Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-08

The girls eyes blazed, and Gilbert felt
them almost scorch him through the
shadow. "What right have you," she
cried, "to pretend to know who l love
or don't love? How can you read my
heart better than read 1t myself 1t is
impertinent, Mr.. Freeman; it is offensive,
SIR"
Gilbert, in the tumult of his own feelings,
did not appear to mind the storm he had
raised
20, Eunice, he cried, out Of the depth
of his great love, SO long repressed, ''if
could indeed look into your heart, and
read there what is written in my own
You must have. seen that loved you bet
ter than life-better, almost, than my
own soul. / ana strong man, but this
feeling is stronger than l am. 1t makes
me humble like little child. 10tt cohld
order me down in the very dust at your
feet, and l should be proud to stay there.
1 am a fool, Eunice, to let you look into
my heart, as through door of glass. ]
know l shall suffer for it, and you will not
like me any the better. / know you can't
love me. fhave told myself so thou
sand times, and l won't give you the
trouble of refusing. | have spoken be-
cause l could not help but speak. You
need not pity me, Eunice; | would rather
a thousand times have your hate. There
is little grain of manliness left in me,
and by and by l shall be able to face life.
Things won't look quite so black and
worthless as they do now, wheti | try to
think of it away from you. There, have
made you cry! What brute ami"
All this was said rapidly, excitedly,
amid the dense, gathering shadows. Thet
there came little warm, soft fluster
against Gilbert's breast, and something
like downy, tremulous bird crept into
his hand, and in the darkness blushing
face was hidden away.
Il don't know why you should be SC
cross to me ?" said a voice that seemed
half stifled between laughing and crying.
q don't know why you should make
me to marry man l never thought of
caring about; and then talk as if you
meant to commit suicide II you hadn't
been such great old stupid, you would
have seen how it was with me all along ;
but you were obstinate and horribly jeal
Gus, sir, and Milton Spencer made hitftself
pleasant, and you never did. | know l
teased you, for it is natural to me to love
to tease, but won't any more"
The ehd of the young w6tttan's speech
grew unintelligible from reasons the
reader can imagine The old barn was
terribly dark and pokerish now, with the
wind every moment growing colder, but
to those two it seemed filled with summer
warmth and fragranes The. lovers were
utterly oblivious of the fact that Snow
storm was raging outside, until they open
ed the door and were obliged to face the
blast Then the merry flakes flew into
their facts and pelted them like the pretty
hands Of fairies. Eunice looked UP at the
dark old barn, in summer swallow-haunt-
ed, but lonesome how, and kissed her
hand to 1t gaily.
Dear old BARN. said she, u | cattle 70
find hens nests, and found lover. We
will always cherish it, won't we, Gilbert,
for giving us the happiest hour of our
livesYn
The wind was driving little drifts be-
fore them along the path leading to the
farmhouse, where cheerful lights shone
from the windows.
''How beautiful this is" said Eunice,
nesting, if that could be, closer to Gil
bert's side. 'sIt seems as though the an
gels were sending us their ropgrasula.
tions. We will have a surprise party at
home. l think the news will make poor
father well, and mother has fretted all the
fall about Milton Spencer, l haven't set
her right, btcatse,t knetF how she snioy.
ed chronic worry. Now that the dear
old matchmaker has obtained the desire
of her heart, what will she find to fret
over? And you, Gilbert, will you go
mourning because you have no folks; of
your owii-on account OF those deaf girls,
your sisters, who never were born, and
that blessed old lady, your grandmother?
The snow held them by white charm,
il an enchanted world of loye and youth
While Eunice chatted merrily, her cneeks
glowing inside the old hood, all powdered
over with the dancing flakes. Their foot
steps made little wells in the drift, and
the great bare branches of the trees sway
ed overhead,
II have found my folks said Gilbert
when he could speak. '.All my heart
GRAVES possess right here. ]. was gloomy
and misanthropic. because / feared you
would Danish me forever from your sig ght.
There is no loneliness, my darling, like
hopeless separation from the one we love
for time and eternity. ."-fseuOlution: