Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-11-13

/ has been played against aIe--played
against heart ofloye, Maud, whose on
y fault was It's ira t. Oh, YOU cannot
know ALL tt 5iA fa5h tq
Yes Paul; for iave been with YOU
through every hour ofthis day OF agony.
watched you through the. wood;
tracked you silently, and followed Your
footsteps faithfully and patiently, know
ling that a time would come when !
/ should be useful t. you and now,
tell you, knowing AL that YOU must be
brave, my friend, anI patient"
"Braye, patient! Maud, these are on
| ly Words a!o't
Something more than that, Paul.
Look up, boy, into the sky above--are
there no truths there, no joys in knowl-
edge and in religion, that yon should
ding away your HE for tn heartlcss
/ words Of a knocking girl? Has nature
no stores OF healing even fora love be-
trayedg learning NO harbors of refuge
| wen for q heart wrecked; Icu have
aot lost all in. losing even Eva, beauti
i'll rs she is. No i.fc has but one ven.
sarc, and that rwrcck, while Il sral
shines above the clouds, or Il flower bio,
SONS on the sands: or wh,le oneehmnaa
heart lies ST icken with sorrows which
human sympathy can soften; one tlirob-
bling head les low it'll disease, which
human hands can soothe. While there
is secret OF nature to learn, OF a kind
ly Office to fulfill, no one can say: nv
anguish is iucurable' Do these word>
sound cold and hard my boy?. You will
find them true whda this storm has pas
sed bv."
"Coid and had" groaned Paul:
''thoy are stones instead Of bread--tleath
insteal Of life st ~.
Maud made no answer She lifted
his heal o. her la,', ana laid 1t on her
bosom; AMI once and once only. her
tears tell Oh the boy forehead AMI min
A gled with his own.
4 Days and days Maud sat by the fever
bel other friend, his litc hanging by =
thread, aud the grim gates OF death
swung back to receive him; but Maud
had been taught some rare secrets OF
nature; and magic potions, brewed un.
der strict conditions Of the moon and
the compass, with holy prayers repeated
!revcrcntly over them, aud charns and
spells OF the whispering voice, and ehad-
owy spells of the waving hand, love and
! watchtulnoss-theSc restored Paul: and
Maud was rewarded by his recovery.
One day the rattlc' of carriages past
Paurs easement. aud he loud ringing
: pf the Oakenden bells, brought sudden
iii OF angui>h-such as Maud had move,
seen since the first wrrnchug away oi
his hopes by Eva'- cruel words -
,.N'hat is that. Mlud:' he asked; his
lips quivcriug, and his nervous hand
ciutrhlng at the empty air. Maud
: changed color. so Maud, do YOU noi
deceive nae too.' cgied the poor boy.
NO, Paul, will not deceive YOU
Then speak; quick-quicA"
There arr things sometimes hest left
unspoken, Paul, She said tendorly.
t NO. no, Maud. the truth always"
AT its right time, dear boy
Now, now, Maud." The bells ran,
louder, the village children screamed
and laughed and the horses pranced
and Lcighed. All this tumut was born,
on the morni ~ air into the sick-clam
Der TEL ne, Maud.
alt is marriage, my friend.
a marriager"- spoke with a kino
Of calm whose?' She did
not answer. "Whosc:' he cried, seiz
ing her arm. His eyes were wild, anG
his voice almost fierce; his gesture was
fierce as well.
/ "One You know of, Paul.
Her nam"?'
"Why do YOU asl; Il: lou know a.
well as | tina. Eva marria&o bells ar
ringing"
Eva! Eva" smiclel The 6ay; aa,
/ then he fell back, the blood flowing owe
his lip, and his whole body rackcd by
strong convu sions.
, When Maud wiped the blood from his
lips, Eva, in another scene. placed hel
hand in that If Cha'lcs RoileStDae, an}
said, i'll her calm sweet voice, ~ viii,
when Dr. Madison asked her, accord.
ing t. the formula, if she would hay,
hin for her husband. But not one,
that day did Eva remember the youtf
she had SO betrayed; not once, in hen
wedding glory, came the iainteSt glow
of feeling TO him; not the shadow OF
sympathy, Of pity, or rc@rct.
The agitation of this new trial brought
back all Paul toyer, and for many day.
and weeks he was again on the thresh-
old nt the grave. But Maud snatcheA
{ hm from this new danger, as she had
preserved him from the first, and once
more restored him 10 his arr aud life.
All Oakc' len was III arms 1t was
Thought cry bold thing ON Mau.l's
part, that she should have nprsoa Pau
ibe~lireg through an illness. But MAUD
let them tax IS they would, and went Oh
tending and airing for poor Paul, just a.
! if there WAS no world in calender to
criticise and malion.
Maud's gre 1t amn>cment bad heen---
althn' il was 4 foolish ubc-=to encourage
in Oakenden rhe idea Of her witchcratt
Many a thing which had gained her her
questionable reputation, had been done
out Of the Ioyr of fun and mischief, rath-
rr than inad' artentlN: although she nev-
Ter expected the large amount Of sor-
row which bciell her n. consequence
Of this reput alton. She trusted more
to the goodness than she feared the fol
". of men, aud never thought it possible
thar human hearts should hc closed be
cause social prejudiccs We're shocked
The gypsy Maud knew more OF botany
and entomology than Sic did of Englislt
ideas. II si5 had Lad moie OF what thu
world calls common sense, she woNll(
have never placed herself in such fats,
position; bul hen, il the people at Oak
endcn had had moic diScernuont thar
prejudice, they would have understood
her better. a',d would not have trans.
formed dissiniilarity, int crime
After al, her escapadcs were not very
hcinous Sh. used 10 drcs, in Singh
lar manner her gown. made, as thcy