River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-08-21
WOULD SHE OR NOT !
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.

again !" said Rose Winner. "Well,
this is what allwomen must put up with,
| suppose; but l never thought that
should be neglected"
She listened.
LOCKED inhis roomagain, she said,
''and after long davis absence and ]
am to go to bed and so to sleep What
a goose L am not to do that contentedly
and to forget him who can forget me SC
easily. How long is it since nc has
spent an evening with me? Two months
at least. Oh r she olenched her little
hand, how little | thought when
arranged that study, and put the pref.
test things in it, and was SO proud OF
it and so pleased with it, that he would
make it an excuse to shut me from him.
1t did not use to be so. When 1 was
Rose Luttrell, and he made pa so angry
by staying in theparlor until midnight
when he actually followed me about,
and said that every moment was wasted
that was not passed in my company
all, well, was too romantic. / loved
him too much. / should have remem-
bcrcd what Miss Landon wrote
II you would not safer,
BE the one TO give the piin.'
But, you see, thought him so good,
so fond, SO constant" She listened
again.
Mute as mouse" she said.
"Studying French, indeed as if j did
not know that he was a perfect French
scholar long before / knew him, and
that he never would have held the posi-
tion he does in that great importing
house if il were not for his French.
Ne; ne is tired of me, and shuns my
society.
And Rose dropped her head upon her
hands and sobbed bitterly. 1t was I'M
wise of her, for the sudden movement
awoko the six months old baby in the
bassinette AT her side, and it began to
vail piteously. II was necessary TO dry
her own tears in order TO dry his, and
CRYING is a grand luxury 10 Il woman
before she has spilled her eyes by in
NlnMlHB III ~. i'hl blbhpll HliN oAblHtN
weeping. she went on talking in low
tone, addressing the baby rs though il
could understand her.
blessed little soul, she said, eve
know what il all means, don't we? BE
fore You came | was q light.footod girl,
but since then I've been very different.
/ cannot dance. | cannot run. | can
not even walk far /; perhaps | never
shall. II he had suffered in any WAY
for my sake. how | should have loved
him for it but he ceases to love me for
the very reason that should make him
more tender. oh. why do women eyer
marry? Why did not say 40 instead
of gcS, and then he would have loved
mo forever.
She lifted her head and looked into
the glass.
I'm not ugly yet. nor old either,
She said, with a sudden flash 81 her
black ewes. "If he no longer admires
me, other people may. Wives who
hirt are always more thought OF 10y
their husbands than constant wives are.
M"
"If you please m, said voice NJ
the door, n gentleman.
Rose started, and held out her hand
Tor the card the girl presented.
"Chaunccy Waldo, was writer
upon it.
"You may stay here with baby
Maggie" said she. q will sec Mr.
Waldo. Mr.. Winner is engaged.
She pceped into the glass again, ans
settled Their crimped hair with her pinl
palms. Her dress needed no arranging
She was always well.dressed in IN,
evening and then she went down int,
/ the warrior, where Chauncey Waldo