The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-09-04
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nette OF eighteen when she taught In
the mountain village OF Greendale.
Harry HayfOrd was a young man OF
untarnished reputation. His honest
blue eyes excited envy in the bosom
OK many lass. and even May LOr.
Ing proud heart thrilled with adj
miration when his rich baritone filed
the church as he led the village choir.
But May had other ideals. She
longed To be real heroine in one Of
HES Wild dramas. She cared for
Harry more than she dared admit. bu,
tried to assure herself that she was
only flirting with him. Harry. ON the
other hand. became deeply in love. AS
they sailed In the moonlight or rode
through the shady woods on Sunday
afternoons he talked necessarily OF
happy days To come. Nav allowed
him 10 talk as he would. She thought
| II romantic 10 hear him thus con
verse.
Summer waned. Soon came the time
for May TO return TO her home Harry
al length grew disturbed May lad
hardly intimated that she cared for
him. and OF late he had sometimes
thought her cold. What could she
mean? He must know. for soon they
must separate. and. oh, would they
part forever? By chance they did not
meet until the day prior TO Mays de-
parture. MAYS cheerful loneliness
soon dispeMed Harry's approximations.
and they wandered through the Wild
wood TO have their farewell talk
Coming 10 a shady dell. MAY sat down
upon knoll. while Harry reclined at
her feet
For the moment Mays heart some
what relented when she realized how
infatuated Harry had become Her
lips trembled and her eyes dropped
Harry Of course noticed the change
He Interpreted IL TO mean more than
il did and passionately exclaimed:
May, oh. May. YOU care for me,
Tell me before we part that you love
me: that youll be minei"
Mays countenance changed. and
there was silence Did he guess that
in her mind was that handsome strang-
or she had met in vacation? What
ever were his thoughts. he remained
silent Like statue he now stood.
gazing upon her dOwncast face
Mays cheek was pallid. bur her
voice was cold aud decisive as az
length she replied.
Your wishes are exorbifant indeed
never can love you"
Again a moment h stood proudly
and then turned aside. saying
Then. Miss Loring. we must part
She saw him disappear among the
trees. The following day they both
left the village. she for her village
home. he for another cline
Mr.. Sidney. with whom MAY had be
come enamored the vacation before.
resumed his attentions as soon as May
reached the village With his easy
manner. elegant address and calmly
STYLE he was MAYS ideal Yet. after
all. there was something about him
that she repulsed Despite her efforts
to dispel thoughts Of Harry her imag.
nation oft.mes turned To him Now
that he was gone she felt his loss. She
often secretly lOnged 10 look into his
mild eyes and then for the moment
disdained the restless demeanOr a
Mr.. Sidney But still the latter fasci-
mated her. and she implicitly trusted
him
Thus a few months passed and too
soon Mr. Sidney was summoned. as NJ
said. 10 his home II was then that
Nav learned that he had fooled her:
that all his charming pretenses had
been false Her tear stained eyes read
the paragraphs where his marriage
with another was announced.
Pain seldom comes singly MAY was
scarcely claimed wher message
came that cut her still more deeply
Harry Hayford. the report read. and
It had every proof. had died in an
explosion in a mine
Poor MAYS last hone vanished
Thoughts of the past were painful. and
to evade them she destroyed every
reminiscence. Removing to another
place. she took up the duties OF pre-
ceptress.
Twelve years passed. bringing little
change. MAYS laughing black eyes be
came serious but they were gentlI
and tender. The children adored her.
Her friends admired her and came 10
her for counsel and advice Felicity
apparently was hers
At last the illness Of her mother re-
called her 70 her native town. She en-.
tered It with aching heart But. ali
she knew not fortune II happened
the house OF a friend During a short
interval that she was left alone she
took mp case OF photographs As she
looked al them her ewes fell on one
that made her heart bound and fut
ter. Old memories were brought
WILDLY back. and without resisting |
the impulse. she pressed the photo /
again and again to her lips
She could not believe that she heard |
and terror seized her The voice SC
strangely familiar now seemed weird |
and unearthly.
Gaining courage. she looked up
Dazed beyond measure. she felt her
brain confuse Painting. she fell into |
Harry Hayford's arms.
When she recovered Of course there
was an explanation. II was another |
Harry HavfOrd that had been killed |