IN the old SLOW, swe"
way.
- her lost happiness cainr back
Iaur, SavrtS WHs not .hir t. leave II.
room, .>hon Rachel and nr III tr" g.
quietly 10 the village chapel ono moTnln
and Wire married
And when Aunt Edith told LAURA +
,Y what was going on-and Aunt Idlth ha
a wicked sort Of enjoyment in telling H.
YOU may we'll believe there was a seen.
The next day Laura Went home
4 month aftcrward She married q.
Goidbrim, who was seventy Years oid. ~
worth million, and the old fellow ST
lives, aud leads her a lii, Of H.
pr. Moore and HI, wife arc living tts
ooDtcnted, quiet. country life, all t... In;
t pier, maybe, for thc cloud which Is.
/ came across the heaven If rhei; los. :
/ -Nc1- Ivrt Neus.