The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
READING
FOR
THE YOUNG FOLKS
BY MABLE DIccs.

/ Such dream Of loVeIiness you never be-
held, and she looked so sweet and beau
tiful as she stood by his side to receive
the congratulations Of their friends.
"They lived happily together two or
three months, and they both seemed to
| love each other so dearly. Your uncle
had cousin named Henry Manchester,
and he invited him and his sister to
come and stay few weeks with them.
Mr.. Henry was the handsomest man
ever saw In all my life, only / couldn't
like him. He had look in his black,
flashing eyes that made me hate him,
but your uncle and Mrs. Maerian seemed
to like him very well, so / didn't say
anything against him. noticed he liked
Mrs. Maerian pretty we'll and that she
liked him, and they semed to seek each
others company. Your uncle did not
notice them and paid no attention to
their talk nor actions. I found them one
morning as l was going through the IL
bTary locked In each others arms and
their lips pressed together 1 had to
pass them and so | coughed little and
they sprang gulltily apart. Mrs. Maeri
ans face flushed with anger and Mr..
Manchester's turned livid hue
"'Spy," he Kissed as passed by.
Caroline come here, Miss Maerian
said. went back and she asked ME II
I intended to tell her husband. "I
don't know, ma'am; you know whether
he ought to be told or not" l answered,
doggedly.
"'Now, Caroline, Henry is my cousin,
and he is going away and he made me
kiss him goodbye. Do not say anything
to Philip about it for my sake. He would
be so angry, and he is terribly Jealous,
anyway. Promise me you won't, dear,
good Caroline"
"She looked so winningly up into my
face I could not have the heart to say no,
so promised, and I'll always regret it.
"Well, next morning Philip came down
early and said they were going to drive
Henry over to the station. He expected
Mrs. MaeTian down in a few minutes, he
said, and sat down to wait for her. AS
the minutes few by and she did not come
he began to grow uneasy, and at last
said he would go up to her room. He
ran lightly up the stairs and heard him
tap on her door and call her wife" He
GdllGu DONOAdl anu bACn l. hVtllA
a crash and knew he had broken in the
door, and stepped out into the hall and
watched him. He had entered her room
and on into her sleeping room and then
/ heard groan and heavy thud and
not waiting any longer, / followed him
and found him lying on the floor Her
bed had not been touched, and the open
window showed she had gone out that
way. An unsealed envelope was in his
hand. took 1t and opened it's contents,
intending to read 1t, but l heard faint
Aunt Caroline" and turned to see the
poor man trying to get up. l helped him
into chair and then read the letter
Read 1t to me-" he said. How hated to
do It, but do it had to, and remember
every word as we'll as IL had them here
before me. 1t said:
Dear Phillip have gone with one
love better than l do you, never loved
you, so do not blame me. hate you.
always hated you, but made you think
l loved you. Goodbye, MAERIAN.'
poor man; he sat there, his dear face
drawn and white and pitiful smile on
his colorless lips.
"She loves another. Hates me-" was
all he said. was nearly startled out of
my wits when heard a wild yell, and
only got a glimpse of him tearing out
the door. He had gone mad. / called
help and 1t was long time before they
caught him. He was stark crazy, and
such fighting as he did trying to get
loose. Hates me, loves another" was
all he would say. He was crazy for
months, and when he came back he was
so changed we hardly knew him. He