Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-16

possible she might hare c,ne 70 yonF
hD6oe, ] thOughfe
Let ne 20 Il cannot wait, end h h my
right TO iDd her." Ralph exclaimed
q Your fish,yv Victor asked, laying his
hand nerp0usly On bis arm, and looking
searchingIy in his face.
aYes, the right & man has in one be
lovea," be replied, resolusely meeting his
lock. T
a faint f,i1kefing red came into Victor
Montford's cheek
"PeriAa you are thinking Of my
| cousin Blanche" Ralph said, quietly,
" and tbs yunors which hare sssocisttsd
orr names ia. there II nothing ia them
at last not now. Blanche doesn't be
Iieye In cousins marrying. expect or
else somebody else WIS before me- he
added, with faint smile and meaning
lock. ae ~ #aeS sfN
An, how the light flashed into the pure,
fair face, ard the fiickerilg. color shot up
10 the blue veined temples and white, boy
isb forehead.
Maybe it is . JIG, but lis such white
ore, and makes him 20 happy, beside
giving Elancse the advantage tbs;
rather think if's less sin 10 LEA il than il
would DC the ruth" Ralph said 10 him
sell, spproTinEiy.
There was sTong, warm grasp Of the
bands, but nothing more was said until
Ralph was seated IL TIE sleigh, and had
taken upstfse reins. sH8. &4
You will Ies ne kpos as soon as pos
| sible =" MontfoTd asked, earnestly.
Before noon - perhaps before ten
O'Clock j shal drive directly 10 The sss-
tion, sstsf telling the felks ~ nome" anC
| he drove hastily away
| Just bes,re reaching home, aud while
revolving in Lac Hsrrd hoo best 20 break
the bitter ciEpp oin.ment to Lls mother,
bis eye caught the faint print Cf Q small,
slendey toOi, heye snd there by the sioe
| o. the road Sometimes, for twice the
length 0s the sleigh, Ii would be utterly
loH = the1 sssis tainijy. and linen more
boldly. disre<.ia.e HIS a-xrs gave
nerce bound, and he spr.Dg from the
sleigh and bent over AID examined the
fooiprintss-;hey weTs Identical with
those on the sor2g marble Steps 81 Mont
fyrd House
The barn door wss open he gave Bess
light cut with the reins, threw them
slTcsx nEr back, and ssle snOi straight a.
an arrow into II, Che runners grating
sslnsay OF iize zIazs as-g: as sizAp1 threw
1rftsEs TIC ffss into the Kitchen, fully ex
pecsIDg 10 meet the surprised and diszp-
painted lace o! his mother on the tlyesn.
sold. But instead she rose pp-he cav
ne had beer weeping, and that she was
still trembling, despite her effort 10 be calm
and placed chair for him, and then
looked anxlonsly and piieously ia Las
face.
Do yeu b nov -have you heard" he
ASKED, quickly, tina; she Is gone ?"
Owe him the letter, mother" Ben
Anderson said, In q los. unsteady voice,
getting up and walking tovsrd sile wiz.
dow, and then coming back agsin
Gyrs Anderson Grew q little damp,
crumpied note from he, bosom and put II
In his hand, .xftaat-g ftt8
Your father found it in the entry after
you had gone. II 10 torn Ct the edge
where II was pushed under the door, and
10 10 damp yet with the snow she said,
smuggling bravery 70 keep back the tesrs
Ralph caught the paper nefvousiy and
s.Yode 70 the window, reading il Is he
went with devourtrg haste. And this
WA Whist he read
~
-Lst ps cal you tnis jvs. once, wortpy ~ ! am
II csnnT so away from you forever witbou, leli
ins SoB hos sose you, boz have loved you al
iL5ee ioGg dark ,sars, sId now o; this last mo.
meat, nDfe than sili Bat easpoG come into your
nosns. The weight OF my 0wn unworlhineee and
am souid Se more than could Gear 10 th~t pure
o. mo~pLsfe. have been sitting IN jsdgsuenf on
myself to-day, since Code hand came tetwcen me
.ic my WICKED ambition and AGREE puds. q.
why dsa he NOT lake my life instead OF hkf
have asksd myseBthis question q hundred times
a
fOrgiveDess-I dsrs not ask Hssvens-I can only
prsy fof the pity " bUsh. La my fierce pride de-
terninsd 70 wfest from fate what II 80 cruelty
wtihhelc-my name and fortune TO this one
Thought hsse devoted my life for tie furtheraDce
hsse sacrificed home your home--love honor,
sei'respcei- and only for for the interpretation OF
Heaven, soul and booy ~ well. / stand tonight
.ss i s@ Shai and ssa iS,.: q
do MOI seek 70 excuse my eonduct-I cannot.
hove sometime. TO dare ask God TO pardon my fol-
" snd critpe-I cannot yet
" i shall come 20 near that II you knew you coald
hear my hearts fierce beating--it beats 70 wildly;
shai touch my lips To the easement where some.
time yous hands may iali, aud then
Goodbye forever and ever,
"vioIA''
1t broke of abruptly, the last few words
ending in scrswl, ~ If heart and strength
had alike failed.
"Fathcr, mother" Ralph said. gravely,
" shall fad her II she 10 anywhere on the
lace Of Gods earth, il II takes me till am
. grey old man !" he cried. with sudden
sharp i..thos. =
Mot dare to ask our forgiveness, poor
child r Mrs Anderson said, brokenly; "as
If we ever held any other feeling towards
her but love. ., Ralph, you must find
her p ~
81 will fad her II she y in the world,
motherp the Handsome face white and
grave and rcsolute. "And father, mother
lii she will, shall bring her 70 ydu as
my wife. She shsll have the shelter OF
my heart and my name against the world,
II only she will"
God bless You. Ralph, in your search,
and be sure Of the welcome that waits
snxiously and longingly for her, even as
iar y0s, my sob,' Ben Anderson said, sol
emily, rs he babe his boy good bye an
hour afterward At the depot III Rockford.
The stsuon-maater TO whom they had
applied had given them this information ::
When be came to open his ONCE slight
young girl WAS standing by the door.
She came and bought . tictA @ox Chicago
Immediately the olice WA open. He no
ticed her particularly because her dress
was wet and drsbbled about the bottom,
and he thought she must have come some
distance through the mud, and wondered
r. "a ~ a. L..