The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15
A HAPPY DENOUEAIENT.

Is. Fords rlot. and It's Success
fuI Conclusion.
CAST IS land Of
o1.ER gola, EIlai Wo
>h,a ga td,jM sl.,ll bo fam
fSsSftr.tycfNA .GAM ously rich one
St, I ~ IA 3M of these days.
ksSss s' 80 - lE Surely. darling,
asNS - IS{Sl you will not
~ 40 hinder nc when
;Ssas 20 much Ito to both of of
,.ap /.Nh>~T.T1 The speaker was n
$50 E5sssf'SS tnM young fellow
Ft1sf.!S$ tSsskS. whose flushed face and
I'm &UW earnest manner showed
! 9Ns>o how much depended on his
swcetlleart's answer.
: IT, '+I shn,I conc beck rich.
dear ono. AMI tl,cr 20 moro waiting
and pinc, ',.:,. III st wing Tor us!'
Itv1s Us J;,.ro wrruG,,t by his en-
fsIu. i,-r,-t., i,r''>f in Ga resources Of
xu1tic>: lard ans 70 girl, younger in
ye1r.;, r.. .i,,r y. wisdom--the wis
dom ~ Ss.iYt-..;.4r. could not feel SO
sure Of uri;rlra.l prosperity @" did
this ir;.su l~yrr waiting TO bid her
f5sey.eH Sc ,,;.1> u BRAY cfy through
hes ,2u1~.
'.Dat Il y'' he to- years, may DO
fftFce. bg C.C 40 hall SEQ each other
again, LnxryI" and she turned her fnce
uway from him that no might not SEQ
her Gzick
lawrence Rogers took tho slight form
II, bis arms and dried the tcar-.vet blue
eyns ns only q lover can.
VI must gOt There is no other way.
..YSu will bo truc to me, dear? You
will wait for mo ill l come back TO
yuu2~
How con you ask mc?" she cries. "I
will live ON tho thought OF you whilo
you arc gono. All! The long voyusrc.
Hsv shall endure tho suspense till
know you arc safely in Australia3
Yea will writo to INC oftcn-oftcn,
EakTy7"
"Yee- darling. and we sllnll spend our
ssncly hours planning our bright fut-
me"
He il gone and Elm Winchcu is left
TO tho scnnt consolation which her fam
Jly affords. Her parents have opposed
Lawrence is poor. and the Winchells
ssave been really poorer than they have
seemed to bo for many years, for Robert
WhoheN has been n man to whom the
9naure holds out golden promises which
the present novor fulflls. lie is now
deep IN new enterprise which he
Ailinlss will be successful Tho outlook
has been drcnry for Ella, especially of
3aee. when she has had another sutton,
old and rich. james Ford by name.
lie is N iind-hearted man who has
been bachelor all his life and has
fallen into the habit of spending an
evening now md then with Robert
Winchcli, the friend of his boyhood. IIo I
has not seen how matters arc going Oh
fetwecn Lawrence and Ella, but has
1enrned that the girls fresh beauty and
frlnis, winning manner arc fast bccom-
ing greater attractions than the com
panionship of his old friend.
At first LnwrCnce's letters were full
Of hope. and Ella felt that tho timc was
not Tar OF when she could be mistress
Of her own home md no longer sub
jected to insinuntions against her lover.
Only year had passed since
Lawrrncc's departure when cvcry
thing was swept away from them. Mr..
Winchclis business had failed from.
lack of management. and, tho scheme
for which he had neglected it having
failed long bcfor.,. the family was left
absolutely pennilcss
Then James Ford showed his friend
ship for the distressed family. When
they fecbly demonstrated. he said:
What In the world Gun do with nv
money, unless ] endow m orphan
asylum or an old womens' homer" But
he looked rather wistfully ut Ella rs he
said it. hoping for some encouragement
IN her face.
About this timo young Rogers letters
grew more md more dAeccndent in tone,
and at lust he declared that he should
not write again until his luck had