The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-15

not value it.. have played the fool and
must take FOOLS wages"
Z yS Sgs s sas se 'h had said
tended to betray. You shall not throw
away your Hfe.''
hope sprang to his eyes, new there,
lighting them to dazzling radiance.
Miss Cameron-Leonie." he cried, were
there prizes to win. where one hearts hopes
oentered upon me- I would trample down
these demands of temptation. I would
prove myself man if 1 had any motive"
There was no installing the prayer in his
eyes, the pleading in his voice. Only for one
moment. close now to the low window, be-
fore a hand like a snow flake fell upon his
shoulders. a voice low and sweet, murmured
low in his ear:
BE man for my saker
She was gone before he spoke again. and
he wandered off to the woods to muse upon
a possibility of this new life. The next day
Mrs Tollman lost her summer boarder.
society languidly corte mplating Miss Cam
efon Tor the next three years. found her er-
ratlc. She was gay and grave by flashes,
Fascinating in either mood, but she was
mysterlOusly unapprOachable. The bravest
sutton found himself met at the point where
friendly attentions merge into lovers devo-
ton, but wall of icy reserve that was i'm
passiDle. She never f1irted, but she had the
reputation of firt, because she was popu-
lar and admired, and remained single till
she was twenty-seven. She was known to
be truthful and she had distinctly told sew
eraI lnquistive lady friends that she was
not engaged so there was not even the
spice of romance in the gossip. Surely she
was not disappointed" for never had the
bright serenity of her beauty been more I'M
clOuded.
Scranford knew her not in those three
years. but Mrs. TOllman was the recipient
of various hampers of city delicacies from
her city border, and would acknowledge the
same by letter One of those, dated three
years after the beautiful Miss Cameron left
ScranfOrd. after deliberately thanking that
young lady for a hamper of dainties ad-
ded:
10 you remember my nephew, John
Furber! He left me the day after you DID,
and l fretted more than little But he
TOOK turn for good, Heaven be thanked
anu went 10 YORK to look for situation.
he worked himself up, for he's smart, John
Is, ana today he writes me that he has
made friends with his father again, and
Is TO De taken partner in big commercial
mousse. His fatheris to buy it, but John
earned place. too, by hard, honest work.
Oh, my dear, I'm happier than ever
thought to be- Perhaps you've heard Of
the house John is in-Collis, Haynes &
co. John is to be part of the Co. But I'll
tire you. writing about my own affairs.
wouldn't only l thought perhaps you'd
remember John"
In New York; Leonie murmured: 80
| near me all these three years, and yet
never seeking me. Was 1 too bold? Did
l drive him away by showing him my
heart too plainly? Well, even So 1 am
glad l gave him the first start toward an
honorable manhood. Remember him! Yes
Mrs. Tollman. l do remember John"
She folded the letter, and was dressing
Tor the opera, when the servant announced
a caller.
What barbarous hour! she muir
INJURED, not looking at the card. I'm a
few moments, Jane"
She was ROBBED in her fleecy dress Of
white lace, over pale blue silk, had
clasped diamonds in throat and wrists and
in the little ears when, as she took her
opera cloak from the maids hands, she
looked at the card: John Furber."
great heart-throb sent the blood over
Ter brow and neck; then it faded, leaving
only a soft tint upon the fair cheeks, and
in the dark eyes light of happiness har-
monizing we'll with the smiling lips. She
looked like some visitant from another
world. in the radiance of her beauty, as she
came across the wide drawing room to the
window where he stood. He had not heard
her light step but he turned when she was
near. showing the stamp of his better life
in his noble life.
He held out his hand, looked earnestly in
to her face and seeing she spoke only a
happy truth as, taking it, she said:
Il am glad to see YOU
'Leonie," said he. you gave me hope,
three years ago. that has borne me above
temptation and suffering to position
where l am not ashamed to look any
man in the face. Leonie, you babe me-
Blushng slightly, she took up the words
as he paused:
so be a man, John, for my sake"
"And I obeyed you, my love- my darling.
have come for my reward. Leonie loving
you with all the strength of my heart.
daring now to ask for your love in return. u
So society had a ripple of sensation in
fashionable wedding when the son of
Israel Furber. the millionaire $50 the news
papers said. and they know everything).
married Miss Leone Cameron. But onIv
you and I, readers, know the romance Of
that summer in Scranford or how John
F'urber redeemed his manhood for Leonie's
sake.