The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-08-21

COwAG 4OI Su5 I0SILHCu" LO sail Tor CANADA.
One week later and he was on board
the troop-ship as 1t steamed down the
Mersey, and the band struck up "The
Girl | Left Behind Me- A dear, sweet face
seemed to hover before him with bright
soft eyes, not cast up and down and side
ways like Theodosia's pale gray orbs, but
yet which spoke of bashful affection as
pure and true as ever throbbed in the
heart ola gently born English maiden
10 Yes the hackneyed old tune carried his
thoughts away to a oy gone time and a.
sour hernland and Phil Kerr came to the
Hcrnclusion that he was, as he himself
would have expressed it, "a BRUTE" and
that he had been "a big fool.p / noaT
Phil was the only patient passenger on
board; for strange to say, he had begun to
think, and seriously, too. Perhaps the
bracing sea mir affected his very easy GO
ing ideas on many subjects; perhaps it
was that he hid nothing to do but to
am oke, play whist, and think; but Certain
it is that the gallant, self.satiGfed, and
careless Phil began to think his honorable
self but douhtfully worthy of that true
love. ,.-r1.r, .e....,. -. .-....
ol Il might be, too, that the last month
had shown him more of his better nature
tnaG he ever knew bef"re, that love was
as necessary to his happiness as gold, and
that a future yet lay before Kim, far ho-
lier and truer than a wealthy marriage
could give. Phil Kerr was che nged
and abetter man. lll691 9>dJq090Mo Fl
q A year has passed before ne see him
again, and now it is at the capital, of the
world-Rome; saloon in the Hotel Con.
stanzi q scent of orange blossoms, and
lady and gentleman breaking the seals of
their English letters-Philip and bis
bride the Rosebud. r-s
A sad and fatal boat accident had end
ed the lives of his two elder brothers, his
father had died of q broken heart for the
loss of his bonny boys" and Philip Lord
Kerr had resigned his commission and
FASTENED TO Florence, where Rosie Am
herst lived with her brave old soldier
father and her gentle mother. a3r
He wooed and won the Rosebud of his
dreams, and there was no complaint this
time of want of lover like ardor; how
they sat side by side, il an attitude good
Mrs. Russell would have highly approved
of, reading their letters 2 ~ a
"By Jove." exclaimed Phil, "Rosie look
here You know 1 told yCu that was
always getting anonymous presents after
I hat foolish1affair was broken off-you
know what affair, don't you, dear?'
! Phil here twisted his mousts che, after
the fashion of embarrassed Englishmen in
general who possess such an appendage
| II know all about it. You were a
naughty boy to think of selling yourself
for gold. l only wonder you did no. go
behind the counter to qualify yourself for
a junior partner-Richley, Alpaca, Kerr
81 Co.! How very distinguished it would
have soun6ed!p .l nam1w
| Rosie met her justly merited punish
! ment for this bit of sarcasm, and a recon
cililtion having been established, which
included sundry pulls of Pills chestnut
locks, that much-tried individual con
tinued: / hfaI..E
swell, then, Rosebud, after that sad
accident, l had letter from old Mrs.
Richley asking me to stay there when
returned to England. l came off 50 hur-
riedly that l never answered; and then
you sec I started for Florence"
u know all about that replied Rosie.
nodding her head. a
| "Now, you see, pet" Phil went on. "the
paragraph in the Times and Morning Post
cannot be published in England till to.
day; but it is more than fortnight since
"IoCe 10 my agent, giving him my ad-
dress here, and he has forwarded the let.
ter. Read it, Rosie, will your
Rosie took the letter. The perfume of
patchouli chung about it yet, and the
monogram was gorgeous in green and
rnauve and gold. An irresistible smile
broke over her bright young face as she
read 1t. s.., nst.f.r. ,.
"MY DEAR PHILIP--or rather, sup
pose | must forget the past and call you
Lord Kerr-I do indeed congratulate You