Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-08-26
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TWO LOVES.

'Ai'Sc vi ''It'''u"''' anu l'N' an Lax
country SchooIma ANS shc was DeSleEcu
by an army OF sultorS. May declared
these wooers nuisance and 70 secure
their radiance naturally chose one comely
young swain. TO whom she apparently be-
c,,,. unit, dovo+od
H., I1orf,r1 ,,.os vorno man oF
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eyes eAciteu ehN! Ill 'hc poSolh VI H'"hy
lass and even May LorlnSs proud
heart thrilled with admiration when his
rich baritone filed the church us he led
the village choir.
Rut NIov ho1 other ideals. She lonred
tn no q rcoI heroine in ono of Hfo's wild
dran,os Sba c,rnd for Harry mora Than
sbn dorcd admit hut tricd tn assure bcr-
self that ,hn v.os onIy lirtinr With him
Harry on tho other hand Lrromp dcnnlv
In love As thov SAILED in the mnonIirht
mr. rodo tbrnus,b Tho shady woods ON SIN
dov nf+ornoons bo talked necessarily of
hnnnv dovs to cnmn Nav allowed him
tn talk os no would. eha thnnght If ro-
mantle In haor him tbus converse
Summer vonnd soon came thc time
for Nov +o return tn bar homo Harry
ot Ion%tb ,,rnw disturbed Nov had
hardly intimated that She cared for him.
ond If Into ho bod sometimes thou,,bt bcr
cold What conld she moan? lie must
know for soon thrv mnst snnorotc. md
oh vouId thav mart forovrrp nv chance
thav did NOT moot until tba dov nrior ia
NAYS departure. MAYS cheerful lowell
moss soon disnclIod Uorrv's onnrohnn-
sions and they wandered thrnngb the
wildwood 10 have their farewell talk,
Coming 70 shady dell MAY SAT down
unnu a knoll while Harry rcclined ot
her feet
For tho moment MAYS heort somo-
what relcntcd whom she realized how in
fotuotnd Harry had become Her Inns
tremblod and her eyes drooned Harry
Of course noticed the change He inter
pretcd il TO mean more than if did and
nossionotcly excloimed.
"AIav. oh. Nav. Won care for me, Tell
me before we part that Won love me.
that vou'U he mine"
MAYS countenance changed. and there
was silence. Did he ruess that in her
mind was that handsome stranger she
had met in vacation? Whatever were
his thoughts he remained silent Like n
statue he now stood. gazing unon bor
dovncast face.
NAYS cheek was pallid but her voice
was cold and decisive as ot lenrth she
replied;
"Your wishes are exorbitant indeed 7
never can love you."
Arain u moment he stood Droudlv md
then turned aside, saving:
"Then Miss Iorinr. we nust mart"
She saw him disappear among the
trces The following day thev both loft
the village, she for her village home, he
for another CLINE
Mr. Sidney, with whom Nav had he
come enamored the vacation before, re-
sumed his attentions rs soon as Nav
reached the village. With his easy man
ner, elegant address and calmly style he
was NAYS ideal. Yet. after all. there
was something about him that she re-
pulscd Desnite her efforts to disncl
thoughts of Harry her Imagination oft
times turned TO him. Now that he was
gone she felt his loss. She often secretly
lonccd TO look into his mild ewes and
then for the moment disdained thn rest-
less dcmeanor of Mr. Sidney Rut still
the latter fascinated her, and she i'm
plicitlv trusted him
Thus n few months PASSED. and too
soon Mr. Sidney was summoned as no
home III then
learned that he had foilcd her. that nil
his charming pretcnses had been false.
Her tear stained eyes read the nara
graphs where his marriage with another
was announced.
Pain seldom comes sinrlv, Nav was
scarcely colmcd whom n message came
that emf her still moro deenlv Harry
Hayford. the report read. and if had ey
ery proof. had died in an explosion in
mine.
Poor NIoy's last hone vanished
Thoughts of the mast were pninful. and
to evadn them she DESTROYED every remi-
niscence Removing to another MACE she
took m thc dutics of nreccntrcss
Twelve wears passed, bringing little
chance MAYS lauqhino black eyos no
came scrious hut thev wore ,entIe and
tender. The children adorcd her, Her
counsel and advice Felicity onnornnt1v
was hers.
At last the illness of her mother re-
called her to her native town. She on
tered if with aching heart. hut nh. she
knew not fortune, II hapncncd that one
afternoon she was invited 70 the house Of
friend During short interval that
she was left alone she took mn = case of
pbotoprouhs As she looked nt tbnm hor
rvcs reu ON ono thot made hon. hoort
bound and ruttnr OId memories wnrc
brouobt vividIv h,ck and witbout ra-
sistin,, thn imumIeo sbo nro,sod tLo nbo+o
oroin md ,,n;n to bor I'm,
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