The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-02-23

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beauty. safe to cause havoc in the hearts
uf the house eldest son and heir and
trouble To- everybody else in consequence
Now this had absolutely happened in the
case of Dorothy Steven~-aIthou.h she
could not boast of much beauty. save in
her fine golden hair and sweet blue eyes
and. it may be. in an innocent confding
expression of cuuntenamce. ipon leaving
school situation had been found for her
IN the house of Mrs. C"lloway-a rigid
gentlewoman who boaSted of high descent
to conduct the education of an only daugh
ter There was an only son ~ we'll much
Older: twenty -"ne in fact and he fell
forthwith in love with the goyemes> : pretty
eyes and hair, after the alleged custom Of
these half fedged Youngsters
Young Mr. Galloway. who was Of
ba>hiul nervous temperament kept his
sentiments to himself and did not annoy
Dora. she only used Ia wonder why he
stared At her 80. aud wished he would
not But one unluckv day he came 10 the
desperate resolution Of declaring his love
and penne,i letter describing it. Bv
some awkward mi>chan,c il fell into the
possession of Mrs Galloway instead of thar
ui the .oyerne>>, and a tine hnbbub it
caused Dora with earnest words and tear
tul eye, protested that She had been in
utter ignorance of the treason: aud Mr>
GALLOWAY believing it Ia her secret heart
and not EARN. Ia part with her. kept her
on, bur she Spnke to her in very severe
terms aud candidly ayowed she would
rNerrIse a ugid espionage over her in ia
tur Dora agreed to that willingly She
was conscious of ne III moreover She was
a inendle~> orphan. and feared To throw
herself out Of Mr.. Galloway situation.
lest She should not find another Young
Nr Galloway Wa sent &" the care oi
clergyman Al a distance G" read up for the
Church which he was go enter
When the sun sets be at the ,tilc at the
crr, nad he had whispered in her ear
Evening came and lu>t A. the sun Va,
sinking below the western hill> Dora
( Stevens ,-r,s,>,,d Mn Galloway garden to
F ihr coIs,. beyond Il wa the fir,t time
nurl had deliberately met HIM there "r
elsewhere bur few evenings before
uI"u rrtumiu. trnm a walk with Mis-,
Galloway they had ac,ideutly encounter
c, him st that spot and STAYED to talk
Rut Dora TEL rather -srry uow for the
tayit assent -he had gwen g" hi~ request
-hc gave It an the impulse ot the u,ouen,
and she meant yo tell him thi, ryruiu.
that she couli n", mect him a.aiu. unless
. openly Il wa, net right 10 du 80 neither
vould NIr, Galloway allow It
Neyeuhlr~s despite ct conscience her
+ heart wa !,-,liyhly light a, she ,j,-l slon.
through th, ru,ilu. leaves
Dora s~ she drew near the jry>tin.
+ pllcr ~aa a shadow a, of ~..ns onr waiting
near the ,til, halt hidden hy the tangled
huneb,, If the r"F~e thick Vet with
l,.ays- sl-,gc and bylaR ~gdirul, a voice
spike uut The yoic- that n,.rl had cx-
yt,t,.i a. hear lI"s tears of di,app"iut
m,ug which she coald not suppress. food
I'D her ewes AMI dropped on her white
cheeks
.lou herr Ni., Lawrence .he said
+ with struggling breath / d"ut under.
+ stand tor q terrible fear hai rushed into
her mind thar if Wa- Bella With whom he
had ~iushJ Co make 'h, appointment MT
herself
iuu must not hetray me whispered
Bella with the sweetest air pt timidiry
I imaginable. Nuu know my father !, 80
F proud and pean j. only hi- clerk but he
b,yt- me -,-aud We have -, few uppor
tuuiti,. Jn meet You must not blame
mc Mis- stevens ur think har>hly Of me
T tur coming here al ,imr> &C. meet him.
F We .hall not agway, have to hy secret
3 heu am # az my late mother money
viii l.. ms own. aud then We can claim
each othcr H. todd ms this morning he
NIGH, he unable ,o keep hi> appointment
for he wa> going utl an -,mr business Jour.
ut., hut II hupei again>, hope. and
came Nud when | hearl your toas>telS
thou.h, they we're his Nh me
Bella ylIspej her ,oft hands together in
drpre,4gi"u and bent her head on them A.
she spike and p,ruyhy Stevens listened
With Wide Wild ewes. while word following
after word of that cruel lie fell on her
/ pui,euns heart and Smotc her with a death
II odd raiu whose sting would Elm. to
F her And the words were dtl, chosen.
The zih illuSi"n II her money cut kecnly
and el,.~ely por, bit her lip, Ia keep trnm
CRYING upt then She Wa uny puur
/ -,,crnr,> her only l"wry her tender heart
I aud >uee, Wild r.~e face. and her grea,
lb-orbiug l"ye Ter the man VIII" wa> fal-e
to her
Without one word She ro~e aud turned
/ to "a. but Bella caught her b, the arm and
I held her
Wait. please, how strange you are
Why do YOU l,.nk 81 wildly at me. You
won betray u> promise me thar y"u will
not he,ry IL.
Dora drew proudly back 1 never he
nav. You have my word Ineyer brnke
. IL vet II am sorry came
Why did YOU come, rhi- j, :" unlre
quented pathway
/ \ cr,. in spite Of herself, broke from
tue iH"H -itt u IHSiV "iV "A'ii''''-
in life when anguish l. stronger than We
are. when reticence l. "verhorne in IT,
whirling torrent
oh Heaven. help me To bear this pain.
She sobbed and down she tell IN heap
ON the gr,>~. and bowed her fair golden
head. and rocked herself back and forth
with wild hy>terical >ob>, in spite of those
cruel unrelentin. eyes above her
What do you mean by this emotion?
asked Bella. ,tenly. What Is the mat
ter? /, it po~Sihle-but ne, it cannot he
Yet he has more than once limited of
something that might come between him
and me some irksome. half t'-fnrgoiten,
passing amusement that cluns To him like
an incubus though he wa, doing his best
to shake it off Isl You. Can it he YOU.
YOU ridiculou, girl?
Dora rn>e up. her face white as death
and lifted a warnn. hand.
Stop. Miss Lawrence. will not hear
another word | do not stand between
You and your false lover; yes he is false
in spite of what he SAYS 10 you. false and
cowardly. You need not fear. will
never come between him and YOU. You
naeJ mi fe,r him have no money tu