Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-03-07
BY THE AUTHOR OF
"JoHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN" "oLIvE.
"THE oGILvIEs," sTHE HEAD OF
THE FAMILY" ssAvIL-
LION" ETC.

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.,KMHEN / saw Mrs. Rossiter-he
EIy took me to payher visit next
E&sS day. was bv no means certain
&@N whether he loved her, with the
high, pure love that few men feel more
than once-but 1 was convinced that he
desired to marry her.
Let me do justice to this lady, who, as
I detected almost Immediately, was
deeply and generously attached to my
brother. But what was marvel in that i?
She was what people call s'gentle-
mans beauty" that is, beauty who
attracts and dazzles Immediately. Of
person rather large and Juno-like /;
cheerful, even brilliant in conversation,
though not the least of the intellectual
stamp; thoroughly. sensible, OPEN
hearted woman, accustomed to, and
rather fond of, but not spoiled by the
world.
We dined with her. Coming home,
Alwyn did not ask me, as in that far
day in buried life-buried from us as
completely as the young face which had
then looked from under the roses at the
gate of the farm-he did not ask me
'how liked her?' He only made the
careless observation, that l seemed to
|
yes they are extremely pretty little
girls
We parted in very friendly manner,
and with sort of silent understanding,
on the staircase. He kissed me before
he went into his room.
marveled whether that night he saw
the figure sitting watching him, with its
hand on the vacant pillow that had been
Marjory's.
Yet surely had she known, she would
have felt as did, that whatever makes
the justifiable happiness of the beloved
can never be the grief of those who
love.
Mrs. Rossiter became Mrs. Reid. II
| was a grand wedding; st. Georges
Hanover square; dozen carriages; ter
bridesmaids, including the two grace
| full children, in India muslin founce6
up to the waist, and Champagne
| breakfast afterward. Nothing at al
that dim village church, where, through
the soft rain of May morning, we haG
| walked; just we five, the betrothed pail
| Id Mr.. and Mrs. Blair, and 1.
| Alwyn looked very well; composed
dignified, rather grave. Returned from
church, the little girls jumped on hi:
knee, and called him papa He started
then kissed them fondly, saying in
smOthered tone, that he hoped alway
to keep and to deserve that name.'
| ! have always thought that thos,
pretty innOcents had great deal to d'
in making the marriage.
Well. it was all over quickly, like
dream. l awoke alone in my brother
old house, of which had so long beel
the mistress; of which large TO b
Let in one window, and 'To be Solt
by Auction in another, revealed TIL
fact that he was no longer master, nor
mistress, any more.
But he had spent the last evening alon
with me, going quietly and solemn,
through all the rooms, choosing the fur
niture which SHE had happened to like
and the little knick-knackeries whicl
had belonged to her in her maiden days
or been wedding presents afterward
All these he gave to me, though with
out once mentioning her name.
Likewise he made a settlement upol
meof the little fortune which Marjor,
brought him, the principle of which h
had never once touched.
All these gifts made me quite well
to-dO woman. l half hesitated to nc
ceive the last; but he imperatively bad
me be silent.
you know, sister, it is exactly wha
She
/ The sentence was never finished.