Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-03-21


was humblcd. and winding my arms
ABOUT her neck. | asked forgiveness for
the marsh words l had spoken, and she
iorgave me, for she meant to do right,
ana II sometimes slp erred 1t was owing
more to weakness of the fesh than an
unwillingness of the spirit. In the midst
OF our excitement Tom Wilson was ush-
cred IN. He had returned III tile same
train which brought the letter. and had
| come to give us any further information
which we might be DESTROYS of knowing.
when VIII Herbert come home!' was
my aunts first question, her whole man
licr indicating how much interest she felt
Ill the answer. 40,
Not very soon' returned Tom. lie
Is tired oil tne city, he says ana besides
that ne Wishes TO avoid the unpleasant
rci'VrNs MS eiopemeht VIII necessarily
OCCASION
more Iike ne wishes to AVOID INTRO
aucng MS pride into society. when lie
SHOWS nus ITO WISH 10 receive her' NUT
'erru Ada.
ION paiu no attention TO TINS spiteiui
speech. but continued, He has drawn
,lls money from the bank, ana win II he
INTENDS purchasing a farm Ill thc west
err, phrt Oh New hork'
An admirable plnn,' again interrupt
ca ada. Ihat lie. girl is just calcn-
'",cu ior farmers wiie'
taken alone there was nothing par
tieuiariy disagreeable III the three words
that Lee girl but spoken by Ada Mon
trose tney sounded ihsu!tingly, anu ,vcry
,ime she uttered them l feit my blood
DOLL ior l. 100, was Lee girl, anu
wee sure she included me IN the same
con,einp,nous category. AS Herbert had
sa'a, l did not think the disappointment
would break her heart. She was too an.
r"y Tor that, ana l believe now, as l did
men, that most OF her feeling arose from
the mortihcation OF knowing that poor
country GIRL, as she called Anna, was
preferred to herself. For half IN hour
or more Tom Wilson and my aunt con-
Versed together, she asking him at least
oozen times III he did not think Her
peri could be induced to return" At
laat' with Iuivering lips and fiushc"
cneekS' US u COST her PRIZE u great
euor., sue sa'u' VI course ! mean Anna
. .vo' w"en speaK Oh herperts return.
o.c 10 "is WIG, 20" say, una thoush
ah'sn. pe,n"ps WISH II ",nerwisc, IL can.
nv. nov pe heipcu' ana IL nc only wonid
s1,ic p"ce u me- shouiu rove her Tor
"S s"he.
III III. ne"rt ! p'ss'u her Tor thesc
worus' ana mentaily resolved TO leave no
fugitivcs back. But il could not be. Her.
bert was decided. he said. lie meant TO
be farmer and live In the country, add.
ing what he knew would silence his moth.
or sooner than aught else he could say.
that temptations for him TO drink were
fur greater In the city than In the coun.
try, and II was for this reason partly
that he preferred living In the latter
place."
And no my aunt yielded the point: but
from the day Of her sons desertion there
was In her n perccptiblc change. Far
oftener was she. found In the house Of
prayer, aud less frequently was she seen
In places of amusement. while more than
once heard her In secret asking that her
Maynard boy might be shielded from the
great temptation.
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"Sunny Bank Station! Sion FIVE min.
utes for rcfrcshmcntsr shoutcd Tho CON.
ductor; and al:yhtiny from the noisy.
crowded cars. | stood ONCE moro In nv
own native town. gazing with n feeling
of delight upon tho hills. dotted over
with the old.fashioned rnble.roofed
houses, and upon the green, grassy mend.
ow, through which rolled the blue wat.
ers. had not stood thus long when n
broad hand was laid upon my shoulder.
and the next instant my arms were
around the neck of my father, who. |