The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-23

HINDER the shadow of the laburnum
II trees, crowned with their golden
wealth of blossoms, Eleanor Raby
waited for her lover. And yet few
would have guessed it. for on her face
was lie shadow of doubt and per-
peNity instead of the light Of love;
and her irresolute movements be-
trayed heart i'll ut ease.
Il am going to be a fool again."
she miirmured. "And the worst OF il
"a. likc the folly"
And there We're few girls who
would not have liked 'the folly" rep
resented hv the handsome Antony
Vaughan. Over the hcathery hills she
watched linn coming now, his great
Nlach Horse deyouring the distance
between them in long swinging
f'riaes, stopping neither "for brake
nor for stonc." and taking the low
garden wall in well-distanced leap,
which brought him almost to her
side. lately and handsome, brave
ana gentle, read in all the learning
of the schools, what more could
Eleanor want? All these "avaied
him nothing" while his poverty sat
likc M0rdecai in the gate. And so
She lad determined that, sweet as
these meetings were, this should be
The last; for this woman had the ma
furc Of Dian in the form of Venus.
and not for love was she going to
saeri.ice the more tangible benefits
Of gold and position. Still, with his
arms around her, and whispered
words Of endearment trembling from
his lips to hers, it was hard to tell
him SO. The intoxication of his pres
cnce made her for a little while ODE
dent 10 the dignity within her; but
when he began to speak of definite
engagement and certain marriage
day. however distant, she broke at
once the spell which had held her
passive in his embrace.
THE thing is impossible, Antony"
She said. sadly. but decidedly. eve
might starve, but we could not live
deccnily on $500 year. My father
has more than double that, and he
never is able to make both ends Of
The year agree comfortably. Fortune
forbids our banns."
"Oh, Nelly, Nelly, begin to be-
leve what Frank Foster told me-
that you were going to marry that
old lawyer who has bought poor
Snowdon's estates. Nelly, are You
not going to deny it? Speak quick
i is not possible, it is not possible!
you cannot be so wicked and so
crucl'" and he held her hands tightly,
and looked ficrcely into the fair.
trcachcrous face. Little comfort
there; only cold defiance that, like
polished steel, flung him back the
passionate love amazement that al
most stabbed her like wound. Once
convinced Of her falseness, II was not
IN his nature to sue. This beautiful
Judas had sold his and her own youth
and hopes, and he would not again
touch the hand which had taken so
ioul a price. She was amazed and
confoundcd. OF such love as this she
had not dreamt. All her intentions
OF soothing the parting with kisses.
and promises Of eternal friendship,
melted like snow in fire. He would
none ~ them-would not take the
pfoiiercd kiss. nor see the white, be-
Seching face, nor touch the out
stretched hand. lie was gone, in .
storm Of outraged and indignant love,
ana Eleanor Raby knew very well
mat IN that noble heart her image
was cVcrmorc fallen and desc
grated idol. How wrctchcdly now the
,ohg' hot summer days went by! And
"a me midst of them Antony Vaughan
disappeared from all his old haunts.
some said he had gone to Indin, 9TH
,ers to America; but all soon forgot
MN except the cold, proud woman,
y whose memory he wandered like
an uneasy ghost continually.
men, when the short, bright days
~ september came, the rich man who
''u bought Eleanor claimed his bar
gam, and took il home to the little
palace on Snowdon Heights. A
"'Snop IN lawn and silk ratified the
Transaction; her parents made great
1,"S'' the world gave that assurance
Z approval which 10 powerful AZ the
.iou * Jove; but her own heart whis-
pred all the time. "Thou fool!"
Nnd when the cclat and excitement
"'fe al over. when lifs's dull. com
i n way and drcary intercourse
,'Entened by no stray sunbeam Of
49, ny stretched in wcarying dis
Aoe before her. how bitterly she ~