The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-02-10
STORY AND SEQUEL

MuMNto WOuiNt thOAOD1s 10 CotLnh
cd.
The sweetest verses at our con
mand we're carefully pennet
addressed to our respective sweet
hearts, Harry Mason and Fran
Maury, and given to a servant I
mail. In spite of many assul
ances that he would deposit ther
safely in the post office, for Greer
vile had no free delivery then
he lost the one intended for Harry
Frank got his, showed it to Harr.
and joked him because he had no
received one, also.
''That evening l saw Harry VIII
coldly inquired if / had not writ
ten Franks valentine. He sai'
that although / had tried to dis
guise my writing that he was ia
miliar enough with it to recognize
it wherever he saw it.
'sVexed by Harry's changed
manner and unaware that my mes
sage of love- had fallen by thu
wayside ! assumed an Indifferent
air and not only admitted that
was guilty, as accused, but i'm
piled that the sentiments express
ed were written in good faith an(
/ hoped they would be likewise &C
cepted, as few of nv gentlemen
friends occupied as high a place
in my esteem as frank Maury
Moreover considered it my af
fair and hoped he would give him
self no further concern about 1t.
"Of course a broken engage
ment was the inevitable result.
Harry went away angry and never
came back. Soon after this he
went to a northern city. The
next newsI had of him he had
entered the Naval School at An
napolis. The four years cruise
succeeded at the end of which he
settled down in Cuba"
"And have you never seen him,
since 2" asked Minnie.
''No; / never saw him again
after that evening, and that was
many years ago.
"And now girls you can under
stand why l advised you not to
send that comic valentine to Joe
Henderson. Little Jokes some
times result in very serious trouble.
A Vigorous peal of the door bell
put an end to further conversation
on the subject.
'It's Miss Newell sending for
her dress !" exclaimed Cora, point
ing to neatly done up package on
the table.
go see who it 49," said Miss
Ellen.
"Who is it 2" asked Minnie,
eagerly, when Cora returned.
"A tall man who asked me to
give Aunt Ellen this card"
'sMr. Palmer's lawyer, / guess"
sighed Minnie.
Light the lamp, dear, the fire
has burned so low | cant make it
out" said Miss Ellen.
The lamp was hastily lighted
and both girls looked over Miss
Ellen's shoulder, at the card, upon
which was inscribed the name of
Harry Mason"
All three were equally astounded
at the singular coincidence. Cora
who was the first to recover, re-
turned to usher the stranger into
the PLAN, little sitting room,
while Minnie helped Miss Ellen
put few extra touches to her al
ready neat toilet.
The scene which followed can
be better imagined than described.
Cora slipped out. quietly, leav-
ing the long separated lovers to
themselves, while she and Minnie
discussed Miss Ellen's story and
its strange sequel, in all of its
phases.
At last-after what seemed
small eternity to the anxious girls,
out in fact only an hour-Miss
ellen returned and gave them the
substance of the interview.
Fully assured of her unfaith-
with the rashness of youth,
Harry had resolved to shake the
lust of Mississippi from his feet,
After finishing his
areer at school and serving the
equisite number or years in the
Navy, he pitched his tent in Cuba,
where he engaged in the sugar in
Iustry. Fortune smiled on him;
mt he was not happy. He was
ute alone in the world with no
ear ones to share in, or feel es-
interested in his success.
Important business had called him
!, New Orleans where he, accidentally,
let his old friend and supposed rival
Frank Maury-who was still resi-
emit of Greenville, and who, many r
ears before, had been happily married !
Emma Payne. t
Frank at once set about to repair the /
rong which had so innocently been i
me. After a thorough explanation i
> told Harry of Miss Ellen's secluded +
re; of her struggles to maintain her. i
If and her two orphaned nieces; and
ter this it required very little per-
ason to induce Harry to return with
m to Greenville.
It was late in the afternoon of the
tn of February when the "City of
ew Orleans on which our friends