The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-10-24
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By Mrs. Amelia 4. Barr.

HINDER the shadow Of the laburnur
- trees. crowned with their poidct
wealth of blossoms, Eleanor Rab,
waited for her lover. And yet fev
would have guessed IL. for on her fac
was the shadow of doubt and per
pIexity, instead of the light of love
and her irresolute movements he
trnyed heart i'll at ease.
Il am going to be n fool again.
she murmurcd. "And the worst of Il
is, j like the folly"
And there were few girls who
would not have liked "thc folly" rep
resented by the handsome Anton,
vaughan. Over the heathery hills she
watched him coming now, his grea,
black horse devouring the distance
between them in long swinging
strides. stopping neither "for brake
nor for stone" and taking the low
garden wall In well-distanced leap,
which brought him almost to her
side. Stately and handsome. brave
and gentle. read In all the learning
of the schools, what more could
Eleanor want? All these ..avnilcd
him nothing" while his poverty sat
like n Morsiecai In the gate. And so
she had determined that. sweet as
these meetings were, this should he
the last; for this woman had the ma
ture of Dian in the form of Venus,
and not for love was she going to
sacrifice the more tangible benefit =
of gold .nnd position. Still, with his
arms around her, and whispered
words of cndearment trembling from
his lips to hers. IL was hard to tell
him so. The intoxication of his pres
cncc made her for u little while obe-
dient TO the dignity within her: but
when he began 10 speak OF definite
engagement and q certain marriage
day, however distant. she broke at
once the spell which had held her
passive In his embrace.
"The thing Is impossible, Antony"
Ehe said, sadly. hut decidedly. ave
might etarve. but we could not live
decently on si.5O0 year. My father
Inns more than double that. and he
never In able to make both ends of
the year agree comfortably. Fortune
forbids our banns."
"Oh. Nelly! Nelly! l begin to be-
lieve what Frank Foster told me
that you were going to marry that
old lawyer who has bought poor
Snowsion's estates. Nelly, ARE you
not going To deny Il? Speak quick!
u In not possible, u IL not possible!
you cannot he so wicked and so
cruel!" aud he held her hands tightly,
and looked fierccly into the fair.
trencherous face. Little comfort
there: only n cold y,iiance that. like
polished steel. flung him back the
passionate love nmazcmcnt that al
most stabbed her like u wound. Once
convinced of her falseness. Il was not
In his nature to sue. This beautiful
Judas had sold his ana her own youth
ana hopes. and he would not again
touch the hand which had taken so
foul n price. She was amazed and
or such love as this she
had not dreamt. All her intentions
OF soothing the parting with kisses,
nnd promises Of eternal friendship,
melted like snow In fire. lie would
none OF them-would not take the
proifered kiss, nor see the white, be-
sceching face, nor touch the out
stretched hand. lie was gone, In
storm OF outraged and indignant love,
md Eleanor Raby knew very well
thnt In that noble heart her image
was eyermore fallen and a desc
Grated idol. How wretchedly now the
long, hot summer days went by! And
In the midst Of them Antony Vaughan
from all his old haunts.
Some said he had gone TO India, 9TH
ers To America; but all soon forgot
him except the cold, proud woman,
In whose memory he wandered like
mn uneasy ghost continually.
Then. when the short. bright days
of September came, the rich man who
had bought Eleanor claimed his bar
gsin. and took II home to the little
palace ON Snowdon Heights. A
bishop In lawn and silk ratified the
her parents made great
'suHts thc Woru PuNc thut ussuTuHct
pf approval which Is powerful ms the
nod Of Jove; but her own heart whis-
pered all the time, "Tbou fool!"
And when the cclat and excitement
WE'RE all over. when lifc's duh, COM
mon way aud drcnry intercourse
frightened by no stray sunbeam Of
|"ve-Iay stretched In wenrying dis
|ance before her. how bitterly she re-
nIIcd the golden spring time Under
|he labnrnnms, when love glorIhed |
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