Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-07

| mlDueu, anu SO IOrtn WDlle you ar
a sort Of IA saint mean a nun,
he added, hastily changing tn
word, which held so low a place il
his estimation. (He had neve
known ga saint" Of either sex VIII,
was a pleasant or even sensibl
companion on earth, whatever h,
or she might be eventually il
heaven,) "You are not willing
Well, / suppose It ,cootld be an in
Fiction. The truth is that ! dt
not know much about religiou
people" He paused. "Please tel
me, then, what l can do for you,
he said, beginning to smoke again
"Nothing," said Miriam.
She had dried her eyes ant
turned her head away. After {
while, silence being once more es
tablished between them, he saw
her, while he padded briskly on tC
make up for lost time, take out &
half sheet of paper, and begin tc
write upon it with a pencil, steady,
ing it with a piece of bark.
"What are you writing9" he
asked, after half an hour had pass.
ed.
"Prayers," she answered.
Suppose you make some for me
| need them"
For now that he believed in heI
sincerity, such as it was, he fell
himself no longer on guard before
her, and fell back into his old hall
bantering tone.
"You do; but Ruth will pray
for you"
"No, she won't; / shall not al.
low it. Do you think | am going
to have her holding herself above
me in that way! If l marry Ruth
(you have refused to let our mar
riage stand, you know, she shall
pray-you will think this is dread
ful, but l do not know any other
way to express it-she shall pray
to me-"
"You mean that you wish to be
her God z"
"No wish about it; it will be SC
of itself"
at will indeed. May you he
very happy with her, Mr.. Hern-
don !! A sweeter nature / never
knew" She said this quietly, and
went on with her writing.
"Those prayers do not get on
very FAST" said Herndan, at the
end of another half hour, watching
her sit motionless, pencil in hand,
"Come, give me a little of your
time and tell me your plans. In
another day we shall be at the
Sault."
Eyes; and l will answer you be-
fore we reach the Sault. In the
meantime, please leave me to my
self"
"Cool !" said Herndon, hall
laughing. half vexed.
"As we near civilization, Mr..
Herndon, we necessarily resume
our proper places" continued the
woman. 81 am glad that you have
righted me in yuor own mind"
She raised her eyes and looked at
him. 81 never once thought OF
your name or your money" she
said.
A flush rose in his cheek. Al
that moment the man felt himself
contemplate before her. 81 judged
you by low Standards" he said,
hurriedly. al am not accustomed
to being with religious people, Miss
Miriam"
Clouds came up and darkened
the lake at sunset. Hitherto they
had had fine weather.
"Rain,' said Herndon.
ayes, and cold," said Miriam,
looking at the sky.
1--WE have had wonderful luck"
continued Herndon. "If the wealth
er had been bad, l could not have
hunted or fished. and we should
have been twice as long on the
way, besides. II would have been
a close shave for life. But I sup
pose it all comes from having a re-
ligious person on board" he added,
half believing it himself. 81 think
we had better camp her. Miss
Miriam, in this little bay"
They ate their supper; then
Herndon piled the fire with branch
es dragged from the forest behind.
at is the last night we shall be to-
o~o4bo.v L. sa;d aC;t n pb;lo won't