The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-11

why not?" said l.
Where has he 3een this month
back?"
Busy, doubtless" said /, with a
smile. though l thought my heart would
burst.
You're going with him, maybe"
Where" said l.
She went to the kitchen Goor AMI
beclIoned i'm woman WHO sat there
Dame Coombs. who had come over with
eggs.
Il heard you rightly" she said You
told me Evan Locke and mis- mother
were making ready for a voyage
They're going to Canada. My son,
a carpenter-and a good one, though
say it-made the doctor a box for his
things. The old lady breads the new
country, but she goes for the DOCTORS
sake. There's money to be made there
Il told yo1 So" said grandmother.
Il don't believe it, said /.
They've sold the house and gone 20
Liverpool to take ship; ami you may
find the truth Tor yourself il YOU choose
to take the trouble" said Dame
COOmbs I'm no chatterbox TO tell
falsehoods about my neighbcrs'
And still ! would not believe it until
| had walked across the moor ana had
seen the shutters fast closed and the
about the place. Then / gave up hope.
| went home all pale and trembling,
and sat down al grandmamn as knee
IT'S true said l.
And for the sake IF so false lad
you'll see your grandfather ruined and
break his heart, and leave .ne- that
have nursed you from a babe. widow
! looked at her as she sobbed. and
! found strength to say
f. xt-l,... h.asl
since my own love does not want me-.
And then 1 crept upstairs and sat
down on my bedside, weak as though
had tainted / would have thank ii
heaven for forgetfulness just then, but
it wouldn't come.
The next day Squire Turner was in
the parlor as my accepted'lover. How
pleased he was. and how the color came
back ITto grandfather's old face. And
grannie grew so proud and kind, ana
all the house was aglOw, and only
sad. But / couldn't forget Evan Evan
whom 1 he'd loved so-sailiGg away from
me without a word.
| suppose they all saw ! looked sad
The squire talked of my health. ana
would make me ride with him over the
noors for strength. The old folk said
nothing. They knew what ailed me;
only our little Scotch maid seemed TO
said to me: What ails We, miss? Your
eye is dull and your cheek is pale, and
your Draw grand lover cGnDa make
we smile: We are ma that i'll. either
mo. | am well enough" said /.
She looked q me wistfully.
Gin ye'd tell me your all. L might
tell we a cure she said
But there was no cure for me in this
world, and / couldn't open my heart 70
simple Jennie So the days rolled by.
and / was close on my marriage eve,
and grannie and Dorothy Plume We're
busy with my wedding robes. / wished
it were my shroud they were working
at, instead.
And one night the pain in my heart
grew too great. and ! went out among
the purple heather or the moor and
there knelt down under the stars and
prayed to be taken from the world;
''for how can | live without Evan?''
said.
/ spoke the words aloud. and then
started up in affront. for there at my
side was an elfish little figure, and 1
| heard a cry that at first l scarce
| thought earthly. Yet ii was but Scotch
/ Jennie, who had followed me.
! why do We call for your true love
| now?" she said I'VE sent him fra We
| for sake O. the young squire"
How dare you follow and watch
me?'
/ But she caught my sleeve.
| ''Dinna be veXed' she said. Just
/ bide wee and answer what 1 speer
It's for love of you, for I've seen re
waste like the shaw wreath in the
/ sun sin the squire wooed We. Was it
your will the lad that loved the ground
| we trod on should have his ring again.
! What do Won nean2 said l.
I'll speak gin l lose my place" said
/ Jennie Il rode with the mistress to
| young Doctor Locke's place past the
moor. and there she lighted and gave
him a ring. and what she said / know
not, but it turned him the tint o death,
and said he: There's ma drop o true
bluid i'm a woman gin. she is false.
And he turned to the wall and covered
| his eyes. an your grannie rode home.
| There. tits all / ken--wull It do?
"Ay. Jennie" said /; heaven bless
you,'
And had I wings on my feet 1 could
not have come TO the cottage door
sooner.
I stood before my GRANDMOTHER
! trembling and white, and l said: oh
| don't tell me. grannie. you have cheat
ed me and robbed me of. my true love
! by lie Did you steal the troth ring
| from my neck and give it back &c
! Evan. as if from me? You I've loved
! and honored my life long
She turned scarlet.
''True love!" said she; you've but
one true love now-Squire Turner"
! You have done it," / cried. Its
| written on your face.
! And she looked down at that ard fell
| 10 weeping.
MY own true love was breaking his
heart" she said. My husband and
] had loved for forty years. L did it to
save him. Could ] let q girls fancy
worth nothing, stand i'm my way ana
see him beggar in his ola age? on
| girl. girl"
And then | fell down at her feet like
stone l knew nothing for an hour
or more: but then, when | was better
! and they left me with Jennie, bade
her fetch my hood and cloak and heT
| own. and come with me, and away
/ went across the moor in the starlight
to where the hall windows were ahlaze
with light. and asked the hOusekeepei
/ TO let me see the squire.
She stared at me for my bCldneSS-