The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-12-27

fecred BY MS desertion of her and hlA
Irritation with her sister. She was stand
ing a little apart from any one. and with
her elbow resting upon marble stand
her cheeks flushed, and her eyeashes
moist with the tears she dare not she'd
she was watching with feelings in which
more of real pain than jealousy was min
gled, for Ella was weak and simple
hearted, and loved Henry Lincoln far
better than such as he deserved to be
loved.
"Of what are you thinking. Ella 2"
asked Rose, who finding herself nearly
alone, felt willing to converse with al
most anyone.
! At the sound Of her voice Ella looked
up, and coming quickly to her side, said:
It's so duh and lonesome here, | wish
I'd stayed at home.'
In her heart Rose wished so, too but
she was too proud to acknowledge it,
| and feeling unusually kind toward Ella,
/ whose uneasiness she readily understood,
she replied: "0h, | see you are jealous
of Henry, but he's only trying to tease
you. for he can't be interested in that
awkward thing
But he is, l almost know he is" re-
turned ella, with trembling of the
voice she tried in vain to subdue; and
then, fearing she could not longer re-
strain her emotion, she suddenly broke
away from Rose, and ran hastily up to
the dressing-room.
Nothing OF all this escaped Henry
quick eye, and as sundry unpaid bills
came looming up before his mind, he
thought proper to make some amends
for his neglect Accordingly, when ella
returned to the drawing room he offered
her his arm, asking: what made her
eyes so red" and slyly pressing her hand
when she averted her face, saying:
"Nothing-they weren't red"
Meantime, William Bender, having
managed to drop Jenny from his arm, had
asked Mary to accompany him to the con-
servatory. AS they stood together, adj
miring rare exotic, Williams manner
suddenly changed and drawing Mary
closer to his side, he said distinctly,
though hurriedly: 81 notice, Mary, that
you seem embarrassed in my presence,
and | have therefore, sought this oppor-
tunity to assure you that l shall not again
distress you by a declaration of love,
which, IL returned, would now give me
more pain than pleasure, for as | told
you at Mr.. Selden's, l am changed in
more respects than one. 1t cost me a
bitter struggle to give you up, but rea-
son and judgment finally conquered, and
now l can calmly think of you as some
time belonging to another, and with all
brothers confidence can tell you that
|, too, love another-not as once | loved
you, for that would be impossible, but
with a calmer, more rational love"
All this time Mary had not spoken,
though the hand which William had TAX
en- in his trembled like an imprisoned
bird but when he came to speak of low
ing another she involuntariy raised his
hand to her lips, exclaiming, cts Jenny,
it's Jennyw
you have guessed rightly" returned
William, smiling at the earnestness of
her manner. "It is Jenny, though how
such a state of things ever came about is
more than can tell you"
Fearing that they might be missed, they
at last returned to the parlor, where
they found Ella seated at the piano, play
ing a very spirited polka. Henry, who
boasted he could wind her around his
little finger" had succeeded In coaxing
her into good humor, but not at all de-
string her company for the rest of the
! evening, he asked her to play as the easi-
| est way to be rid of her. When she look
ed around for commentator from the
one for whose ear alone she had played
she saw him across the room wholly enj
crossed with her sister.
Poor Ellal it was with the saddest
heartache she had ever known that she
returned from a party which had prom.
ised her so much pleasure, and which
had given her so much pain. Rose, too,
was utterly disappointed. One by one
her old admirers had left her for the so
ciety of the "pauper," as she secretly
styled Mary, and more than once during
the evening had she heard the beauty
and "grace" of her rival extolled by
those for whose opinion she cared the
most; and when at o'clock in the morn
Ing she threw herself exhausted upon
the sofa, she declared, "'twas the last
party she'd ever attend"
Alas, for thee, Rosei that declaration
prauad too trI1af