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

received. to put all the wild world between
her and her lover For when girls are
stung into madness they do all kinds Of in
comprehensive things, never sparing those
who have injured them.
1t Is my announcement. Dora painted.
L thought would bring it to YOU, and You
would send it To him, as YOU know where
he i, zone Bid him never answer it.
Let him never in honor speak to me again
never look at me- Fare you well. Miss
Lawrence | wish YOU both well
Mr. Richard Lawrence did not do his
work by halves. In spite of Mr. Law
renee gout and his confinement to the
counting house he found time to run down
to Liverpool and talk over some arrange
ment> with Dean Hastings And the
very next day Richhoroueh heard that Mr.
Hastings had sailed for the West Indies
Some complications had arisen ont there
in the cotton fields. and Mr. Hastings was
zone 10 set them tn rights
Dean Hastings was ploughing his way
'il Ailt NiNsifHNi'NtN 'Nfdl anu W AiiN AN'
women he left behind il would be difficult
to say which Of their lives was the most
desoiate, wanting him: for when Dora ;
angry passion was over. the first sharp
sting nf his falsehood and his desertion
past then her tenderness returned Night
by night she bent in PRAYER for him at her
bedside lord watch over him and pro
tect him Help him and keep him from
all harm
Mr. Hastings landed in safety. The
hrsl packet Of letters he received from home
contained that angry one Of announcement.
written by Dora Not that it BETRAYED
anger only claim studied GOODNESS.
Opening mechanically the letter that lay
next To it. he found it ia the handwriting
of Miss Lawrence This letter chiefly
contained items Of news written in a play
iul style. one of them ran 4, follows.
VIII YOU be surprised to hear that Mrs.
Galloway ha, at length given in To the per
>istency Of the Young people, Report says
they are about To he married shortly Do
not break your heart Dorothy Stevens Is
not worth IT, Il i very wrong of her To
be - much gwen 10 iirting-wor>e than
| am, and that, perhaps y"u viii say. need
not he
The time went On. two year> Of it.
Dean Hastings had left soon the employ of
Mr Lawrence aud entered that ot another
house in the West Indies. connected with
Peterborough News va, heard uf him
but rarely. hut At the end Of the two years
tidingS came BAD tidings, worse than had
ever come before Tie had died Of yellow
fever
Close upon that Aunabella Lawrence
gave her hand To her cousin Her i'll
starred passion already nearly dead dead
1T it, very hopelessutSe. wa now thrust
away from her heart for ever She enter
ed upon her reign. a. queen Of society.
heartle~,. ,allous self mdulgrnt but -
she alvay, had been
But what Of Dora stevens Her heart
unynnSci"u>ly remained true to it, tir-t love
She did nos hope that would be ,ayin.
l,-, much but ,he did believe that all must
be- AZ an end between Dean and Miss Law
rence-el>, why had he no, coIne home T."
clarn her. Bu, one dan upon taking mp
the Peterborough Gazette she read in il
the death 81 Dean Hastings 1T yellow
fcyer-a.ed twenty eight
lutil then she had net realized how great
a Jau in her heart life he had filled
Folding her hands she wept lonely and
bitter tear>
that solitary girl figure standing in the
,uu sel that same evening, her hand >had
ing her eyr>. and gazing out over the sea
IN Imagination towards the >Iot where her
once fond lover hy in an alien grave
l,nk az her The sunlight rests ou the
Hill top, behind but she stand, in shadow
loved him she cries in passionate re
memhrance I loved him and -I-be
licye he once loved me | love him still
Did he die thinking | was false To- him.
oh can there be anything in life or death
more cruel than that
hee YOUR pardon Miss Stevens |
took the liberty Of calling at the house to
ask for You, aud an old servant I,Ad nae
you had come OUT here
She did not faint but she dill scream
Ie- it WI, Dean Hastings booking III and
,hadowy.
Is it yourself. She .a>ped We
thought you were dead
But | did not die Wa, given over
T in the yellow fever somehow or other my
death got reported find
And what have YOU come over for
she asked al in a tremble Of confusion
Various odds and ends Of matters 10
get up nv strength for one thing. and {"
settle down at Richboroush for am not
2"ing back and To marry You. if you will
have me
'Oh MIR Hastings,
have heard word OF two dropped
from one aud another Dorothy. since |
landed and begin To think that you and
had some false friends You are not yct
Mrs Charles Calloway--
oh put in Dorothy
STAY bit. my dear And | am not
vet the husband of Miss Lawrence. So
do YOU see any reason why We should not
take one another No impediment exists
now, now my darling; | am in good
position; partner of the house | am in;
and can set up our tent well Dora what
do You say, You know at least you ought
IL know. that never would have married
any one but YOU,
What did she say? Nothing She
Welded herself 10 the arms held out 10 her.
and bent her face down ON the true heart
ed >heltering breast. happy sobs. joyful
tears. bcdewing il oh how mercitul was
Cod
The sun went down behind the hill in L
hlaze of glory Its last lingering rays of
crimson and purple fell upon them a they
stood together in happiness.