The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-05-29
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eyes, dimming her vision and thus shut
ting out the loved one from view.
The two had been lifelong friends,
and though their lips had never ex-
changed formal vows, she had worn his
ring for many happy months, and all
the neigh bOrs understood that some day
Hugh Curtis would make Marion Jewell
his wife.
At his mothers knee, Hugh had i'm
bibed his peculiar ideas of keeping the
peace, and in his bOyhOOd he had often
been numerically twitted for allowing
his companions to impose upon him.
This was not the first time that he had
been called a coward, and as he walked
slowly along the dusty road that bright
May morning, he began to wonder if,
after all, his conscientious scruples
might not be merely a convenient cloak
under which to hide his cowardly nature.
It was the first time that Marion had
ever accused him of being a coward,
and she would not have done it now
had she not loved him too well to hear
his name banded about by the man
who had provoked the trouble. Thane
LenOx's faultless attire and fine city
airs were calculated to dazzle the little
country maid, and it is no doubt quite
true that she felt fattered by the atten-
ton he lavished upon her; still her
heart was loyal to Hugh, although she
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ners were more polished, and that he
had enough grit to stand up for his
rights when trampled upon by the city
dandy. That night she rObed herself
in the dress he most admired, and
with repentant words on her lips, wait
ed for his coming, but her waiting was
in vain.
ing" she said to herself, as she lay
tossing to and fro upon her sleepless
couch; but when the morning came she
heard that he had joined Col Arm
strOng's volunteers and was already
many miles away.
The blow fell with crushing weight
upon her aching heart, but she was
proud, and to hide her disappointment
accepted the attentions of young
| Lenox, the man above all others she
| most despised.
Hugh did not write as she hoped he
would, and in the letters that came
| back to other associates he never so
| much as mentioned her name.
He had left his In other in the care of
his brother Ben, and Ben's wife, who
| was something of a gossip, kept him
Well posted concerning Marion Jeweu's
| Irritation Hugh endured the torture
| in silence, until the thOughtIess woman
repeated the report of a wedding close
| at hand, and then he begged her never
again to mention the name OF Marion
Jewell, name that had once been so
| dear to him.
MaEion's eyes lost their sparkle and
| her face grew thin and white with her
weary waiting, but she never com
| planned, and except that she was a
| trifie more thoughtful than in old days,
no outward change was visible in her
conduct
When Thane Lenox went back to the
| city people said that he had grown tired
of the rustic beauty and had cast her of
just as she had done poor Hugh, and they
did not pity her either. But they were
wrong, for his going was = great relief
to her, and had they known her loyalty
to their favorite, they would have been
more cOnsiderate in their censure.
The report that came back from time
to time OF Hugh's conduct on the battle
beld proved that he was anything but
a coward, and others besides Marion
had cause TO regret the hasty words
they had spoken in the days gone bv.
The months dragged slowly along IN
! til two whole years were gone, and