The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-11-29

A THANKSGIVING
LOVE STORY.
by Augusta Prescott.

was lovely autumn day, tw
DAYS before Thanksgiving. The sur
mid with the torrid finger of summer
shohe down upon as fair scene a
ever the village of Mayville had be
held.
AT the gateway of pretty cottage
manu- IN hand. stood n man and a maid
| ne tall as Apollo, slender as "A Greel
Gou, handsome as night. with n won
ueriul dark beauty; she fair as he wa
uark sweet faced, petite and lovely
| yet fearful withal
Yet they We're not happy, for the CIR
had Just spoken the words which
brought the frown of displeasure TO The
brow of the young man.
| No, Erwin. we must say good bye
1t is for the best. Tomorrow mamma
ana l move out OF the dear old house
To so to the city-where | must enru
my bread. If papa had left us rich Il
would have been different: then--we-
on, Erwin!' and the brave voice broke
as the girl leaned her fair head UNION
,he fence In front of the pretty house
and wept, for the first time since her
before.
But tell you. said the young man.
almost angrily, Il shall earn enough
for both-and more"
Your motherr'
"Who cares what mother says? And
in time, Alice, when she knows YOU
better"
she has known me from childhood
and now she says that we must part
you to marry the heiress and | TO 20 to
the city and work. But. oh, | love YOU
Erwin" 80
Say it again, my darling"
Il love you-love you'll love you."
painted the Girl, lifting her head and
almost brushing the young mans
shoulder as she spoke, love YOU bet
ter than all the world. But you must
go. Your mother says"
And before he could speak or pre-
vent her she had dashed through the
gate and up the gravel path and dis
appeared into the house.
ITS n shameF calculated the young
man. but Alice need rot think she
cnn escape me so easily Marry HE
heiress' AZ If | could ever marry any
one else after seeing her sweet face"
AS Erwin Wardman spoke he turned
away from the cottage and walked to-
ward his own handsome home in the
other part of the village DESPITE the
difference in their fortunes the Ward
mans and the Nelson's lad been friends
all their lives and II WIS Understood
that Erwin and Alice would marry
some day. But when Mr.. Nelson died
ltHNlnB ms WIG ana enid almost pen
ntless, the wise ones shook their heads
for well they knew the ambitions oiana
which Mrs. Wardman had cherished
for her son.
High up on n bluff In tn fhes, pafi
of the town lived the Montsieae fam
lily. and every day the livcli.d coach-
maa drove Miss Montague aod her
mother through the town The towns
people knew, and Alice Knew. and all
knew, that Miss Montague hal lacked
with favor upon Handsome Erwin
Wardman, ana II WIS for the hciross
that his mother intended him
Yet Il Win Wardmnn was a man and
might have married the FiI Of his
choice
That evening when Erwin Wardman
went down to call upon Alice he found
her gone and the house Chased
Strange she did not foil me she was
going So soon he muttored. and for
the first time an angry Thought came
into his mind. "'rhnt Mas very onptno
of Alice" said he
Erwin did not know that his mother
had sent word over To the Widow
Nelson and her daughter Alice. offer
Ing them her horses aud wagons for
that afternoon To assist them i'm mov.
ing. Nor did he know that AlIce's
mother had said: perhaps we had
better go to-day instead of to-morrow
daughter, since Mrs Wardman has
been so Kind rs to send her horses and
servants To help us"