Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 22, 1914, Page 3

BOYS' THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK BSKETBALL TEAM IT OF THE PAST By HAROLD CARTER. lise Amanda listened stonily to her ® Mary's confession of her en- fehent to the man she had met on Vacation at Bellmuir. Sympa- Ueally, too, for the two old maiden Amanda and Miss Doro- ' Were devoted to pretty Mary, the | 0 of their only brother, whom they [ 2d00ted when he lay dying. But | U Mary mentioned the name of -¢ster an ominous look came manda's face. % gays his father knew you Ou were a girl, Aunt Amanda,” | ‘ary, with all the innocent ¢é of twenty years. | dear,” answered he: aunt, a black-hearted, deceitful And no niece of mine shall ' TaITY the son of Robert Lester.” Y Was heart-broken. To disobey ver entered her head. She “ €verything to Miss Amanda, a8 the dominating spirit of the e felt that, as long as she would have to yield her o ter, in the city, received little note from his flan- ‘owing day which he could {erstand nor fathom. He and buried himself in S0 time went by 1d ladies realized Mary's €y did their best to cheer fary grew thin and pale, that it would be no easy her forget. Miss Dorothy the girl e of Miss Amanda’s “i8s Amanda had once 1 to Ralph's father, Rob- d been dead some years. 0 have been married in & Then Robert Lester had “She Shall Never not gc brooded And self look ful swe “You gone away and no letter had come h"f"HTvml“‘ i s from him. And Miss Amanda, too “" and an st o Miss Amon | proud to ask him for an explanation, :1“- :I“W< :l i ‘:MH ; ,.“::;"“\, ] | had let him go ; ‘ e gt A year went by. The snmmer va- 2 1 ! cation season came again Mary did| ¥ : Li ‘< i .4. .‘:: W it « QX ic fazhion into w t r heat My niu n," she d Y I to go to see | { her. You erty to take her [away, to But let me tell | that. from e moment she be- i hall never cross rt he he | i ) mongt I a I 1 cour ) [H flushed 1 R 1 your fa e left me ver died. e ng to let the neration prevent er Inherit a Penny of ss?" he asked went softly to her aunt and shoulders foney.” The girl My h 5 placed her 1ands upon he 2 e and |, unt are you going to ruin our lives past because your own was ruined?” she ft i e | asked ing fel . ' The old woman's face was like a : sk “As his father did to me, 80 u shall do to y,” she answered “You can marry him—but my anger pever be assuaged. I warn you Id wom= ‘h now that I shall never relent. I g;,v«rwedyou,m.wbfladaugb- ELAND, FLA,, MAY 22, 1914, vt v an e YOUACC inVited 1 2 Demopstration of to marry the son of the man who |made my life barren and profitless, | you are free to do so | to me again—never—" | Mary turned away. “You see, Ralph, it is impossible,” she answered quietly. jrelent, Miss Amanda?’ inquired Ralph ! Lester old woman saw 'how bravely he bore the shock, and the thought of his suffering added fuel to her ancient hatred “Yes,” she answered, “if Robert Les- ! ter sends me a message from the dead, explaining his actions, his cruel be i havior to me, then I can forgive.” Guietly. The | holding a package in her hands. She crossed the floor to where her sister stood and kneeled down at her side. “Amanda—" she began. “It 18 useless to plead for him, Doro- thy,” answered the old woman. “You know—who should know so well as you, when Robert Lester came to woo you before he courted me?" “And you took him from me. Was that no wrong, Amanda?"’ pleaded her sister. Miss Amanda frowned impatiently, “That s between you and me, Doro- thy,” she answered. “If I have wronged you in that, you have never borne me hate for it. You do not know the meaning of a ruined life; nor a hot pillow wet with tears for a frustrated love.” Miss Dorothy rose to her feet, and her face was ashen pale. She held out the package toward her sister. Slowly, | with trembling fingers, she unfastened | the ribbon which bound it, and the scent of faded perfume diffused itself | through the room | “These letters explain all,” she said. Miss Amanda uttered a gasp of fear. | There were half a dozen unopened let- ! ters, in faded ink, and the handwriting | of them, addressed to her, was that | of Robert Lester “This is why,” said Miss Dorothy. “I was jealous of you, Amanda. 1 hated you with a hatred which was to yours | a8 wine is to water. When Robert's letters came for you I hid them away. And your own letters, which you gave | me to mail, I destroyed unopened. Now acquit Robert and turn your an- i ger upon me, Amanda.” The mask had fallen | Amanda’s face. with tears “Let the past bury its dead, sister,” she murmured. “I am glad you told | me—told me at the last.” And the two old women wept ln each others’ arms. And Ralph Lester drew Mary's arm through his, and pressed his lips to hers. (Copyright, lJN by \\' L, Chapman.) HOT CORNER AT WATERLOO 'Napoleons Efiorta to Sweep Away English Guards Resulted In Frightful Carnage. from Miss Her eyes were wet Captaln Gronow says: “The guards had what in modern battles is called a hot corner of it, and the greatest ‘gluttons’ (and we had many such) must have allowed, when night came on, that they had had fighting enough. am to this day astonished that any of us remained alive. From eleven with shot and shell at long and short range; were Incessantly potted at by tirailleurs, who kept up a most biting | thelr visits were by a terrific fire of | artillery; and, last of all, we were at- | tacked by ‘la Viello Garde' ftselt. “But here we came to the end of ! our long and flery ordeal. The French | veterans, conspicuous by their high bearskin caps and lofty stature, on breasting the ridge behind which we were at that time, were met by a fear- ful fire of artillery and musketry, which swept away whole masses of those vallant soldlers; and, while in . disorder, they were charged by us | with complete success and driven in utter rout and discomflture down the ravine. “The Prussians having now arrived | in force on the French right, a gen- | eral advance of the whole line was ordered and the day was won. During | the battle our squares presented a shocking sight. Inside w~ were near- ly suffocated by the smoke and smell from burnt cartridges. It was impos- sible to move a yard without tread- | | | "1 ing upon a wounded comrade or upon the bodies of the dead; and the loud “ | groans of the wounded and dying were most appalling 1| “At four o'clock our square was a' perfect hospital, dying and being full of dead, mutilated soldiers. 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