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Newspaper Page TextTHE KBW AGE, PORTLAND, OBEGrON. nnnounncc s nAi apc CU AFTER XXI.-'Contlnucd.) DnyH piistuil on, and at last rumors readied Kiln that Henry wns constant In lilt) nttenilntieo upon the proud Southern lirniity, whose fortune wns mined by hundreds of thousands. At first ulic re fused to believe It, but when Mary nnd Jenny both nssured her It wns true, nnd when she herself hnd ocular demonstra tion of the fact, she Rave wny to one Ioiib lit of weeping, nnd then, drying her eyes, declared thnt Henry Lincoln should nee "that she would not die for him." Still n minute observer could easily have seen that her gnycty wns feigned, for she had loved Henry Lincoln ns sin cerely as she was capable of loving, and not even George Morelnnd, who treated her with his old boyish familiarity, could make her for a moment forget one who now passed her coldly by, or listened pns hlvely while the sarcastic Kvron Hern don likened her to a waxen Image, lit only for n glass easel Toward the last of April Mrs. Mason nnd Mary returned to their old home lu the country. On Kiln's account Mrs. Campbell had decided to remain lu the city during a port of the summer, and she labored hard to keep Mnry nlso. Mary promised, however, to spend tho next winter with her nunt, who wept nt parting with her more than sho would probably have done hnd It been Kiln. Mary had partially engaged to touch tho Helmut In Hlcu Corner, but (Jeoige, us miming a kind of nutliorlty over her, de clared shu should uot. "I don't want your eyes to grow dim nnd your cheeks palv In thnt little, pent up room," said he. "You know I've been there nnd seen for myself." Mary colored, for George's mnnner of lute hnd puzzled her, and Jenny hnd more than onco whispered lu her ear, "I know George loves you, for he looks nt you Just us William does at me, only u little more sol" Ida, too, had onco mischievously ad dressed her us "Cousin," uddlng thnt there was no ouu among her nciiualnt nnces whom shu would ns willingly call by that name. "When t was a little girl," s.ilil she, "they used to tense inu nbout George, but I'd as soon think of marrying my brother. You never saw Mr. Klwood, George's clossmato, for bo's In Kurope now. Between you and mo, 1 like him and " A loud cult from Aunt Mnrthn prevent ed Ida from Mulshing, und tho conversa tion was not again resumed. Tho next morning Mary was to leave, nnd ns shu stood lu tho pnrlur talking with Ida, George ciimu In with a traveling satchel In his baud, and n shawl thrown care lessly over his arm. "Where nre you going?" asked Ida. "To Springfield. I huvo business there," aid George, "Ami when will you return?" continued Ida, feellug that It would bo doubly lonely at home. "That depends on circumstances," said ho "I shall stop at Chlcopeu on my way tinek, provided Mary Is willing." Mary answered that sho was always glad to seo her friends, nnd ns the car riage Just then drove up, they started to gether for tho depot. Mnry never re membered of having hnd a more pleasant rldo than that from lioston to Chleopeo. George was ft most agreeablo companion, anil with him nt her side she seemed to discover new benutlnos In overy ob ject which they pnssed, and felt rather sorry when tho winding river and the blue waters of t'orilunk l'oml warned her that Chlcopeu station was near at hand, "Ohl how plensnnt to be nt home onco more, and alone," said Mrs. Mason, but Mnry did not reply. Her thoughts were ilsuwhere, ami much as sho liked being uluue, tho presence of a certain Individ ual would not probably have marred her happiness to any great extent. Hut ho was coming soon, and with that In antici pation sho appeared cheerful und guy as usuul. Among tho first to call upon them wns Mrs, 1'erklns, who camo early lu tho morning, bringing her knitting work and staying all day. She had taken to dress making, she snld, and thought maybe sho could get some new Ideas from Mary's dresses, which sho very coolly asked to see, With the utmost good humor Mary opened her entire wardrobe to tho Inspec tion of tho widow, At last tho day wns over, niul with It the visit of tho widow, who hnd gathered enough gossiping mute rials to lust her until tho Monday fol lowing, when the aritval In tho neighbor hood of George Morelund throw her upon a fresli theme, causing her to wonder "If 'twas Mai "' beau, und If ho hudn't been kinder com'tln' her over since the time ho visited her school." Sho felt sure of It when, toward even lug, she suw them enter the school house, and nothing but tho presence of a visitor prevented her from stealing ucrota the road and listening under tho window. She would undoubtedly havo been highly edltled could shu have hoard their con versa t Ion. Tho Interest which George hud felt lu Mary when a little) child wns greatly Increased when he visited her school lu Hlco Corner, und saw how much she was Improved In her manners nnd appearance; ami It was then that ho cotK'clved tho lilou of ediicatlug her, de teri.ilulug to marry her If sho proved all he hoped she would. He had asked her to accompany him to the school house, because it was there his resolution had been formed, and It was there ho would make It known, Mary, too, hud something which she wished to ny to him. Sho would thank him for his kindness to her and her parents' memory; but the moment sho commenced talklug upon the subject George stopped her, nnd for tho first time sluee they were chil dren, pluml his arm around her waist and, k Using her smooth, white brow, said, "Shall 1 tell you, Mary, how you can repay moV Sho did uot reply, and he continued: "Give me a husband's right to euro for jou, uud I shall bo repaid u thousand fold." Until the shadows ot evening fell around thorn they sat there, talking of BY MARY J. HOLMES J tho future, which Ooorgo said should bo nil one bright dream of happiness to tho young girl nt his side, who from tho very fullness of her Joy wept ns she thought how strange It was that sho should bo tho wife of George Morelund, whom many dashing hello hnd tried In vain to win. The next morning George went back to lioston, promising to return lu n week or two, when ho should expect Mary to accompany hhn to Olcnwood, as ho wished to seo Kose. onco more before sho died. OHAPTEK XXII. Tho windows of Hoso Lincoln's chnm ber were open, nnd tho balmy nlr ot May enmo in, kissing tho white brow of tho jlck girl, nnd whispering to her ot swell ing buds nnd fair young blossoms, which nls breath had wakened Into life, aud which she would never sec. "Has Henry come?" she asked of her father, and In the tones of her voice there was nn unusunl gentleness, for Just ns she was dying Uoso wns learning to live. For a tlmu sho had seemed so Indiffer ent nnd obstinate thnt Mrs. Howland had almost despaired. Hut night after night, when her daughter thought sho slept, she prayed for the young girl, that she "wight uot dlo until hIki had first learned tho wny of ctcrnnl life. And, us If in nu swer to her prnycrs, Itoso gradually be gan to listen, nnd ns sho listened, sho wept, wondering, though, why her grand mother thought tier so much more wicked than nnyono else. On her return from the city Jenny hnd told her ns gently as possible of Henry's conduct townrd Kiln, und of her fears thnt ho wns becoming more dissipated than ever. For n time Hoso lny perfect ly still, nnd Jenny, thinking sho wns nslecp, wns nbout to lenvo tho room, when her sister called her back, nnd bid ding her sit down by her side, said, "Tell me, Jenny, do you think Henry bus any lovo for ino V" "Ho would be nn unnnturnl brother If ho hud not," nnswered Jenny, her own heart yearning more tenderly toward her sister, whose gentle manlier sho could uot understand. "Then," resumed Hoie, "It ho loves me, ho will be Horry when I am dead, nnd perhaps It may save him from ruin." The tenrs dropped slowly from her long eyelashes, while Jenny, laying her round, rosy cheek against tho thin, pale faro near her, sobbed out, "You must not die dear Hose. You must uot din, and lenvo us." From that tlmo tho failure wns visible and rapid, and though letters went fre quently to Henry, telling him of his sis ter's danger, ho still lingered by the sldo of tho brilliant beauty, while enst morn ing Hoso nsked, "Will ho como to-dny?" nnd each night sho wept thnt ho was not there. Calmly nnd without a murmur sho hnd heard the story of their ruin from their father, who could not let her dlo with out undeceiving her. Hefore thnt tlmo she had nsked to bo taken buck to Mount Auburn, designating tho spot where sho would be buried, but now she Insisted up on bring laid by the running brood nt tho foot of her grandmother's uarden, id nenr n green, mossy hank where tho spring blossoms were earliest found, and where the tlowors of nutiimn lingered longest. The music of the fulling wntor, she snld, would soothe her ns she slept, nnd Its cool moisture keep tho grass green mid fresh upon her early grnve. One day, when Mrs. Llneolu wns sit ting by her daughter nnd, ns sho fre quently did, uttering Invectives against Mount Ilnlyokc, etc., Hose said, "Don't talk so, mother. Mount Holyoke Semi nary hud nothing to do with hastening my death. I havo done it myself by my own carelessness;" uud then sho eon toss ed how ninny times she had deceived her mother, nnd thoughtlessly exposed her health, even when her lungs and sldo were throbbing with pnln. "I know you will forgive me," snld she, "for most se verely huvo I been punished." Then, as sho heard Jenny's voice in tho room below, sho milled, "There Is one other thing which I would say to you. Kro I die, you must promise that Jenny shall marry William Hender, Ho is poor, I know, and so a'ro we, but ho has a no ble heart, and now, for my sake, mother, tuke buck the bitter words you once spoke to Jenny, and say that sho may wed him. She will soon bo your only daughter, and why should you destroy her happiness. Promise me, mother, promise that she shull marry him." Mrs. Lincoln, though poor, was proud mid haughty still, and the struggle In her bosom was long and severe, but lovo for her dying child conquered at last. "And, mother," contluued Hose, "may he not be sent for now? I canuot bo here long, aud once more I would see him aud tell him that I gladly claim him us a brother." A brother! How heavily thoio wordn smote upon the heart of tho sick girl! Heury was yet away, and though In Jeu uy's letter Hoso herself had onco feebly traced tho words, "Come, brother do come," ho still lingered, as If bound by a spell ho could not break. And so days went by, mid night succeeded night, until the bright May morning dawned, the last Hoso could over see. Slowly up the eastern horlxon came tho warm spring suu, nnd us Its red beams dauced for a time upou the wall of Hose's chamber, sho gated wistfully upon It, murmuring, "It Is the last tho lust that will ever rise for me." William Bender was there. He had como the night before, bringing word that Henry would follow the next day. There was a gay' party to which he had prom ised to attend Miss Herndon, and he deemed that a sufficient reason why ho should ueglect-hU dying alster, "If Heury does not come," said Hose, "tell him It was my last request that he turn away from the wine cup, aud say that the bitterest pang I felt In dying waa a fear that my only brother should fill a druukard'a grave. He caunot look upon me dead, and feel angry that I wish ed him to reform. Aid at he standi over my coffin, tell him to promise never again to touch the deadly pblson.',' Here sho became too much exhausted to say more, and soon after fell Into a quiet sleep. When she awoke her father was sitting across the room, with his head resting upon the window sill, while her own wa pillowed upon the strong arm of Georgo Moielnnd, who. bent ten derly over her, nnd soothed her ns he would a child. Quickly her fading check glowed, nnd her eye sparkled with some thing of Its olden light; but "George George," wns nil sho had strength to say, nnd when Mary, who hnd accompanied him, approached her she only know that she 'was recognized by tho pressure of the little blue-veined hand, which soon drop ped henvlly upon tho counterpane, while tho eyelids closed languidly, nnd with the words, "He will not come," she again slept, but this time 'twas tho long, deep sleep from which sho would never awak en. Slowly tho shndes of night fell around the cottage. Softly tho kind-hearted neighbors passed up nnd down the nar row stnlrcnsc, ministering first to tho dend, and then turning aside to weep ns they looked upon tho bowed man, who with his head upon the window sill, still snt Just ns ho did when they told him sho wns dead. At hts feet on a little stool wns Jenny, pressing his hnnds, nnd cov ering them with the tears she for his snko tried In vain to repress. At lost, when It was dark without, nnd lights were burning upou the table, there, wns a sound of some ono at .the gate, nnd In a moment Henry stepped across; the threshold, but started nnd turned pule wheu he snwjils mother''ln violent hysterics upon tho- lounge nnd' Mnry Howard bathing her head nnd trying to soothe her. Hefore ho had time to ask a question, Jenny's arms 'were wound around his neck, nnd she whispered, "Hoso is dend. Why were you so late?" Ho could not, answer. He hnd nothing to say, nnd mechanically following his sister he entered the room where Hose had died. Very beautiful had she been In life, and now, far more beautiful In death, she looked llko a piece of sculp tured marble, ns she lay there so cold antl still, and all unconscious of the scald ing tenrs which fell upon her fnco as Henry bent over her, kissing her lips and cnlllug upon her to awake mid speak to him onco more. When Hho thought ho could hear It Jenny told him of nil Hoso hnd snld, nnd by the sldo of her collln, with his hand resting upon her white forehead, tho con science stricken young man swore that never ngnln should ardent spirits of nny kind puss his lips, ,mid the father, who stood by and henrd thnt vow, felt that if It were kept, his daughter had not died I u vain. Tho day following the burial Georgo and Mury returned to Chlcopee, nnd ns tho next day was tho ono appointed for tho snlo of Mr. Lincoln's farm nnd coun try house, he nlso accompanied them. "Suppose you buy It," said ho to Georgo us they rode over tho premises. "I'd rnther you'd own It than to seo It In the hands of strnngers." "I Intended dolug so," nnswered George, and when ut night ho wns -the owuor of tho farm, house and furniture, he generously offered It to Mr. Lincoln rent free, with the privilege of redeeming It whenever ho could. This was so unexpected that Mr. Lin coln at first could hardly Und words to express his thanks, hut when ho did he accepted the offer, saying, however, that ho could pny the rent, und nddlng thut ho hoped two or three years of hnrd labor In Cullfornlu, whither bo intended going, would enable him to purchase it back. On his return to Glenwood ho nsked William, who was still there, "how he would like to turn farmer for awhile." "Oh. that'll bo nice," said Jenny, whoso lovo for tho country wns ns strong na over. "And then. Willie, when pa conies back we'll go to Boston again mid pruc tlco law, you and I!" .Tenuy looked up iu surprlso while WH" llnm asked what he meant. Brletly then Mr. Lincoln told of George's generosity nnd stating his own intentions of going to California, said thnt In his absence somebody must look nfter the farm, and ho knew of no ono whom he would us soon trust as William. William pressed tho llttlo fat hnnd which had slid into his, and replied that, much ns ho would llko to oblige Mr. Lin coln, ho could not willingly nbnmlon his profession lu which ho wns succeeding oven beyond tils most sanguine nopes. "But," said he. "I think I can find n good substitute lu Mr. Pnrker, who is anxious to leave the poorhouse. Ho Is nn honest, thorough-going man, nnd his wife, who Is an excellent housekeeper, will rellove Mrs. Lincoln entirely from care." "Mercy!" exclaimed the last-mentioned lady, "I could uever endure thnt vulgar crenture round me. First I'd know she'd want to be eutlng nt the sumo tuble, and I couldn't survive that." Mr. Lincoln looked sad. Jenny smiled, and William replied that ho presumed Mrs. Parker herself would greatly prefer taking her meals quietly with her bus baud In tho kitchen. 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