Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-01

KISSED ner and SAID: i honor and re-
spect you. Sally. saw il all last night.
You are good woman"
, "a grateful one, hope. After all
your and his kindness. can I let him run
any risk?''
But it is terrible for you, my child. :"
81 can bear my own grief. have
loved him for so long my heart has got
used to its ache 1t is harder now, but
still I can bear il. A"
At breakfast Aunt Hannah said Sally
had slept i'll and could eat no breakfast.
All Kenneth's inquiries got nothing
more out of her than that.
At ~ Sally went quietly out of the
back door, her eyes full of tears, her
heart like lead.
At lunch Aunt Hannah said: "Sally
has gone, Kenneth-for your good as
well as her own. She has saved us a ter
rible trouble by acting so nobly"
Then Kenneth lost his head, but
Aunt Hannah presented front of iron.
''It was the right thing to do, and so
you will own in time. Be patient. My
heart is sore for you both, but you are
young, and life with its duties is before
you. At any rate don't let a girl of 10
beat you in self sacrifice "
But Kenneth flung family pride to
the winds and said, "You may say what
you like, I'll marry her tomorrow if
she'll have me-"
After an hours hot debate he agreed
to wait a month
CHAPTER VII.
Sally went to Miss Parker's school.
She had to face all the drudgery of pre-.
pairing the girls for their lessons and
taking them safely through the rudi-
ments. She knew what awaited her and
did not finch. During the last five
years she had learned how to master her
love, to use it as an incentive to hard
work, but it was easier to fight the bat
tie alone. To fight at all in Kenneth's
presence was impossible. Day by day
she plunged with feverish vigor into tbs
work of teaching, plodding on with a
pale face and heavy eyes through the
long list of pupils. During the night
watches she thought it was hundred
times better that she should suffer than
he; better that the wrench should come
now than that he should marry her and !
his good name be clouded by her shame
full story.
Time passed more quickly for Ken.
af bn nf
Sally had none.
When the month was over, Kenneth /,
said, ''Today am going to Sally"
"What! You will let the whim of
ruin your life?" said Hannah. !,
eff I followed your advice, two lives i
would be ruined" /
That very day he went to Streatham.
Sally's work had been harder than |
usual. The everlasting exercises, the
never ceasing scales, the persistent
wrong notes, the enormous difficulties
of teaching suburban young ladies with
out voice or ear to sing, had worn her
out.
Suddenly a pupil exclaimed: "Oh,
there is such handsome young man
coming up the drive" (Sally was un-
young man was likely to
call on her.) "He must have come to
see Miss Dawson. That's four cousins
in three weeksp'
Sally looked up and saw Kenneth.
Her heart seemed to rush into her
mouth. She dismissed the girl and
steadied herself. A mirror was in front
Of her, and she saw her own face pale
as death, with dark shadows round the
eyes. She wore dingy, old black dress,
but even that could not conceal the
grace of the lovely young neck and the
sweep Of the beautiful shoulders And
now Kenneth entered. And when she
saw his radiant face, full of strength
and fervor she felt that he looked years
younger than She did. That sorrowful,
girlish face, full of pathetic endurance,
appealed to his heart irresistibly, and,
without a moments thought, he flung
his arms round her and kissed her.
All Sally's 49, years of life eliminated
in that first unwarrantable embrace. AS
her pretty, flushed face rested for mo-
ment on his shoulder her heart whis.
pered, "Why not rest there forever?"
Then she wrenched herself free, and her
blush ebbed away, leaving her as pale
as marble and as hard
"You might at least have spared me
this and left me some self respect. !" she
5d1u, roUAlng 11Ke young Joan OF Arc.
He ought to have been abashed and
humbled, but he wasn't.
'Sally!' he whispered so tenderly
that she drew back again, mistrusting
herself and him. "Sally, love you
you know 1 do Sally tried hard to
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