The Elbert County tribune., 1900-06-21
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:. bis love ioi
= : ,orret ar 1t, a trouble SO dark
:, fsee his mothers gentle
,.,sbJe = he locks in his own
N. day by day the end comes
- n he told Barbara she
Understand. Racing debts
,.'orv notes would be Greek
- her. But by degrees
..omes graver and quieter;
!. smIle is forced sometimes.
s,bt-hearted gaiety seems to
- -.,sd him. And then Mrs.
hlls ill-so i'll that any
worry might be falkland
4: and looks at her with a
4, throat and wet eyes. And
ssart is breaking with his
IN. sea of debt is engulf-
In a month a bill for one
,ouuds falls due, and he has
n meet 1t with, his own al
anticipated long ago. and the
rho might have helped him
> III to care now.
acltement," the doctors say.
~, shock would prove fatal"
-,nder George Bouverie looks
=. .,d his face has drawn,
.ok Dlshonor is an ugly word.
M is what it will mean. The
no had helped him into the
Viii not help him out of it. He
4, tbe country. and George has
r It all alone.
10 get hundred pounds? That
orobIem that haunts George
Ia with a sick agony Of uneasi-
n,t will not be quieted. 1t is
there-the certainty of ruin
y shame of It is horrible.
N. borrowed to pay his racing
II seemed so easy at the time.
ire months seemed such a long
He would be sure to have a
lrck and be able to pay. But
d who had lent him his name
ne and George has no means of
rrg hundred pounds. With a
4 heart, he remembers with a
tsat scorches his cheek that his
ii income is very slender. She
tsn nearly all to him, saying.
sweet, lovable way:
,t can an old woman like me
A young man must have pocket
be had only been harder on me
was a little chap" groans
now, realizing too late that his
ny has not been a good way.
Brbara cannot comfort him
rinter has worn itself away and
has come-March that has more
by witching of April than the
solsterous month that proverbi-
Etsrs as a lion.
10 answer from Tasmania.
lt Sayllle also mean to ignore
spgement? 1t were hard to say,
! looks like it.
D Bouyerie slowly creeps back
ns borders of the shadow land,
tenr kecpo his misery to him
sias the day of reckoning draws
|g and nearer.
tlT the lovers have met. Bar
is ridden over on her bicycle to
~ Mrs. Bouverie. and George
with her down the avenue. Bar
annot fail to notice his detected
~ the look of trouble that
ne sunshine from his face.
stand together in the sunshine
u light falls on their young
and out across the lawn the
ans touch the daffodils.
para looks at them with a smile.
llFays think OF Wordsworth's 5
she says. and quotes them
sayes beside them danced; but
hey
ah the sparkling waves in glee.
could not but be gay
iaeh iocund company.
and gazed. but little thought
wealth the show to me had
brought"
fise only sighs.
nlps her hand into his as he
her bicycle beside her.
III George, it must have been
an anxious time for you; but
-o'ner is better. really better,
|'s he says, moodily looking with
as eyes at the nodding, dancing
As, and drawing another long
iaeh his eyes rest on her face
sudden agony of regret she can
-'aia, my darling. I am not
|, ol you!" he exclaims, in a voice
4 geaks q of desperation.
= = llls sweet, smiling eyes.
y must not say that. George:
~. .s'' why do you look so un-
i. any help it," he bursts out.
|, ~ l am a most unlucky fell
i, si, s 1t would be better for you
4 4 never saw me again"
4 4 .OOks half frightened. but her
ls..s ssps closer into his palm.
NJ, :. ISN'T any fresh trouble, is
,r,,a 'ae asks, noting all at once the
y" ~ look in his face.
NJ M. he tells her suddenly and
ii i, I. Almost roughly. making the
nI,.,. :. almost in his self-reproach
fipr /, ~ sparlng himself nothing,
&. a'' out in whirlwind OF de-
Nov v.,.
Il o-o,'. sSa Know the sort of man you
/ ised ,nSs. to marry" he SAYS.
'ruaea r. ferceness. "A gambler
a,snaie Sa,noier who cannot meet his
I'd h,, No Bouverie ever dis
Setis, Selt like that before. You
l yon. say good-by to me, Bar
batch SOar ~. aunt was right-I am not
!. '''' cheeks are pale enough
!. sss "a Leans leans the bicycle against a
Iood, vs" aus her across the grass to
Isather,yn mere ,a'e. the green moss grows
re her. ,uits aut like sofa pillows, and
Ing s' its ant and there the celandine is
BIRDS Is ,l's slD's.slias springiihe siae'aa face' ss
world srs The air with song. All