Year: 1859




s through and peeped into the envelope to see
e there was not some hidden word somewher
q but her search was fruitless, and then she r,


read the little sheet and flung it from her an
d leaning her head upon the table burst int
i tears. 1t was only friendly letter inqui
ing after the welfare Of the family and clt
s sing with a few comments on the delghtfl
It Autumn weather, but not a word of himsel
e It was only when Carrie felt her heart boun
: when she saw his handwriting, and turne
e faint and disappointed when she could find n
q word OF. affection to rest upon, that she kne'
: what she thought of Summers and what ha,
! made everything SO wearying since he left
After the first moment of keen bliss as tb
knowledge of his love rushed upon her, accom-
panied by the remembrance of his perseverin!
affection, came the terrible though that ..sh
t had lost him forever by her willfulness. Tfhel
pride led her to resolve that he should neve
: know Of this new found love in her heart
He will never come back, know, for he sait
we were to be strangers forever" she thought
and again her head dropped upon the claspet


hands and the tears fell fast into her lap. " but
III teach him that l am not going to coax


him back" she said, and crossing the room


and turning writing table down vehemently


placed dainty little sheet before her and


wrote with great rapidity as she sat bolt up


right in her chair, her eyes flashing through


the tears A short note was written and seal


ed in an immaculate envelop, and then she
drew on a large sun-bonnet to conceal her tear


stained face, and glided down the back stairs,


and out to the barn unseen, and gave it to the


stable boy with directions to get on a horse


and carry it to the Office, "and remember,


Toni," she said holding up her finger, "you


are never to tell any one that / sent you with


a letter." After watching the boy until the


trees hid him from her sight, she turned to-


wards the house feeling that she had closed the
gates of paradise against herself The third
day after she sent her reply to Mr.. Summers
she rose very early in the morning, and went
| down stairs. and sat on the edge of the piazza,
feeling as we all sometimes feel--that the sun


will never rise III our hearts again, and that
/ life is weary load. which we have come in
| possession of without our own consent, and


which We cannot lay down unbidden. No one
was up in the house and she sat there undis-
| turbed with her own bitter thoughts. Half an
hour passed, when heavy football on the
gravel caused her to turn her head, and she
| would have fed through the open door into the
house, as she saw Summers coming towards
her with the bride of his horse thrown over
his arm, if she had not feared that so unusual
proceeding on her part would give him a
clue to her feelings. So she sat very still stri-
wing to master her emotions. as he nodded her
smiling good morning, while he was tying
his horse to post. He sat down by her side,
f7Io oE ~, I.
dress that lay on the ground, and taking from
his pocket-book the note she had sent him, held
it in both hands between his knees. and asked
her if she had ever seen it before. The blood
rushed hot TO her face as she tried snatch It
from him, but he held it aloft


Come Carrie, let us see what sort of
thing it is: Sir reading from the note
now don't you think that rather cool consid-
ering our long acquaintance you might have
said dear sir, at least. Even business men use
that much courtesy-but let us go on" he
said turning to her with IA provoking smile,
while she had to exert herself to the utmost to
keep from crying. So have just received
letter from you enquiring of the health of the
family. am happy to inform you that we
are all usually WE'LL That ,ras good news
!
though you had fever. Comment on your
audacity rather bard that in presuming
to write to me after our last conversation, is F.!
unnecessary Oh, Carrie! how could you ?
you might have spared poor heart-broken
fellow such thrust" She Sprang to catch I
the unlucky note, and again it was held from ,
her reach, and Summers broke into clear, |
manly laugh. and as he felt the skirt pulled un-
der his foot glanced down to see pair of lit |
tie white hands, straining to free the dress, but
she desisted the moment she was observed and |
settled back in her seat as though resigned to |
everything. And now just hear the closing, |
respectfully yours, Caroline Dayton does :
not that cap the climax? | never knew a !
Caroline Dayton, there is an elfsh Carrie, that /
never was respectful to any one. o, what a |
rebuke, and what freezing dignity there is in
that respectfully, Caroline Dayton A |
voice was heard behind them Just then, and i
Summers rose to grasp the extended hand of
old Mr.. Dayton, and Carrie fed to the garden |
At breakfast close observer would have seen
that her eyes were little red, but she kept |
them confined to her own plate. and did not
open her lips to speak a word. When they ad-
journed to the sitting-room, she took little
chair close by her mother and piled her needle |
with great rapidity, internally berating herself
for being such a goose, angry that her habitual
vivacity was gone, and not daring to say
word for fear her voice would betray her heart.
She listened to the conversation on theology
and politics long time without raising her
eyes, and then she stole a look at Mr.. Summers
He stood about midway between her and her
father intently regarding her bowed face
She saw the amused, wondering smile that par
ted his lips, and hastily dropping her sewing,
left the room, without looking higher, and no
ticing the large earnest eyes moist with tears
that gazed upon her with yearning tenderness.
She avoided the windows that side of the
house and by circuitous route reached dense
grove, and here half an hour afterwards Sum-
mers found her crying bitterly. He approach
ed, without her hearing him, and taking hold of
her hands removed them from her face. She
looked hastily up and turned her head away as
she strove to free herself.


Do you wish to leave me, Carrie ?" he
asked in low voice.


Yes, l do. You know you have come only
to laugh at me. Let me go, you have tormen-
ted me enough for one day"


Dut TWO Po"eilh dFhis "eIe lnToNn aTouno
her, and her head was laid upon broad chest
that heaved with the beating heart beneath.


Forgive me Carrie" said Summers after a
long silence, Z" if have seemed unkind, but
when left you few weeks ago, as took
last look from your eyes, saw my image in
your heart knew that you was ignorant of it,
and that only by leaving you entirely alone
would you come to knowledge of your love.
God forgive me did not think it would wear
upon your health and steal the roses from your
cheeks in this way" One would not suppose