News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-09-25

ed TO nave impressed HIM deeply.
At length he asked the question h
had come topropound; received a re
ply that made the matter clear t,
him, thanked his adviser, and wa
about to leave when the Judge re
marked:
" By the way, my boy, if you wan
any further points on that case com
to my house this evening, and | will
show you what authorities to con
suit"
"Thank you, shall do so,' replied
Losing. He took the kind offe,
rather as a matter of course, fol
Judge Sharpe had long ago told hin
to make use of his library whenever
he wished, and he had frequently
availed himself of the permission.
Losing, after leaving the judge''
office, went directly to his own, which
was in another part of the same
buiIslings Instead of busying himsel
with the papers that lay strewn upor
his desk, he paced to and fro eXcitedly
for several minutes Then he sat
down and for at least half an houl
stared very hard at nothing, or per
haps at the wall Could he have seer
his own face just then he would have
been surprised at the change that had
come over it. There was a hopeless
despairing expression there which
would have seemed quite inexplicable
to any of those who knew him best.
"There's no other way; I'll have to
do it, he suddenly exclaimed, at the
same time rising abruptly. Then he
put on his hat and coat, and went
out and walked rapidly away.
The evening of that day found him
at the house of Judge Sharpe, sitting
in the library, apparently engrossed
in a legal volume. But as he had
been staring at the same page for the
past ten minutes, and that page hap
pened to contain merely a portion OF
the index, it is doubtful that. he was
as deeply engrossed as he seemed to
be-
A light step fell upon the carpeted
floor behind him. A young girl had
entered the room. A very pretty
young girl she was, and the glad
smile that lighted up her face when
she saw the young man made her all
the prettier. Walter LOSING had
evidently not confined himself to
Judge Sharpe's library on his previ-
Gus visits If he had, the judges
daughter would not have been so
pleased to see him.
"Poring over dry legal volumes, as
usual, | see; what perplexing case
rests heavily on your mind now,
Walter? Why, what ails you? You
look as glum as if you had lost your
last friend"
Losing had turned and risen as
the young girl spoke, and the light,
streaming upon his face, showed it to
be indeed a mirror of everything
gloomy and disheartening.
at isn't law case that is troub-
ling me; | would it were only that, .
he replied, with a sigh that was al
most a groan.
"What is it, then? Has any misfor
tune beiallen your
'''' Yes, a misfortune indeed; or a
least it seems to be, now. Doubtless
it is all for the best"
"What are you talking about
Why don't you tell me what troubles
you?"
81 came for that purpose; that
might tell you. After this evening We
must not meet again"
"Not-meet-again?" Nellie Sharpe
repeated the words, slowly, as if she
could not grasp their full meaning
The color surged to her cheeks and
then receded, leaving her very pale.
"What do you mean, Walter
What has happened? You cannot be
in earnest"
"But | am in earnest; | have
brought myselfto this after the hard
est mental struggle man could possi-
bly, undergo. | must be in earnest
about this; it is my duty; would be
dishonorable if L did otherwise. But
| am talking wildly, at random;
hardly know what i am saying or
what to say or how to say it. ]
heard some advice to-day; it came
from your father; / am in honor
bound to follow it. This is, what he
told me-"
Walter rather rincoherently recount
ed what Judge Sharpe had told him
of the case of Lewis versus Lewis, and
the comments he made on that case
"And is that all?" asked Nellie
when he had finished. She smiled q
little as she asked the question, and q
close observer would have noticed
that a sigh of relief passed her lips.
"All? Is it not too much? Know
ing that your father holds this view
can | do otherwise than give yor
up?"
81 thought you had more pluck.
said the young girl, with just a sug
gestion of scorn in her voice.
1T is not a matter of courage, bu1
of conscience, of honor Can go tt
the man who gives me such advice al
| have received, who tells me never tt
marry a woman who is beyond m.
station financially, and ask him tC
give to me his daughter whois dearel
to him than all else? | am poor;
have none but the most problemati
cal prospects; while you-well, neeC
not say more; you can readily Sc,
my position.
"But | can't see it in the light il
which you place it. | thought yol
had sufficient faith in me not to be
lieve that | would do as that dread
full woman did of whom my tathe
told you. Your prospects are Ger
tainly better than you represen
them Furthermore, my father woult
yield to my wishes"
do not lack faith in you; Heavel
knows how strong that faith is; it
because | would feel that / had acte
treacherously toward one who ha
been my best friend if l had held yo
to your-yOur promise, that | hav
decided to do that which will take a
happiness out of my life
Probably it never occurred t
you that the happiness of any on
else might suffer; it seems that al
not considered at all. :"
"You will soon forget: you will
happier than / could ever make you.
"Ohl certainly, we women forge
so easily; it is only the men that r,
member; only the hearts of men tha
are broken. However, since you wis
it so, it is not for me to object"
1t is not what | wish; it is what
must do"
But suppose l refuse to acceI
: your decision; suppose l should a
sert my rights. Suppose | should il
siSt at least on your irving for
, term of years to bring your financi,
) condition up to what you consid'
the proper standard f"