South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1893-09-07
Arthur was seen smoking on che street,

Il Arthur was seen smoking on Sh0 street
and thus became o warning of dissipa
! ton. And George, who now cslie
assiduonsly on Jane, found his ,antici
pated joys almost as enliFening as
/ Quaker meeting, for the poor chill,
was glum and distraught and too simpl
to hide IL. Her cheeks grew wan, an,
the sparkle of her eye deadened int
melancholy. Her parents becam
alarmed, fearing decline, and a
absence is aremedy long since declaret
standard, they decided to send her Of
visit to her Aunt Abigail in the me
tropolis.
George heard the tidings with con
. sternation. Was this the end Of hi
chicanery? Then he had been deceived
Heroines truly had the unpleasant habi
of fading, but they always married tn
villain before acquiring 1t. Must h'
WELD to remorse, to despair No; a
i least he knew when she was going al
least he might receive her parting glance
So he hied to the station and entered the
car where she sat listless and detected,
"Good-by, Jane," he whispered. "Will
YOU NOT write to me2 You know how
constant I've been, even when it was
hopeless, "
| fI hate you" said the girl, with q
sudden burst Of instructive passion.
| And George sped to his room and
butted his head against the wall-but
not too violently, for it was but lath and
plaster, and his landlord was unfeeling-
and vowed thst of all sour things the
I.sweets of revenge were the sourest.
Thereby he dinaly perceived that treach-
Eery is q boomerang in unskillful hands.
| Meanwhile Arthur, having established
recklessness, did not pursue it. He was
energetic in business, and sorrow made
him more so, thus requiting him with
pecuniary damages. His employers sent
| him 70 the west, where he was success
lfuI in his mission. This mission then
took him to the metropolis, where he re-
assured its success and made himself ia
nous. Misfortune is sickening dose to
swallow, but once down it may change
depression into sxultation and tears, into
smiles. -
But Arthur didn't think so. 1t is
easy to philosophize after the scar, but
mot aEter the wound is yet raw. He was
very blue when leisure permitted his
1rew fond Of thrnsting his hands deem
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childish reminiscence Of .ttbat dear ga
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=. - 's i,s,,,s,ss;rc. ,,,;serv sesnnad conmen-
.,,,s y. ~ q his t5,n,or. He ensconced him
s.is 4. ss,s of the farther corners, and in
81 ;sS 80 aud bump discovered sinailiS
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yssy tal exec,t;on ana I,ecauae alInost
cbearfnl in tbe thosobt. Oh. il it were
only truel He would send a lock of his
hair dipped in his blood by one of the
hanghty minions, and then her stony
heart would melt-that being natural
attribute of all stones. s..
The stage stopped. A young lady en-
+ered and took q seat BY the door. She
extended her fare, aud Arthur forgot
himself sufficiently to take it. AS he
aid 80 he rasped, and we'll he might, for
Il was lanes little hand that he touched
his Jane, alas, his no longer! What
wac she doing alone in the great city2
Could she be lost, or wandering from q
disorder of reason3 Could she have
Tecoqnized him from distance and fol-
lowed through the throng7 No, she
seemed composed and at ease-indeed
Far too much so. She evidently had not
noticed him, for her eyes were dumrely
cast down. She had not, and she should
not Arthur drew his hat over his brow,
bnt not 40 low as to prevent him from
, ,lancino eskance, in which he found a
1roner though melancholy pride, and
sbrank back in his corner as much as
tba vibrations would permit.
Oh how pretty, how sweet she looked
Was il possible that one so fair could be
so folseF Yet were not these terms cor
relative. and was not seeing belieVingt
Ia H. no NOT the damnipq proof in his in
eide i'd. nocket rnawing away his vitals like
SPARTAN bows fox9 But yet she
enos 60 Drettv 90 sweet, Did ever CO.
onette "ps e. possess s1ch a pure face, such a
maidenly mieuH Yet she had allowed
10 n;cfure to be taken with Robert
pr;nce in that very position which their
10th had ssncti6ed, and who knew but
tbot half the Young men of their native
.n~n sunS - nod similar tTophies2 Oh, yes, she
49, 80 H nrottv 90 sweet but beauty was
"SS I oc st;n Gaen Alas. Arthur found
on iy foin+ consolation in the SAYING, fol