Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-11-17
WHAT CAME OF MY JEAL-
OUSY.

WHAT CAME OF MY JEAI-
| OUSY.
1t was misty, yet sweet, Sep
temLer night l can see the sky as
il hung over Swans Nest, our sea
side home, starry blue. with hero
and there a patch Of white floating
gossamer aud the harvest moon
coming up and flooding all the world
with golden splenhor. l remember
how the crimson roses hung about
the door, heavy with their oSn
sweetness and what suggestive
odors aoated up from the flower
beds in the dim, old garden. i can
ever remember the dress | wore
pare white. because that was the
dress in which nv husband loved
me hest Dill he ln"e me at all
Or was it my yellow gold that won
him?
Immediately a'tHr our marriage we
went on the Continent, where we
/ ranbled about for Il year or two.
wiuteriar IN r rme AMI spending our
summers amil the Alps. Then we
rrlurnrl hcme. But the romantic
spirit was still upon us. and VIC took
what our country afforded i'll the
way of "ipSv life. In the midst Of
this wandering, i'll 4 country town
anil the l.kes, my first trouble
came. On the sccon day of our
S,jnurn ut the hotel in this place, To
which, We had come in accordance
with mv husbands wish, | misseu
hlm He was iishing for trout, one
oI oiir party suggested; AMI, IL the
afternoon, we strolled down toward
the stream. Passing 4 small cot
lare, we heard voices, and some
lhng familiar made me glanre
that way. There they stood. side
bv si.le. my husband and 4 woman
"A Young woman. with glossy, ra-
ven hair. | passed on in silence !:
bat that Night. when my husband
returned and sought me, | WAS re
served aud cold | refused To dance
and would not sing for him. He
followed me from place To- place, his
eN es full Of solicitule. The Instant
we were in our own room, he caught
MY hInhs in his.
My darling. he said, ''what
trnutlcc Nou
FJr nv lite | could not tell him.
| was afraid 10 let him know that |
DOUBTED his integrity.
Horace" L questioned, tiIidly,
do you love me -
His iiue eyes opened wide with
astonishmcnt But he answered
as>lonatelv. Il I'VE YOU? Ave, bet
ter than You will ever know. Violet" "
DID vou-have Won ever loved
any one else u | faltere!.
Never. Violet, on NV honor
was happy, yet not entirely sat
isiicl | was a woman. Eve ate
the forbidleu fruit with Paradise
all around her.
'.rncn who was it," / faltered.
that wnInan-I SAW sou w.th--this
iitcrnJnu
lie started. and la she'd vary red
Tor mp.nrIt; then hc laughed.
"Oa, he saIi, jealous, are You :
Tncn .itn sure ou 1--we me. Bat.
orriIu>i,. .tedr. ougnt II apologize
fJr my hong ab,ence. That woman
was IA irte.id, IN DID frieud OF mine
-sue5 . IN distress. and hal 70 help
ncr Are Nou satisfied
NO id,:d any head IN assent; yet
NY acart was not quite al rest. Al
ter lilL NC went Down u Swan y
| Nest, oar sea side home, and settled
ihLo sooer married lite: and Tor
.h1Iths uuf bliss was perfect; aud
t..ch Iu.tl dreadful uiynL cane.
Ii Iracc hal been gone all dav.
! ic dsd nDt { btne home t. dinner. a.
/ A..S u.s rustuIn; So, aiu'r having
Jvtc.r,i L,..i. 1 drrs;.r,i tuysrii. ant
| 81. .ts.vli ia tirc rJs.. ,iIa,iei rrcil
- ,a.,Ii nI.u SLiset. dark, even
/, =; tdc hJJn sJar.rg up above
tIc SCI. Sy.ii .:e diu not come.
D.l.Irr AID upper bJth - spoiled ;
tiV al IycrS Ia ny ir,IIr Wvrc Ia iIng.
ih,t 4 Vas sich ahi weary with wait
lag ana suspense Horace had never
remained ;t"ay 50 long since ouI
| marriage. What cuuid detain him
50. Very slowly the evening went
d.. tMeivc y CLOCK came, the moon
uroprId cut oi sight, leaving me iu
,iarKncss. An owl hoUted from the
Lvl, OF tne old willow. aud the surI
beat with Il weary, sobbing sound
L wUried myself up into Il perfect
treu ~ of alarm aui nervous tx
citcneht; and 10y degrees, the old
DOUBT ur fear, or whatever it was,
sGuie bac& To my mind. My hus
OLnd was cruel To pat me III such
suspense. lie did not love Ii
never occurred t. me that he might
DC detained against his vii t.. When,
ut last, the clock was on the stroke
of three, 1 caughL the quick tramp
of his uorse's feet. But it did nol
greatly relieve me. felt angry
and, instead of running down t.
meet him, as my wonan's nature
prompted me. l yielded to my pct
ted, wayward will, and keLt my seat
When he reached the porch, he
spra3g down, flushed and eager.
Violet" he cried the moment he