The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-11-10
the men We have

known, Faith.~-
Aarhe moonbeams fell full in my face.
IShe must have seen the expression it
wore, for she said quickly, II do not
mean more mani Than father, there is 30
/! me better than he, you know" l had no
.Aaught of father then. Paul Clifford
andf relation to my darling troubled
me.
"Oh yes" she said, leaning her face
upon her hand, and looking up to the
stars as if to read her destiny there.
kAsIfe isvaafine singer, and Mrs Ormepd
has allossed rs t6pfsctiee duas together.s
90 YES, | have seen great deal of
iffrn. Yhe latter part of the sentence she
uttered in a. low, tone, as if to, herself
: Faith" she said, after few moments
silence j S he Is coming to see you and
Y. He viii NOT find much Of interest
here, said, more asa question than
an affirmation. 1900
I NO.. she answered vacantly then
stepped in from the, window and sat
down upon astool at my feet. uisol ~
= Faith !, she said, taking my hand and
laying it, ON, her unbound hair, could
you lbear1to have me love any one as 4 do
you and father? - agab IA gf ..te.., +, IN
so, Margie i" cried out - you !, do
not love this Paul Clifford, this Iadyen7,
turer! You, are only a, girl. scarce
eighteen you do not ct know your own
Lifting, herself to her feet and throw
ing. back her heavy hair, she said, II
have ,woman's heart, Faith, and / love
Paul Clifford. He is no ,,adyenturer, but
q noble man. ,Ishaye promised to leave
ali for him, If need be- s. 80,
20, ,Margie! (" I could say, no more, the
blow had fallen so suddenly .,l ~ 5srss.b rs
"a i" Yes, she continued, I have promise
| ed to leave all for love of him !; but that
will never be. 1, You will see him, and
you will not wonder love him. Long
ago told you | had found my hero.
Why were you not prepared? -. .,4od
q j saw Panl, Clifford, and / wondered
Margie loved him. He was handsome,
aud his brow and eye revealed intellect |;
but the expression Of his mouth, the cold
smiie,evsr playing upon his lips, the
indefnable something in his manners,
imprt ssed me strongly against him. a
man who would never be. a eEaartyr in
any cause, one who would always tender
| " care for himself, would have been my
mental conclusion if ! had met him as SO
/ Now, / thought, he, is one who can
never make ,Margie truly happy. I can
never forget the jets Of light that, arrow
like, leaped from his eyes to mine. O
/ Margie, how often, have thought Of
4 tn that movement no ne Of yours Was it pro
i phetic?, l,s,t 1oitale.a ssds@T G M
4 Father did not see Paul Clifford with
my eyes, olg4.lfgw gg.ls.a eaotg.ls..l Il qsI
He saw only the accomplished man
! and was pleased. 1t would be useless to
4 tell how, i plead with my sister. urged
4 her to. wait, to test her lover. 1t awaited
nothing. and had known she was going
to certain death could not have. pre-
vented it. For once father thought mt
foolish, selfish it might. be. y / do not
know, but he thought enyied Margie
did not care what he thought if only
could save her, dgfa ata.f,uro. Ia lts ~
+ He is rich, and will give our darling
the home she has longed for, father. said
They were married in the autumn
Il Every, one congratulated me on the
beauty of the bride, and all chided me
for my tears as the carriage dovre off, and
e tiny, handkerchief ,fiuttered in the
. breeze. lt.s, h,.a taafasfate go s,lt
They were to spend the winter in, ons
Of the large cities. my darling mus
have sight at the world and its won
ders,"" Paul Clifford said. dt ed. 80
i :. Margie wrote often the first year, otter
for those days. We could have.a mai
only once during the, week. How WI
waited for those letters, and how eagerly
we read them. I hold in my hand now
, the letter she wrote the first anniversary
of her marriage. It is yellow and cracked
j with age. - have great news" she
wrote. I, " A week ago tonight, was borr
to us son. Give thanks for him, Faith
and ask that he may live to pc q gooc
man. I think he looks, like you, although
he has my eyes he gestures like father
and altogether is a promising little man
How much / love him, and how much
hope for him" +" .ju .,I5sa G5(.l.v5, 800
Afterwards came letters telling all
, about the little treasure. II had hope.
to name him after you father, but baby,
i papa Claimed better right !; so he calls
! him Paul. She told us that he had
learned to lisp grandpa and Aunt Faith
and then-the letters ceased. We wrote
to prominent persons in the city where
they had lived, after all other means Of
J inquiry failed. We received the answer
, that there had been a Clifford, alias
Harvey, a forger, in the city, staying il
some obscure place, but getting word OF
officers on his tract, had fled. Father
!, went to the city, and came back looking
ten years older He never told me
whether he learned anything of Paul
Clifford, but he found no trace of Margie.
i 1t was eight years after Margie was
married, five since we hadcheard a. word