Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-12-15
gThank ,4IgAseH fofethat't what

ssThank 4IeaeeA fersthatr What have
you been dofngthis long time ?"S v.Ilss 7c
s"tThe same old round ofduties. Sewing
and helping mother with the housekeeping,
the chiidren with their lessons. Is There is,
noiend to wonlan's work; you know. Only,
don't believe you knpY anything FtlfT about u
81 know iSS6jdR iSS6jdR were always aj busy asa
bee, and 1 1ised.to think you must eense
SSGsnfly SlOss be 9ulnlhappygRqtf4 have learned
Indeed And pray what aveyot been
doing that you were ashamed towTite.to to
o''Did you expect me to write to you ?'''
1--WE generally look for common courtesy
from thosecTho pretend Tor befoufriehds,
and neither iletters nor message have you
nj II was was waiting for " something of my
7Owm'ng MAJ 10 10
5, 'a'Yoq seel have not forgotten q certain
conversation under thhf pollard pHfbs WILLOWS 9
,Jessica turned. away her head ;'9 did
notsay you, we're not ito treat me with the;
ordinary politeness of an acqpaintance. ~
(" II know I resolved to you no more,
to speak toi youE no. more IuntilI i should
have retrieved my manhood- q went to
see. Daryl who told me Of. his lumber bust
get work1as a common ,laboring hand
1T, :! was rather ~ a, staggering = offer,
and ! took couple of days to consider
it. I was at first somewhat inclined Ito
back out Of the scrape, but at 1ast; l sum-
none moped d ppsetAe necessary fertittuYdle, and
/, : Jessica thought of the report She had
purposely spneadl dlaround him to- force thim
% g91 but like a discreet woman, she
held her peace t'AiAt'<a -
Hard work it was,"' continued Bernard
after pause ? " and drearyi and disagree
able, helping to get the lumber to the RATS,
and down to the vessels. This labor lasted
for three months, and if it had not beehl
for my positive determination that nothing
ehodld force me back tosthe old ,lfe-and
fer one other thingT7TI think my endnrance
months, the business increased soirapidly,
and so many hands came up, that I was
promoted to a part of the business / liked
very well4fIling out the orders, that came
in pretty fast3by selecting the proper wood,
and measuring the alengths,l etc. But j
need not tell you all that and how one
thing led TO another, until now Ihold quite
an important position; with q fair salary, a
good knowledge of the business, and the
prospect of doing better sti1l. And, be-
sides these, have the funniest mite Of a
house that looks as if the wind had blown
itftogether, and might, at any time, blow
it apart, and yet it is snug and tight for
g You have, indeed, done wonders, :Bera
nard: knew, yop could do anything you
elf had got nothing from my work
but the consciousness of Independence and
manliness, Iiwould consider myself fully
q Of course ddn you %ouldg' .iiqat
S"But then you see Igof something more
than this, and ! still expect something
worth more than all" .Tz ~.
supposef" IifIg s3EBsg e. ..}Jf1sl;f.I
s'No, you little, 5demure witch, you don't
suppose anything of the kind Would I
have come down here in our busiest season
4 for that? No, came to look for jewel
without which my life will be nothing
nay Jessica's loYe. VIII you refuse to lis
ten to me now, daIlng2N o. 9TRMSo :
4 There was no need for words; Jessica
turned her rbIushing happy face to Bernard,
and he elasPed her in his arms. s.4.i,,ah,,
my dearest, i have waited long for this, If
we're not so happy l would reproach you
for having been so cold and fcruel TO me.
But, you love me at last tp,,>5
,si.Iwi1l make a confession to you now,
Bernard CT loved youall thetime.nii nj
"a My. darlingl >, And you. let me think
HopsO for your love? Why did you tell
me yondespised me?''5S oh Ia9 I'd b.
4 I" No, mo-. Bernard, never said thatp
, Sc What you did say amounted to the
same thing, and you would not even soften
hby saying that you would try to love
me-" '''' "'iu sI4i5iea 9Gf u
!" What security would I have had, that,
afteryou had won me, You would not re-
lapse into your cid self I loved you, but
wanted you to be worthy of my love"
t:"2 You are mine now, at ali events. And
he held her more, tightly. tor s-a3 Ia
"But,"n he said, thoughtfully, ''what will
you do up there in that rough region, away
from your old friends, and you will not
have the comforts you have now IN the old
farm house %
"I would q thousand times rather he up
there than in you're nncle'sZ fine house
! But we have plenty of time to consider all
fe stNoti 80 much timeIi L can only stay
four days, for we are very busy just now !;
and we ought, by all means, to be married
by the end of the month -o9i;s - 90 .~-.
The head was quickly raised from the
shoulder 81 " Why, Bernard Are you
ssBy no means! What in the world, is
the use of our waiting 81 We have known
each other all. our lives, and how do you
suppose 1 can take the time to come phi
landering down here every week? In fact,
ought not to be here now, but / made a
cont1dant of Daryl and he took compass
sion on me. At the end of this month he
thinks they can do without me fora week,
and then we must be married 1t is not so
badoup there after all. 1t is a beautiful
country, and we have little society. The
superintendent's wife, and the wife of the
engineer live there in funny little houses,
just like mine; and they are both ladies.
And there are good many cabins dotted
here and there in the woods, andthe labor
ers' wives are nice, kindly women" e.;,
Jessica laughed, "You win make it
out sort of Paradise, Iexpect,' if I, let
you go on. But may.I ask if you had that
house built because you felt so sure of
6fHi did not feel at all sure of5you, but 1
could not help little feeling of hope. 1
did not. belieYe you would care SO much
about the life led if you did not loYe
me- the least little bit ? However, the h6uke
was alHeady dybuilt.i One. of the membeTSof
heJcompany used to live in it.; Every
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