Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-07-12

her, she could not help seeing how pre-
Fvoecupietl he was,~apd how.the cares and
-duHes of his profession intruded upon
his domestic life. He had told her he
loved her, and had given her the stron-
gest proof of it that n man can give a
woman by marrying her. 1t meyer
therefore entered his heart that she
would care to hear it every day or two.
He supposed the thing was fully and
fairl lya understood, and, continual as
sertion or the fact seemed entirely TN
called for. Besides, his feelings were
very deep, and he could not talk OF
them easily. lie had taken his pretty
Young wife into the inner, secret sane
fnafy of his heart-taken her there for
all time; but he shrank from talking OF
il, as in some way sort of sacrilege.
There was 10 doubt but Doctor Dins-
more understood the human body to
perfection-everyne and vein, ana
sinew; but-ef-the wants and workings
of woman's heart, he was profoundly
ignorant. Alas, that he has so many
peers.
And yet Lena was very happy, though
conse5ens sofnetiaesof 4 faint feeling of
eanas rs She sat oht Tie long winter eve
nings alone. She did not intend it, but
unconsciously she came to comparing
them with the pleasant evenings that
she used. 10 spend with her father, re-
calling dreamily little passages in the
books they had read together cher hus-
band only read medical works. and
fancying she could see again the tender
smile and teni.erer words that filed the
pleasant pauses. Her father had never
been ehary Of loving words, and she had
been bred to them, and pined for them,
knowing all the while that it was weak
and foolish but she was only IL woman
"a young, enthusiastic loving woman,
full of warm impulses and quick sympa-
thies, and overrunning with poetic fer
vor and vague, unutterable longings.
l I Sometime during tile early days OF
March, Leslie WClcott came back to
Brent. He met Luke Varney as he
came up the street. They were nearly
Opposite Rose Cottage, which had been
closed since the previous autumn. He
glanced up at the closed blinds, and a
chill, which was not OF the sea damp or
the March air, struck to his heart.
Looks lonesome, don't it?" Luke
SAID.
eyes: is it closed 2"
HFor the present." he replied, his
heart beating a little quicker rs he re-
membered Mollie's half promise to
come over and be its mistress if he
could prevail on Lena to sell it.
'Is Miss Hrrgrave away?" he asked,
controlling himself with an effort.
''Miss Hargrave! Dear me! don't
you know that there isn't any Miss
Hargrave now? Didn't you know that
our little Lena was married 20 his voice
q Jrifie eXultant.
The sky seemed to open suddenly land
bolt of liquid fire cleft the air and
buried itself in his brain. The long
sandy road went round and round, and
vanished III the. sea, and the little town
was ONLY for an instant, and even in
that instant his lips had framed me-
chanical NO" Fortunately Luke was
not keen observer, and not given to
suspicion, aud so, though he noticed
Wolcott was looking rather pale, he
went on and told the story of Lena's i'll
| ness, and her subsequent marriage to
the doctor.
He was just in time, for moment af.
ter Doctor Dinsmore himself came up
After greetings had been exchanged. he
said. cordially: 81,
'sCome up and see us, Wolcott. Lens
| will be delighted to renew the acquaint.
anee. / believe you. and she used to bt
lfast friends.s Dom mind my being in
hardly get time to eat and sleep, an(
cannot entertain my friends as l wish
| might %
Woleott gave some sort of a vague
promise, he hardly knew what, ant
they parted.
o that for one little moment the vel
might have lifted from the faithful fiji
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