The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-06-19

When the Doctor came he forbade
, the patient 20 be moved Il wa- =
| compound fracture. and a bai wound,
ami the wound must heal before the
bone could knit , - = cot was brought
: down into the little private parlor,
and his servant was sent for, and r.
. - came into the room no more on
, ly l, - an Old woman, W mt ami came
- | would. AuI his mother aud SIS
. tsrS, a. soon - lie could see them cali
Ell upon him every day, for they really
. loved him in their fashion. II would
have been hard heart that could
have helped loving him, with his at
tractive ways ; il was bee Au>e We low
. ed him - that Things had been - Bit
ter. | remember poor Mrs. Msyne.
one day long before she fell i'll and
died, sitting down for hearty cry 10
think he had disappointed her -.
At last-!et me see, that was q
month agO-RandJlph sent FOR RO-
-.
II w4~ in twilight. | was sitting in
the front parlor by the CRATE, nodiing
half in dream, when she came in
and glided through. The doors be-
tween the Rooms We're all wide open,
it had been 50 warm when me lay
dressed upon the lounge; and lie had
sent his attendant away.
Did you ask for me >" she said
And her Voice was clear and sweet as
bell, but she spoke in tone a. If
she had never seen the man before.
He made her no reply. Olly he
was looking at her, / could See for |
was not nOdding any longer while
she stood there with the glow of the
tire-light upon her.
'Did you send for me ?n she said
again.
''ROsa Rosa :" he cried, suddenly,
and stretched his arms toward her
again, as he did the day ne was brought
I in. But she flOated back like thistle
down before q breath. And ut that
I he turned and buried his face in the
cushion and shook it with sObs. And,
of course, that brought her round, as
perhaps he knew it would-a woman
can not bear 10 see man cry; it
seems to her then IL If there were
something wrong with the universe.
She put her little cool hands Oh his
where they were flung elias ped above
I his head. "1Ou have no need" |
could just hear her murmur. II for
gave you long ago"
Presently he was still again, "DO
not take it away" he said. $50 cool
so pure Oh, down there, on the 9TH
er side of the world, longed for the
touch of it-longed for the cool touch
of it when was in burning hell
Do not think am ever going to make
love to you again :" he exclaimed,
half rising on his two elbows and con-
fronting her. 81 should aS soon think
of making love u one OF iJd's saints
But was in delirium -
"Hush hush :" she said.
Then she sat down OH low cnair
beside the lounge, and he lay and
looked at her. And de- you suppose
he didn't make love To her, then and
there and on the spot =
Oh yes, then, and at all times. He
hardly let her out of his sight; liz sent
for her almost hourly; he pursued her
with his plea, and he called in all aids
of pathos and pity. For IA time she
would not understand him, and then
once heard her answer, las she sprang
away from the arm that had stolen |
around her unawares. "FOr what do |
you take me ?' she cried, passionate
ly. "Once you tossed me by like a fad |
ed flower You tossed me down and |
trod on me If you had trOdden on a |
rose so would there be much sweet
ness left ? And do you think you did |
dot tread all love out OF my heart p"
"ROsa r'
"And can you believe that have
no more spirit-that | am so base a.
to endure the same"
"But you said that you forgave
me :" he answered her.
"And 50 l do"
"That is not the way Heaven for
gives sinners :"
81 am not Heaven am an out
ragged woman :"
"And do you thing do not remem
Der that >" he cried. "DO you ina
gine / ever forgot your suffering, your
pain, after | once awOke? Do you |
imagine that it has been all selfish /
longing that has tortured me in these |
Internal years, and never once the de- |
sire to comfort you, the sense of your /
misery and loneliness ? Do you ina
gine / would not rather have died, |
when | came to myself, than know
that / had caused you all that For |
l knew, know, you suffered ! Oh,
Rosa, my little, poor white thing, for
give me, and let me atone for it Oh,
my love, come to me, come to me, to /
be my own again n' But Rosa's |
hands were folded i'll her lap, and she /
did not stir.
And then Mr.. Randolph took des-
perate measures he sent for his |
mothers and sisters to aid him he 4
threatened to tear his wound open; he /
even enlisted me. And the proud /
dame and her proud damsels had To I
stoOp, had to come and beg my little /
pale Rosa to have mercy upon their /
son and brother had To court her and 1
invite her, and embrace her aud make I
much of her!
81 suppose it will have To be-" Miss
Juliet said to Miss Abigail yesterday, /
as they waited for their carriage, and
quite ObliviOus of me. "But how
such an Insignificant and common
place body ever Infatuated our Ran
dOlph so"
spoke right up. Commonplace
she may be to strangers as Rosa /
Mayne," / said, "but give her her
fur-lined silks and cachemires, aud |
ostrich plumes, and her husbands /
name and house and equipage, and /
YOU will all be wondering that you /
never saw the beauty of that spirit Ial /
Mrs. Randolph Howe :" said.
They both turned and stared. And |
then Miss Abigail suddenly stopped
and kissed me. "Well, you are
good little thing" size said. "And /
hope it will all be for the best"
/ know it will be for the best But
if she does marry Randolph at last,
what in the world do you suppose is
going TO become of me?