Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-11-04

one by his studied GOODNESS, and
with woman's pique she sought to
draw him out.
She laid aside at length the icy
barrier, which had hitherto encom-
passed her. She became not gay
or forward, but friendly and kind,
and all at once the lockers on be-
gan to say among themselves:
"This Murray has found the way
to Margerie's heart"
And Albany cried:
81 told you so, old fellow. Your
money would do what the good
looks of the rest of us fellows fail
ed to perform"
Then it came to be an every day
affair to see Murray and Margerie
riding out behind his elegant span,
promenading the avenues, going to
the morning service in church, and
waltzing or taking tete-a-tetes at
evening parties, and people talked,
and settled the matter to suit them
selves.
81 was fool to have introduced
them," said Albany, who, after all
his loud talk, was interested in no
small degree Of home. And others
said:
"They will marry, as sure as
fate"
Meanwhile Murray and Margerie
came to know more Of each other,
and to be more friendly, and finally
to be in love, and one day when
t ley were setting beneath the trees
of the park near Margerie's home
he spoke out.
"Dear friend" she said, 81 have
deceived you. / am not what l
scem."
"What are your
"Shall tell your"
eyes. l ought to know, since l
have offered you the best of my
possessions. Go on, Margerie."
at is long story, and must take
me back ten years, to the days
when / was fifteen years of age. ]
was at school, and there / met Har.
ry Roland. He was spending a
fortnight fishing in the neighbor-
hood, and in some way ran across
our school.
"He was five years my senior, and
a handsome, reckless, daring fellow,
who cared for nothing more than
himself, and dared do what any one
on earth dared. So for want OF
better to do he made love to me.
| listened. l broke the rules of the
school, and climbed fences, and ran
over meadows and fields to walk
with my handsome lover, and final
ly he asked me to marry him. Not
at some future day, but then and
there, to run away and be married.
$50 when the first vacation came
we went. / borrowed long dress
from an older schoolmate, arranged
my hair in a most fashionable style,
and easily deceived the aged min
ister as to my age, and so we were
married. In three weeks Harry's
vacation ended, and we parted. AT
first we wrote, then l think we both
wearied of it, for it ended.
81 Went home to my mother in
the fall, and remained with her un-
till she died, and all the time never
telling her of my marriage. In my
trouble my god mother, Mrs. Won
Hoffman, came, and ever since /
have been her child"
"And no one knows of your mar
riageg 7"
"No one but yourself"
"And Margerie Arnold and Har-
ry Roland
"No one"
"And all this while you have let
me love you. Oh, Margarie.'
"How could / tell You 7"
"But If l had already known it ("
and he looked pitifully into her
face.
She gave him long, searching
glance
"Margerie, my wife, Margerie.
Can you forgive me! l was only
boy, and knew not, what l did.
Will you let me take my old place
in your hearth"
"You have never lost it, Harry"
and she drew close to her husbands
heart.
$50 you have found me out,
Margerie 7" he said.
al knew you at once, when AL
bany introduced you, but ! waited,