The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-08-16
81 should have thought of that before.

Still he pleaded with her, and che,
loving him as she did, could only fefuae,
although she felt 1t would be like part
ing from life itself. at last, seeing
Harry aud Lima coming toward them,
he said: g"s aa@ q @'Fl ~ 7s9 81
Il will not take yorr answer now;
send me one in the morning. And re
member, dear, whatever comes, / shall
/ love you, only you.
| Harry overlook her se sheetried to
escape to the house, and gave her few
tender words, that only made her trou-
BILE harder 10 bear. vasazg s1z sssaaz,s g,
She locked herself in her re om, and
did not 90 down again that night. She
wanted to face her trouble by herself
and decide what was her duty to do.
1t was long, hard struggle. The cold,
gray dawn peeped in at her window as
she wrote: zszass3 So 'z azs 81 as r
No Ralph. was right. 1 cannot break
nv promise Forgive me and forget that
YOU ever loved gss 81 ls ss sadie.
| She sent him this early in the morn
| ing: and an hour later, before Mrs Grey
| breakfast room, he left note for his
aunt, and ordered the coachman to drive
him to the station. One last long look
at the closed blinds, behind which slum-
bered the only being he truly loved, and
| he was gone.
When Harry came that evening, he
found Mrs. Grey in tears, Lima pouting
and Sadie invisible. w..ss~eg.s.s
whats up, Lina Where is Ralph?'
Goodness knows! / don't. Sadie is
| locked in her room, Ralph gone, and
everybody else as cross as bears"
Harry looked bewildered, and Mrs
Grey said: -fs
Harry Barrows, are you engaged to
Saidie?"
His face flushed crimson and then
turned white.
eve are Mrs. Grey; but"
"But WHAT You are engaged and
that's enough" said the lady, sharply.
No, not enough" he said, with a
pleading look at Lima, who had dropped
into chair, and breathlessly awaited his
reply. = g a45. ,-.t
81 did think loved Sadie, until Lima
came back; but now / know it is Lima
alone who can make me happy saw
that Ralph loved Sadie, and hoped she
would ask to be released
"And a pretty mess you have made of
it. Her sense of honor was more strict
than yours. She has refused Ralph, and
he has gone nobody knows where. |
wash my hands of the whole affair" And
she swept from the room with an injured
look, as if she had nothing further to say
on the subject. @@
After peace was made between the
lovers, Lima said, "Poor Saddle! We
must find Ralph and bring him back.
How could the child be so good? |
don't believe he will go any further
than Chester tonight, and James could
easily drive over after him.
1t was as Lima supposed, and while
Harry started off in hot haste, Lima ran
up to persuade Saddle tocome down into
the parlor, and be there at the time they
would return intending to prepare her
for it; but she could not get her courage
up, until she heard the carriage wheels,
and had only blundered out few words
when Ralph sprang out of the carriage,
and hurried into the reom sas-' 3
Lima left them then, only hearing
Saddles broken cry, of Ralph! Dear
Ralph" as he gathered her close, close to
his heart. N#ss f
After the first rapture of the meeting
was over, and they could talk little
more nationally, Mrs. Grey's clear, cold
tones were heard saying to some one the
the piazza:
Yes, the bright days are almost
gone" .-.--..5 go " .'.---~----...
And Sadie, clinging to her lovers
neck, whispered: Erss,rs ..- .-. -
"Do you hear, Ralph?" They are al
most gone .r..T ...r r..
Nay, love, he answered, "they ha,e
only begun. y
And they hare only begun. A happier
couple than Ralph and Sadie is to be met
nowhere, the wide world over
OF one spot both were especially fond,
and they often go there. 1t is where
they first met-the trysting place by the
| willow. ,r.-