Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

haps trife paler than usual. Hour
after hour had looked for her pride
to fail her. Deeply injured as she had
been, could not bring myself to be-
lieve that, loving me as she had once
loved me, and fondly hoped she still
did, she would really leave me; out
after having once made public her in
tention, / feared lest she might not
shrink. Wonld she do 500 Oh, how
anxiously / awaited the eventful night
and when at last it came, 1 was dressed
and In attendance at an unusually early
hour. As paced the floor anxiously,
l hoped, prayed, that her heart would
conquer, that love would subdue pride
but how could I-how dared hope it
/ What indignities had she not borne
from me. Ought not be humble my
self. and ask her to forgive me-
/ Had she come in that moment l
would have done SO, but she came not.
wondered how she would dress. Per-
haps some caIelessness in yer apparel
would betray that her mind was too
much pre- occupied to think of it. l
glanced at the clock; it was time that
she should be there Just then she
entered, and as pale and calm as usual
l looked at her dress it was of dark
velvet, trimed with rich lace; she wore
just such dress in happier days be-
cause admired it, and thought it be-
came her style of beauty. But now
what was her object2 Did she desire
to please me still, or was it her habit?
/ glanced at her; on her neck she wore
a suit of diamonds, which l had given
her shortly after our marriage. She
had rarely wore them at first, because
she thought them unsuitable ornaments
/ for one SO young; but now, when she
looked so queenly, and moved so grace
fully, they gave her a grandeur which
startled me.
! l could detect no carlessness in her
dress, no agitation in her manner. Her
hand trembled not when l led her to
the carriage. She showed no emotion
during our drive to the scene of festivi-
ty. Could this be the light
girl had married but few short years
ago2 Could this cold,' this naughty,
this imperial woman be the gentle, the
loving, the delicate wife of other days
looked back on the happy hours of
our betrothal, on the happier days of
our early married life. I recalled her
ioyousness of spirits. her frank conf |
dence of manner, her deep love, our
former happiness, our present misery |
and | remembered that it was | who had
wrought the change. In few days we
should part, perhaps for ever, while
our hearts were full of love for each
other. Never had Iadored her as did
at that hour, and / determined that she |
should not leave me-
During the evening the voice of some
one singing attracted my attention
| The tones seemed familiar; | could
not be mistaken, the voice was hers ;
and placing myself in a position where
| could see the singer without being
seen by her, listened until the song
was finished When it was finished .
she raised her eyes for moment, but /
only for moment, and then COM
menced another song-one [ had never /
heard before-the story of a proud |
heart broken. The words seemed to |
come from her very soul. The tones of |
her voice will ring in my ears until !
they are stopped by death. A deep,
painful silence pervaded the room. /
Tears stood in many bright eyes, and I
many lips quivered with emotion. /
| Then she ceased and rose from her seat, |
but so white was she that l feared she |
would faint.
We soon returned home. The dis
lance was short, but the time seemed
an age till we reached our house. / /
would have given worlds to have spoken
and to have told her all--all my sor-
row, all my repentance--but | conld /
not; my tongue Glove to the roof of
my mouth; nor, indeed, until after she
babe me ''good night, " could utter
word, Then, and only then, [ STAN
mered out request that she would re-
main for few moments. She closed /
| the door, and returned to her chair,
raising her dark eyes inquiringly to
mine
Fanny, said at last had not
called her so for many months before
Fanny, will you not sing those songs
you sang to night2"
Certainly, if you wish it, - she re-
Piled, and seating herself at the piano,
she sang them again, in clear, calm
tone.
had determined. when the songs
We're concluded, to seek reconciha-
ton; but the demon, pride, whispered,
"Will you be less firm than she This
cannot last-why humihate yourself?
Alas, / listened and obeyed. suf-
fered the last opportunity to recall our
lost happiness to escape. Pride, the
tyrant, was obeyed, and / suffered her
to leave the room with 'good night. "
| went up into my own lonely cham