The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-04-04

AMI when he he'd aiied for au au-
aver burst out ~ itlt No AID aob
'gether
/ Shes frightened, said graudmi mma.
Nay. we must all we'd once in our
lives. my child
Thn griudpn talked 20 me- He toll
nu 10 poor thoy had grown, and how
lid the qnire was, and had bps e.
marry him to make my grandparents
free from debt and poverty their lives
trough If l rsfused aud vexed the
qlire. heaven ody knew what might
happen
She'll never ruin us, sobbed grand
mamma
All IL was hard to bear-hittsr hard;
but row t'ers WIS no help for ir, took
.he ring from my bosom and laid it on
ny ptm, and told them it vas Evan
L'che's. and tlrt ] had pliglied my
roth TO him. Aud proudmummn called
ne deceitful wenoh, and grandfather
inoked as though his heart would break.
Oh, would have done anything for
leR--any thiug but give up my true
iovo
Tint night kissed his ring and
prayed heaven that he might love me
always. Ia the morning it was gone,
ril bon and all, from my neck looked
Tor it high aud low, but found no sign
of it And ! began to fear the los, of
lhat dear ring was a sign that l would
never marry Evan Locke.
Tie days passed on, and he never
came near me.
% it was cruel in him. Thought.
10 hold such anger for a hasty word he
had provoked, when spoke IL that he
must know loved him 80.
And grandma would scarcely look at
me Il know why now. and grandpa
sige }, nnd moaned, aud talked of the
workhouae. Aud 1 thought should
lie " grief among them.
One day grandma said to mo, at
seems that your sweetheart il not over
fond of you, nor over anxious to see
You.
why notF" said L
"Whcre Inns he been this month back p
-B sy, doubtless, said l, y it'll a
smilc though thought my heart would
burst
you're going with him, maybe.
"Whsre said L
She went to the kitchen door and
beckoncd in woman who sat there
Dame Coomhs, who had come over with
eggs
"I heard you rightly, she said You
told me Evan Locse and his mother
were nlaRing read for voyage.
~T'es re 9 ing to canada. My son, a
carp n.et--nnd good one, though say
it--made the doctor box for his thing.
lie I'D lady breads the ner CO ntry.
hnt .he go,s for the doctors sake
There's mogey to be made there
Il told YOU so, sail granddaughter
~Idon't believe it, said |.
They We sold the house, and gono to
Liverpool to lake slip; and you may
find lao I nth fo' your cir, if you chnose
to iuie tie irouble, said Dame Coombs,
I'm no chatterbox, to tell falsehoods
about my neiglburs.
And s,ai would not believe it until !
had walked 0rross The moor and had
seen tite hitIers fast closed and the
door barred. and not a sign Of life about
sIie ace Then gave up hope. went
homo all pale and trembling, aud sat
lown at grandmamma's knee.
-.'s true, said l.
Aud for the sake Of so false lad
yot II see ur grandfather ruined and
ore X hls heart. and leave me, that have
uursei you from baby, a widow.
booked at her as she sobbed, and
fou',l str,rg 9Th to say;
Give iise to whom you will, then,
sh.o, my own love does not want me. -
And then / crept up stairs and sat
down on my bedside, weak ms though !
had fiin,ed. l would have lhnkel
heaven for forgetfulness just then, but
il waul mt come
The next day Squire Turner as In
the arlnr "a my accepted lover. How
plea ,ed hs wHs. and how the color came
Jack into grund;ather's old facet And
sraanie grew 50 proud aad kind. and all
the house was aglow, and only sad.
But / couldn't forget Eyan-Eyau
whom / had loved sc--sniling away
from me without word
su! pose TREY all saw / looked sad.
The iquire ta.k4I Of my health, and
would make me ride with him over tile
moors for strength.
The I'D folk said nothing. They
knew what allied Inc, only our little
Scotch maid seemed to think there wa.
aught wrong. ohce she said to me:
What ails ye, miss Your eye is dull
and your cheek is pale, and your braw
grand lover Gamma make ye sun lie; ye
are ma that III either.
No, am v ell enough. said L
She looked vt me wistfully.
Gin yyd tell me your all. / might
tell ye a cure, she said
But there was no cure for mo IN thi.
world. and oouldn't open my heart t.
simple Jennie. So the days rolled by.
and was close on my nHrriaga eve,
and granny and Dorothy Plume were
busy with my welding robes wished
it were my shroud they were WORKING
at. s.ead,
Ard ne night The rain in M hear
grew t 20 great, and went out among
the pu, pc heather on tile moor, and
there knelt down under the stars and
prayed to be taken from he world
for how can live without Evan,
said
spoke the words aloud. and then
started up Ia alright. for there ct nay
side wasan elash little figure, and l heard
a cry thatat first scarce thought earthly.
Yet it WAS but Scotch Jennie, who had
followed ma
"Why do ye call for your true love
now?" she said; ye sent him fra ye for
sake o the you G squire.
How dare you follow and waIol
met"
But she caught my sleeve.
@Dinna be yexed. she said. jus
bide a wee. aud answer what ] speer
It's for love Of you, for Two seen y,
waste like the snaw wreath in the sur