Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-03
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1876.

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pretty hand through his arm.
"Rose, you and Roger lead tn
way. We will follow" And Philip
finding himself taken possession OF
resigned himself to his fate Afte
all it was better to face it bravel,
than to run away; so, with Emmie OF
his arm, he joined the promenader
Oh the wide veranda.
All that long evening he watched
that face, that proud, pale face, tina
had once been to him the only fac,
in all the world. And when at las
he sat alone, trying for once, unavail
ingly, to find solace in cigar, tha
pale, proud face seemed still before
HIM.
How he had loved that woman! -
how dear she had been to him in the
old days! Yet how little had sepa
rated them. A hasty word. scorn
tul reply,-and it was over.
He had been greatly to blame. He
felt it now, keenly; but she had been
impatient of interference, and impe
rious and obstinate in her pretty girl
ish way-and so, at last
"Ah, mel" said Phil, tossing his
cigar away, as he arose, to think
that l should meet her here, on hel
wedding journey, not two years after
ward? There were grounds for jeal-
ousy of Colchester, after all; altho'
/ don't think she Is madly in love
with him. Perhaps that stately, dig.
nifed style suits him, though"
He thought, gloomily, of the time
that gold-crown head had rested
lightly on his shoulder, in her charm,
ing fits Of penltence for some mis-
doing, when those eyes had looked
up to him as they looked to no one
else, when those lips
"Confound it ALL" he said, wrath
fully, 81 shall make fool of myself
if | 90 on in this way. Better leave
quietly tomorrow - take the early
train, and leave a note of adieu to
Emmie. But fate ordered it other
wise; for, as he went in to his early
breakfast, a nod from curly head,
and a wave from a pretty hand,
brought him to seat beside Emmie
herself.
We only stay here to-day, you
see,'' explained the little lady, after
the morning greetings were inter
changed, and we want to make the
most of it. Therefore this early
breakfast;" and Rose smiled across
at her sister in manner SO suggest
i've of the bright, winsome Rose he
used to know, that Phil felt bound
to assert to himself that he was in
no danger of making fool of him
self over another mans wife.
"Better face it out" he thought.
1t is only to-day, anyway, and if |
90 it will look as though had not
forgotten old times quite so COM
pletely as desirable" he was afraid.
Thus decided, he talked and laughed
with Emmie, and was so generally
agreeable that even Roger Colchester
unbent a little, and the pale face op.
poslte grew interested and apprecla-
tive.
After breakfast they strolled around
after the usual fashion of North Con
way visitants, and Philip, having
nothing else to do, strolled with them;
but although he strove to seem at
case with Rose, he felt that he failed
miserably, and G adly turned to EN-
mie for relief. She, at least, was un-
changed just the same childish,
winsome Emmle of old, whom he
had been used to pet and tease; and
she had not outgrown her old liking
for him, either-that was evident, for
she showed it frankly. SO he strolled
along beside her, and pointed ont the
beauties of Minerals Head" the
shadowy "Indian Maiden," and the
famous "Whlte Horse" which, with
upraised head and flying main and
tail, seems ever galloping madly away
from North Conway and sight-secrs
in general, but ever remains there,
one of the lions" pardon the anom-
aly) of the place.
After dinner there was ride pro-
posed. Would he go?" Emmie
asked; there was just room for four.
He went.
Riding backward made Emmie ILL.,.
Would Rose mind? No, Rose
wouldn't; and before Philip realized
it Rose was sitting beside him. The
silken folds of her dress SWEPT against
him; and once, as the carriage sway
ed heavily, her gloved hand rested
Oh his arm with Il swift, light pres
sure, which made his heart throb
strangely.
81 beg your pardon" she said; and
looking up, her eyes met his for a
moment-onl y a moment; but as she
turned away a sudden wave OF Grim
son swept over her face.
"She has not forgotten, them" he
thought, grlmly, glancing at the two
opposite.
Roger Colchester was, to all ap-
pearance, unconscious of the little
by-play; but Emmie's blue eyes were
a tritle wider than usual, and she was
looking at Rose with sudden sur
prised curiosity on her face.
All that afternoon Phillip was i'll
visible. Taking a full cigar-case as
a companion, he sat himself rcsolute-
Iy to the task of walking off the new
depression and unrest which had
come to him.
al won'tsee her again." he said
"Thcy 60 early tomorrow, and Pll
keep away from them:" and pursuant
to the plan he was one of the latest
arrivals at the suppertable.
When, however, he went out on
the broad piazza q little later, and,
looking through the window, saw
them sitting in the great parlor, he
could not resist the temptation to join
them. "After all" he said, "it is
only tonight, after which she will go
out of my life entirely" So he saun-
tered in, in his lazily graceful way,
and took the vacant seat beside EN-
mie.
Have you been danclng?" he
asked.