The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-10-31
and sorrowiul shame filled her breast.

and sorrowful shame filed her breast,
Roland Brennsn's tact STAYED of dia,
covery until late in the autumn.
Juliet knew that by n word, q smile,
she made this handsome lover worry
happy, and il a 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.
III 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.
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 a perfectly
sound heart. She had been a widow
year. She had sunny smile. and
Juliet liked her.
The latter bad committed herself to
a 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 q merry salutation, when two
figures, warmly wrapped in furs,
stepped from under the pine trees.
Rcland started violently; the little
skates dropped with a clang from
Juliet's nerveless hand.
"Juliet !" cried Aunt Lambert, re.
proschfully.
"Mr Roland Brennan !" pronounced
Uncle Lambert stifily.
The four eyed each other s)lemnly
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. Como
to the house." said Uncle Lambert.
So the four marched into the dimly
lit front drawing room. The back
drawing room was quite dark.
81 can never, never forgive Julictl'
sobbed Aunt Lambert, breaking down
and throwing herself into an easy
chair.
"But | fail to see," commenced
Roland, manfully addressing both the
old people, "where we have done any
harm. How could help loving Juli-
ct, having first seen her by accident?
j would die to save her sorrow
Have care, Mr.. Lambert, how you
slight so honest love as mine for
Your niece, who, excepting you. has
no other friend in the world, ] be-
lieve. Am so bad match for her?"
Your uncle, young man, treated
my daughter very badly" exclaimed
Mrs. Lambert. "The family feud-"
Here let it end," pronounced
pleasant voice from behind, and Mrs.
Delight and an elderly gentleman adj
vanced into the apartment. "I have
forgiven Colonel Brennan"
al was lied to by rival" inter-
rupted Colonel Brennan. al was in-
duced to believe that Delight was to
jilt me at the last minute. / denied
myself ever seeing her again, but
have -een avery unhappy man. my 4
friends. When / had reason 70 be.
lieve ] had been deceived; the woman
| loved was far away. Before / could
reach her she was married. After all
these years she has forgiven me-"
"We are to be married Mt Christ.
mas, SO let resentment against these
young folks end Let US all be hap.
py together" said Delight with her
sunny smile, which was so contagious
that Aunt Lambert snatched weeping
Juliet to her breast and kissed her.
Then all the women kissed each
other and the three men shook hands.
And there has never been a shadow of
trouble in the family since. New
York journal.