FULLBR'S GLEfNER.
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Vol. II.
ASHE VILLE, N. C, FEBRUARY. 1896.
No. 12.
CHAPTER III.
A LOST i.ovrR.
When Luetta received theletter
from Carl Dane it was counted
the saddest hoar of her life. Even
Sidney wept because he had writ
ten the letter, but he repented be
cause he had done so.
He would have shed torrent of I
blood to have won Luetta, and be
had rathsr die than to hare cor-1
rscted an error.
"This letter will be thedeath of
me," Luetta remarked to Reme, j
but she got auoh a rough answer:
ka ri aeii .una. I a i it SsKa lirttn. I
. y- - v.. ... . ....
times asked Siduey if Carl fever
was gelling ieuer, noi oiuueyi
would never aniwer. ho it was
with l.uetta, tier days were spnt in;
despair and anxiety, only wishing
to hear one word from Carl, though
one believed Carl did uot love her,
but she loved him with a stronger
love than ever. "Ob, if I could
but live in those blessed gone-by
days," she would sometimes sigh.
"The days wheu Carl was my h podded 8,ow1t up ,nd
lover but Carl has forgotten me,Jthep8th that led to the
hut neaveu xuows i cam lorgei
him," and aba wou'd weep and j
mourn over her "lost lover."
"October weather is curing
Carl," Mr. Dorrice remarked to
his wife on October evening,
"and I don't think it will be long
bsfore he will be well." But his
wife did not speak, and he con
tinued, "I don't understand why
ha ia soaad over his little trouble."
"I don't think its his sfekness
that gives him such a pale look,"
interrupted Mrs. Dorrice." "He
spends almost half his time weep-,
ing, and have you noticed Sidney,
how he tries to shun bis compa
ny." "No," said Mr. Dorrice, "I
thought Sidney a id Carl were
good friends.
"I am aura you are mistaken,"
said Mrs. Dorrice, "they seem to
be very shy and never offer to
speak in my presence."
"1 am sure I must learn the
cause of this," said Mr. Dorrice,
wearily.
"The cause ia Luetta," said
Mr. Dorrice, trying to smile. ?
"Luetta Remon," he said harsh
ly. "What has Sidney got to do
with her? lis ia engaged to Esine
Romi, and besides I can't see
why ha and Carl can love that
girl."
"They can't help it," said Mrs.
Dorrioe, laughing.
"Folks never learn what life is
until it ia too late," sneered Mr.
Dorrioe.
"You can't put old heads on
young shoulders," said Mrs. Dor
rice, with a sigh.
"Nor you can't learn Sidney
how to ohooee a wife. He just
goes into it blind, and has his
way, and I am gjing to see that
he marries Eame. You know I
lout all control over Eugene wheu
he went to Brazil, and 1 am going
to hold Sidney by the button
hole of his coat, and I-am-am-go-lng-to-
see he marries , Earns
Romi. I tell you-aeias -just got
it to do and' stay right here at
home."
"Hush 1 hush I" interrupted
to
hi
face startled hr, and "he held
ont her hand for a Rood evening.
"You have come, Carl, dear."
she said, grasping his hand with a
feeble effort.
"Yes, Mrs; Dorrioe," ha said,
with tears etreaming down hit
pale J cheeks, "all seems to be
azainst me except you, and for'
heaven's sake do not torn against
me."
"All is against y ti. Car'." she
cried, "who could help hut love
yon? And you say all is agnnst
.yotl:
! you
ny
, he declared, staggering
to stand, "all is against me."
,.0h . . , c ,
she
pleaded." .
"Oh, Mrs
porriee,do not
ask
ask
hr
me I caVt tell you do not
me," and he staggered from
side, and the shock left ber
wildered. ,
She stood and watched him
he-
as I
do
grav
Tfd Md llgtent)d breathlessly an
hs gBDg moornfuliy the song that
io many lovers wept over; she
herself had wept as she sang it and
the poet that composed it most
have wept over it, but Carl sang
it as if meant only for him :
" Tvu always thue, from childhood's
hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay;
I never loved a tree or flower,
But what 'twas the, fir. I to fade
away."
The poor fellow repeated it sev
eral timea and large tears stood
in his eyes.
It surely was meaut
for me," ho sighed, "and Luetta
has faded away ; she is loving
another another man will claim
her as his bride. Laetta," ha
called, but the word choked him
so he finished the sentence in
sobs. But the flowers and trees
only heard. Had Luwt'a ouly
heard, she would have knowu be
was the same Carl, but who would
tell her who believed Sidney to
be a traitor?
Luetta's face was growing paler
every day, ana sue naa aim oat
forgotten how to weep. Tears
that were ono shed fJr Carl wars
never referred to, but Carl's name
was rarely mentioned in her pres
ence. I na nowera were i suing
lilies that seemed to Luetta as
her life had died. Daffodils had
bowed their beads and were sleep
ing iu silence, and their names
were not mentioned only by La
etta.
Earns scorned at her one day
when she said the flowers that had
been her companions were dying
the flowers she had kiased in
love for Carl were dying. Esme
turned toward her, her face crim
son, and said, "You are still lov
ing Carl Dane, and he will be the
death of ' you yet. Sidney Dor
rice, the oue I loved with all my
heart, is loviug you you' have
won hiu from me, and now, in
my presence, in the presence of
his promised bride, say you love
another surely you must be
dreaming."
' "Heaven help me," cried Luetta,
Mrs. I)orrice, as she turned
ureet Carl, bn the paleness in
"I did not know Sidney Dorrice
was loving me."
"Did not know Sidney was lov
ing yon," Eem repeated harshly,
"when we broke our engagement
on your acconut. Tes, I gave him
back his ring the engagement
ring that I kissed with bright
hopes of the future, T built all my
future life on w.hat that ring
would bring me, bat it is all
nothing now. He told me you
were going to wear the same ring
and still you deny it. Laetta Re.
nion, you must be dreaming," and
she turned from Lnetta and wept
as a child would weep over a
broke.i toy. But all that Luetta
could say, was, ' I did not know
Sidney was loving me," hat full
wll did she know if Kerne loved
Sidney it was almost death to give
him up, "I know how it is" said
Lnetta, "I know it has almost
wrecked my life by loving Carl
and I am sure, he does not love
me," and she bent and kissed Esme
and whispered peare in her enr,
but Esme arose in a passion of
love and left Luetta to weep alone
'"I would that I were dead," she
mourned, "then I would be at
rest, then they would not have me
wclto wreck their lives," but then ah
renumbered Carl and she called
him in a voice that aroused Sid
ney and he came as if summonde
to ber bedside. "Was you calling
me, my love" t he said, bending
low to get the answer, but his
words shocked btr so she could
not answer and ne bent and whisp
ered "true love" in her ear. 'Ail
ia well Luetta" he said at lenght,
"Carl only wants hia engagement
ring and here is another that
more costlv. will you make the
exchange for me dear?"
Luetta unconscicus of what she
was doing, held out her feeble
hand to Sidney while he stole the
ring from on her hnger, the ring
that-was as costly as her life, it
was the rinz Carl bad given her
and he placed upon ber hand the
ring that waa once owned by Ksms
and as he 'placed the ring upon
her finger the- word deceit was
written in bloody letter upon his
face, bloody letter we aay, because
he waa determined to rain Laetta
if death did not interfere. He had
deceived Esme Rome and waa he
koiug to deceive Luetta? We hope
the readers will eoou learn.
When he left Luetta he was sing
ing a beautiful hymn, aud rejoic
ing while breaking others hearts.
for his own pleasure. He had tramp
led on Esme's heart, as on a flow
er and left it broken and dying.
and now he was taking the ring to
Carl, he was determined to win
Luetta if he had to shed blood,
I must win her" he said. "I will
win her if Carl must die, I will
have her," he said resolutely.
"Oh, I wish he would die with
fever and he taken the ring to
Carl mad with love and told hia
Luetta sent it and declared that
st.e did not love hi at. carl was
betrayed as waa Luetta and as he
took the ring he hoped he had
drank the last dreg of love, he
hoped he would never love again,
and he repeated to Sidney a max
im that he now thought was true,
"When hopes are builded for
other's hearts.
Tis true, that very day they'll
part."
"I have built my future plans,
hoping that Laetta would be with
me to share them and that i why
we part. I have loved her and no
one else. She is my first love, that
is why its worthless. I was only
learning to love when she won my
heart. Oh, Sidney, how can I give
hemp? She has my heart, my
future is at her feet" and as Carl
finished the sentence Sidney's
face whitened and Carl turned and
witnessed a scene thif made him
shudder. Esme Romi stood be
fore them, her face waa pale, her
eyes glowed with excitement aai
sh i-alled 'o Carl for help, "helpi
me Carl" she said, "I dare not ;
ask Sidney, he is a murderer, but i
of you Carl I ask help, at your!
feet r could risk mv life, you art:
true to your word, and to yon" and1
you only I ask to listen a I tell I
my story. Lnetta .is dying j
dying, for I know naught -Ise to
call it, except dying for th iove
of you. Sidney you will cause her
ieath, you have '.old her false,
you took from her the no that
Carl gave her and when rfhe ishIik
from her nnconscioneneMS, she
swooned, and is now in a dead
faiut, but she has been eaJling look at a lndiea' window tor;wl)y
Carl to come to her bedside. Carl don't he look in biH own win
for the sake of her who is dying dow '" t wua very lau(jhuble to
go tell her you love her st til, go to; me, but I said nothing and
her iu the oeath hour, do uot let, paneed ou, all thaaaiue.
her die praying to see yoa. Sul
ney you will he the cause of her
death, you are the one that haa
wrecked her life. You told her
Carl did not love her and I hope ui get bat:k agaiu, and wauted
you will be punished for the crime, i to come home sootier, but for
I waa ouce your betrothal but we' retiHoua unknown is why 1 re
shall never wed. You will rush aj remained. Moat people woulil
soul into eternity by what love! have spent their nighta ia aunute
you claim to have for her aud youj uient, which doea very well to
will be the cause of her death." j thoee who like it, but efill need
Sidney stood breathleas ana Esme I rwt for the coming year, and
continued. "Carl for the sake of did uot care to participate iu
H javen, for the sake of her who ia
dying, go to your victim. You
have midi her your victim by Us
ing untrue and if you uever loved
her ask forgivnese. Go Carl to her
bedside, go and Heaven will blees
you in the deata sour.
TO BS roSTl.HUBU.
T HEED ITO R'M T R 1 P N O RT H.
The editor's abttence eeeme to
have laid great streea upon our
aubecribstm. He haa, do doubt,
sewn many thing of intercut, but
iu order to be there would have
bea mora effectual. The start
ing point on the day before
X mas. editor's train waa late
I'M) minute, it ia not to be won
dered at, lor being t holiday
time trains are apt to be late.
Even at Dtaavilla, Va., I had to
wait over aa hour and a hall be
fore the special took ma north
ward, where I did not arrive un
til late in the afternoon, alter all
the daya of the greeting and ex-1
changing of gifta and even the
Xixtas diuuer waa over. I kept
quiet the balance of the week
and then went on the following
week to the old homestead,
where waa once a father and
mother gave tue a raising inmy
daya aa a little boy, but to sc
home u.ow it doea not look like
them daya, anA I waa not eon
Umted to remain long, eo went
back to Newark, X. J., where 1
had aiy headquarters with a sia
ter ot mints hoigh married and
a uice faraily ot youngutera.
1 had eipwicucvd many experir
menta for many a time I thiuk I
wai in the South when warn in
the Xort.fi' and my heed got no
Iwwildered I got lout by lowing
my way, get on wrong train,
ride on cam goining thaoppoaite
direction, that it keepa m wait
ing all the time to find my
way around.
At Xew York I aeem at . home
and can go from one end of the
try to the other without trouble,
hut any where clea I watt always
toeing my way. The trip seemed
to do me good, aa I waa gons) 8,
eek. One can m a biwy world
in N'ewr York otty, and tbu life
there ia anything hut elowneea.
f did nee soma concerts) and
thinua of i liferent to me, but yet
what I should mention may not
pleaee everybody, for they may
not wee it in the name lin'ht 1
dul. I waa very much interested
in looking at Indies)' liatu and
millinery oodx and ilraae ttooda;
iileo in watches and jewelery of
.ill kitniH. At timea I could hear
lieople riii', w hen they Ht and by
and look m the wiiulowH of
nhope, "What doea he wuut to
I took diur.er at frinuiitt inii
waa very uicely .served and every
one made it aa pleaaaut a poe
iible for me. I was glud euouh.
uch life and so ainuaed uiynulf
alone at what -teemed beat, u
pleune me aud let the rest go, but
yt there ia a irreat many thiuic
to see iu New York, aud yet, not
withstanding it ia a buay world,
tc ia very nice to get back to the
South, where life ia free and eaay
aud no on to bother you, and
life will not be such a burden to
you aa you may think. Tha
Xorth ia large and there ia lota
to see and hear. I waa amuaed
in sigbt-aeeing the wise, the edu
ucated aud douiewtic all have
tuch opinion of the maelvea, that
though, they may be correct in
one thing they may get left in
Oue domestic said she waa geu
tleoiena' maid aa well aa ladiea'
maid, bat we And this iaconais
teut to a greut extent, tor editor
cannot aea how yoa can make a
ladiea' maid a geatlaaian'a maul
all io the household. The yountr
woman, in editor's estimation,
ia unique, but uot gigantic. She
thinks she ii extraordinany, but
ia too inodeefa to remonstrate
with him. Aa to the educated
people laugh wheu aakiug editor
if New i ork. ia aa big aa Abbe
ville. The general idea of
people ia-to- live last in the
North, have lota of money and
be a big Ike, rather that tomoTe
with precaution and take life
eaay. Oueth'og which 1 found
to uiy objection is to se the
Negro. I thought 1 had left
them iu the South and would
have a rest ia Jat seeing theta,