The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-19

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WYE "NeIIy laughed ct her friend, sns ~
,.sdr6ed a few asserting WORDS .na ,m
st,ino me TO the quick. Inc Voc ~
o. aring, by the y ysGiS s nSi It was an s.
nm'araIds Int her friend p~ronoanceS
speen glass, adding, that nothinp
sdiamond would have suite' out !
I waited in uncon' : ner ldeas.
-. NaIlv,s roc ..vrtable suspense,
woras' .1ponSe' hoo"n
, ..sNothing but diamonds, for me-"
"Thoughtlessly said, George! Only
thoughtlessly said. You take too
seriously the light speeches of girls
who often talk without thinking, just
to near themselves talk"
"If 1t was jesting," answered Lane,
"the subject was unfortunate az the
time. But, this was not all. Nelly
said many other things connected with
the subject of their young friends
marriage to q poor young man VINO
could not afford her a respectable
place in society," that 1T would be folly
In me to forget. When left her house
that evening, l drew q veil over her
image in NV heart, and have tried
not to lift that veil since. No word Q
intimation of what was in my hea r.
8 have / passed to the young lady, 81
that [ can turn from her without dis
honor. Heaven send her q happy To-
. in lifew
q little on the closing sentence. b lie wa!
fully in earnest. Moore deepl Y thar
he had imagined was the + cart O
Nelly interested, Us her pr lie face
y. dreamy eyes, and quietly MAJ iner Ions
afterwards Witnessed. But ne did no
m return. Two years after ward sh'
married, beginning life wi tn a young
from his light capital t. wo Thousand
OF dollars to furnish his no, use in O styl,
suited to the social grad Q in which sh,
I'M had been moving. In Y hree years, ex
%travagant living had consumed NOR,
than all he was WORTH, and under tn,
pressure OF a tight money market,
no he failed and was sold out. Nell,
es being forced to go back, with he
ate children, to her fathers house. TIL,
husband, in o fit OF desperation, wen
he nass and exnosure,
10 In the meantime, George Lane, VIII
could never obliterate Nelly's imag,
single life. He was now IN business
er, and gradually accommodating property
TO The death of Nelly's husband, and in
ley few months afterwards the death of he
father, awakened anew his interest
ust Pity and sympathy began to drop fue
on the SmOulder1ng lire OF love. III
oor knew that's she was poor n dependent
no and learned, incidentally, with pair
ana that since her fathers death she wa
i've living with her children in the hous
10Y, OF q baother-in-iaw, who was not abb
reo to support his own family. That on
still dear to him should be thus deper
dent, and, as he felt, Inundated, hur
ona the young man. He could not bea
ast' the thought, and began turning owe
T., In his mind one suggestion OF mean
Ine after another, looking to her relic
Pat all considerations of delicacy an
W propriety were in his way. Ho felt tina
he could do nothing.
yer One morning he met her in tn
street. He was walking, with hi
n eyes on the pavement, when, lookin
VIZ up suddenly, he saw her approaching
Oh She was poorly clad, and had a bundl
Gu on her arm, which Lane recognized 9
IAN q glance, as work from o store. Thei
eyes met, and rested on each Other
III Lane made q motion as Is h wer
mo about to speak but Nelly moved Q
ny with quicker steps,. Ere the veil fel
INC he saw an expression In her eyes,, an
in her changed and wasted counter
tenderest and saddcst feelings. Wha
a history of suffering was revealed
'1a Was this the Nelly of a few years past
1t was but Nelly c~hastened, refined
rnS %subducd, and swcetened for II pure
teu and truer life.
Ihe The rest neod not be told. If Nell
lost her lover when skies were brigh'
me she found him when rain was falip
ttle into the dark days Of her life, an
on when painful experiences had mad
oi' her vision clear.