The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-08

= very beuuIyy whispered tlOFeucbt cuuRlllB
closer as she spoke to Harrys arm. ibid not
the wise mon IN ancient days imagine that
such appearances pertendcd wars and con-
/ 6agrations and fearful disasters of all kinds."
Harry smiled superior in all tho conscious
ness Of masculine wisdom.
( Fortunately our favored land need fear
no such portents, darling. We are secure
from foreign foes, and for all domestic
troubles the ballot box is our only weapon"
"Do you remember the vision in Mar
mion,' Harry
! But indistinct tho pageant proud
A fancy forms of midnight cloud.
When filings the moon upon her shroud
vavering tinge of fame;
I It fits, expands ard shifts till loud
The awful summons came"
"Shall Z continue the lines for you, Flor
ence, and try to exercise those merry dancers,
as the Laplanders call them, up yondera-
'Thy fatal summons deny,
i And tiny Internal lord defy''-
4 "Harry, dear Harry Pray stop-you
! make me unhappy. You should not mock
at anything so wonderful"
''Then will not, dearest. But, Florence,
/ let me try to interpret this lovely vision
Alright for you. l see in it only an emblem,
7 prediction of our future happiness. Sec,
over your future home in the north there
4 bends that bright arch"-
''But Philadelphia lies ever SO far south
( from here"
''Do not interrupt the soothsayer, irrever-
ent young girl. Those white wavering forms
overhead are the northern spirits that have
( come to welcome you, southern born flower
as you are, to their native cline. And over
head, dear, look how the stars shine through
that soft flush that overspreads the whole
heavens. So shall all the brightness heaven
vouchsafes to our future life shine trans
figured TO fairer, 'intenser luster through the
rosy radiance of our mutual love"
His voice had lost its TESTING tone, and he
spoke with grave and tender earnestlless.
And they stood together beneath that beau
tiful and wondrous glory of the skies, silent
because of the very fullness Of their hearts,
the very perfection of their happiness
For il is with feelings as With waters;
The shadows muirnnr, but the depths are dumb
Florence's forebodings of her fathers dis
pleasure and opposition proved more correct
than did tho confident hopefulness of her
lover When Harry sought Mr.. Hurst the
morning after the ball to lay before him his
proposals for Florences hand, he was re-
ceived at first with a GOODNESS that speedily
eliminated in most decided negative to
I his demand
There must be an end TO this" said
Mr.. Hurst CURLY and decidedly. Flor
ence and you must meet no more. l have
other views for my daughter, Mr.. Danvers,
and / trust to your honor as a gentleman for
total discontinuance Of what will prove to
be fruitless pursuit"
The hot blood rushed to Harry Danvers'
brow. "Mr Hurst" he said, trying to re-
strain his eagerness and his indignation,
''your daughter loves me. You must par
don mo il refuse to consider this dismissal
as finaln
"My daughter will obey my commands,
and they are, that you meet no more. Allow
! me to consider this interview as at an end,
/ and to wish you very good morning."
tAnd yet, Mr.. Hurst permit me, if you
please
''Sirr' interrupted Mr.. Hurst, turning
/ upon him angrily, my estates in Georgia
and Virginia are both of vast extent, and /
number my negroes by the thousand. Flor
ence is my sole child and heiress, and do you
think therefore that she is to be handed, like
copper or picayune, to the first young
beggar that chooses to ask for hez7n
| The indomitable will of the old man looked
out from his steely eyes and was written on
. every line of his countenanee There was
nothing more to be said. Harry bowed, and
merely remarked as he withdrew:
II have made no promise that would not
/ try to 4ee Florence again, Mr.. Hurst, and
refuse to make such promise"
81 am perfectly capable of taking care Of
my daughter, Mr.. Danyers. Good morning,
! sir'
| That afternoon a pale, washed out looking,
! but lady like person approached Harry as he
was strolling moodily beneath Florence's
windows and striving to get glimpse Of her,
1 for she had not been allowed to leave her room
all day
81 am Miss Hurst's governess," whispered
the stranger. "My name is. Susan Clint
she may have spoken to you Of me, Mr.. Dan
vers. have note for you, SIR" And she
slipped folded paper into his hand and
| hurried away as though afraid Of being OBJ
! served
| Earry retreated to his room, and there tore
| the precious missiye eagerly open. 1t con-
tanned only these few lines;
Papa is going to take me away from New
port tonight. We ire going to our Virginian
home-Gardenhurst 1t is near Washington,
and not far from Arlington, the Lees place.
| Do try to come there, Harry. want to sec
you once more"
"Once more! Oh, my darling, my darling,
Is there then no HOPPER And Harry Danvers
burst into very passion of tears as he pressed
the poor blotted little note to his lips. They
! were too weak, these two unhappy children,
to struggle successfully against fate. What
could Florence, poor fragile, timid child, do
to oppose the iron will of her father? while
her lover equally lacked power to break her
chain. Yet still young Danvers hoped, with
the unreasoning, blind trustfulness of youth,
that something would happen to aid them
| and to unite them at last.
Ten days later he stood waiting for tho
coming of his love, under the shade Of some
of the mighty trees which formed the chief
| glory OF the estate of Gardenhurst. The
house stood on lofty height overlooking the
windiRgs of the Potomac and the distant
roofs and spires of Washington. It was a
massive and majestic looking mansion, a
relic OF the antiquated splendors Of old colo
NAL times, and bearing, it was said, in its
interior many traces Of the grandeur and
greatness of the bygone generations of
Eursts, in the shape of curious furniture,
carved marbles, antique weapons, and family
| portraits. At the back of the house the
ground sloped suddenly downward to tho
shores of a deep and sullen stream, whose
waters, though shallow and Drawing few
rods higher up, weye just in that spot OK
great depth and treacherous quietude. Re-
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