Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-08-22
Sold for Naught.
By Mrs. Amelia e. Barr.

Is ny MRS. Amelia e. Barr. "a
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HINDER the shadow Of the laburnum
u trees. crowned with their golden
wealth of blossoms, Eleanor Raby
waited for her lover. And yet few
ould have guessed it, for on her face
Eas the shadow of doubt and per-
lexity, instead of the light of love;
and her irresolute movements be-
trayed q heart i'll at ease.
II am going to be a fool again."
she murmured. "And the worst of it
is. like the folly
And there were few girls who
would not have liked 1.-THE folly" rep
resented by the handsome Antony
Vaughan. Over the heathery hills she
watched him coming now, his great
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 q 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 ''availed
him nothing" while his poverty sat
like Mordecai in the gate. And so
she had determined that, sweet as
these meetings were, this should be
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 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
ence made her for little while ODE
dent to 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
assive in his embrace.
"The thing is impossible, Antony"
le said, sadly, but decidedly. eve
light starve, but we could not live
Gently on s1,50O year. My father
Ps more than double that, and he
yer is able to make both ends of
year agree comfortably. Fortune
bids our banns.''
ooh, Nelly! Nelly! I begin to be-
eve what Frank Foster told me-
tkat you were going to marry that
J old lawyer who has bought poor
Snowdon's estates. Nelly, are you
not going to deny it? Speak quick!
it is not possible, it is not possible!
You cannot be so wicked and so
cruel!' and he held her hands tightly,
and looked fiercely into the fair,
treacherous 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, it was not
- nature to sue. This beautiful
had sold his and her own youth
hopes, and he would not again
b the hand which had taken so
ia a price. She was amazed and
onfounded. OF such love as this she
lad not dreamt. All her intentions
f soothing the parting with kisses,
nd promises of eternal friendship,
l1efted like snow in fire. He would
hone of them-would not take the
profEered kiss, nor see the white, be-
seeching face, nor touch the out
stretched hand. He was gone, in q
storm of outraged and indignant love,
and Eleanor Raby knew very well
TINT in that noble heart her image
was .evermore a fallen and a desc
Grated idol. How wretchedly now the
long, hot summer days went by! And
in the midst of them Antony Vaughan
disappeared 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
an uneasy ghost continually.
Then, when the short, bright DAVIS
\pf September came, the rich man who
I'd bought Eleanor claimed his bar
ain, Ind took it home to the little
palace on Snowdon Heights. A
bishop in lawn and silk ratified the
transaction; her parents made great
feast; the world gave that assurance
Of approval which is powerful as the
! nod Of Joye; but her own heart wills
pered all the time. 'Thou fool"
md when the eclat and excitement
rc all over, when ife's dull, COM
way and dreary intercourse
htened by no stray sunbeam OF
lay stretched in wearying dis
before her, how bitterly she re-