The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-11-20

! no not uWelt WliHlH tue liudeuce IOT iOhl
! time?
1T was a foolish quarrel that parted them,
said the stranger softly.
Did he tell you about itr
Yes, on board the whaler.'
Did he blame her muchl'
Not so much us himself Ho said that
his jealousy and i'll temper drove her TO break
off the match; but he thought sometimes il
he had only gone back and spoken to her, she
would have married him after all
Il am sure she would said the widow, pite
ously. 'She mas owned it to me more than
n thousand times
'She was not happy, then, with another"
said he.'
Mr. that is to say, her husband. was
very kind said the little woran, thinking of
the lonely grave on the hill side rather peni.
tentlv, and they lived very pleasantly to.
ge,her. There never WAS a harsh word be
tween them
'Still-might she not have been happier
with Saml b" honest, now, anl say just
what you think
Yes.
'Bravu. that is what want j to come at.
AMI no" have secret to tell you, and you
must break il to h"r.
MIS- C,h' l,,k.i rather seated
~ hu Is il ?
Il want yon 10 - to ana see her. wherever
eho may b., and say to her, 'Marar what
makes goa >tart SOP
Nothing only you speak 80 Ike some one
| used to know, once in wbir.'
DO II We'll take the rest of the message
Tell her that Sam loved her through the
whole; that, when he heard s1e was free, he
began to work hard TO make fortune he
has got it; and he is coming to share it with
her, il she will let him. viii you tell her
thisv
She did not answer She had freed her
hand from his, and covered her face with it,
Bye'and-bye she look I'd up sgain. He was
waiting patiently
well?
Il will tell her
He rose from his seat, aud walked up and
leaning on the mautepeces stroked the yellow
hair Of Bowse with his slipper
Make her quite understand that he wants
her for bis wife. She may live where she
likes, and how she likes, only it must be with
,.,o,
Il will tell her.
Say he has grown old but not cold; that
be loves her now perhaps better than he did !
twenty years ago; that he has been faithful |
to her all through life; that he will be faith
ful till he dies
The Californian broke off suddenly. The
widow answered:
Il will tell her.
And what do you think she will sayP he
asked.
'Wha, can she she say but Gomez
'Hurrahp
The stranger caught her out of the chair
as if she had been a child, and kissed her.
Don't, OH don't' she cried. | am Sans
Mariap
'Well, I am Maria's Samv
Off went the dark wig, and the black whis-
kers-there smiled the dear face she had new
er forgotten. | leave you to imagine the
tableau-cvcn the ca. got up to look, and
Bowse set on his stump of a tail, and wonder.
ed il he was on his heels or his head. The
widow gave one little scream and
But, stop! Quiet people like you and me,
dear reader, who have got over all these fol-
lies, and can do nothing but turn ny our nos
es as them, have no bu iness here. | will
only add that two hearts were very happy,
that Bowse ncule1 after while, that all
was right, and SO laid down to sleep again, and
that one week afterwards there was wedding
at the house that made the neighborlng far
mers stare. Tn, vi low Cobb had married
her tist l1yn.