Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-23


the love she had borne his mother to
him. JAS atsff,.fy.l afas .e seg,4. ..9x
''It is borne in on me, Amos. that +
must not marry now. Do not let us tempt
Providence. They also serve Who. only
stand and watt" she said softly. ..sg ,g.ye,
eyes, Patty. but it is tempting Provi-
dence to refuse the good things He, has
given rs. Look here. and here he said
pointing to tavorite parts of the house he
had so beautifed for her. Come, here
Patty. I cannot live any longer without
you. We must be married next week. :"
He felt her tremble more and more, and
this angered him..
II will not wait until Spring. You
must do as You promised, or will go
away and never see your face again. New
er was woman better loved than you
have been. You have changed my very
nature. Now You want to make me cold,
what You cali patient. like yourself
fatsy's pure, dark check grew paler and
paler. and the great brown eyes shut for
very anguish. 81, s.,
sYou know that i am not cold. I love
You better than all else in this world, bet
ter I fear than I do my God, OF. my, own
soul. My life is bound up in yours. Do
not go away. Give me two months more,
then will be your wife. IL aa..s .ra
SLOW can trust you Patty when you
have put me off SO many times. You
know how weak am. You make me do
just what you please" al l,i3s. .9ta.. a.
''Only this once, Amos" she pleaded.
"I'l never ask it again .-1a.T s-t -55
He put her gently down into chair.
Then he stood up and looked very reso-
lutely though his voice trembled. .-4ae
Eyes will wait two months and no
longer. If you do not marry me on the
Goth of December viii never speak to
you again, and hope shall never see
you again ......s, ...r..
'I viii if--if God says So" Patty
gasped out. ~.
"What is it that you are afraid of, Pat
ty? That I will not make you good hus-
band? I know that am not your equal
in mind, or goodness. bat I will give my
whole life to you, and love and care for
you better than ever wife was loved or
cared for before" Then sitting down by
her and drawing her close to him, "Say,
yes, and I'll forgive all that is past -
81 am not afraid for myself, but for
you. cannot tell you now, sometime.
sometime" she added, and well he recall
led in after years the look in her eyes
when she said it. 81 will tell you why"
"Will you say, the 2oth, -Patty?' ..i
eyes, Amos, I will. F."
After this Amos was very tender with
her. soothing her. back to her wonted
staid cheerfulness. Then he took her to her
mothers. The mountain was not in shad-
ow now, but stood a. q warrior with crest
and armor glittering in the moonlight,
while the lake lay at its feet like silver
shield. Sara was very much surprised
and grieved when Patty told her that she
had again postponed the wedding.
ooh! Patty, how can you treat Amos
SO when you know how much he loves you,
how. long he has waited for you, You can
not love him as-as he deserves to be low
ed" she added. her voice trembling q
little. els
Patty looked up from her sewing hur-
riedly, her eyes beaming.
''Sara it cannot enter into the heart of
any woman to conceive how much I love
Amos Hill. He has put gladness into my
life. I could die for him, but will not
carry to him soul that-that. Do not
say any more, Sara. If cannot tell him
why do not marry him, I surely cannot
tell anyone else, oh. yes to God. He
knows ALL " Then she repeated as to her
self, '"Thy maker shall be thy husband"
Sara was awed by her cousins solemn
manner but she still persisted.
cit is wrong to deceive Amos again. II
you do not intend to marry him when
these two months are over you should
tell him so now" a ~ 5s9@ tod
shave told him I would marry him,
then. said Patty now very quietly.
Surely You, you of all people, cannot
be false, or tell falsehood." Sara's heart
beat fast and the color rushed over her
face. Then as if conscious stricken at
the thought that if Patty failed Amos now
he would turn to her she grew deadly
pale. aa-'% 4tist4t.H e.. -G-4. ; .
"Patty you must marry him. He loves
YOU" @z o@~ n~ ~ a-a:a.A q
Patty read the sweet simple face per-
fectly. She had hoped that Sara had
given her heart, as she had 80 much of
her tinae, to James Banks, the village law
yer. Again the thought came to her. will
God love me better if I give Amos to
Sara. Mol cannot. He has not told me
50, only when the voice comes it says
"wait." She turned her eyes full upon
Sara and said gently yet firmly: ia
=. ''Yes, Amos loves me. and will marry
him at the time we spoke Of
Thank God, " said Sara, and she spoke
fervently. She loved Amos so well she
wanted him to be happy and who could
make him SO happy as Der beautiful cous-
in Patty Brawton.A All her life she had Civ
en- the best she had to Patty. It was right
that Amos should love her best. How
could he help it. FL
CHAPTER H. #@e So ,.zttE
Thanksgiving was soon coming on and
the girls were SO much occupied with
preparations for this momentous festival /
thsytconld not be much together. Amos,
mounted on his good horse. never seemed
tired of climbing the long hills which sep
arated his house from the red cottage.