The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-20

mtN tho aoor should hr orrnrd,
Eoyer wss holdGnE y hnn0n"t to.
want her II rams, N>Srs, which Shr
Ancw at NNrc was h>m ln,ftNn lmak,
NStrllr $mslei fa(ntly rs she took the
s&>tNFNiN &rrangrd tsnwrrs and in
S,Snity $rSc<, y Ntlo noto hale hidden
%mNN& ,Nrm Stepping tohmd Il
hugo vine vi rNSrS she read tho little
note;
"E>$trl(r, my little true heart, accept
this Nrarc Offering from one who love
NtW and cannot bear tN w longer Nan.
(shTd tNNm Your NrrSCG"r. Darling, II
| may 500 NNu home, wear some Ni
these white rNSrS IN ynnr hrlt and IN
NnNr hair II nNt, " ~ the crimson
ones. Nh, my little rml, for Gods
sake wear tho white ones. ENrmirr me
aud hr my friend, il nothing more.
"NOnrs, and yours only.
~. H."
With whitr face and trembling
fugrrs. EStrllr fastened the crimson
rosrS in her hair and undcr her bolt,
hnt krrt tho white onrs in hrr hand.
Perhaps she had faint ilra that
shc might change tEcm Then with
head Greet lips tightly compressed,
and Just n suspicion Of tears in the
sad brown eyes, turned and walked
SLOWLY toward tho church. Lotion,
with several others, had gone to the
we'll, and EStcllr was glad, for she
wished 20 put off long rs possible
meeting the passionate longing Of
those thrilling black eyes. She
Thought she knew how gricvcd and
disappointed hc would hr when he
saw the crimson rosrs, but shr was
totally unprcrnrcd for iiic awful an.
Suish, the Terrible whitcncss Of his
handsome. delicate face. ms he gaxcd
at hcr from across the church.
She WAS standing in front "f her
class explaining, in low, earnest
tones, tho mornings lesson. She
was saying: "Now, little ones, |
think YOU all understand, do You
not?- that unless we forgive those
who sin against us. neither will God
forgive our sins against him." lIs.
tcllc had hitherto kept her eyes on
her book, hnt rs she Impressed this
truth on the minds and hearts Of her
pupils, somehow il reached her heart
with stronger force. Glnncing to
whrrr she know Lotion was sitting.
her hrnrt almost stopped beating Us
Shr encountered his wild, white face.
EStrllr'S heart snftrnrh ut once. 81
will hr friends with him. llo shall
SEQ mo homr."
llcr duties MS teacher finished,
shr sat down, quietly looscncd the
crimson roses in her bolt, and put
whit" ones in thcir place. \ little
girl took the crimson rosr from her
hair and soon purc whitc ono took
lis place. Estcll" gave tn" fatal
roses I" hcr pupils. Tho nrxt
Sslmrs" She stole ut Infton Eslrllc
know that no had scrn tho change.
y song WIS sung, tho congregation
Hismissrl, hut, in trur old fashioned
country style, mono worr in hurry
t" lrHv" tho sacred spot, but fingered
ah"nt tho door and in tho yard, OK,
changing loving greetings and good
hyvs. Lotion impn,iontly wondered
what business thoy could all have
with Estcllr SO long. Sho was still
in tho church and no standing on
tho top stop nnxiously awaiting hor.
At last sho camc; Lotion, again
asking permission, took her parasol,
and tondorly helping hcr down the
steep steps, they started for Estclle's
homo, followed by approving glnnces
of many loving friends. 1t was Il
beautiful walk Of ono milo, with more
shade than sunshine, and Lotion al
ways wished tho distance twico as
great, whom with Estcllc.
Royce thoughtfully ran ahoad
and Lotion had Estollc all to him,
self. At first they found it difficult
to converse, oven on commonplace
topics; tAis had boon II most serious
quarrel, and oach remembered tho
bittcr words tho othor had spokol
and felt unusually constrained.
They sat down on thoir "rostina
rock,' a largo, fiat, moss covered
rock on tho bank of swiftly gliding
stream, to rest and talk az usual
C)asping hcr hand tightly in his
Lotion began, in low, passionate
tones:
"Estcllc, look at mo-" Sho oboyed
"Do you know, my darling, that