Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-06-07

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of you" He took both her hands In his,
and looked in her face-and smiled.
"But with you to take my part, you who
can understand how love comes unbid.
den
Eyes, dear Nick" said Flora, softly.
81 can understand. will always b On
your side, whatever my uncle may say."
Flora was far from exulting In the
thought that her cousin loved her hope
lessly, but she found 1t exquisitely inter
estinp to feel herself thus beloved.
IL do not know how it isl cannot
tell how it began" said Nicholas, with
almost a sob in his voice, "but-I love
one who is so dear and beautiful and
good" He dropped Flora's hands and
clasped his own with intensity Of feel
ing. ''Love her! But she can never
please my father. There is my bitter
trouble"
1t seemed to Flora as IL she heard these
words in dream; and yet she fully and
instantly understood him as she never
hitherto had understood him. Instinct
lively she recoiled from him; IL was not
in the nature of the case that she should
not feel resentment at this unexpected
discovery that, after all, Nicholas had
never been in love with herself; that his
sighs and his sadness were, after all, not
for her.
II hope, Nicholas" said she, with q
little air of virtuous superiority. II do
hope you have not fixed your affections
upon some one beneath you?"
NO" said Nicholas, lifting his head
al l. lone
one infinitely above me-in all that 10
lovely and of good report" he added.
with bitter laugh. "And I love her
with all the strength that Aleck Gage
loves you, if that is any criterion" he
continued, fast losing his self control.
"And, thank God, Dosia loves me-"
'Dosia-Furnival?" cried Flora, clasp
ing her hands and drawing away from
him by sudden, almost violent move
ment cousin Myrtilla's protege7 And
you expect us to countenance her? Oh,
Nicholas! Nicholas! you cannot be in
earnest2 You must break away, and at
once, from all this"
II am in earnest" Nicholas answered.
His face was pale; his voice shook; he
was very angry. "And as to breaking
away-Dosia is my wife, Flora; respect
her."
"Your wife?" Flora gasped, and sank
upon the bench. "Oh, my uncle! It
will break his hearth
at ought not to break his heart" said
Nicholas, coldly. "She has saved his
son."
''How will you ever tell him? How
will he ever be able to bear it?" Flora
asked, bitterly.
"Oh, Floral" cried Nicholas, sit II
my study by night and day how to break
| it to him. love my father in spite of
all; but Dosia is my very life! l dread
so his visiting his wrath upon her In any
way. l could not bear to have her
wounded-I-I-eoul hate but oh!
do so wish to have my father and my
| Aunt Elvira-all of you, welcome her"
"They never will; we never can." said
Flora, bursting into miserable tears Of
distress and fright.
Nicholas sat down beside her, and put
his hand on hers. But you, dear Flo
ra," hc said beseechingly, "you who
know what it is to be tenderly be-
| loved'----
Flora was touched "What can ! do,
Nicholas?" she faltered. "Oh, it is dread
ful.' she sobbed. "How could your
sOh, Flora!' Nicholas broke in, "if
you would try TO make them understand
they might listen to you. She has been
the saving of me. Twas going on in my
bad courses, reckless and defiant in my
lonely cxile / fell into bad company,
over there at Sunrise; and there was a
quarrel in which got a bad cut. Ny
father knows nothing of it; but should
have died had it not been for the Furni-
vals--and Dosia. All, If you really
knew hel She is far superior to these
other Furniyals: she is educated, and
she is SO good And, poor girl, her mo-
ther has just died"
"How could you marry in secretT said
Flora with u touch of Indignation she
could not curb. Her sympathies were
entirely with her uncle.
81 will tell you why" said Nicholas
nettlcd. ''it was done in haste
'To be repented at leisure" said Flora
with fresh burst of tears "Oh, Nicho
las"
.No such thingw cried Nicholas, hot
ly. "You shall know the truth, Flora
Until three days before / came up from
Sunrise, had no thought of marrying
Dosia without speaking 10 my father
but my father wrote to me and laid dow
the law--you know what he has alway
! wished lie insisted
But Nicholas, angry though he was
had it not in him to tell his cousin tina
he had been commanded to ask her Il
marriage, and that he had married. sud
denly the girl he loved, to escape obey
ing that command; nevertheless, Flor
understood.
at would have been useless" she sal
stitiiy.
Her mother was dying" Nicholas cor
tinued. sadly. "and ! did not know whe
/ could go back to Dosia; so we wer
married beside her mothers death bee
OF course it was intended to be kept
secret for the present. Nobody know
except her father and the preacher VIII
married us; her mother died, as yo
know
1T ia a miserable business" said Flor;
with fresh tears. Nicholas sighed; h
anger was exhausted. And l do n,
know what is TO be done, Nicholas. Oh
it will make everything SO unhappy ft
all of us. Is there no possible way
undo 1T"
Just heaven. Flora" exclaime
Nicholas, recoiling. "What manner (
woman are you? Undo it? Never, whi
, / livel Ny father must bear it, all I
you must bear it, as such things may
J borne. l am neither sorry nor ashams
that Dosia is my wife; understand tina
, once for all. And | shall tell my faith
now, as soon as | can"
, "Oh, Nicholas, you might wait unit
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