The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-04-20

last word, too which vas not often the
case. Robert Grover moved uneasily
the still pale face troubled him more
than any aush Of rage-the silence
more than any recrirnina,iou would
have done. I suppose he mu.ed,
'Mary'l' sit at home today and brood
over what I've said, and think I'm the
greatest brute in existence! All, Well
I Tondcy If marriage proves the taiFdres
in nintv nine cases out Of numbered
tha: Ours has!-l,'. evident enou.i,
that Mary and / wernt intended for
each other Aud yet who would have
believed three years ago, that it would
have come to this!
And the Young man sighed heavily.
And then his thoughts drifted otto the
time beyond those three years, and he
cav Mary Humphreys ~ all the sweet.
ness which had won him to love her
What pretty, charming. lovely crea
ture che was-half child, half woman
How beautiful she vas then! how he
used 10 Worship hsrl And tho old ra
dent daya Of their hetro'hal marched in
shining array before his memory, and
they softly vanished away to make
room for one day fairar, standing alone,
crowned and glorious. the brightest day
ofhis life. H. saw Mary a. she was
that day, to him like angel in the silver
cloud of her white lacee, with the dam
ask roses of love widening on ner soft
cheeks, aud the shy trembling Of her
Iipt!
What happy bridegroom he was!-
How radie'h before them seemed to
pen their future! And with the sweet
face Of ms newly made wife standing
before him, the young man closed his
eyes anil dropped into light slumber,
and the face followed him. Blu. now i,
was farther nffa great. reproach sadnes.
seemed to drift up into the dark eyes
and over tie smiling lips. L was turn
ing towards him, but there seemed an
invisible, intangible barrier tc.wixt
them. Mary seemed slowly receding
from his gaz-, with the reproachfal eor
row in her face He stretched out his
arms, and called her in agony to return
but she shook her heat mourEfnllv
and the sweet, sorrcwfui fAce grew
fain'e, and fainter, aud in alarm and
anxiety the traveller stirred unsasily,
and awoke.
The white dazzling level lay befol E
him. and the car wheels we're painfully
toiilng their long way to Phi!ade!phia
But the vision in HE dream haunted the
soul of !sehert Grover. aud il his STIR
ed aua 50: .ened N ood be saw MANY,
things in new light. He did not pow
reproach Mary for his share Of the sor
row and bitterness Of their welded life
he took great blame 10 himself. II.
saw how in manv things he bad errea ,
how he had not been tender, pitiful to
her youth and inexPerienee ss be should
have been. lie saw that many times
nor.nn.. ;,Is1', authoratatixe. .ars
PeFe'nptory With her. wher -~f'sslailcn
and fo'bearanee ;a,aht have accom-
plished all he desired. remembered
tho hos,e from which hs had taken
hsr. the los,ng atmosphere which had
surrosEied her, the fondness which
never saw faul: OF bllpe III her and as
bis reused conscience bro ,ght bfore
the nlaE scene after scene, iE which he
had bear, ankind or eyerbearing or too,
little though ful of wishes, The heart Of
Robert Grover smote him, and then l.
yeTacd towards his wife, as it had not
yearncd for years and he solean,,!y
resnired, with the help OF God. that his
fntare shoHld rot be sike shie pas.
hat hs would do what he could, by
yentleuess and forbea-anoe, TO win
back samethlng of the old, lost tender
ness, snd make their MARRIED lie some
wha, Of all their betrolhai had promised
He woEld even acknowledge the wrong
which he had done, though i.,cost ihia
sa.se.hing of \ siraggls to resolve q,
this. end would Try and see if he could
nat ,ptesail upon Mary to Join him n
/ heir .pnrpose.
III ;Gad he, one ofthe pretties, dress
es in Ph:laGelp.a, let It COS. what i
mayr ,s.urmnsed Robert Grover tc
i himself And the wind which beat 4
the SHADOW did not lnake that snGde,
e;narEsss in his eyes.
i .troLe ConclnIeE Bex. week
1910