The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-08

&c with whatever of good resolutions ma
have chung to him till then.
81 Long time he stood there. watching. q
r Iifloote amid dock leaves and clover
his shadow fell athwart the stone steps
i and shut out the sunbeam that bad dance
). in Nan y S cheek. But still she did No
J, see, and had not some subtle fascinatio
held hiM tn the spot, until she turne'
away from the butter molding to take a
the clumsy scales, she might never hav
known.
Looking up with STAT, she called III
to, Robert" in such strange. beseechn:
! tones, that they startl, ID her very sell
But, faster than he had ccne, gong owe
the ground with rapid strides, and Smoth
erlHg cough as he did SO, the tall fEar'
passed. hastily down the garden, brushing
under the lilac trees with his bent head
and vanished down the broad white road
Nanny did not call did not speak, after
that besreching ward. She dropped
YEARLY Oh the damp stone steps, looking
OUT after the retreating figure. and sat
mere long time, with the leaves Of the
Oh chestnut that overhung the spring
house, dropping brown aud dry around
her III the rising autumn wind fts r.
Then 1t W as, think, that the set look
came mo her face that she wears to day;
nosA hard line about the mouth, but "a
hxed expression OF weary calm
Had he, indeed, hoped before, and
was his the seal Get, thus autumn day
upon the sepulchet, of her youth and
ireamS. Wno shall say? know that on
that morning her eyes were blue as hope
AND very wistful, and that to-day they
wear, save for n feetiug moment, now
anu then. an unfatlumaOie look, serene
tho sky.
a That was the last day, too. that Robert
Dare Was seen to Taik about the village.
Tie took to his oej that night," sad
the old couple who kept he house, "after
such weary walking To and fro. over
head, that you'd have thought the old
do n would come down."
Whstever mysterious communication
Nanny had established with the house
| hat held the sick man, certain it IS that
from dag To day she held LIE details Of
his illness in her nand
One morning ia enrly Decsmber-the
f1rst light snow of the night before was
L.
man, huriying by into the village, paused
mo,n.neut tor his daily report. r1
Hes real bad to-day, and I'm off to
find nurse. The old woman's so stiff
with the rheumatic, that she can't move
round spry enough To suit him; and he
can't abear to have me come nigh him
trs.his nerves, the doctor says n0thin' ell 81
ails him; but he's just plnln' ana Wastin
away, cause of his wicked life He's got
money; here's his purse; Aui I'm off to
hire nurse in the village. eau GET the
Widow Ryan. guess.
II will COME" said Many, suddenly.
and surprised at herself as though some
other spoke the words. And while the
old man starsd ut her; You, MIS- ANN"
She repeated steadily. ca home. I will
c'mr myself in an hour from now"
Who shall toll the secrets OF that sick
chamber The sick man rallied. we'll he
might under such tender caro-. He ever
walk ed about on the broad, sheltered
oi4zz,, in tue noon sunlight, leaning or
NAnny's arm.
VIlIage folks were of the opinion thai
he would off n her marriage; and leave
her the tardy repsratinn If ms name
Perhtps he lid. Perhaps the recollec
ton of those wild years abroad had set
gulf be ween them. and shamed him tc
link his SHRED of life to the fair web o
hers.
None can tell now, for his mans is never
spoken, and his grave lies quiet upon tbs
hill, where the gray old stones mark tn,
resting place OF hiS race.
Once in the year when tue first lilacs
bloom, Aunt Ann climbs the hill, with {
bunch spray OF iilacs hidden 4 her breast
She Goes not leave them there-her deli
cate sentiment is too d. ep aud tender fo
that-for stranger eyes to see, ond for the
winds to toss and scatter them; she presses
them still closer to her breast as she comes
softly away.
And to- morrow. in the Easter Gross
among the fair stately lilies. cold AMI far
off IN tn ir white completeness. from this
throbbing, singing world-this branch
of lilac delicately woven, brings to her,
with IT'S warm human sweetness, her one
breath of hope when the evening shall
fall.
The Salt Lake TTS5une, referring to
Presiden. Young's designations, says
The rec ent moves of Mr.. Young in
resigning the Presidency of the various
gigantic mercantile operations of the
Territory, which have heretofore had
his entire ecclesiastical influence and
the consequent support of the whole
Mormon population, are really of greatel
Significance than they irst appear to the
casual obsel yer and certainly have snoth-