The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-02-23
Srlert StOrp.
ONE W0MAN'S TREACHBRY

When the sun ~,.t- ,"m"rr'w iae 1i the
>tile hy tn, cng>>- r'5d
The two yuun- hdic~. ,o"Bc uf whom hc
had spoken. vere walking down the ai>lc
SIDE by side Durshy Stevens ivr whom
the whisper wa> uudoubte,lly intended
danced up mute la,,k 81 ,~-cnt through
her golden c,lrl- but !, ehany~l that the
u,hcr lady hetri 10 tee, iug her cye- vrrr
subtle and / dark ,lnIi duitcd over the
sunshine of her face She fell hack step
Ana alanc,-l oddly into the gentleman >
hce Ilc va holdin. hi ha, m h'-
i,,,-i hand and D, i-,vsI a, hi> ewes
m,i h,r. A. ,eryman.nr-l, 1- 200, tsW haW
,,u,iu. uut 1t ghurh
Each of th,-. thT.7. I-,uIl. wh~a ,'u,c
iu the pleu arr Wrnt their way h"u9ewarl
IN ,bs msllau and bright ntol~r -'u
shine Bu, ~, bcierr Mi>, lavras.r h'j
detained p,.4n Ha-t'u1> tr chat
An. yuu particularly engaged this after
u,,n Mr. Hastings
l,-- am sm gtau- aut ai fuuu
a, Dn,. o. -,-c sax incni ani shall n,a
D., b.,k hes.re % v ,i',S
Ninr 3D. ,l,-A she rcl~ait-i un-,u-i,
Well tha, uyIl d, t,mg tnuzh FlI0
ul,b,- @" >s,- yuu. Il ,uH e.H cab
Eus I-ah ,vr, vel brsAy Fl Nr
Hss,in-- Tell h5m ti sa' l.s'-s~e that
I viii cudea,nr O., esmr
Within the .bsd, q her nvu thamh,r
Ann4bslh Iaunpsr ihpu "' her hai auj
sraSg--I a. "a, ls., s,Ilar arsssud beg rhrat
A. Il ls w~rr choking hcr i~b~ Fssrysi ap
aud .iuvu then Iaa-iug hef.r. ,hy pirr
glass she ient forward and k-.ksl 20 heT
eli kong aud earnestly HyT dark h4sr
va, .ilky. her black ewes da-h.-i hrv
Youth and beauty will werA wonders
f.r their I.,-.-s.,r Bur shat ls,r ,hry
,l,u, for me Thys cannes sin i,.s mr the
bows. u,-,l ih, lsy,- h. gives tnsh4' falv
.yirltl,-. varkiu- ajH ~ :, uaky-. Hsc
-igk &C. think ui her I ku"v hr asu~
TT her-su.i da.- b. think b. ao, ~
ths, be ,ar,- u.s i"y urr u !, her isuls
Bat tar h,r b., pas,}l 'nrn g., ns, aai h,yr
me ub hren ls.au ! h.ge $3.50 Whs
Nlff haHtl Lta IT -aNH Hl't A.'H HfA .. HNasf
Vet ssll Rs ry~I-'ui tu q
Ielh lApfru,- and Is.fths ~'r1r1s.
had t--cu educated Al the same -sh,.l the
"nr ", righ hciy~, th, .sbeg s=- lr r.
unly 4 -,,tyrn,--- I'ufa st. in Z flmtls
uuR and Mis-. iawT,trgt e.sud,->sr-nsl,,i 60,
-l-aA ta her unu and ,bru whca they met
Bella vaIk,vi o. the window ani ,ta.-l
lookin. yhouahriuils ul, What a lo,rly
,,rnv it wa~ The h"gl-v >t..sI uu the
vlu-Alst, uf thr taau hill snd ,alr hy
stretched uu, l,ctar- her su.I va,iu- so.-l
lands tjn,ej With autumn uuu,aliri ,4
on Nlong lh.. line Sc the n,rr ,Iar,>
aud clustered chimHey- marked the SITE oi
her father faeturit~ -nilt. -iun,~ -u ih,.
mad to wealth Il !, all n.nr -by mur
murrd Il viii h. mine in lime anJ I
would give i, all to him vith tins lifting
her hand I Wuuld give IL g" ham and
he reject- lI
Mud Yet wh" va, p,an lla-,iug, ?
NuEs.ly IL, ws, a gentleman hs birth
It true. bui hc had nr means save what
he earned a. one uf the chief ,l,rA 10 thi,
very factor,-thll of lawrrurr aud law
renee.
The clueA was striking mine that night
when bean Hastings was shown u Rclla
recriyed him ia small iayoritc apartment
that she often -at IN. and likci h,~t The
fittings were of pink >ilk and lace the
ornament> scattered about it were rarely
beautiful Mr. laWrcur, Wa uut For
that little command of her father s. tran,
mitted to Dean ia the morning had been
an invented fable Of her own
She held ont her hand To him and hld,.
him takea chair near her. Hi> handsome
eyes we're fixed detercntially ou her face -
he obeyed but then. was u" warmth in
them. there WAS not one shadow of tender
ne-> toward her in his manner Bella ;
heart .rrw faint aud her lip> cold hut still
She hoped AGAINST hope she would not give
up all without struggle This night
should decide the uncertainty leave her 20
happines, or to despair
The interview LlsteI half an hour. aud
what passed between them was never
known Probably, in her desperation
Annabela Lawrence let him gather unmi,
takably that her loye was his-and She
did love him with all the terrible passion
Of her fierce nature and he On his side
may have allowed her to see that he could
not accept ii.
Anyway, when Dean Hastings quilted
the rich merchant house that night. Bella
knew that her hopes OF happiness were
over that despair had set in She re
solved to live hencetorh only for revenge.
Her hair pushed back her heart heat
Ing with all its tumultuous and varied pas
sions. Bella sat on after Mr. Hastings left
The loud opening and closing of the street
door. and swift tootstep on the stairs
aroused her 1t was her cousin who en-
tered one Richard Lawrence young
man of nine and twenty. who lived with
them. He had ii small share in the buSi-
ness. and he hoped. by dint of playing his
cards well. To succeed to It after Mr. Law
renee
Mr. Richard also hoped 10 succeed to
something else-AIiss Lawrence He did