Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-23


thought was busily at work. He could
not bestir himself; he had no energy for
that now; but he could marry Ella Camp
bell, whose wealth would keep him in
the position he now occupied, besides
supplying many of Roses wants.
Cursing the fate which had reduced
him to such an extremity, toward the
dusk Of evening Henry started for Mrs.
Campbell's. Lights were burning in the
parlor, and as the curtains were drawn
back he could see through the partially
opened shutter that Ella was alone. Re-
clining in a large sofa chair, she sat,
leaning upon her elbow, the soft curls Of
her brown hair falling over her white
arm, which the full blue cashmere sleeve
exposed to view. She seemed deeply
/ engaged in thought, and never before had
she looked so lovely to Henry, who as
he gazed upon her felt glow of pride in
thinking that fair young girl could be his
for the asking.
"And SO my little pet is Alone" said
he, coming forward, and raising to his
lips the dainty fingers which Ella extend
ed toward him. 81 hope the old aunty is
out" he continued, ''for l want to see
you on special business
Ella noticed how excited he appeared,
and always on the alert for something
when he was with her, she began to
tremble, and without knowing what she
said asked him what he wanted of her"
'Zounds" thought Henry, "she meets
me more than half way" and then, lest
his resolution should fail, he reseated her
in the chair she had left, and drawing an
ottoman to her side hastily told her of
his love, ending his declaration by saying
that from the first time he saw her he
had determined that she should be his
wife! And Ella, wholly deceived, allow
ed her head to droop upon his shoulder,
while she whispered to him her answer.
Thus they were betrothed-Henry Lin
coin and Ella Campbell.
"Glad am 1 to be out of that atmos-
phere," thought the newly engaged young
man, as he reached the open air, and be-
gan to breathe more freely. Goodness
| me, won't l lead glorious life? Now,
if she'd only hung back little-but no,
she said yes, before fairly got the words
out; but money coyereth a multitude of
sins-I beg your pardon, man am, said
| he quickly, as he became conscious of
having rudely jostled young lad y, who
/
Looking up, he met Mary Howard's
large dark eyes fixed rather inquiringly
upon him. She was accompanied by one
Of Mr.. Selden's servants, and he felt
sure she was going. to visit her sister. OF
| course, Ella would tell her all, and what
| must Mary think of one who could so
soon repeat his VOWS of love to another!
In all the world there was not an indi-
vidual for whose good opinion Henry Lin
| coin cared one-half SO much as for Mary
| Howard's; and the thought that he
| should now surely lose it maddened him.
The resolution of the morning was for
gotten, and that night a fond father
watched and wept over his inebriate son.
CHAPTER XVIII.
From one of the luxuriously furnished
chambers of her fathers elegant mansion
Jenny Lincoln looked mournfully out up
on the thick, angry clouds which, the live
long day, had obscured the winter sky
Dreamily for while she listened to the
patter of the rain as it fell upon the de-
| serted pavement below, and then, with a
long, deep sigh, she turned away and
wept. Poor Jenny! the day was rainy
and dark and dreary,. but darker far were
the shadows stealing over her pathway.
Turn which way she would there was not
one ray of sunshine which even her buoy
ant spirits could gather from the sur
rounding gloom. Her only sister was
slowly but surely dying, and when Jenny
thought of this she felt that if Rose could
only live she'd try and bear the rest; try
to forget how much she loved William
! Bender, who that morning had honora hIv