Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1867-06-12
same time, her namey:sd sgca 5a1aaji-rs
/ ~ ''Emily--Emily Barnard !" !.
n ''That is my name, !" was her puzzled

|.H That IS my name, s was her puzzled
reply y5zs..f+A > +-or At, - ..7
:'And you don't know me, Emily I
asked - '''-'-' : q
Something of my old, familiar look
must have forced its way through the
hardened and bearded fee of man
hood, for pleasant smile Of recognition
shone out like sunbeam from her coun--
tenance, and she joyfully pronounced my
! name. And with the impu Sc of that
pleasant moment-k kissed her, but as
bashfuAy and obungingly, think as did
ever a boy of thirteen. '-1 - ST. ~
| For an hour we sat there together, and
talked OF the past. [ was happy, and [
should have been, for it was an hour to
whiehI had long and a,ixiotsly looked
forward. Peace and repose had long been
the, cr.ving Of my heart; at last they
were found. As I'VE continued to COZ
lvefse with the familiarity Of old friends,
I fancied ourselves the Ralph and Emily
of past years [ told her Of all the long
ings which had struggled, pent5 up in my
breast for years aspirations for the beau-
tiful and good, which always .cebtered in
her; Of the fame | had won, the success
which had greeted me, since our parting;
and Of the one thing wanting to secure
Flor ever to me the happiness to which all
else seemed triding- love of one true,
womanly heart. a.'5- A'-'7'5' @'-s h4# =
strovei to interpret love from her
dowHcsst eyes, her quick breathings, and
her bushes for though / knew she adj
mired and respected me, these did not
answer my prayers" But Io'receiveds1no
answer then !; the door suddenly opened
and admitted a person, whose face seem
ed not altogether unfamiliar to- me, and
who now stood awk.wardly upon the thres-
hold, as if conscious ofan intrusion He
was handsome youth of twenty-five or
three, = and Emily, rising in embarrassE
ment, presented him as Mr.. Walter Lay
arGi bsEsv.lab asCd1 baB s5.@t9a. .t1
The name was as familiar as the face {;
it was that of a boy acquaintance, much
younger than myself, butwhom [ remem
bered as schoomate. Yet [ could not
greet him cordially, although I saw a
gieam of pleasure in his eyes as he heard
my name noted the changing color
which his coming called to the cheek Of
my companion, and [ became at once
cold aud repellant toward him ~ 1t could
not escape my notice that he immediate.
ly took the seat by the side of Emily
which L had vacated: or that his bearing
toward her was easy and familiar. My
air castles seemed to totter lto their des-
truction as L narrewl y and jealously
watched them; and when [ could endure
the 81 ght no longer. 1 turned to the
window sgrieved and heartsiek. and-shall
| say it S-stupg with jealousy !. ai 5a.
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Several weeks lad now elapsed, since
my return to the farm house, and the reI-
ative positions Of Walter Layard and MY
self had been defined. We were rivals
from the outset, stern and uncom promising;
and our 1nien toward each other was hos
tile and defiant ',.' >
) But conquered-as I knew I must,
from the beginning. Walter Layard was
the 1boy-I, the man; and contact = with
the world had given me the experience
which he lacked. Yet this was hardly
the reason for my success. It was my
stronger nature that gained the victory;
aud Emily at last yielded her consent to
be my ite,. because, as / know now, she
could not Withstand the impulsiye coer-
cion Which brought to bear upon her,
And yet--strange inconsistency!--I
hardly dared ask myself whether she
really loved me. Nay, let me speak
frankly: | feared to ask it! There were
years between. Emily and myself; her
heart was fresh and lied-mine was
cankered and careworn; love. for her. was
the sole and only green spot. about it. =
The truth could not be conce led, much
as | might wrestle against it; there. could
not be the same generous sympathy of
feeling between Emily and myself as be-
tween her and Walter, had l not stood
between them. 10 $50 = W ~. !7'3@sisl
He never owned this to me; but It
could be read in her changing manner, in
her cheeks, where the roses bloomeu less
brightly than before my coming, and in
the dfeary, faded brightness OF her eyes.
Her laugh, too, was less musical, and less
frequent she was changed, sadly changed.
Yet | had won her, and | could not help
glorying in the thought. She was to be
nllne-mine for life z~.5',os ...... .-l:
And Walter Layard- too, bad
wondrously altered since he knew Of the
prospective relations between Emily and
myself. His cheeks grew thin and hol-
low, his eyes dull and sunken, and his
voice tremulous and faint; grief sorrow
beyond descri ption, was gnawing like a
canker at his heart. He moved about
ths house from day to day, pale, emaciat-
ed, and restless; though the vivid, angry
blood often burned in his Icheek when he
met ne. me: ne: He He and Emily, too, seemed to to
avoid each Others society, as though it