The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1891-11-14

Point, you shall be sufficiently remun-
Grated, and | will relieve you OF your
purchase IN due time. l need not
caution you to avoid all mention of my
name, or, should we meet here, any
recognition of Yours truly,
JUNIA ST. JOHN.
Later stranger visited the small
town to buy land. After wavering be-
tween Rocky Point and Tangle Island
till Norman was nearly distracted be-
tween hope and fear, he suddenly grew
enthusiastic over the sunset light fade
from the sky and sea.
Magnificent The finest view along
the coast Mr.. Ferris, what will you
sell this lot for?
What will you give me an acre?
Well, and the lawyer deliberately
viewed his surrounding, such sltua
ton is really worth $50, but I'd be
willing to give you $50, cash down.
Do you mean that, sir? asked Nor
man, with suppressed eagerness.
Why, certainly and if you agree to
that price, we'll make out the papers
to morrow. I'm in a hurry to get back
home. What do you say?
If you are satisfied, l certainly am,
he replied as in a dream, and few
minutes later was rushing over the
Cliff to his home.
He burst into the little parlor, and
seeing only his mother musing in the
twilight, he caught her in his arms and
cried out
o mother, mother I've sold
Rocky Point for six hundred dollars
But his voice broke. He sank down
in a chair and covered his face with
his shaking hands. He haG bravelY
fought with trials, but this unexpected
deliverance completely unnamed him.
Norman, my boy, never thought
you cared so much" quavered the
widow, with her hand on his bowed
head.
1t was everything to me ! came
thrllllngly ; and Junla stole noiselessly
from the room, her own eyes full of
happy tears.
As the school year waned, Junia
grew pale and thin. She had worked
hard and been most successful, but it
had told upon her physical strength,
and to the unanimous request for her
return 10 the school, this tact was the
excuse for her refusal. She was a
general favorite in the village, and to
the inmates of Cliff cottage she had
grown very dear.
1t is said that opposite natures at
tract each other; but whatever the
temperament, there is always subtle
sympathy between noble minds which
tends to draw them together. This was
the case with Norman Ferris and
Junia- Each saw in the other intel
lectual and moral affinities, taste for
like pursuits, the same yearnlng OF soul
to make life useful and exalted.
Circumstance may separate them, but
such natures turn to each other as
naturally as the magnetic needle turns
to the north.
Tunia's school closed with a grand
picnic, a a joyous occasion; but as
the loved teacher was to leave Sandy
Cove the following day, 1t closed with
saddened faces and fearful goodbyes.
1t was evening, and in the moonlight
Norman and Junla were taking their
last row around the little bay. The
beauty of the night and the thought OF
coming separation kept them silent,
till at length Norman rested upou his
oars and looking earnestly into the face
before him, spoke in low tones
Have you any regrets at leaving US,
Miss Junia7
1t could hardly be otherwise, when
my life here has been so pleasant. l
should like to teach another year, but
fear my strength will not permit.
You are right. You do not know
how | have longed to save you from
this drudgery. Ii is plain that you are
not accustomed 10 labor, and it is all
the harder for you. o Junia, let me
save you from toll and care. l have
little to offer Low, but my prospects are
hattering. | know | am not worthy of
you, and so | have been silent all these
months in which you have been cons.
family in my thoughts but l love you,
Tunia, and | cannot let you go away in
ignorance o. 1t. My life shall prove
it if you will but stay with me. He
paused for her to speak. Her voice
trembled little.
| have no near kindred in the world,
and in my loneliness your words seem
very, very sweet to me, but | must tell
YOU a secret before more is said. l
am not obliged to work. My father
wished me to teach this year. and l
thought it best TO assume the role OF
the dependent teacher, not dreaming
thst the deception would prove a
serious one. Believe me | thank you
sincerely for your wish to save me
from care, and | feel honored by your
preference.
If understand Alright, you are an
heiress in disguise7 questioned Nor
man, bitterly.
Some would so express it," she re-
piled.
I Suddenly he inquired almost fer
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