The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-10-31

Sits Iust the best wife in the world you're
/ getting, barring my own. And it's yourself
| would rather see her married to than any
body, for it's yourself that's the cal gen.
/ tleman'
! Pat was further convinced of my being
/ the " real gentleman some time afterward.
when | offered TO take him to England, aud
employ him on my estate, giving him and
his wife Mary, .one of the pretty little
lodges at Castle Roydon 10 live in
1t was just about this time that an un-
usual event occurred which caused a
slight diversion at Mainowen, and aided
somewhat to the gaiety if not TO tie hap
piness of its inmates. Major Laurence :
regiment was again stationed IL Lecnsilc,
and many Of the officers called upon the
widow of their old comrade.
We heard from them how loved and es-
teemed he had been, AMI not few pleas
ing anecdotes were told cf their major ;
scene. If evidence had been wanting,
there was plenty to show tina. the man
Lena Morgan had left her fathers roof
for, wears before, had been one OF noble
integrity and worth. If Mrs. Laurence
had been Of a bright and joyous natare be-
fore her husbands death, she lost it when
she lost him. 1t seemed as though the
recollection of her loss was ever present IAN |
though at times she would laugh withsOmc-
thing Ike the ring Of merriment,vet directly
afterwards her face would wear its usual
quiet gravity of exprcssior.
We knew, then, when Colonel Ramsay
visited Mainowen day after day, to sit for
halt-an-hour talking TO Lena, that bitter
disappointment awaite hlm if he hoped 10
VIA her love. Il came at last, AMI then she
told him kindly. bat iirm:, that she never
intended to marry agtia: that she ha / no
love to give, except 70 her ft-hrr AL her
child: that all else were buried with the
noble head which lay sleeping On its coral
PROV IN an ocean grave. And - We knew
thrG the brightness Of he; iifo was pas,
and We could guess what their 1--we hal
teen.
| had beggel very earnestly for on; mar
riage 10 take place elriy in May, bat tn.
first intimatiou that | was no longer my
own master was given NJ When JIae was
fixed upon insteal.
Tow .rds the end of My | startel for
Castle RoyIen, accompanied by Pat Do
Ian, to see that everything was done that
hands could DO to make the oil place look
wotthy Of its beautiful young mistress. As
] stood once more under the roof hal left
-ong years a.", the past seemed all dream
and it seemed a though hal never been
without the love that had crowned n@ life.
! did not stay loag al Royien: few j sys,
and | was back again at Mainowen.
Look what have brought for yol!
said, on the evening Of my srrival, after |
hal sufficiently Im5rel M treasure, put
t.ng large sqnare case into III! little
hands | had 20 often watched AMI always
loved.
'Oh Archier she excllim i, AZ the
Eerel>t damon Is lay shining an | sleam
ing on their b.ls Of velvet b!fi:e hsr.
She took up the necaet, AMI heI it in her
haal, few seconls, looking at it dre nj
", as if She Jill not see it; thea It droppai
upon the floor AL lay there, mt.s Of
light, as she turned to m; all laji her
heal against nv breast. Acme, sha
whispered, Il d. not cure for them, DO
not care for anything bat yol anl yonr
love. Are yon qIite sire, drrIrn-, talt
your old dream has gone e?-thlt yDl love
me, only me, with all your heat? ??
Ny dlrIins, l cannot tell yol how
much love you,-too mach, | som 2times
think, May: and as for Maui-why | will
take you to see her, an4 conyiac, voI thlt
DO not love her one bit, nov, If yo1 like
NJ, ID not, Archie. ! do not want to
see Ter
Well, June came at last, anl the roses
boomel for my darling to wax upon unle:
the bright blue sky, AMI throl5h the ol |
moss-coyered aroh of the little church al
Ballybrske. cannot satisfy my tlir readers
as to m7 brides dress that morning, for
indeed saw nothing but fair, sweet,
childish face beneath the white lace, and
loving PAIR of deep grey e-cs. "ro love-
honour, AMI obey There was no need to
bend down the head TO catch t1e clear RINK
of the old, old words. There was no hest
tatlon, no uncertainty about the voice that
promised; AMI | knew that though had
once mistaken the false for the real, it was
no counterfeit now.
1t is four years since wrote the above,
and we have long been at Castle Roy len.
We have not been quite without sorrow, as
wee coffin in the ancient family vault can
testify; but the sunshine Of perfect love
shines through all and over all. If some
raindrops must fall into each human life,
never doubt but that beyond the cloud a.d
beyond the 81 the sun is still shining.
4. {. c.
Muscular E1pressioE.
In an admirable chapter Oh the relations
Of the mind to the body, Professor Nauds-
ley says: "Those who would degrade the