, 1877-09-08

wien Immediate personal happiness might haze
been attained, had rho held out her hnnl tu
gEasp 'it,---!n that hour Daphne Chester found
strength, WIN able to stand betwcen thu man
she loved antl bis own weaklie6s.. And tho
consciousness OF duty hraycly held to has
uihcld lier even while her pillow Inns bccn
nightly vet with tears, while her eyes
Cucr thu trst tsrcat trolblc 1T hcr yult!l,
bury Chestcr's lesert!ur she suc-um1cd With.
ont in effort: crushed by tho dcalcHltlg scnsc0t
little ahiu to act . part in her own destiny is
cnnld thcrog In d wheel disarrangc tue lnachinc-
~ In whiei. It ~ placed. Live. the srea1 cdu.
e.hor, las lifted her to higher plano OF expe,,f
otherwise thl'' rs The rncrc bl!ni ot<
Grafton Of luw, may, aided BY NATURES
sInw healing, turn into spiritual gain for the
Yet, !n thix n.oacnt-O contradictory wom-
ans lcnrt! -ln this n1omc2t, When the abstract
has herufme cut,erete, wiicn ahU may sec enn.
boltrI the uct result Of her virtue, OF her ab-
nrgation, naphue shrlnks With agony from Pe-
TAsy.hlght hayo waited, 20 she tells herself, us'
with last~trul!nE heart, With icc-eold, elAmiIiy
haslds, she, watshc. t!stn approach, Eay, ease-
sss :: !qSs Ss uay.r.s @ own rax ts e eiPpns:s ss
nsssl Heed not '; lass - shown 1'D'lo' lor ihcisr 1s
new life In Its very spring. my, II they were
St s s's tve4 t at wsssye9 wfast t IT,
fllght.hcar cartcdnesA ~ bridegroom, there must
be sonln painful recollection, surely, connected
with Ficfdc-la iscnv, some slight regret, whirh,
mon dr!eacy to lissen,blcl
The two elder Miss Vuns!ttaFts. as It chances,
arc abroad, iu the "harourllc," !" paying their
hait;yearly s"at'a 49, Of cai!s o. '%lan.' ns nola'
Is at her outdoor work: " Daphuo
must drink her cup of bitterness, must
pasa through tho bad quarter Of an hour that
IL tlrr rclIcl. lhs BRIDE, after some futile
attctnpts at French talk with Mafgot, makus l.ct
cHlr, iLtu tho uarlur alune. ecYeene'a coaraGe
II my be sapposssd n.s failed: o. bis conscience
;. You never thought to see US here again se
SOON ~ cries ClemeB.luu, advancing with W 0ut
stretched hanl, with fdr uloro cotdlality u
as1s taxa. ,sa" .As p:u. sxss aGsysS Gsse n
de-laenc III tbs SUMMER Icould nut resist Tue
tsmp;atnjon n of paying you lSRG visit On oa'
D4pLuo responds to the brtle's l,aud-shak
With ~ Iauvh warmth al sic can cutnmand. llcl
power 0f speech seeu,s frozen. What fur,n u
greeting shall she CHOOSE, what meaningless
1eouu,olplsee utter, remembering, freshly ii
spent by Miss Hasleatstls 10 the soscty-noI u
Dir John S1gsfnc. hut OF Cousin fcllxl
~ ought to have written you y line. know
but our whole Journey WAS Ut Tue lust: PLANNED :.
~ Gl-lA ~ kuE DSHIAHluE. NASHSA
tina seats herself by tho o.tt, window, prr15c
" IN suell light that her attstic ttaveIn. Cos
tune sthe latcst bridal fashion, Of eoutsc-.wa
not Elise IL make tho drcxsrs9), her stuil!ns
eheeriul faes, come into erneicst iu1tapositu!
WIN u!panc's everyday country gown, VIII
pAphne's altered complexion nll thi
checks. "'ro begin the romantic slor
Vt The beginning, ! l,ayv BEEN nlarrIc,
aver5 long time, Mrs. Chestes. Our wedding
day was August the 18TH"
'.We--wc had never heard tie ucws----n
FUN would Daphne call tho brile oy her ow
ua.ue, but eaniiot. He1 lirs; ~ yet, refuse
''aow should you! No announcement was pu
III tllc new wspapers, aud. for rta1ops that yuu "a
understand, dA not care about writing 10 II,
friends, although to you, perhaps, =, lett.
would LaYc been easier than " most beop
Al, Mrs. CHESTER" shs runs on, Wit
the trauk trll-absorptlon, the uustTect4
eyutlsm That Ieudcss tho etwtsi
Of newly married persons 10 tlisln
to the rest of human ktud, s'do you tccoliect
co.,ycraa,iou w hal lu ysur own rsom-a
tuacs. as,a white aimlty, aud full Of The suy
Q, seaheed, th4t Lust evening Iwus vt FleI-de-l
ltelLt.'