Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1857-04-16

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bose sha trsil foolish gisl q Dora /
Dera
And % calling. stopp;!!sla u skatnine
the path, tunbling ii tiss snow md is.
ing but to rushson again, went Halberl
Kimball. He paused II the junction d
Filth Avenue and Washington Park.
H. She paused here he mnttered ;
81 tie track is faint, but I Gun detect i
All! Hose i here. Its cover
ed with the snow o God ! ! have
LOST her--she will perish what shall !
do ~ tss
He was standing opposite the lane
where the dark mass lay motionlcss,
with the patches Of freshly faIlen-snow
nothing its out lines. The moon was
hid, and Halbert looked sayngely up i;
for the thought crossed his mind Of the
moment that. by the aid Of her light, he
might yet continue his search ] do be-
lieve that at that moment he said in the
depths Of his heart something exceed
iagly bad about the moon
8 Lost" he marmured, s and through
my fault. She will die-die horribly
this bitter night Mad girl that she is !
Oh what can dosto find her e.
A moan--a very, very faint moan in
the lane. HalBert listened, listened so
eager that he made the silence painful.
Again the moan came, but fainter than
at first still it was enough. He ran
like deer into the dark lane, calling
so Dora I" and in another moment he
was warming the cold cheeks and wet
curls Of the lost one oil his bosom.
How9tenderly he lifted her up, and
how proudly he walked through the
snow while she lay in his arms, with
hers clasped around his neck and her
head was nestled ia his breast And
in spite Of his haste to take her to his
own warm home, how often he stopped
to kiss her pale cheeks!
Dora" he murmured to her, press
ing her close, as if he feared that she
would again escape him, how could
No,, hn cn mad q $40 L lc~,3 :, u ~r,,,l -.
to rush out into this wild night ~
was mad" she said iaintIy . Did
you not hear what she called me 1t
seemed to me as if all the world had
turned against me, and WANTED to die !"
I" But you will not die. You will live
for me, Eora, will you not ~
Her head nestled in closer to his boz
som and she said nothing; but her heart
was near his; in that mement have no
doubt it told him all he wished for.
Need tell how wonderfully Haibert
Illuminated his bachelor home that night !?
what splendid wax candles he lit, what
u roaring fire he made. and how he pro-
duced his most tempting stores in order
to tempt little Dora Dee to eat 8! How
he made wonderful coffee for her IN d
magical self-acting coifee-pd, and how,
Mhen she grew Wcared out, he retired
discreetly to neighboring hotel, which
he left at six O'Clock the next morning
in order to have an interview with a
clergyman ? / know | need not des-
cribe all this. Your kindly imagination
will supply all those thousand details
which crowd around every such domes-
tic romance as that which relate.
There is one fact, however. which. ii
is important that you should know. I'm
portant, because such events are gene
rally supposed to be the end Of romance
and the beginning of reality and as L
never wish to trespass much on the do
mains Of the latter. / like to finish off
tie first with the flourish.
lnthe morning they we're married !