The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-06-11

there knelt down under the stars and
prayed to be taken from the world.
.,For how can | live without Evanp" l
said.
l spoke the words aloud. and then
started up in alright, for there at my
side was an elfish little figure and
heard cry that at first scarce
thought earthly. Yet it was but Scotch
Jennie our little maid who had fol-
lowed me-
why do We call for your true love !
nowp" she said; Eye sent him fra We
for sake O. the young squire
How dare you follow and watch
me?" But she caught my sleeve.
''rll speak gin l lose my place"
said Jennie. Il rode with the mistress
to young DR.. Locke's place past the
moor, and there she lighted and gave
him ring, and what she said know
not, but it turned him the tint O. death,
and said he There's ma drop O. true
bluid in a woman gin she is false.
And he turned to the wall and covered
his eyes, an your grannie rode home.
There It's all lsen--wull it dop"
LAY, Jennie" said /, ''heaven bless
your'
And had l wings on my feet l could
not have come to the cottage door
sooner.
stood before my grandmother,
trembling and white, and I said: 'Oh
don't tell me, grannie, you have cheat
cd me and robbed me of my true love
by lie. Did you steal the troth ring
from my neck and give it back to Ev-
an as if from me? You I've loved and
honored all my life long''--She
turned scarlet
True love!" said she, you've but
one true love now-Squire Turner"
you have done It'll" cried. ats
written on your face" And she looked
down at that and fell to weeping.
'My own true love was breaking his
heart" she said. MY husband and l
had loved for forty years. l did it to
save him. Could l let a girls fancy,
worth nothing. stand in my way and
see him beggar in his old age? oh,
girl, girll'
And then fell down at her feet like
stone. | knew nothing for an hour
or more; but then, when l was better,
and they left me with Jennie, / baco
her fetch my hood and cloak and her
own and come with me, and away
went across the moor in the starlight
to where the hall windows were ablaze
with light, and asked the housekeeper
to let me see the squire.
So in a moment he stood before Inc
in his evening dress, with his cheeks
flushed and his eyes bright, and led me
into a little room and seated me.
agatha, my love, / hope no mis-
chance brings you here"
But l stopped him.
mot your love, Squire Turner,
said II thank you for thinking 81
well of me, but after all that ha
passed /"
could say no more. He took m
hand.
, Have / offended you, Agatha?" h
said.
Not you. The offense-the guilt
oh, have been sorely cheated" An
all l could do was to sob.
, At last strength came to me. L wer
!, back to the first and told him all-ho
;, we had been plighted to each othel
waiting only for better prospects to /
:, wed, and how, when he honored me b
= an offer of his hand | angered m
q grandmother by owning to the trutl
4 and of the ring grannie had stolen fro
my breast and the false message thu
q had been sent my promised husbar
4 from me-
4 "And though / never see Evan Loci
, again, p" said l, "still can never be al
other mans true love- for l am his III
+. til de-
7 Then as looked all the rich colC
! faded out of the squire's face, and
70 saw what we seldom see more thu
n once in lifetime-a strong young ms
u. in tears
! At last he arose and came to me.
If MY little Agatha never loved me
~ he said. 'Ah, mel the news is bad
~ ~ I thought she did. This comes of va
ity."
Il MANY II higher and fairer ha
~ hearts to give,n / said. mime W
% gone ere saw you"
ID And then, kind and gentle, as thou
~ / had not grieved him, he gave me
~ arm and saw me across the moor a
Ia at the gate passed and whispered;
"Be at rest Agatha. The Gold
on George has not sailed yet"
Ia liked HIM better than L had ev
~ done before that night when l Il
"a grannie that / would never wed hi
En- but he was fit to be king
NO. grandest, kindest, best of living me
- who rode away with the break OF
IL morrow and never stopped till
az reached Liverpool and found Ev
.eo Locke just ready to set foot upon
Golden George, and told him a I
that made his heart light and sent
,., back to me. Heaven bless him!
AVA And who was it that sent old gra
father the deed of gift that made
a,t cottage his own. and who spoke k
Oh word to the gentry for young
, Locke that helped him into practi
Still no one but Squire Turner, wi
I'D we taught our children to pray
- every night.
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