The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-03-15

herself to the mans faith, and L,
meet his wants with truJt aud con
sIaucy-mnre she could uoJ p6uii-e
Now that the moment had arrived
10 which she must act, The " hols
strength # her nature ruse up in re
bellion, yet she was "a brave wOman
and she did not swerye from her re-
solve.
He stood before her, waiting thi,
time not sure, but patient. Nearer
and nearer she came. until she felt bis
breath upon her cheek; then lifting
her head aud bpIdiug out bItb hands
20 bin, -he said:
"Mr Thorndyke, | cannot give all
that you have asked do not love
you as | once imagined must love
the man that should marry; but it
is pleasure for me to be with you,
we have much in common, and ii YOU
can be- satisfied with such regard as
| give, though it is not all that you
deserve, Why, | will be your wife"
A shadow. So faint, so swift iu
passing as to he almost lmperceptible.
darke 1ed The is.ener's face; but he
clasped the hands closely 10 bis own
tben drew the beautiful head down
until il rested on his shoulder, say
ing:
Marion, | will take the hand now
and wait for the heart,.'
| A month later, they were married
very quietly, without display, or Il
flourish of trumpeis After the Ger
emony. "a few friends of the bridal
pair accompanied them to the steam
er where Marion was cares-ed and
cried over, an finally bid rdiea
They were in Europe year, wan
dering from sunny land TO another,
aud then they tnrned their faces
homeWard
a year can do aud undo so many
things, can effect 50 many changes.
that familiar scenes become strange
to Us, and Old friends pass out Of re-
membrauce. For them it had done
something, since the gos>ips bad for
gotten 10 look wise and shake their
heads over match which did not
meet With general approval
On the re urn Of the 'fnbrndykes,
one of the haHdsonest houses on
Fifth Avenue was opened aud Mrs
Thurndyk ke was "at home" f,r friends
and congratulations alike.
Rumor soon told strange stories Ul
ner not being happy, bai size was
never known TO complain, and IL WAS
certainly unreasonable Tor any We
man with such hoine aud husband
not to gather some euj ymeat cut Of
life.
One evening late 10 December, Mr.
Thorudy Ike enter ed bome aud sought
his wife, with AN aaxipus, disturbed
look on his face.
Marion, | shall have to 20 10
Washington to night, aud as IL is es-
sential Tor me to be back before the
New Year, it don't seem worth while
10 take you Still, it is not pleasant
to leave you alone, aud our guests
will not be here this week Now,
what do you say!"
81 will remain here, Mr Thorn
dyke" She had never called her
husband by his first name, OF by any
endearing appellatiou-he had almost
become accustomed to the mode of
address from bis wife and looked
for no other. "Grace wrote that she
would be here tomorrow with the
children, and | have several engage
ments to fulfill, so you will have to
go without me-"
Had this man and woman been dis
appointed in each other? la the be-
ginning they had both been very
honest, knowing that one was giving
and the other receiving Their lives
were not spoiled, simply because
there was an indefnable something
wanting to complete a perfect bar
mony.
John ThorGdyke had learned what
il was to suffer during the past year |
He bad fouLd that be loved his W ife !
more-far more than be loved him- !
self, and all his petty interes's and
sellisbness bad fallen from bin, leav- |
ing the mans noble nature like the
diamond in the rough. 1t was dii- |
fcult work, but ne began the polish
ing with bis own hand. He no lon /
ger hoped; but be carried his sorrow
10 his heart, not on his sleeve Men
envied him, thinking thar they would /
be blessed. indeed, if they might lay
claim to such rare household gods
He could not condemn his wife; be
could not even find fault with her
Was she not always kind ana woman
ly? She presided at his table. re-
ceived his guests and honored him.
WHY should be ASA more? Only a
week before, the fashionable world
bad been startled by learning Of the
flight Of cne of the fairest denizens
with penniless adventurer. He had
remembering that the wo-
man professed to love her husband
To night matter Of pressing ne
cessity demanded his attention in The
capitol, aud he was speeding fast
away from home On the Air Line Ex-
press.
Two days of hard brain work fol-
lowed on his arrival-the review of
an important lawsuit pending-a
glance in the House and Senate
and be was on the home
ward journey.
1t costs US more To be miserable
than would make us perfectly happy.
How cheap and easy is the service of
aud how dear do we pay for
our vices.
So many things passed through
bis mind during the next few hours
His early life, that had been ruled
,nly by his own will and arrant sell
isbness; bis ambition and determin-
alton to win everything be undertook.
Dtu cdile Tue TtiueUlDTdCt Ol lDe
with Marion Thornton, his
,ool assurance and subsequent disap
,ointment, the final success whicN
aad become. worse than failure, and,
asst Of all, the home without love-
These memories mapped themselves
,ut 81 distinctly before his mental :
,ision, that the things of yesterday