Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-30
heart that cried the trnth-it was
loyel After thirty silens years it


heart that cried the trnth-it was
Lowell After thirty silens years it
was lovel
But even now, her pride could not
allow him that 'It is not all his, "
she cried. 81 have been faithful,
too. To one after another I tried to
give myself, but I could not-I could
notl I have been faithful. too"
A sob in On Inskip's voice, tears steal.
ing between the thin fingers from an
1nskip's eyesl
There was q knock. She had re.
fused the dinner brought to her room.
Gould hours have passed; was it the
barber's wife bringing her supper?
Miss Iavinia opened the door. 1t
was to receive the tray of food; Upon
which lay an envelope: And the
handwriting Upon that envelope she
had not forgotten III all these years !!
ssHe had loved her always" Ha1d
the note. "Would she let him come
to her?"
No! All was his to-day, that had
once been hers. She had followed his
career-would the world have believed
it behind such icy indifference of man.
ner? She had read of him as the
masterful, self contained, successful
man of law, and she knew too we'll
that wealth, position, name, her very
home, was his; even such OF her old
servants as were living now served
him, and she had nothing but hos
pride And in the long night, walk.
ing the floor, opening her window to
the warm south wind, she =hugged it
close. 1t had been parent, lover,
child-au that is given woman to
love; and it should be her companion
until death.
''No," she wrote him at daybreak,
'sno. Yet she owed him this would
he forgive her for the pasta" Here
for the moment her heart beat strong
er than pride.
When the latter was gone, she
would have recalled it, to erase that
last sentence, but it was too late.
The BARRIERS wife had taken it on her
road to market.
Was this the end2 Would he re-
ply2 Why should she care2 Pride
hud ended It now-forever. She must
get her needle. 'sHe that works not,
neither shall he eat"-strange
philosophy for on Ipskip tonguel
And yet, if indeed it was ended,
why should her heart beat SO when
the BARRIERS wife came to her door
that afternoon?
''The Judge, he is below, in the par
lor behind the shop" the woman eH-
planned. :,
s'I cannot see him. Tell him so. "
Yet again, grumbling audibly, the
barber's wife returned. "He will not
go. Tell her. he says-'tell her I
am waiting, and will wait until she
comes. !"
''You must insist. I will not come. u
The woman's face threatened mutiny,
for she was not paid for service. Miss
Lavinia hesitsted, in despair. Her
thimble caught her eye-thin; worn,
pricked into holes, yet it was gold;
She pressed it into the woman's hand.
''Explain I'd him that I will not come
make him gol"
TO her door again and sill again
the woman returned. 'tHe is waiting,
he bids me say, and will wait until
you come.
The afternoon dragged by. Towards
evening tue barber's wife rebelled:
Something must be done. She had
company invited, and her parlor she
wanted and would have. So she told
Miss Iavinla in no gentle tones: The
Inskip pride writhed under such inso
lence. Was this retribution, coming
now, step by step? The woman's
angry voice shrilled higher.
Miss Lavinia arose. "dush, she
begged, she will hear you. I will go
down and dismiss him. ;, -.
White, stately, yet trernSnng
strangely, Miss Layinia walked
through the barber's shop. which
smelled more loudly than ever of
scented soaps and hair oils, into the
little parlor behind.
The old-or was it the young?-
Richard Alexander turned. All, yes,
it is the young Richard, tender, ar:
dent, glowing, though his hair is
grayl
She tried to motion him back, but
his arms are about her-he has kissed
her. Oh, memories of a night SO long
agol Oh, youth-oh; love-
The Inskip pride came rushing to
her lips it tremblsd for utter ance, it
fell dying into broken cry. ."lt has
been my PRIDE" she sobbed. "Ihave
always loved You, Richard!"
The Judge brought his wife into
church on his arm the first Sunday
after they were married Nor did it
seem ostentatious-the rich dress, Sne
silken wrap, the fine accessories, it
seemed only as it should be-Miss La-
vinia had come init her own again.
The over jealous young minister had
been taught the limits of his authority
by an aroused and indignant vestry.
The silver name plate was restored to
the family pew, but Miss Lavinia, no
longer an Inskip, sat with the Judge.
Evidencing that quality which the
hymn book attributes to pride, the
lnsklp family pew remained-empty.
-Munsey's Magazine.
A Phenomenon About Gold.
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