The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-06-06
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1861.

never to tell him if you ever meet him again.
Madam, what you say to me never shall bt
repeated to any mortal man, upon my honor.
well then, she does remember him?'
But how?
| 'As kindly, think, as he could wish
{ / am glad to hear it for his sake. You and
| are the friends of both parties we can rejoice
with each other
He drew his chair much nearer hers and took
her hand. One moment the widow resisted but
it was magnetic touch, the rosy palm lay qui-
city in his, and the dark beard bent so low that
it almost touched her shoulder. 1t did not mat
ter much. Was he not Samueps dear friend
j If he was not the rose, had he not dwelt very
near it for long, long time
1t was foolish quarrel that parted then&|
said the stranger softly.
Did he tell you about it?
| Yes on board the whaler'
| Did he blame her much 2
| Not so much as himself. He said that his
Jealousy and i'll temper drove her to break off
the match; but he thought afterwards if he had
only gone back and spoken kindly to her, she
would have married him after ALL
Il am sure she wonld,' said the widow pite-
ousy. She has owned it to me more than a
thousand times
'She was not happy then, with another.
'Mr.--tha: is to say her husband--was very
good and kind said the little woman, thinking
of the lonely grave out on the hill side rather
penitently, and they lived very pleasantly to-
gether. There never was harsh word between
Them
Still, might she not have been happier wit h
Sam? Be honest now, and Say just what you
til ink
Yes
Bravo! that is what want to come at. And
now l have secret to tell you, and you must
break it to her.
Mrs. Minards looked rather scared
What is ftp
l want you to go and see her wherever she
may be, and say to her, Maria, what makes
you start so?'
Nothing, only you speak like some one
used TO know, once in awhlle.
Dol Well, take the rest Of the message.
Tell her that Sam loved her through the whole;
that when he heard she was free, he began to
work hard at making fortune. He has gotit
and is coming to share it with her, if she will
let him. VIII you tell her this 2
The widow did not answer. She had freed
her hand from his, and covered her face with it.
By and by she looked up again. he was waiting
patiently.
well?
i will tell her.
''Say he has grown old, but not cold that
twenty years ago that he has been faithful to
her all through his life, and that he will be faith.
fQl till he dies
The Californian broke off suddenly. The
widow answered still
Il viii tell her.
And what do you think she will say n be
asked in an altered tone,
what can she say but Gene p
'Hurrah!
The stranger caught her out Of the chair as
if she had been child, and kissed her.
'Dont-oh DON'T! she cried out. i am Sans
Maria
Well am Maria's Sam'
Off went the dark wig and the black whs-
kers-there smiled the dear face he had never
forgotten leave you TO imagine the tableau;
even the cat got up to look, and Bowse sat on
his stump of a tail, and wondered if he was on
his heels or his head The widow gave one
little scream, and then She
But stop Qriet people like You and me,
dear reader, who have got over all these follies
and can do nothing but turn up our noses at
them, have no business here. l will only add
that two hearts were very happy, that Bowse
concluded after while, that all was right, and
that enc week afterwards there was wedding
at the house that made the neighbors stare
The widow had married her First Love