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: . -'f r . I ' .- " : ! flirtation was no 'onger a flirta tion, but verging rapidly to real ove. At first he put aside the ; idea angrily. He in love with ; a 'peniless school-teacher! ille de termined not to near her ' until this idle fancy died out he would leave the house that morning. But, alas for human nature when he entered the breakfast room, and'she smiled at him', h dis covered that there was no; need for hijf speedy departure, and so he lingered on, each dav becom ing more perilously sweet. One day they strolled down together to the sea-shore, j The pale moon had just-"'.risen j and her silver rays flooded beach and ocean with lights The low mur mur of the waves as they lapped the shore was the onlv sound i which broke the silence. Present ly Miss Lenox spoke : I ? "How peaceful and cairn the sea looks. I" have often wished could go to sleep beneath cool glistening waves, ahdj wake up again." x" ! those never "It is hardlya natural wish from the lips of ayonnggirl, Mis LenoxXl confess I should not like to give life up now." And he looked at her tenderly, j. j . Ilagar noted the look,. and com plimented ,liini upon his flirting in her t ho u s li ts. , - . . ::; o. j ;.r - "Perhaps it. does not sound well, but please remember that a- village school marm does not naturally find her path strewn with roses, said she, laughing rather bitterlv. ! -. I "God-knows, Miss Ilagar, that I would willinglv take all vour troubles on mv shoulders, and leave you only the-rosos of lfe, were it possible" said he earnest ly. :. - - .. "I hardly think you would be accented "as school-mistress of ,I(loubt your qualification for teaching, and your patience to drum A D C into the heads of stupid children ; and that is my particular burden," laughed she lightly, ' - -. j-f" "Husrar, I mustspealv. n lou must, hoar mo I love vou better than mv life: Give me the right to make your path smooth throuirh life." I ! "Admirably spoken rather high-flown, though, was it; not, Mr. Ranlcigh ?" said Ilagar, believing him to be only Anting. "Miss Lenox, if yon please. 4tMiss Lenox Ilagar, you wrong me. I love you truly, devotedly, ml -earnestly- as . nian' ever loved woman." j j iThat is: certainly an honor dono me; it would be greater if I could, believe it " returned Ilagar, scornfully. ''Haar, Ilagar, have you no mercv. no pitv ? Are you ! a wo man, or only stone, to stand there and taunt a "man who pleads be- fore you for life or death ?" cried he, passionately. v T v "Do you really ido me the honor to love me? Excuse me if I doubt it. 1 have grown no bet ter looking since that night you spoke in such a complimentary marine j on the piazza," she an swered coldly. "Ilagar, that was knew. vou. You will such a cruel revenge for thoughtless 'words. before I not I take upon me I thought you liked me a little, Ilagar ;- out of pity answer me," "Y u were mistaken ; T do not care for you. My only answer is no. He had been standing before h e r f n o w h e ca n i e n ea re r, ca ugl 1 1 her hands tightlv in his own rand said stern! v : '. ' "TTnjjar, look int( my eyes, straight into them, and tell me that yon do not care for me ?" "Does it not strike von' that you are taking an unfair advan tage of me ? Remove yojir hans ; I do not care for yon " answered linear hauirhtilv, throwing back her head, and looking; into his eves. ; - IIis face blanched, but he held ner hands tighter. Then he looked them, hut it was only to throw his arms around her i and nrtvts hop to his beaut., closer, i anrtill closer he r straineif'iher : t his lips clunr to hers in- a Monr hnrnitiir kiss, and then his "arms fell at his side. I ' "I ask your pardon, shall we return ?" : lairar, too much surprised nnd stunned to speak, or even realize what had happened, silently re traced her steps. At the hall- ( oor he raised nis nat, saving; Coldlv, .:' I "Good-bv, Iiss Lenox : rllow me to eonfplirnent ybu on your revenge." : - 1 That niirht Tiolt Kanleigh A left, and in a few days Ilagar returned to her-school, and to the weary dnulirery of her life. A nameless something seemed to have . sjone from her life, leaving it cold and void, what it was she knew not. The glorious, glowing autiimn days which followed were jever after remembered as the dreariest, saddest in her life. Gradually came the conviction that she loved thp man whom she had so heartlessly, cruellyl re pulscd ; loved hiras a wonian ves hut once in her life, and loved him hopelessly, too, fc r he wojild never return after what had passed, j "All, I deserve jit, I deserve it," she would moan to herself day after dav. j -. Whether she had loved hint all along, or whether the. xbur kiss he had pressed on her nng lips wakened all her slumbering soul, she knew not; she was not stone, but a true-hearted woman, who had discovered, when too late, (hat she had a heart by the bitter pain gnawing at it j So the year passed, and once more it was the golden summer time. Hagar's little . cottage faced the sea, and one exening, as the sun cast his last quivering rays on the water,, she stole oiit, and troing down to the beach she paced up and down; thinking' of the jTeai before." Her eyes" were bent on the ground, and after; some time, had passed iirthis .way,' she raised them andlsaw a geritle nianstandinga few feet from her ; it was,;Uol f Ran leigh. For some tiniexhey' sto(Kl looking at eaclvother; llagar's mind was in perft'ct chaos; the onh distinct thought was that she could now ask Rolf's pardon for her conduct to him. Actiiiir on the impulse, j she came quickly to his side and said r k x f "Mr. Ran leigh, I behaved shame ful lv to vou ; will vou forjrive me: oiie raised her eves to ins, and.sometliimr she saw there im )elled her to say in a broken, hes itating voice, blushing deeply the while : . , ' "And, I iv Rn n 1 eigl i R 1 f i f you care- for niv love now- it is vou rs." At-these last words she shvlv extended her hands to him. Rolf cauglit her in his arms, and drew her closely to him, so close tftat sheeoulfi feel the tumultuous throb of his heart against her own, .and once moreihis Ji)S clung to hers; and! his eyes looked into hers with a world of passionate tenderness.. . ' i . At' length his happiness found Words.. ' ... : . ,-y- ' , . . ' "lluirar. L thought T would come and . catch one more glimpse of vour dear -face before "I left America forever, but I need not go -now, neeo i, luiie gin: ( "Xot if my love can i keep vou, Rolf." : . 1 ? i s - f I. "And, Ilagar, are you satisfied with vour revenire, or will vou n a k e rn e w re t c h e d f r a fe w j more years ?" asked he, teasiiig- "N w, Kolf, I will if von don't"- but Rolf stopped all further threats bv nressmc: his lips to hers. Bothered Him. A Portland sea-caidain, wh()has bepn absent from home son re eishtr years, ar- , , . C. J i reived the y her day; - Calling upon a lady friend soon after his arrival lfe Was pained to see wh!at . . y w 1 ; ,. I n he Supposed to he tne result of some terrible injury to the Bpine. Ife delicatelv questioned her up On it i ' S i 4. i 1 I the SUruect, but she was appa- I rently, at a loss to Comprehend his meaning. 'Iinanv, alter much ; r-mviwitKr U pmw rmmosps thp ' canvassing at cross purposes tne , lady discovered that the . old salt j Rorinnalv snnnosed her Denier to be a tumor or, some other un . ri " t sightly excrescence, caused by the disease ot the spine. . .. A CHANCE FOR EVERYBODY TO 6ET VALUABLE PftEMIUMS. SEWHIQ HAOHIHES FREE I The Publisher of OUR WEEKLY will give away, in PremiuiriB to tSubscri- hers, one-fourth or all money received . for subscription to, the pajjer; and iiv order to give all Subscribers a fair and. equal chance to I receive Premiums, haa adopted the following Plan for Distributing Premiums- The name and value of each Premium is printed on cards, and these cartls (one huin. r-d in number) are placed in en velo e j and sealed. Then four hundred, blank cards, ol the same size and quality are placed in similar . envelopes and sealed. The one hundred Premium eur velopes and the four hundred biank are then placed in a box together und thoroughly mixed. When a (subscrip tion isfreeeived, an envelope iri drawn from the box and given or tent to the subscriber, with the subscription receipt.. ,If the envelope coi t.tihs a blank caroV It he subscriber will receive no premium- x but if it contaiiia a printed one, he will ret'ieve'the'premium named thereon, at theJDitributixjn of Premiums, whh h will take place uk'sooii as all the hye hun dred j envelopes are drawn ;out. Th naiiies of subscribers and number of en- , velojies- remaining in premium box"will be published eacl-week, f-o that all may know when the five hundred are madr yi'!.v ...... .s . . ' ; .' ' By the above pfait will be seen tlint all have a fair and equal chance to get h . premium, and that there is one premiums, in every liVe envelopes.. Ovir Csh Premiums, are in eumtj o ' one, two, live, ten and twenty dollars va.y. Green backs, wit h from two to tenTrem iums of each denomination. All other Premiums consist of useful articles, such as Sewing Mitchines, Bleached Bomestic,, Pens, Paper and Envelopes, :'&v-&c'-.. ' ranging in value froni twi?nty-ilve cents to twenty-nve"dollars.. The Home Shutr tie Sewing Machine' is soldat the, Sew- 7 ing Machuieivmporimn. in this City for . tweiitv-live dollars. These Machines are considered, by all who" have used them, to he equal "to any, and superior to many ixty dollar Machines. Every Machine we give as .a Premium is war ranted new and imperfect running or der. : All our Premmms, even thoe valued at only twenty-five; cents, rar serviceable, ami all are valued at lowest cash -prices ' Nothing we oti'er . can b bought. -Jit. .any htore for less than wi value it at. We give no bras jewelry, ' cheap pictures, or trash of any kind. This is no lottery scheme, but isaplaa gotten up solely for the benefit of our yubsciibery, and for the .purpose of increasing the Subscription Lists 'of ouil WEEKLY. Therefore, no Prero- i;im Envelopes will be sold to any.ex- ?rt actual' Subscribers' and no namt will be entered on our books until th 8ubscriptiomis iwid, when a receipt and, a-. Premium 'Envelope- will be given, Send in your names and money at onci. One hundred out of every five hundred will be certain to get premiums, which is better "thath any lottery you ever tried or eer viU And eyen those who get blanks will lose nothing, for we :;n cure thpviwill consider OUR WEEKLY worth more than one dollar and fifty cents a year. , , Persons at a distance may send money b Registered Letter, P. 6. Money Of der, or Express, at our rik. AVhen sent in any other way. it will be at the rik of the sender. .lL j. O. H. NUTTALL, Put)V, Charlotte Ql :: t f I i ), ' i "i v. " "I - I v
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