The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-12-07

lgrudge US that, at all eVents
She obeyed in silence, and methodicall
tidied the room.
/ Come here, Mildred, he said, when sh
HAD done, and putting his arm round her. b
whispered You must not take it to beal
that could not do what you asked me
When you think it over you will see wa
right, but there is one bit of gold you ma
give me, and there it is, he added, gent
touching her bright hair.
Now go and get ready E.#s
God bless you, darling, and he bent dow
and kissed her lips.
The next day the story had been told
and had met with the reception Mr. Reev
had expected. That be, gentleman bor
and bred though he was, should have ven
tured to make love to Mildred Grant, til
half-sister of the boy to whom he was tutor
was crime of such magnitude as neve
to have been imagined or provided agains
by her mother, Mrs. Carlton, No word
could express her indignation and dismay
and few words were wasted in the attempt
Mildred had pleaded headache and gon'
to bed Immediately after dinner, and on thu
news of Mr., Reeves presumption being
communicated to Mrs, Carlton, that lady
felt herself 80 totally incapable of doing jus
tice to her feelings that she spared hel
daughter for that night an interview which
Mildred had exceedingly dreaded. But Mr.
Carlton, Mildred's step-father and guardian
was a sensible man, and withal a gentle
man, and though he disliked the idea of tn,
marriage as much as his wife could do, ye
he did not refuse to meet Mr. Reeve upor
equal terms, aud was willing to waive The
breach of confidence OH Which his wife in
sisted 80 strongly, in consideration o.
their own imprudence in having allowed
Mildred to be SO much with her brothers
tutor. But be represented frankly to MIR
Reeve that if he remained in the house long
enough to see Mrs. Carlton again he would
not be safe from insult, and appealed to him
as man of honor-insisting at the same
time on the fact Of Mildred's being great
heiress--to give his promise not to attempt
to see or communicate in any way with her
until she was Of age. Appealed to in this
way Mr.. Reeve felt that he could not dc
otherwise than assent. Perhaps he had
some faint hope of an opposition violent and
unreasonable enough to justify him in re
fusing all terms: as it was, however, he
gave the required promise with heavy
heart, subjoiniug to it the words aft er to
morrow" though he scarcely hoped to be
allowed to take leave of Mildred.
The dog-cart was at the door at six
O'Clock next morning to convey him to the
station, and he was passing through the
hall, when a soft whisper reached him
through the green baised door Of the school
l.. i
Mildred slipped into his hand a bit of that
gold. He took her in bis arms for mo-
Inent and kissed her, as he did SO she
whispered, I'm four years" ''In four years,
my darling, on your birthday, you shall
hear from me. God bless and keep you,'
and he was gone before she had time to an.
swer. How Mildred loved that man! .g
II In spite of what he had said, when Ed
ward Reeve reached London il was to pre-
pare for sharp struggle with poverty
During the few years that had elapsed
since he left the University, he had been
charged with the maintenance of his moth
er and in part with that of his sister, and
although he had been recently relieved OF
that burden ny the death Of the one and the
marriage of the other, yet he had very lit
tie cash wherewith to fill Mildred's purse.
He arrived at the Kings Cross station at
noon, thoroughly tired, for lie had been up
nearly all night The first thing he did af-
ter securing a very small lodging (oh, Mil
dred, if you could have seen it.) was to go
to bed, and to sleep, and when he awoke, to
his great astonishment it was six O'Clock
p. M His landlady having satisfied herself
by various peeps, that he had not disgraced
her lodgings by hiring them for suicidal
purposes, had prepared some mutton chops,
to which he sat down with good appetite.
Afterwards he opened his desk and looked
over a manuscript volume hidden there; no,
he would not take another situation as tutor
give lessons if he could find pu-
pills, and. if necessary, he would dine upon
bread and cheese, but he would devote him
self to his literary work, and strive to earn
for himself name that even Mildreds
friends should not be ashamed to have her
bear. He lighted bis pipe upon this deter
mination, and actually awoke faithful to it
the next morning, great thing to say for
any human resolution. ..
-Four years had nearly passed. 1t was Oc-
tober, and the following Christmas eve
would be Mildred's twenty first birthday.
Mr.. Reeve sat by the fire in the identical
lodging he had taken on first arriving in
London. AS he expected, he had seen moth
ing of the Carlton Family. They did not
come to town, and he was debarred by his
promise from seeking intercourse with Mil
dred. Now and then he had read Miss
Grants name as having been present at
such and such country bali or archery
meeting, and his trust in her was 90 implicit
that these announcements symply interes-
ted him without costing him pang Con-
sidering Mildred's youth such confidence
may seem strange, but Edward Reeve was
go little used to the ways Of the world and
the ways of woman, as to be still, in such
matters, as unsophisticated as boy. He
had grown sparer and graver in these years.
How hard had been his struggle with pow
erty he alone knew, but he had fought
bravely, and his luck seemed just now Oh
the turn. In the first place the book was
actually published, and, although as yet ii
had met with no especial welcome from the
public, it had been very favorably reviewed
by several leading periodicals. One OF
these critiques he was now about, pipe in
mouth, to read. He felt very proud and
glad, and as he took the paper in his hand
he fancied how Mildred might be reading it.
with tears of pleasure in her bright eyes
perhaps at that very time. He toyed for g
minute or two with his impotence, glanc
ing up and down the paper; suddenly be
changed color, marriage announcement
caught his eye:- - -. tE-E rrf 81
On the 18th inst, at the Parish Church
Charley Bridge, Yorkshire, Sir Edwerd Lif
ford, Bart, to Mildred, only daughter CT til,
late Richard Grant, Esq, of Charley Hall
A mist passed across Edward Reeve
sight, his face was very white, and he sa
quite motionless Presently he qnietl,
LAID aside the paper, aud shielded his eye
with his hand: a low God help me. es
capped from his lips, had it been shrek
would not have told more plainly of acut
pam. He sat so, i'll thought or in prayer
or perhaps only in suffering for about hal
an hour, then he rose and fetched his desk
He took out first little paper packet, open
ed it, and let Mildreds bright hair cul