Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-10

should. But if / do you must prom
isc me, on your honor, never to tell
him, If you happen to meet him
again"
Madam, what you say to me
never shall be repeated to any NOR
tai man, upon my honor"
swell, then, she does remember
him"
"But how ?"
Gas kindly, think, as he could
wish"
II am glad to hear il for his sake.
You and | are the friends Of both
parties, We can rejoice with each
other.'
lie drew his chair much nearer
hers, and took her hand. One mo-
mcnt the widow resisted, but il was
magnetic touch; the rosy palm
lay quietly in his, and the dark
beard bent so low that it nearly
touched her shoulder. II did not
matter much. Was he not Samuel's |
dear friend? ? Ifhe was not the rose
had he not dwelt near it for a long, |
long time?
1T was a foolish quarrel that
parted Them" said the stranger,
softly.
"Did he tell you about ?"
ayes, 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 i
but he thonght sometimes if he had
only gone back and spoken kindly |
to her she would have married him
after ALL"
Il rm sure she would" said the
widow piteously; "she has owned
it to me more than a hundred |
times"
"She was not happy, then, with !
another 2" I
"Mr. that was to say her
husband-was very good and kind"
said the woman, thinking of the
lonely grave on the hillside rather
penitcntly, land they lived pleas
antly together. There never was a
harsh word between thnm -
"Still, might she not have been
happier with Sam? Be honest and
say just what you think"
"Yes."
"Brayo! That is what I wanted
to come at. And now | have a Sc
cret to tell you, and you must break
it to her"
Mrs. Cohblooked rather scared.
"What is itT'
81 want you to go and see her
wherever she may be, and say to
her: 'Maria-.' What makes
you start so p
Nothing, only you speak so
much like some one / used to
know"
"DoI2 Well, take the rest of
the message. Tell her that Sam
loved her through the whole; that
is, when he heard she was free, he
began to work hard at making a
fortune; he has got it, and he is
coming to share it with her, if she
will let him. Will you tell her
this 2"
The widow did not answer. She
freed her hand from his, and COW
cred her face with it. By and by
she looked up again. He was wait
ing patiently.
"Well!"
II will tell her"
He rose from his seat and walked
up and down the room. Then he
came back, and leaning upon the
mantle piece, streked the yellow
hair of Bowse with his slipper.
Make her quite understand that
he wants her for his wife. She may
live where she likes, only it must
be with him."
~ will tell her"
"And what do you think she will
say p lie said in an altered tone,
"What can she say, but-come?"
"Hurrahw
The stranger caught her out of
her chair as if she had been child,
and kissed her.
'"Don't! DON'T" she cried. III
am Sans Maria"
"Well, | am Maria's Sam %
Oh went the dark wig and the
black whiskers-there smiled the
dear face she had not forgorten. /
leave You to imagine the tableaux.
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 head.
The widow gave one little scream
and then she
But stop! Qnietpeople like you
and me, dear reader, who have got
over all these follies, and can do
nothing but turn up their noses at
them, have no business here. ]
will only add that two hearts were
very happy; that Bowse concluded
after a while that all was right and
so laid down again, and that one
week after there was wedding at
the house that made the neighbor-
ing farmers stare. The widow had
married her "frs; love"
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