Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-20

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"Has he married ?" asked Juliet, he,
blue eyes wide with this disastrous
love tale.
"No. I never knew why" replied
Mrs. Lambert.
Another afternoon found Juliet
| again in the garden.
| Her footsteps strayed again to the
lily pool.
| Looking across the river, and seeing
the walls of grand, gray mansion ris-
| ing among the green, suspicion that
she had already admitted one of the
forbidden Brennans to her acquaint.
ance crept into her heart.
| Yet blush and smile illuminated
| her lovely countenance as she saw the
pretty canopied boat float out from
among the willows.
"Good afternoon" called out the
young man across the lily pads, and
indeed no looked quite vivacious; 81
was in hopes you would come down
here. Isn't it a lovely day9"
He pulled up among the bobbing
pads.
"Would you like some more liliesa"
EYES," returned Juliet, "but-
but" she faltered, az am afraid you
are one of the Brennans, and I am
forbidden to know them"
! He looked up with al understand
ing glance and smile.
sIf am, you will have to excuse
efor it. We will have the lilies in
any event, pulling at the long, glis-
tening, pink-green stems; "now these
| are regular beauties-the finest of the
season. Glad I can do something for
you. It's very jolly to have a young
lady down here. was lonesome. Do
you want any more?" loading her
hands. "Won't you come into the
boat?" he added earnestly, seeming
to apprehend that the meeting would
now end; "it's nice here on the water,
and very comfortable, and if I am
Brennan, am respectable" he added.
He met her wistful eyes with SYM
pathy.
"You want to go-I see you do.
And, you see, you don't know that I
am Brennan, he laughed.
"No," faltered Juliet.
And the sunshine was so bright on
the crystal stream, the shadows 80
golden-green under the willows, the
distance SO alluring, she set little
foot In the boat and in moment was
far down the river, winding between
the rushes.
A heaven on earth followed, ''for
.ay youth loves gay YOUTH" and
green and blue were glad together
that afternoon. But when Juliet
sprang upon the grass again the smile
faded from her face.
'T know we'll enough that you are
Roland Brennan" she said. "Thank
you for nice time, but please don't
ask me to go boating again. My aunt
is very kind to me, and I don't wish
to disobey her."
'tBut what am I to do?" asked the
young man quickly. 81 never had
such q happy afternoon in my life.
Why, I'm terribly lonesome. My
uncle won't LET me associate with Tom,
Dick and Harry, even if / wanted to.
because we are rich and must keep up
the dignity of the family. And he
won't let me take up profession or
learn business because he wants to
keep me with him. He's grand old
fellow; but, oh, it's dreadful here for
me. L suppose you think it cruelty,
butPve come to almost hate the place,
and now like you SO we'll you-you
are going to throw me over"
"Oh. no." said Juliet, blushing. 81
couldn't do anything 80 rude," inno-
Gently. ell presume we shall meet
sometimes?"
"Where?"
eTn society. am to be at the pic.
mic tomorrow; and my aunt is to take
me next week to spend few days
with Mrs. Bellingham."
''Goodl Then I see my way clear,"
exclaimed the young man, throwing
up his hat enthusiastically.
At the picnic at Mrs. Bellingham's
hospitable house, at parties and balls,
this Romeo and Juliet met; and,
though the girls heart quaked some
times under her aunt's proud old eyes,
and sorrowful shame filled her breast,
Roland Brennan's tact STAYED off dis
covery until late in the autumn.
Juliet knew that by word, smile,
she made this handsome lover very
happy, ano if proud and resentful
relative was to be made miserable by
the fact that she loved this forbidden
young man as dearly as he loved her,
she could not feel quite altogether to
blame.
If Aunt Lambert had been stern
she would not have cared ut all, but
she was the most indulgent of guar
dians, and Juliet could not be alto
gether happy, though she lay among
the roses and fed on the lilies of life.
Then Mrs. Delight Phillips came
from abroad.
She was pretty blooming woman
Of forty, evidently with perfectly
sound heart. She had been q widow
year. She had sunny smile, and
Juliet liked her.
The latter had committed herself to
secret skating expedition with Ro.
land Brennan. The river was frozen
for the first time, and both were pas
sionately found of the amusement.
She had run lightly down the snowy
garden, and had caught Roland's arm
with a merry salutation, when two
figures, warmly wrapped in furs,
stepped from under the pine trees.
Roland started violently; the little
skates dropped with @ clang from
Juliet's nerveless hand.
'sJulietl" cried Aunt Lambert, re-
proachfully. !.
'Mr. Roland Brennan!" pronounced
Uncle Lambert stifiy.