The Van Buren press., 1868-12-15

"Yes." ~. -.
/" Int,matelyw ..t.-..l,
And where is she now! S,ili hsppy
uith her husband, I suppose. and never
giving thought to the poor fellow che
dove OF, into the world" ..ss.i'..
mo" salt Mrs. Cobb, shadiLR her
face With her hand, and speaking unstsad.
| is. "No. her husband is dead" \.
"Ah! But still she never thinks Of
an:"
There was dead silence. -.
!. II, ,.u,, Aneil
rare you still friends '"u'V ~. J
YES
Then you ought to know and you Do.
Tell me" 800 4
II am sure I don't knaw *hy shes,d.
But If | d, you must promise me on your
ioaor ueser TO tell him, II you ever hap.
yea 10 met. him again" ~
/" Ma sane. what Won say to me never
sssL he repeated to am mortal man, upon
ng fonDr
Welt then, she does remember him."
Bat how" -...sf ..ss5,a n
AS kindly | think as he couij wish"
Il nm glad 70 hear Il for bis sake.
You AMI ! are the friends fboth parties
We can rejoice vita each other. u
He drew his chair much nearer hers.
ami took her hand. One moment the
widow resisted. but 1t was magnetic
touch; the rosy palm lay quietly In his,
and the dark beard bent 80 low that 4
nearly touched her shoulder. II did NOT
matter much. Was he not Samuei's
Iriends Ifhe was no. the rose. had be
not dwelt very near it for long. long
timer
:" II was foolish quarrel that parted
them, said the stranger softly.
= Did be tell you about r. ..g as,e
Eyes. on board the whalcr."
did he blame her much :" pas
Not 50 much as himself. He said
that his Jealousy and iii temper drove her
to break off the match but he thought
sometimes II he had only gone back and
spoken kindly to her she would haye mar.
ried him after all 4" fi8 fs'i
:" am sure she would" said the wjd.
ow piteously. Z" She has owned it to me
more than thousand times" IN.
Sae was not happy, then. with an.
other"
Nr--that was to say. her husband
was very good and kind" said the woman,
tLiaking Of the lonely grave on the hill.
81 lie. rather pcnitently, 'and they lived
pleasant, together. There never wa, .
harsh word between them" y ts'' ~
Still, might she net have been happier
with Samt b. hoaest, and just say Whist
You think"
/" Yes"
Bravo, that is what wanted to come
at. laii Aa@ la ~ 1cf 8ld - %
- And now ! have secxct to tell you,
and you mist break it to her.
Mrs Cobb looked rather scared.
ever Sic ST. Is iaav ! &c. and say to Le: Maria
what makes YOU start SO r
Nothing. only you speak 90 like some
one | Used ~ knDw.n 81 ri1A 80"
Dol? Well. take the rest Of the mes.
sage. Tell her that Sam loved hsss
through the whole: that Is. When he heard
that she was free again he began to work
hard a, making fortune; be has got Il
and he il coming to share il with her, e
she will let him. Will you tell hs ths1sl
+ The widaw did act answer She freed
her hand from his, and covered her faes,
with it. -,
iBy aadiby she looked up again. nd,
was waiting paticntly.rs io'na1i . $50 y
4 .WeHyr baggois s4ed llgeR ii y dN
u will tell her a. f4gona sg4sl
lie rose from his seat and walked mp
aud '6wd the room Then he came back.
auF l4,nmg oushe ,nail.le tiiere. atroked
Tie yrlGdw aaii of ii5wse with his slipper.
salake hes quite unlerstand that 10
want. hex. ,l,r his wife. She may live
where she likes, only 1t must DO with
him f0o3 V4GE 9FE '9foa 7ib0zd
II will tell her, mos1 ssmli legsgse III
'Aad what 10 yv, think she will say =
he asked in an altered tone .s.,t .s.r
What can she say, but--comcv
sHnrrahn q f'p''I1 go
The stranger caught her out OF her
chair, as ii sae had been child, aud kiss.
Ell her ssi6s .p,u sgi.8b haghaq
'Don't--dcn'tv she cried out. In
Sans Maria
"Wel.. I'm Maiia's Sam = naal,is liD
or went the dark wig and the black
whi,ker3, there smiled the dear face she
bad not forgotten, l leavcyo to imag.
I ius the tahleau Even the cat got up 10
book, ant, Bowse sat on his stump OF q
tail, AMI wondered IL he was on his heels
or his head The widow gave one little
scicsm aud then She t,..a a .,,,a,
But stop. Quiet people like you and
me, dear readers, who have got over all
these rollics. anil cando nothing but turn
up our noses At them, hare no business
here. | will only add two hearis we're
very happy, that Bowse concluded AFTER
a while that all was right, and % laid
down again, and that one week after there
was wedding at the haase that ma 10
tie farmers stare. The widow had mar,
rcd her first love- Ft IN.
POPULAR FALLAcirs.--That you can
receive oao dollar . day, spend twp and
get rich.
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