Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-19

aopped-stood stil. She advanced; shs
held his lettep in her hand. II suddenly
dawned upon him that William bad
made mistake.
..Pray be seated" said Mis- Eastman.
and he wnsxery glad to sit down.
81 hae~ ssid the lady. THAT you Will
give me q little time. l can not formu-
late INV ideas as desire to. F.
.Oh. take time, take time" said he,
and walked away to the window
n WAS all mn with him, he felt. She
wonld shortly exclaim. Samuel, am
yours and perhaps fall into his arms
All til, mistaken spinsters and widows In
the plays did that. and he must make mp
his mind to it. There had been a tacit
eng,gement between them. 1t had never
been broken off. He had written to
Cora Eastman, She was Cora Eastman.
Nothing could alter that. and he could
not iniure and insult her. After all.
she was a nice little woman, and of the
proper age for his wife.
She was pretty still. she was good.
He had not the strength of mind to get
ont of this fix, unless it had been bad
enough to warrant him in cutting his
throat. And at this moment she spoke.
samuel" she said-she had not called
him Samuel since his return-''Samuel,
L have found words at last. Come
here"
He came and sat down in a great chair
opposite her.
"You can't tell how l feel" said she.
"You tell me must have expected this
letter, but did not. thought You had
| forgotten. If you had said a word-one
word. l was very constant for years,
| but time has an influence I've altered;
so have you. did not know you when
RI first saw you, but still had l guessed
| should have thought it my duty to try
| -I-I-it must come out somehow. l
am engaged to be married to our pastor.
| Mr.. Sweetsmile, and l feel that l have
| chosen for my happiness. Don't feel too
| bad, Samuel. will always be q sister
| to YOU"
Ten minutes before this Mr.. Wadleigh
| would have fancied that he must rejoice
at this termination of their meeting
Here he was ont of his dilemma, free
again. All he had to do was to bow
| look grave, accept the position of friend
| and brother, and retire gracefully; but,
| after all, he had been refused, and he felt
| angry. He had been informed that he
| was no longer an Adonis, and he was
hurt: and somehow Cora, in her excite
ment under the influence of emotion,
| and in the shadows of the library, looked
so charming that some portion of his old
love sprung TO life again. Now that he
| knew he could not get her, and that
| some one else wanted her, she became
| desirable.
Il am an idiot" he said aloud, and
| Cora answered:
"Oh, dear, no. shall always remem-
Der your truth and constancy very ten
| DERBY" He bowed and took his hat. He
bowed again and retired to the door. As
he went along the passage to the central
hall of the large house he heard the
front door open.
William, where is auntie:" said Cora S
| voice
| I'm the library said William. But
don't you go there. Mr.. Samuel is in
there Offering of hisself. Poor gentle
| man, I'm afraid it's the day after the
| fair: but such is life"
Then Cora giggled and ran upstairs.
| Mr. Wadleigh never proposed to the
youngest Miss Eastman. Later he mar
RED snowy widow who admired him
intensely. She had no young Samuel
| Wadleigh with hyacinthine locks and
slender waist to compare him with, and
| still Mrs Sweetsmile keeps Il little for
| get-me- NOT ring in a little Russia leather
| box and looks at it sometimes.
| poor fellow" she signs. How true
and faithful he was to me, and how little
deserved Urinary Kyle Dallas in
Fireside Companion.