The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-02-05
THE LOVE OF TWO WoMEN.

ihiAF, Il Lcsifcr had fallen for lore Of
such +" daagh .er Of man, he angel that
shared his glo-y would tags enyiad bis de
btsenIens. She vas .oyaEy beautiful
h.sert !ook vas CLEAN If starlight, everv
emile rag out Of heaven. Oh. yes. it's
a veil enougii fyr yoa. Philip Phillips.
- there smiling at ny faneies, and YOU
aag keep on calling me cztrayagaut and
ri ta-t sort Of thing, but ! tell you that
Ire Mibank was an escaped angel GU.
oitae land Of Fight"
i vas 4 Water night ur in the country.
y friend stephen Wilson, had sent me a
A.,at urgent invitation to come on a visit,
AID ! had accepted it fer the sake Of the
9net. knew that no one would disturb
al taere, and the day after | arrived
-.'" storm set in, and it Blew and showed,
aal snowe3 and LieS, until there was no
fence, aad scarceiy a barn, left visible
lround the house. The morning after the
s.grn cleared off We held council aud DE-.
'eiei y io.bid tho breaking Of the avenue
ROAD FOR a We, /, and it was clear case
that 10 visitors codd ever approach
through that milo Of snow, varying from
t"o to ten ltet ~ depth, from the house to
tie gate. It was a barrier between rs AMI
tie other world all sufficient, and we sat
wn in the library to our books and talk
and thougIifswi.h much Of content and
Satisfaction
We sat IN front Of u blazing fire. dinner
40 removed and Stephen had commenced
Conversation which I,net without design,
- LED on I the point at which have
r'mmenced this narration.
Wy friend vas i MAJ of fifty, the ufo
lictor Of fine estete, wealthy and Sithal
= iostr Of his ease. Having whcrewithal
81 1ratity his tastes, he did not think j,
wrong = ply Literally for pleasure, and
hencc there were few places ~ the city CT
,Juntfy that could boas. az complete furni
tare As biz. a choice literary, splsndid
iapm-, horses, dogs, and every means Of
a.iling game and time you found at yoar
teiSi3c here, and among all these arpii.
'.ncea We two were not at loss in helping
IN ste progress Of the hours.
Tut there had always been certain
sometbing in Wilson's way Of speaking
: Ten @e, talked Of the past, that led me to
fancy there aas Z history concealed ic his
memory that once told would throw light
81 many Foints in lis character which /
t!il not understand. IL was when lie hal
r1dsed himself or had provoked him, t.
s:4c emphatic declarations with which
by commenced, that | said to him, fall
lns b4c! IN mY CHAIR. "TcI me all about
ayr >,cphen9
~ !opkel into my eyes. They exI rcss
- - arca, anxiety, nor yet any colIness
ls.rel y iri5hten him away from the
suIj"c: 18th one, and to offead him 10
m"e!i with the other | lifted the glass 10
M > aul eyed him eyer the ruby rim.
ITO lAe.I hisGaze on me an instant before
lc .fo.e
Iarl Mibank Was the daughter Of the
push IA which | vas born. II was far
from here-very far. Il was in a country
l1icc not unlike tins N many respects.
Tic J.. church stood n grove near the
crossing If three reads, anI hundred
sarls nom :, vas the farm house, deep
among trees and vines was the rectory. Ia
Il ior army years nay fathers counsellor,
ir,cnl aud companion, Henry Mlbank, he'd
.,rt,., al fr9-2 its vine covered door he
Lad as.ici ou. his Clare-the beloved Of
III, som.er years, who had slept on his
hg,r iur almost score CT years and car
ricG ,ier ut 10 a grave in the churchyard
an2cr tl.c moahir z trees. From his win
COS lie could look to her grave. and there,
fer ten years he never IA led to sit at the
hor Of sunset, and look and long for the
hour when lie too, having been carried out
even as she, should be PERMITTED to pass
through tue ohurchyard to the upper
sanctuary wherein she was now Worship
Ing.
His daughter was a fair child at those
early years when children first begin to be
interesting; and remember well when
was boy Of ten and she girl of six, that
! thought her the veriest beauty in all the
world And so she was with one, and only
ere exception. She had cousin Philip
whose name you have never heard me men
ton have never heard mentioned in this
world whose name has never been uttered
on the cold winds of earth since since
bat 10 matter. know not what impeis
me &c different course tonight. feel
strong desire, Instead of the reluctance
haze usually felt, to speak of these things
and will even yield to it. do not be-
hove that on the surface Of the earth now
there is one living being but myself who
remembers the name of that radiant g'rl
that WIS once so glorious in her young,
glad beauty, and is rot so utterly forgot
tn She was the niece Of the rector, vet
no TWO PERSONS could be more wholly dis
similar. The one had black and flashing
eyes, the other were blue and gentle. In
All respects different, they we're neverthe.
less bound to each other by a love that was
more tlan the love Of sister, ana shat
sen surpassed the love of man for woman.
"phlip, loved Lily Ray. From boy
hood loved her. No. all the m2gnif-
cent beauty or Clare could win me from
her cousin. | sought opportunities of
meeting her. | carried to her all my
boy treasures, and With them all the treas
urcs my heart could bestow Who could
forget, the long rambles in the forest, the
scat ~ the rushing mountain stream, the
evenings Of summer beauty on the lake
Or Who cou.I wish to forget the long win
TT evenings When we sat by the blazing
hearth sad talked or dreamed, or heard the
rc,0r tell stories Of his youth, or wove
fab.ics Of air and dream stuff for these
wears that we now i've in so colby, Philip!
These years, how close behind me now
they appear.
wei, left home. This is a dull story,
pat};t,. q nntfeut yoa shall come 10 he