The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-10-29

| aubrey TOOK tue paper TO her room
and read the notice OF the wedding A.:
ON the 1st OF August, Mr.. EIwar |
+ Norroway 10 Helen, youn vest daugh-
/ ter o., Howard Hotspur. Esq"
Therein, so she believed, lay her
worlds end.
Mother, said Audrey Dew, aweek
after this, you know Miss Hose al
ways has wanted me to come TO her
and learn millinery. III like to 20. -
There amt any neeJ Of your pas
daughter learning a trade, said Mrs.
Dew
But could make our bonnets, AMI
save good deal, said Audrey; and
finally she had her way.
I She only wanted to let her heart
break away from tender, watchfuI eyes.
The farce of cheerfuIness could be
| played no longer.
/ In fortnight Audrey went 10 New
| York to learn to make bounets. She
/ wrote letters home 20 the effect that
she was very happy, and stitched in
+ deiatlgaoly, and thought, and wept by
stealth, and grew thinner and paIer,
and had little cough. In fact, non
sense a you may think it, Audrey was
/ dying OF broken heart.
/ 1t Was October, and the evenings
/ were warm AMI golden at home. and
/ the foliage gorgeous IN its bright de-
cay. In the city the few trees were
sere and sOmber, aud all the gorgeous
ness was IN the shop windows. About
i've o'clock one dav, when AuIrev
who had been 70 BROOKLYN. came down
towards the ferry boat, thinking hard
upon subject which had tormented
Der Tor long time-Ned Norrowav's
| photograph. She had il still. and he
vas another wOmIn's property. Size
vas dong wrong; she must DESTROY il.
Why not toss 1t into the river? Her
hand was on the chain, she took a step
torwarl. Just then, 'Let me take
your shopping bag?" said a voice she
knew She turned her eyes that wav.
There stood three persons Ned Nor
roway, n young lady 70 whom he had
spoken, and an elderly gentleman. Au-
drey dared not meet them. She turned
toward the boat, not needing her steps
Is she should have done-not noticing
that the boat had LETT it's moorings.
stop ~ cried half dozen voices but
Audrey had gone too far TO stop. In
a second more the waters had ingulfed
her.
Don't 90, Ned" crieI young.
sweet voice, and two hands clutched
Ned's arm.
Let me alone, cried Ned fercelv.
shaking the fingers away with Jerk
And there were two figures in the dark
water instead of one, and Ned's voice
cried IN Audrey's ear, ''Be calm.
Don't cling to me, and I viii save
you"
She was quite irsensible, and Ned,
dripping himself, carried her into q
house hard by, and gave her over To
the good-natureJ Irish laudlady, who
soon had her warm and conscious OF
this world a-t5l
shes quite herself, sir" said the
woman, coming out TO Ned, "and will
zee youin Il minute I've list brought
her iewelry and things to you. can't
watch livery wun in an out.
Ned took the glitteriaE handful;
pin, little silver portmonnaie, and a
chain with q framed picture attached.
In Il moment more he gave cry. How
she came by 1t be could not guess. but
the face that looked az him through
the blurred wet lass was his ovo
Haitian hour aftervarj he 20. -
Ing beside Audrey. Who rscIinaI - =
rr5ot o-m-,b,ir ~ +b., 1,.51.I-, ~ .
room.
THINK God I saved you. Audrey"
be said. Life would have been
worthless without Won, my little dar-
ling
At these w0r.ls.weaIs "A she vas An.
irev started 10 b-r feet
..H0v dare Won. she sail ..yo-
have ri-ksI v,rr life f,r r,s -.
bat that does not warra1t go ~,
speaking So What have I done -
lead yoa to insult mea"
90 insult Won. Au9rsv9 Col e.
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