The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-29

The day came, which / feared would
come, when Walter Farnham should
offer me his heart and hand. | had
striven to avert it, for I did not love
the man; but he would not under
stand me until / had done the hardest
thing a true woman can ever do, as
sure the man who offers her his love
she cannot give his equivalent Even
then he was not content, and Richard
Gail sought me.
" Eunice," he said, "you must be
mad, not to perceive Walter Farm
hams worth" w W
: :. do perceive his worth" / an
swered, " but / do not perceive in
him my husband -e7a 1.. fsi,
Don't be a child, or what is worse,
foolish woman" he expostulated.
"Walter Farnham has few equals. |
do not know his superior" 3s
+" Still | do not love him." was my
answer. shall [ marry without
lover" nt8Ha fls
He left me. He saw his interces-
sion was without avail.
"She is like all the rest" he said
to Walter Farnham. She cannot
appreciate true worth. 1t is hard, my
friend; but she will be as little to
you one day as that other woman who
vexed my life so sorely is to me-
My heart gave a great leap. Edith
Wilkinson held him no longer. By
that heart-leap | knew how false to
myself | would be, should | give my
hand to him who asked it,
Walter Farnham shook his head in
answer to Richard Gail
This girl can appreciate worth,
he said. : She has appreciated it in
another" vET
Il do not think she loves, was
Richard Calls answer. /" | will watch
her. " T. l.lA no
Watch me? No! he should not A
half formed resolve was carried into
execution, and / became teacher.
At the end of the first quarter,
Richard Gail came to see me. i,o
I'VE want you, Eunice, +" he said.
my mother grieves that you are
gone, and the whole house needs your.
watchful care. "
smiled. He would have pleaded
thus with faithful servant.
taught another quarter.
Richard Gail came to me again.
My mother is i'll, " he said. "She
needs you sorely. She begs your com
panionship at the sea shore, where the
physician has ordered her to go. F"
He would have pleaded thus for any
efficient nurse; but had no right to
disregard that plea. / went, aud fell
into the old ways of obedience and
care taking
One, day as | chatted in the hotel
parlor with an elegant lady in costly
attire, Richard Gail startled us by
reading from a poem which he held
in his hand:
Heaven looks at us daily
QUITO human eyes"
:. Do you believe it?' he asked,
turning to us.
A shadow passed over the lady face. /
80 Yes, Paradise Lost" she MUIR
INJURED.
1t was Edith Wilkinson, and socie
ty knew full we'll that her marriage
had not been a happy one
| did not answer, but turned away
from the dark eyes that thrilled me
with their searching glance.
Not long after Edith .Wilkinson's
husband died. The news was told us
as we gathered around the crate in
the Gail mansion. Involuntarily we
turned to Richard Gail
He met his mothers glance of
eager inquiry and turned to me.
Pale and half choked, / was think
ing Edith Wilkinson's Lost Para
disc" might be regained, and for me,
hope itself must die.
Richard Gail crossed to me.
s. g Heaven looks at us daily
Out of human eyes"
he quoted. think see the heav-
en-. | think know the eyes. Look
into mine and tell me what you read"
A single glance and my position in
the Gail mansion was defined forever
not servant nor inferior now, but
equal. companion, wife.