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LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1880,
TRIED AND TRUE.
In the midst of « pleasant con
versation with his hostess, Harold
Arleigh abruptly paused, a sudden
flash on his fine face, a strange,
startled look in his handsome dark
eyes.
What he had been about to say
r.o one ever knew ; of Ins uncon
sciousness he was not conscious un
til he saw Mrs. Goldshy’s glance of
politely-surprised inquiry.
“Pardon me,” he said, turning
toward her with a winning and
apologetic smile; “I saw a lady
among your guests just now so like
a dear friend I knew and lost long
ago, that the resemblance quite ex
cited me.”
“Ah, you mean the voung lady
in white silk and opal ornaments,
with curly yellew hair and cheeks
like peach blossoms. She is very
beautiful —there is none like her.
She is Ermengarde Burroughs,
a dear friend, who is staying with
me for a few weeks. Shall I intro
duce you?” returned the lady.
“If yon wish —if you will he so
kind as to honor me,” faltered the
young man, visibly embarrassd.
His hostess gave him one keen
hut eovert look.
“Ermengarde has made another
conquest,’’she thought. “If I dared
I should warn him—l should tell
him that this fair woman, with her
alluring, smilipg eyes, her sweet
voice end exquisite grace, has no
heart to be won.”
“Five minutes later her two
friends were whirling through a
waltz together and she wondered
somewhat why Harold had grown
so pale, and utby Ermeugrade
seemed-so hauty and cold.
“One would thin a they were
lovers who had quarrelled,” was
her mental criticism.
She was not wrong, for years he
fore those two had loved each other
dearly. They had been betrothed,
and the marriage day fixed, when
the trial came that parted them.
Harold Arleigh suddenly found
himself fatherless ar.d ulterley pen
niless ; hut idleness and luxury
had not spoiled his high and noble
spirit. He could cheerfully accept
years of toil and study and strug
gling, hut he felt that he could not
happily and conscientiously w<-d
his wealthy Ermeugrade until he
might regain his worldly equality
with her.
“The world says unpleasant
things of poor men who marry rich
women,” he hud told her.
“Why should we care for what
the world has said ,or may say ”
the girl returned impatiently, “Ail
I have belongs to you. Harold,
dear. Do not leave me.”
Even in that trying moment,
with her dear hands clinging upon
his arm, her pleading eyes upon
him, he never wavered.
“I must, my darling,” he had
answered her firmly, though his
heart, was heavy with regret and
pain. "And remember though I
leave you free I shall remain loyal
to you in heart and soul as the on
ly woman l can ever make my
wife. 1 am not selfish enough to
ask you to wait for me a few years,
my Ermengarde.”
What the girl replied she could
j never distinctly remember, but she
| knew her words were crueilv re
j proachtul, for she was mail with
the agony of losing him even for a
few brief years.
And he left her with a look o
his white beloved face she would
never forget until her dying day.
She felt that he had wronged her
generous affection, insulted her
womanly pride and left her with
j pitiless indifference to be scqrned
I and mocked as a bride deserted by
her bridegroom. She had heard
I of sweethearts who had waited for
| lovers who had never come ; of wo
j men who had wasted the best years
j of their lives upon lovers that were
I false; and her whole soul cried out
| in utter, unforgiving anger against
j him. Neither pardon nor trust
J would she give him. And yet she
accepted that freedom he had given
her with a sort of defi mt misery
which all Women feel when she i
loves of a love that neither time
nor anguish nor humiliation nor
in human cruelty even can ever Us- j
’gen, I
And that niglitat Mrs. Goldsliy’s
soiree they hud met nouin met ni
ter long years as strangers.
And during those years Harold
Arleigh had won that for which he
had toiled so faithfully. He had
won an honorable position among
the most honorable of men ; he waa
esteemed ns one of the most bril
liant members of the legal fraterni
ty, and by travel and study he had
acquired that elegance and dignity
of manner that command the hom
age of society. If Harold Arleigh
chose to wed an heiress, the world
could not say he married lor mon
ey and social distinction, nor wotdd
lie feel that he would barter the no
ble independence of l.is manhood
by such a union.
But for Rim the wide world held
but one woman, sweet and dear,
and she, it seemed, was no longer
attainable.
“Is this the Ermengarde I have
loved all uiv life I.e asked him
self as he gazed upon her fair, pis
sionless, face ; "the Ermengarde in
whose affections and faithfulness I
trusted despite her unreasonable
auger against me.”
And he sighed heavily as he led
her to a seat after the waltz was ov
er.
“I did not think to meet you
here,” be faltered, as the gay groups
swept by, leaving them alone.
"W“ meet many people unexpec
tedly, Mr. Arleigh,” she answered
in a cold serene voice.
Her cold tranquility almost mad
dened him. The years that had
past seemed to him but the dreary
dream of an hour, and theirsorrow
ful parting but of yesterday.
He bent over her until his hot
breath burned herch"ek.
“Ermengarde,” he whispered in
hoarse and agitated tones, “are you
so changed ? Have you quite for
gotten, or do you really ignore what
we were once to each other? I have
been faithful. I have made myself
worthy to a.-k you to he my wife.
Give me one word, Ermengarde—
one word to send me from you
again, or to. keep me by your side
for the remainder of our lives.
IL r stony calmness was all gone
now. She trembled perceptibly,
I and rose up before him pale as
j death.
Her lips moved with a little gasp
but what she meant to say slip did
not utter, for at that moment a gen
tleman came to her side, and with
a word of apology claimed her for
the next dance.
And just then his hostess touch
ed bis arm with her fan.
“My husband is asking for you,
Mr Arleigh,” she said adding light
ly, “did you not find my Ermen
garde charming ? Siie is a lovely
creature. Just the least bit of a
coquette, perhaps. I believe she is
engaged to the gentleman who is
dancing the German with tier.”
Ilaro! i Arleigh despised gossip
and regarded all rumors as unreli-1
able, but in his present mood of
suspens - the words of his hostess
grieved him as the most bitter pto
ven truth could do.
Ermengarde had pledged herself
to another, and this was the end • f
his dreams and hopes All that
j was left for him to do was to brave
ly hear his disappointment. But
how could he meet her day after
day and look upon her fair, dear
face, listen to her vweet. beloved
voice and not betray the pain of
bis cruel loss ?
Many things pursued Harold
during the week that followed. ()i
--ten he found her regirdiug i.im
I with a singularly thoughtful. Half
I resentful look in tnr earnest blue
eyes. Once coming into tbe un
| lighted parlor at twilight, he saw
her sitting befi re the piano, her
golden head bowed low. bei lovely
form shaking with silent sobs. And
once when they were quite alone
she spoke kindly and gentl of the
evening they met.
“You asked me a question that
night,” she said, with quiet digni
ty and a delicate reluctance ol man
ner ; “it was scarcely my lault that
it was nut answered then.”
“I know what you would have
: said, Miss Burroughs,”,he returned,
gravely ; "I am sorrv for I have ;
startled and offended you. I was i
wrong and inconsiderate, and I can |
only acknowledge tny fault and ask :
1 pardon for it.” I
She regarded fur him W one in-
Nthnt with shy wonder, and then
turned away haughtily, her fair face
scarlet, and an unniiatßhable ex
| prersion of acorn and resentment
in her blue, beautiful eyes.
“I fear I am hopeless'}' Stlpid,”
resumed Arleigh, in pained perplex
ed tones, “1 ani pure I displeased
you again, hut 1 cannot conjecture
t how. O, Ermengarde, will you nev
|er understand that 1 would not
: willingly give one moment of dis
quiet ?’’
“I <lo not profess to understand
you at all,” she answered, as she
left him.
“filio denies me even her friend
ship,” he thought sorrowfully.
A long time after she had gn.e
he sto d hy the window, gazing
out into the night—a black, dreary
night, with the rain drifting over
the roofs in sheets and the wild
wind roaring up from the river.
“Jost the evening for a chat be
fore a comfortable fire,” observed
Mrs. Goldsbv, coming in, and after
ringing for lights, drawing the
heavy curtains with a little shiver,
“I thought Ermengarde was with
von Harold you are not going?
Mr. Goldshy wished to show you
those curious things sent him to
day. The dear fellow has a p.as
sion for odd aod antique relics,
and Ilia study is quite an interest
ing museum, I assure you ; Alan,
do tiring Mira Burroughs,” cor.clud
evl,the vivacious little lady.
Presently Ermengarde came —a
slim, elini‘ielpgant figure, dressed
simply in black silk, with a cluster
of white roses on her bosom.
‘■Here is something you would
like Miss Burroughs," observed Mr.
Goldshy taking from bis box of
relies a curious necklace of gold
with a pendant of exquisite pearls.
“Il l could only know the his
tory of all these tilings,” tntirmered
the girl as she glanced over them
—tinv grotesque bronze statuette, a
few coins centuries old, a cup of
silvjr fantastically carved, and
among th“m a small toy pistol with
a jeweled stock. “This, at least, is
not very ancient,” she pursued,
taking up the diminutive weap
on. *
“Be careful, dear; it may not
he harmless,” remarked her hos
tess.
The wise injunction came too
lato. Ermsngrade turned it about
scrutinizing!}’, there was a sharp
click and a report. The dangerous
toy dropped at Iter feel and she
flung op her shivering hands with
a little cry of fright and pain.
“Oh, what have you done?”
cried Harold, us he saw the red
blood trickling over her soft neck
and staining the white roses on her
bosom.
“It is nothing,” gasped the girl
and then tottered hack upon the
►of*, pale and unconscious.
"0. my love, my love, moaned
Harold, "I Dad almost rather see
you lying before me dead than to
know that you will live to he the
wife of another,”
It would seem that she heard his
voice and understood bis words
even in her unconsciousness, for
she suddenly opened her eyes and
smiled like a little child awaken
ing from a dream.
"Wlmt arc vou saying. Harold ?”
site asked, faintly, regarding h rn
with a wondering look.
"That it is agony to give you tis
to another, darling,” lie rejoined
slowiy.
Her pain and tright were all gone
now. She rose before him proudly,
her pale cheeks growing rosy.
"Harold,” she sahi gxiivelv t .!klf 1
am not your wife 1 shall netver be
the wife of another. Yon have
wronged my love and fidelity if you
have ever thought differently.”
The spell of the sweet old love
dream was upon them. There was
no need of explanation, fur heart
spoke to heart and understood each
other; all anger was forgiven and
all mistakes forgotten.
“I suppose only for my stupid
accident weshould never have been
reooniled,” smiled Ermengarde, by
and hy; “and I should have been
angry with you all my life as I had
been for years.”
“Those years of our lost h „ppi.
tiessihave not been-ijved in vain.”
he answered seriously. Our love is
triedVtod true, and your husband
will be your honor and supporter,
instead of a pensioner on your
bounty."
Lovely happy Etnengsrdo was
inclined to contest the practical
part of the lover’s argument, but
thinking es his great manly love
so “tried and so true” she, with
true womanly sentiment, began to
believe in his wisdom.
“After all,” she confessed to Mrs.
Goldshy, T think I should despise
a husband who mould he what
my dear Harold would have been
if I, in my silly fondness, could
have made him so. I loved him
then, now [ adore and honor him.”
"And we shall send you that en
chanted pistol for a bridal
present,” Mrs. Goldshy assured tier
laughingly.
Whisky and Tobacco.
lion. Jttdson C. Clements, the
democratic nominee fur Congresp,
delivered an address in the Rome
city hall several days ago, which
in the main we most heartily ap
prove. It was conservative through
out, and contained some sugges
tions which if properly carriedffor
ward will greatly benefit, not. only
the people of the Seventh Congres
sional district, hut also of the en
tire Union. He declared among
other things that ho was opposed
to sectional and partisan agitation
in Congress; he favored the im
mediate rrpeal of high taxes on
liquol and tobacco, the abolition
•it an useless swarm of Federal of
ffNials, and more particularly those
collect the unjust whisky and
tobacco IA from our people.
In the late issue of the Atlanta
Constitution we find the following :
“The revenue forces teaming
early yesterday morning that sever
al wagons had ‘sniffed danger in
the breeze’ from hearing of the
capture of one near Grant’s build
ing loaded with whisky, sent out a
strong detachment of revenue offi
cials in quest of the game. Some
three miles from the city, on the
Mason and Turner’s ferry road, in
the woods there were three wagons
with accompanying teams, heavily
loaded with the contraband. The
drivers were not to he found. The
wagons, with their contents, were
driven to the city and the whisky
secured. The seizure of Friday
night and yesterday foots up some
GOO gallons. The wagons we learn
were from Pickens county.”
Now, these men were doubtles
hard working and industrious farm
ers, who earned theii bread hy the
sweat of their brow, and simply be
cause they were attempting to sella
little whisky, or if it had b< en a lit
tle tobacco, they were forced by the
appearance of revenue officers to
abandon their teams and take ref
uge in flight rather than undergo s
long confinement in jail and per
haps in the penitentiary. Was ev
er the stamp 'ax inflicted hy Geo.
the 111 more odious, and were the
reasons more forcible tha* caused
the thirteen colonies to dissolve
their allegiance to the mother coun
try and to declare themselves f/ee
arid independent? It was for a sim
ilar reason that Warren shed his
blood upon the greenfield* of Bun
ker Ilill, and that caused our fore
fathers to undergo . ight years oi
war and rivntinns, and yet to day
thousands of Federal officers swarin
over the country and demand trib
ute because our people attempt
to sell the fruits of their own toil.
And/fotwithxtanding this, no mem
ber in Congress will offer a hill to
redress their grievances, in order
that the yeas and nays may he put
upon record, aod that our people
may have a guide to know what to
do and whom to vote for to repre
sent them in the National council.
If, therefore, Mr Clements should
he elected and should offer a hill to
do away with this odious tax, we
shall have put the yeas and nays
before the people in order that tiiey
may know who are their friends
and who are not.
The country should have a suffi-f|
oient r- venue Pis „ m thii
revenue ) lu derived from a
tax upon goods imported into this
country by the pauper lahor of Eu
rope instead of being wrung-from
the hard earnings of par own. poo
VOL. IV. NO. 12.
plr, snri miy IrtW that supports in
part the government by oppressing 1
the people of that government is
wrong hi principle and practice. In
sedition to this, there is retrench
ment needed in the public service.
The swarms of office-holder* should
he decteiised stid msuy other griev
ances corrected, *1! of which Mr'.
Clements hss faithfully portrayed
and promised his efforts to correct
if he is sent, to the United States
Congress Upon these promises,
therefore, he stands before the peo
ple. He hss come at the matter
plainly and in a boeinees like man
ner which even the wayfaring man
can understand. In any event his
suggestions and promises sre wor
thy of trial. The people have flutter
ed these ills long and patiently und
they should now feel like a change.
Mr. Clement* is “of the people and
for the people,” he knows their
wants and if favored with their suf
frages he will doubtless look pfter
their needs, and use his undivided
and moat earnest efforts in their
behalf. For these and others reas
ons he should be tried. Years rpll
by and still little or no effort is
raadejo redress or ease the burdens
orthe people, and now that we have
a candidate who makes positive
promises to use his effort, even
though he stand* alone in the halls
of Congress, to redress tin ir griev
ances, he should he favored with a
trial. — Rome, Bulletin.
After the Style of tke Persian.
Once upon a time a Wolf observ
ed a Lamb feeding out of sight of
the shepherd in charge and it deter
mined to have a dinner of mutton.
While skulking along towards its
victim the Wolf fell over a cliff and
was badly injured. The 3hepherd
heard its yells of pain and came
running up to dispatch the animal
with a club.
“Hold on ! Hold on ! I want lo
argue this case!” cried the Wolf.
“Hut you are a philosopher and
1 am only a Shepherd,” was the re
ply.
When the Wolf was able to walk
he demanded a lamb as compen
sation for his bodily suffering and
loss of time. The Shepherd de
murred, hut the Wolf quoted and
old law bv which any person har
boring a wolf should he fined and
imprisoned, and he declared he
would go before the nearest official
and make complaint. This brought
the Shepherd to time, and the Wolf
had Lamb for dinner. To get rid
of him the Peasant reduced hie fair
to black bread and water, but the
Wolf ate what was given him and
explained:
“I shall not gain strength and be
able to leave you until I have bet
ter food.”
The Peasant then changed his
fare to the best, and the Wo.’/* ate
his full and observed :
“As long as yoi: can cflbrd such
fare you caanot grumble at my
slaying.”
I*i a few days he demanded a full
grown Sheep to soften the pangs of
parting, and when the Shepherd
an plained the Wolf cried out:
“Why 1 am working for your in
terest, not mine. The less Sheep
you have to mind the less care you
will have.”
This sophistry silenced the Shep
herd, and the sheep was killed.
While eating it the Wolf got a bone
in his throat and called out for
help, adding:
‘ It will be much easier for you
to remove this bone than to dig a
hole and bury me.”
“By falsehood you gained my
sympathy,” replied the peasant —
“by philosophy you got into ray
house ; by logic you eat a lamb ; by
subtlety you heat me out of a sheeps
by Providence you have a hone in
your throat, and now by thunder
youmuat help yourself, for I won't!”'
moral:
Don’t feel yourself antitied to a
washtub because somebody gi r es
you a clothes-pin.— Detroit Free
Press.
“Is this my train?” asked a trav
eier at the Grand Central depot of a
lounger. ‘'l don’t know,” was the
reply. “I see the name of some
railroad company on the side and
expect it belongs to them. Have
vou lost a train anywhere.?”