Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-08-17

human nature. OF course he'll never
write TO you. He's Just been making
a fool Of you this summer"
Il don't believe. it," the younger wo-
man interrupted, angrily resenting the
allusion to her Heing duped by any one.
Il can not se1 why he doesn't write,
but know well enough that he is not
false. Ours was not n summer engage
ment onlys 1T was as sacred to him as
TO MYSELF. This silence Is uneXplain-
able, but L shall not doubt him"
In the recesses OF her heart Miss
Darrell may have sympathiaed with
her niece. but she only expressed con-
tempt for such romantic trust in the
sincerity of wooer who had been
known but one summer, and the dis
cgSsion ended there
Charles Williams was puzzled and
angry. decidedly SO. To the best Of his
| knowledge he had written thirty-fvc
letters TO Miss Mlllicent Darrell, tho
! younger, in us many days, not one Of
which had she deemed worthy of an
answer.
she's tnst Ike the rest of EN-" he
told his basst friend when lamcnting the
] fact.
$50 innocent and true she seemed,
too. What fool l was 70 believe her.
She's nothing but cohfounded tiire
I'll thizk no more about her"
Contrary 10 HIS declaration of mtenG-
ed forgetfulness, he Thought more aboEt
her than ever, cnd the consequence wHB
that ne went down ~ Chelsea stat,oe
the next day 20 investigate the case.
The eXplana lions which directly fol
lowed his arrival cor yinced each ysuns
person OF the 'faithftlness OF The ether,
and Miss Darrell acknowledged her in
ability 10 interpret ones rSture FROM
tire plpssios19Omy
But there was CT question confront
ing them, %VherC were those lStterSs
Thirty five epistfs, all heavy laden
with GeepcSt feeling. could hardly have
gone stray. Tho only possible solution
was shat some zone must have taken
them, but who could it hare been
Miss Dar1 ell lefG the lovers Discussing
the Doint and, putting on her bonnet
and shawl, wgAt quickly down 30 the
posSoffce. The deacon was alone.
"ssilas FGaiJiner." she saiG coolE, 81
swant my nieoss letters"
'"SWhat do / know about Miss 'Nillyf
fet ersF' he & sked, with assumed care
lesSness
You know everything about them
she sail. Looking at him unilinchingly
I've beer. wondering about this thing
fur w eks. I understand 1t al now
Tney were YIilly's love letters and you
though thug were mine. AS If an cid
y omal like myself would be guilty OF
~ lch onseL SCI / suppose you have hid
'Gen Them or destroyed them. Fol
sham. SiiaS Gardiner, 70 resort'to such
i'srcksry To prevent some other person
s1rom having what you yourself are toe
iaJig 8 Ounce to ask for
|. He went to his desk and taking out
.1the bundle of letters, gave them 10 her
.saying:
Here tiey are. 1 pray you not tc
S1expose me / did it because Of my love
I 'for,you could not bear"
& He said no more. II was not 'neceS
,.~sary. He; Gould not have made n more
eloquent plea. A woman Will forgive
many q; grave offense II you will bur
l'-teil her twas committed through love
cfor' her
The cuiprit was pardoned, and it Il
4 with authority that we state THAT IN
never was guilty of similar transgres
sion.
Just after c hristmas that year Mis-
Darrell received the following telegram
Dear Aunt Il was married yestel
iaay.
Nifty Williams"
To which the elder lady replied:
dear Milly- So Was t.
Miilicent Gardiner"