Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-10-25

and sorrowful shame nlleu ner Utono'
Roland Brennans tact staved OF dis
covery until late in the autumn.
Juliet knew that by word, smlle'
she made this handsome lover very
happy, and if a proud and resentful
relative was to be made miserable by
the fact that she loved this forbidden
young man as dearly rs he loved her.
she could not feel quite altogether to
blame.
If Aunt Lambert had been stern
she would not have cared at all, but
she was the most indulgent of guar
dians, and Juliet could not be alto
getLer happy, though she lay among
the roses and fed on the lilies of lie.
Then Mrs. Delight Phillips came
from abroad.
She was a pretty blooming woman
of forty, evidently with a perfectly
sound heart. She had been widow
a wear. She had q sunny smile, ana
Juliet liked her.
The latter had committed herself TO
a secret skating expedition with ko-
land Brennan. The river was frozen
for the first time, and both were pas
siouately found of the amusement.
She had run lightly down the snowy
garden, and had caught RolandS arm
with q merry salutation, when two
figures, warmly wrapped in furs'
STAINED from under the pine trees.
Roland started violently; the little
skates dropped with clang from
Juliet's nerveless hand.
"Juliet" cried Aunt Lambert, re-
proachfully.
"Mr. Roland Brennan J. pronounced
Uncle Lambert stiffly.
The four eyed each other solemnly
in the moonlight. Roland was the
first to recover himself.
"Mr. Lambert" he said, "give me
an opportunity to talk this over with
you.
"No time like the present. Come
to the house." said Uncle Lambert
So the four marched into the dimly
lit front drawing room. The bacK
drawing room WAS quite dark.
az can never, never forgive juliet" !"
sobbed Aunt Lambert, breaking down
, and throwing herself into an easy
chair.
"But I fail to see," commenced
Roland, manfully addressing both the
old people, "where we have done any
harm. How could help loving JUL
> ct, having first seen her by accident
I would die to save her a sorrow
, Have a care, Mr.. Lambert, how yo'
. slight so honest q love as mine TO-
{ your niece, who, excepting you, ha
e no other friend in the world, J. be
lieve. Am so bad match for her!
Your uncle, young man, treate'
l my daughter very badly" exclaime,
E Mrs. Lambert. "The family feud--
D "asre let it end," pronounced
pleasant voice from behind, and Mrs
e Delight and on elderly gentleman ad
i vanced into the apartment. 81 hay
7 forgiven Colonel Brennan.
n 'I was lied to by rival, inter
rupted Colonel Brennan. IT was ID
o duced to believe that Delight was t
tilt me at the last minute. l denle
" myself ever seeing her again, put
= have been a very unhappy man, m
Il friends. When 1 had reason to bt
n lieve l had been deceived, the woma
| loved was far away. Before coul
+. reach her she was married. After a
these years she has forgiven me.
e eve are to be married at Chris
n mas, so let resentment against thei
= Young folks end. Let us all be haI
,e DIV together" said Delight with h'
,e sunny smile, which was SO contaglo'
" that Aunt Lambert snatched weeplr
o Juliet to her breast and kissed her.
70 Then all the women kissed eac
,r other and the three men shook hand
70 And there has never been a shadow
o trouble in the family since. Ne
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