The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-11-04

! --uIsSTa ce--DiseIy y--HeT IpIoaSnSS
would have escaped them all
His head tell. ike that ola wear
child. on my shoulder. I drew hin
| gently TO a sofa. aud sooiheG him will
a thousand murmured wnrds--a thou
sand mute caresses For had it no
been all my fault
And throue all the long weeks o
fear that fvl owed. nursrd him will
un waverins care and devotion l haC
but one ihous hi--or d'siIe-io re
deem myself in his estimation to prove
! to him that was snmethin- more ane
higher than fhesmere butterfly of fash
ion had tithsrfs shoRn myself! IS
Well. The March winds had how.ed
themselves away into their mountain
Businesses the brilliant April rain
drops were dried on bnu2h aud spray
and now the apple blossoms were fuss
ing their tras grant billows Of pinky
bloom in the deep blue air of latter
May
Where we're we now?
1t was a picturesque little villa. not
far out OF NewO rlears. furnished very
like a magnificent baby house Gera ID
sat in cushioned easy chair in the
garden. just where he could glance
through the open window at me, work
ing ou.ily with my needle.
Wha, an indusr rious fairy it is he
said, smiling sadly
Well, you see, like it lis great
deal better than those sooatas Oh the
piano!
Who would have ever thought you
wo'd make so notable housekeeper !?
laughed gle seiuIly-I bad all a
child's deIi- hit in being praised
Are you not going to Mi Delancey's
croqu"t party ? he pursued.
M; what do care for cr"quet par
ties? I'm going to fi'i>h your shirts,
and you'll read aloud to me
Madeline, want you to answer me
one 9utsti"n.
What is it?
What have yon done with your dia-
mnnds?
sold them long ago they paid sew
eral heavy bills, besides Settling half
years rent here.
Bur, Madeline, you were so proud of
YOUR diamonds
was once no'o they wnu d be the
bitterest repfoach my eyes could meet.
Oh, Gerald, had 1 been less vain, and
ihouehtless and extravagant
checked myself and a robin, sing
ing in the perfumed drpths Of apple
blossoms. took up the dropped current
of SOUND?
That's right. little redhreast. said my
hu. band. !huif jokingly, talk her down!
She has i"rgortsn Ihdt'un, past is dead
and gone, and that VIC have turned ever
a new page in the book CT existence!
Madeline; d you know how feel some
time. when 1 sit and look at you?
Mo-
Well, feel like ? w.dower who has
married again
My heart gave little superstitious
jump
Like a widqwer who has married
again, Gerald
Y's il can re men.i er my first vie
a brilliant. thrUehtl' So child. without
any idea beyond the grarlica ION OF
present whims-a spoiled plaything
Well that little Madeline has vanished
away in'o The past m"wh-re she has
gone away, TO re'urn t" me 10 mor,,
and IN her stead. behold my second
W fe "a ih"ushtfHl. tender woran whose
wafchfrl love surround me like an at
whore character grows II ore
mob @, and .deve!orfs itself into new
depih and beauty every day!
| was kneeIing at his side now, with
my cheek upon his arm, and my eyes
Io"kins into his.
And which do you love best, Gerald
-th" first or secOnd wife?
think the trials and vicissitudes
thro' wb ch we have passed are welcome
in led. since they have brought me. os
their harvest fruits, the priceless treas
ure "f my secrnh wife?
That was what Gerald answered me-
the sweetest words that ever fell upon
my ear!