The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-09

ExNfGfts ADO AtF INC bett&e1 GOWN AltD.
: dull. unhappy m~onotcny, which waA
now pnlrotcn By any eHoFts On the
part ~ madam o. The young ladies' u
tighten They received and pad visits
and went occasionally 70 New Orleans
for : weeks holiday, but never On any
occasion requested her society.
Rose could not Be ignorant that this
change, had not been accomplished
without much angry dispntmg In The
house. but there are situations in which
aFnan Is po~eriess 70 defend a woman,
however anxious 10 may be 70 do 50.
and Mr.. AsliD felt this fact painfully.
Just what we're his wife's suspicious
she never told anyone. II il likely she
had not even decided on them In her
own heart. hut they had = very decided
effect Miss Rose Van R~ansaleur'a
name ran u he omitted from All.
invitations ana calls N ceremony. and
TIE very servants dropped the element
az respect out ~ tlgeiFattentionA, unless
III Asl:n wa present
Poor little Rose. This was not her
oaIs trouble Frank never wrote 70
her His mother indeed read ON
pleasant message or apology in the
first letters with always q promise Of
a long letter for herself. but Il never
came: and gradually even the message
grew colder. until X too. was for
gotten
Nothing can change the nature of q
woman like the indulgence 81 one over
mastering passion III her insane jeai
ousy, madam forgot her inherent lnzf.
ness. size learned 70 follow Rose into
the ipneiicst and .naost distant parts efS
the plant asion and 70 watch her az
hours once absolutely devoted ID slum
Der and privacy FROM this terrible
persecution. Rose began slowly 70 per-
cefve' size rhuSt ~ somewhere.
One day. when the madame and her
pretty ungcnerols daGglsera hal ga1s
Tor 4 holiday to New ogleaas. Rose, de-
lying her negro gsaris. vent boldly To
sfr. Asiinf ofiec and poured feFtb3
it'll pa4cnate tears and eonpnts,
ali her wf1ngntFHaYa that her
real position might 10 exr aimed 70 her
SIR Aafin seemed III snEer in her ref
1 tai more Ixse lly than Ross herself. "A
spasm of inscnSe a9ony contracted his
flcc. bat he ould z suffer her M
Elove.
2 III will be eycr soon. child.' hc saiA
.sand IL Il well that ren iase brought
me 10 This Point You shall know aIl
that ! can tell ron. Pose, yonr father
and | we're sworn friends even ia early
boyheod. We were both ut the saue
school. / was strong and he was sickly
and weak. ! fought his battles and
talked to him through many 4 night
when he was suffering too much To-
sleep.
Then. dear, We both vent TO En-
rope. and + while be was studying
hard, gave myself up 10 every species
III sin and dissipation Yet his love
never Ercwscold; his patience never
wearied At last, Rose, ! committed a
crime which would have sent me 70
prison for the best years of my life, had
not your father, BY absolutely impov-
Crushing himself, placed me in safety.
He did this without q word Of re-
proach lie clasped my stained hand
and wcpt as bitterly at parting with
me rs IL ] Had been worthy Of his love.
II buried myself in this wilderness,
then a Mexican town, and commenced
the practice Of law. After some years
/ married, and wealth and honors fol-
lowed me; but / never had another
friend. ! kept my own counsel even
from my wife. About five years after
my settlement herd your father wrote
and told me that Il lovely girl whom
he Ind married in defiance or his father
and friends wish was apparently dy-
ing. He had hopes Of delaying death.
however, in a southern climate II |
could find a nice home for him. just
at that time, the little Florida place was
lying 10 my hands for exchange for Tex
as sugar lands, and | bought it, and
went myself Il meet my friend to see
him comfortably accommodated 70 cir.
cumstanees.
Your mother fingered about q year,
and, after her death, his FLORIDA home
became very dear to your father. The
climate suited his health. IL was far
removed from all his ~estranRed fami
liz, He could live economically there,
And as ! was now able to pay back
gradually my debt, there was no need
for any exertion on his part. He de-
voted himself 70 literature, aud became
a noted writer on the subjects he inyes-
tigated.
s''But the quarrel with his family was
never healed. He was, in general, for
giving and ~forbearing to a fault; but
the opposition and cruelty which his
young wife had met with he considered
objectionable. When he found himself
dying he sent for me and committed
you and your interests to my care.
Knowing that you must however poor
yon now are) eventually inherit your
Rrandfather's immense wealth, how
could / let you, in the foolish tender
ness OF a first passion, marry Frank?
My-duty TO you demands that you must
see more Of the world before deciding
so important a matter.
at is time you went now to those
more able TO protect you than.I am.
For your own welfare ] would lay
down my life against anything / could
fight; but women have a subtle method
of annoyance before which ! am pow
erless This is the more necessary as
my own life Is very uncertain and /
may die in any such attack as you
have witnessed Besides, III my opin.
ion. there Is going to be d long and Dat
ter war. and before It is over God only
knows how shall be situated, even II
alive. VIII you 90 north at once or
will you wait until Ieenmunicate with
your grandfather?n
II will 60 at oncc.''
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