The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-02

O. CNS%G yellow clOnd lent i
VQJ golden tingc TO the
broad river sweep
ing along its restless course, and tinted
the distant hills with Il mellow light.
There was au air of sweet repoSe, and
The odor of June roses ladened the soft,
warm atmosphere.
But the delightful surroundings seem
ed lost upon the young man, and his
face was pale with an excitement he
could not well suppress.
.And is this the end?'' bitterly ask
ed the youth, as with an agonized
expression on his handsome, almost
classical features he stood with folded
arms confronting fair, wondrously
beautiful young girl, who was regard
ing him with flash of scOrn in her
eyes.
the reply.
"But Grace-AIiss Burlington, it is
unjust of you to treat me thus, TO drive
me from you without word of eXplana-
ton. Unjust and cruel 10 me, TO my
sacred love for you. Unjust TO your
own heart-will you not tell me, Grace
and there was earnest, touching pathos
| in his tone-sshow or wherein have de-
served this treatment from you?'
| "Not one word, Mr.. Herndon;" and
the sentence came from between firmly
set teeth. s.IiencefOrth our lives lie
apart. Let it suffice to say that know
of your baseness, of your contemplate
duplicity; and thus do destroy every
remembrance of you!" And pulling
off ring that encircled one of her
fingers she hurled it from her. Then,
without even looking toward the strick-
en- form of her lover, she turned down
the walk that led to her fathers house
and was soon lost in the shadows of
the trees.
With II groan that was almost sob,
the young man gaZed after her rs if he
fain would make one more attempt ut
Cancellation; but being n man of high
spirit, he turned on his heel and walked
slowly away.
$50 this is the end of it ALL" he said
bitterly. "And she. my peerless one ;
my love, my angel! lost! lost!
"My God! how have loved her :;
how every hope has centcrcd in her!
how every thought has been of her!
And to be cast off thus-what does II
mean? Why did she not vouchsafe me
some reason for her strange and cruel
conduct?
'.But II few evenings ago she per-
mitted my caresses, and my ardent
kisses We're showered on her lips and
brow and as the mcshes of her silken
tresses wove q network of love about
my fingers, she vowed everlasting
affection and all the wealth of trusting
fidelity"
Thus he unused as he wended his
way slowly along the street with his
hat in one hand while with the Other
he chaffed his burning brow AT last
r he said: "Well, in this city whicl
!; has been so long paradise to me
I there is nothing left to care for.
!. cannot stay here where everything re
: minds me of the woman ] have Sc
. fondly loved, but who is false, crue
and unjust. feel as if my love woulC
, turn to hate, and should curse where
| have once spoken benedictions. -
Howard Herndon was native of St
Louis. He was the son of one of III,
ablest lawyers of that city of able men
a citizen of worth and influence. Al
one time Mr.. Herndon, Sr, had enjoy
ed very lucrative practice and was
man of large wealth. But an unfortu
nate speculation brought about re
verse of fortune, and his losses wer
heavy. Before he had time To recove
from his failure, that dread scOurge
cholera, SWEET over the great city lik
besom of destruction and he was on
), of its first victims. He left a wife an,
a his son Howard to mourn his untimel
, death.
In the settlement of the estate Mrs
4 IIerndon found herself the possessor q
a few thousand dollars, a portion a
which she set apart for the educatio
of her son, then in his tenth year
As soon as young Herndon had III
tanned his sixteenth year he was sen
10 the State University at Columbia
where, by diligent application, he wa
soon rapidly advancing in the impol
= tant duty of fitting himself for mature
life.
He was youth of unusual bright
ness of mind, of bold, determine
| spirit and happy disposition, and /;
the age of nineteen graduated with I'll
highest hOnors.
At the age of twenty his mother
whom he loved with deathless devotion
died ,and he was left alone in the wOrl,
Not long after this sad loss did /
remain in the Mound City. He had bee
excited by stories in the far west, an
securing passage on Missouri riv,
/. packet, was landed four days afte
ward upon the wharf in l..
L. was not the rnstling cit
then that it is to-day, but had alread
given fair promise of its future prom
ncncc as Il commercial and industri
center.
1t had no railroad, and the rushil
= river that swept lis northern base W:
only navigable nine months in Il
year; yet it had active, energetic MT
at the helm of its business manage
\ ment. There was Il vast undevelopt
territory, rich in resource, and boun,
less in capabilities back of il, and fa
seeing men predicted the gratifyil
growth il has now attained.
AT the time our hero reached his de
\ tiuation the western portion of Nilsson
Il, was being rapidly settled. The ne
chants of New Mexico who ControllI
all the commerce ot the upper vail,
of the Rio Grande were sending the
,ta ,ta trains into Missouri'S river towns eve
spring and autumn for merchandis
and it was not unusual to see Ion
d's caravans of white tented wagons col
ing across the vast prairieS of Kanss
loaded with the products OF New Me
II, leo, or returning filled with goods al
80 wares to supply the ''commercianreI
on of the land of the ''greaSer.
Young Henderson soon found ei
. ployment in one of the extensive col
is mission houses in L--------, and bel
ion of an attentive, energetic dispositic
!, very soon won the confidence a