The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-15
Written for THE PRooRnssrvu F.p,,rn !,
TWO BROKEN HEARTS.
BY A vANWTw

Is nothing very attractive about the
house, nevertheless there is sometime
quite attractive within its wallis Git
ting at a west window is a young pirI
her Vlsage wears an anxious express.
slon' She sits as if listening and looks
very pensive and weary; but suddenly
her c~ountenance becomes luminous
and a sad, sweet smile plays over the
brown face. What causes the sudden
changei Ali her ~ever-ready ear has
caught the dulcet strains of a mason.
line voice singing, "IIlR Remember You,
Love, in Ny Prayers"
Nellie Sanford, for this is the girls
name-is not what the world would
term a pretty girl; yet there is some,
thing very attractive about her face.
She Is a brunette with dark brown hair
and hazel eyes. Nellie has no sisters
nor brothers. Her mother died when
she was quite young. Her invalid
father has reared her carefully, so she
Is longer Ibis baby" but is now nine
teen years old and has become his
great house keeper" As she peers
from the window che beholds the manly
form Of Willie Ryner ascending the
hill. He and Nellie are not on friendly
terms now, though she loves him with
her whole heart. They had been friends
for four years until seven months pre-
vlous to the opening of our narrative,
when by some frivolous act she made
him furious. So he does not open the
gate and spring lightly up the steps as
he formerly did, but keeps the road,
passes the house and proceeds until he
reaches the house of his uncle, who is
the Sanford's nearest neighbor. He
did not see the girl at the window,
though he was thinking of her, and
wondering if she ever thought of him.
He has a real liking for Nellie and it is
only foolish pride that prevents him
from speaking to her. AS a matter of
fact she would not speak to him.
Let US look at the young farmer as
Nellie views him. We see an erect,
gentlemanly figure with dark hair and
mustache of the same hue, very pene-
trating brown eyes and a light COM
plexion. He is considered handsome
young man. The twilight has given
place to the moonlight, and it ia new
after 9 O'Clock. Still the girl sits at
the window. Presently she hears the
voice of her father calling her down to
prayers. Slowly she rises from her
seat, and going down to her fathers
room, finds his Bible, reads a chapter,
after which they unite in prayer. The
father prays for his daughter. The
girl prays from the very depths of her
heart for the young man she loves so
truly. Prayers are over. She goes
back and resumes her seat at the win
dow and is soon lost in deep medita-
ton.
Willie descends the steps at his
uncle's door and wishing his aunt and
uncle good night, sets out for home.
Again Nellie hears the heart-thrilling
melody. This time he sings ''Some
Sweet Day." As she listens, it seems
to her the sweetest music she ever
listened to. Nellie wonders if there
will ever dawn a "sweet day" in her
Iife-a day when she will hear Willie
Ryner say to her that he loves her and
is sorry for his past conduct. The
whippoorwills cry lonely in the forest.
She throws q kiss in the direction the
young man went and turns from the
window to fall asleep and dream of
"Some Sweet Day" All! she did not
know how soon the one wish nearest
her heart would be fulfilled. Gould
she have foreseen how it would end,
she would have hoped for death sooner.
As the days ore on they brought
the day which Nellie always looked
forward to-the day on which she
usually attended the little brown
church called Bethel.
On awaking one Sunday morning she
found that the sun was shining in her
window. She dressed quickly, ran
down to the kitchen, soon prepared
breakfast, and with the help Of a little
orphan boy who had lived with them
some time, finished the chores in due
time and was soon dressed ready for
church. She took much oare in the
preparation of her toilette to-day. Her
dress was "plum colored" wish wide
black lace trimming, and q hat to
match the dress. She looked very neat
when she came down stairs, where she
found the little orphan boy, Ben Holt,
waiting for her. II wish you were go
- q l.. noiI - nhn Linncd him