The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

Nobody else shall know of 1t. Either do this or tell me you've been lying and she can never be my wife"
 Poor, weak Arthur! The easiest way out of the difficulty was the right one for him. always; so he promised. The next day he sent letter to Adam, in closing one for Hetty. Then he made some good resolutions again and fode away to join his regiment.
 It was but a militia regiment, but a person In whom the people of Hay slope took only minor interest. and for whom they had hearty contempt, known to them as "Boney," was top bling thrones and empires down just then and even the militia regiments were under arms in England. The pre- tensions of this "Boney" had been ridic- ulous enough before, but now that Captain Donnithorne had joined his regiment they became too absurd to talk about.
 Adam gave Arthur's letter to Hetty and spoke sternly to her concerning what he had seen in the Chase. The girl put the letter in her pocket lit- tie suspecting its tenor, and seemed only concerned that Adam should mot tell'-whlch he promised.
 That night in the privacy of her room. Hetty read the letter and nll her air castles tumbled in R hideous ruin around her. Arthur wrote that they must try and not feel like lovers any more: that the difference in their stations precluded all idea of marriage; they never could be as they would like to be to each other, but that If any trouble should come which they did not then foresee' she could trust him to do all that lay in his power For her.
 The poor girl read and reread the letter. It was hard for her to grasp all at once the fact that Arthur had cast her off. She had been 80 sure that he would make a lady of her" Now she saw only the dull, hateful routine of her life on the farm, or us the wife of some working man. stretch ing out before her as long as she should live.
 She sat sobbing and shivering far into the night and then threw herself on the bed and slept from sheer eX- haustion. Her first idea upon awaken ing the next morning was that Bhe must go away from there. She must go mewhere-anywhe-e life hence forth in that dull routine was not to be borne. She would welcome any change now-even marriage with Adam would afford some relief.
 So when Adam came ngain to sit with Martin Poyser, Hetty greeted him with a gentle smile which set the big mans S heart DedIln2 NloleHliy' AItHui was right after all it had been but A fit of flirting" and had ended with Arthur's departure. It was he, Adam whom Hetty loved; he saw it in Il thou sand looks and signs--just as Samson saw the love of Delilah when he looked into her eyes and as Hercules felt Omphale's at pressure of her little hand
 Thus in a few weeks 1t came about that Adam and Hetty were engaged and the big carpenter was happier than he had even dared to hope he would be As the time of the wedding came hear there was only one cloud in Adam $ sunshine. Hetty seemed sad nt times, She went about her household duties in q subdued manner. doing her work patiently and thoroughly, but sadly. She is trying to show thee what Il good house wife she'll make" raid Martin Poyser tocularly to the lover
 One day Hetty went over to Freddie ston to get some of the wedding things she had forgotten to buy Tt was easy to know they were not for the outside" Mrs Poyser remarked, "or she would have remembered them fast enough" It was a bright February morning and the frost was on the hedgerows
 Hetty turned off from the highway across the fields; she wanted to be where she could walk slowly and not care how her face looked as she dwelt on wretched thoughts. On the low ground was dark, shrouded pool Full with the winter rains. Ehe rat down on the bank and gazed fixedly into the black waters. She had thought of this pool often in the ntghta of tho month