Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-11-04

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" Miss Core, said he In an awful whis-
per, Master Samuwell--I mean M.
Wadleigh--tould me to give You this
quite private. and to be particular about
IT,.
THANK you. William. . said Miss East.
man, and when he was gone She sat
looking at the envelope rather dismally.
At last she opened AMI read it.
y thought So" she commented, with
a little groan
On the evening he had appointed in his
letter Mr.. Wadieigh rang the door bell
little apprehensively. He had q
carnation In his buttonhole and a bio
bouquet in his hand.
William opened the door. His smile
was confidential.
Miss Cora said If you would take a
safe In the library she'd resave you in a
few minutes he whispered, and Mr..
Wadleigh entered the library. Here all
was very quiet and no callers would
intrude. Here he would learn his fate,
"And why should fear itY' he asked,
surveying himself in the glass over the
mantelpiece. Yet all the same he was
conscious Of certain tremor. rather
inward than outward, and his ears
burned.
Ten minutes at least were given him
In which to quiet himself. Then door
| opened at the end of the library and a
figure entered-Cora He started m
and advanced toward it. 1t was Cora
certainly, but not the one he expected
not his new love. but his old. He
stopped stood still. She advanced; she
held his letter in her hand. 1t suddenly
dawned upon him that William had
made a mistake.
pray be seated" said Miss Eastman.
and ne was very glad to sit down.
II beg" said the lady, '.that you will
give me little time. l can not formu-
late my ideas as desire to. r.
"Oh, take time, take timer said he,
and walked away to the window.
4 It was all up with him, he felt. She
would shortly exclaim, Samuel, / am
yonrsF' and perhaps fall into his arms.
All the mistaken spinsters and widows in
the plays did that, and he must make I'm
his mind to it, There had been tacit
engagement 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 injure and insult her. After all
she was 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 gel
out 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
have found words at last. Come
here"
He came and sat down in great chail
opposite her.
"You can't tell how feel" said she
You tell me must have expected thii
letter, but did not. thought you hat
forgotten. If you had said word-on,
word. | was very constant for years
but time has an influence. I've altered
SO have you. did not know you whel
first saw you, but still had | guessed
should HAYS thought it my duty to tr,
--I-I-it must come out somehow.
am engaged to be married to our pastor
Mr.. Sweetsmile, and | feel that hav
, chosen for my happiness. Don't feel to-
bad, Samuel. Twill always be a siste
to YOU"
, Ten minutes before this Mr.. Wadleigl
would have fancied that he must rejoic
Mt this termination of their meeting
Here he was out of his dilemma, fire.
! again. All he had to do was to bow
, look grave, accept the position of frien'
, and brother, and retire gracefully; but
! after all, he had been refused, and he fel
angry. He had been informed that h
r was no longer an Adonis, and he wa
r hurt; and somehow Cora, in her excite
. ment under the influence of emotion
| and in the shadows of the library, locke
a SO charming that some portion of his oil
q love sprung to life again. Now that b
/ knew he could not get her, and tina
p some one else wanted her, she becam
l desirable.
81 am an IDIOT" he said aloud. an
n Cora answered:
1 "Oh, dear, no! shall always remen
r Der your truth and constancy very tel
/. Derby" He bowed and took his hat. q
bowed again and retired to the door. A
J. he went along the passage to the centr;
r hall of the large house he heard til
g front door open.
e civilian, where is auntieg" said Cora
It voice.
/, "In the library" said William. "B,
y don't you go there. Mr. Samuel is
there offering of hisself. Poor gentl
r man, I'm afraid it's the day after IL
h fair; but such is life"
e Then Cora giggled and ran upstairs.
a Mr.. Wadleigh never proposed to tt
t youngest Miss Eastman. Later he ma
d ried a snowy widow who admired hi
y intensely. She had no young Samu
Wadleigh with hyacinthine locks al
J. slender waist to compare him with, al
5e still Mrs. Sweetsmile keeps little TO
If get-me-not ring in little Russia leath
D. box and looks at it sometimes.
70 "Poor fellow!' she signs, "How tn
st and faithful he was to me. and how lit
o. | deserved Urinary Kyle Dallas
e. Fireside Companion.
i, Two Epitaphs.
10 Remarkable are two epitaphs, the III
>. of which is said to be upon tombsto
4. in the city of Sacramento; Here Is Ia
"A Daniel Borrow, who was bornin Sorro
~ ,d porrowad little from Nature exec