78 BE TRUE.

friend of our youth, the sweet, con-
fiding Ella More? What if he were
deceived? Ella did not deceive him.
How should she dream that it was
not herself, but her imaginary gold,
to which he offered idolatrous hom-
age? How should a heart like hers
imagine that like the wealth once
her own, the love of Elmore should
take to itself wings and fly away?
“You call me unforgiving; but
where is penitence for this dreadful
wrong? It is true, as you say, that
Ella does not complain. Would you,
Laura? You have a woman’s heart,
and can answer that question. Ella
need not complain; the narrow grave,
and the green earth’s sod, will soon
tell the tale which seldom falls from
woman’s lips. Elmore says that no
engagement subsisted between Ella