The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12

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face disquieted her and she added gently
You will not despise a little advice, and
remonstrance ofmine?"
l could despise nothing with which
you were associated" he said.
"Then listen to me, she continued
" sit here by my side and listen to me. I
am getting quite strong and we'll. You
have saved my lite, you and your good
Hagar, and the worst of it is that now l
must 60 away"
Here she paused, and injoyed the sud
den wincing in his face, and resolved
more and more to spare him the pang OF
parting. II am going to coax you away
from here" she said. "Indeed, Mr..
Hume-Mav I call you Paul?"
Eyes," he replied, but began to grow
pale.
"Indeed, you are quite thrown away
in this place. 1t would be so sweet t,
me to see you you admired and deifed
and bowed down to, as the world out
yonder does to men like you. They love
a silver tongue, do the people. Will you
let me manage it for vou2 / promise
you, if you will, our parting shall be
brief. I have considerable influence
which I will WELD in your behalf. You
have but to be known to be appreciated
See the good you might do, Paul." she
added, coaxingly. Her face took fire a.
she uttered his name, but that of the
preacher grew paler and paler.
II Am grateful to you," he replied
"more grateful than l can say, but
must remain here. Believe me it is bet
ter I should remain"
Mrs. Delplaine had somewhat fcreseer
this refusal. In her exalted estimation
Of his character she could scarcely hope
that her hero would step aside from the
path he had marked out for himself t.
cater to the preferences of a woman Sht
yielded at once.
because you are stubborn and proud,
she said, "because you cannot bend t.
any weak ~frivolty; and if you will no
yield to my wishes there is nothing lief
for me but submit myself to yours. Wei.
then, I will also remain here. 1t matter,
little whore l live, and this is a winsom
country in its way. I think we shall
soon have a promise of spring. On tina
big stern rock outside the window l cal
get the poor moss growing just a LITTLE
green. l can get some old house, an6
old houses can be re1urnished. Colo
gray homespun can give place to Persian
woods, odorous fires can still glow in ole
chimney places. Since it is your will
sir. to remain in this place, you will no
object If l make this wilderness to bios
som as the rose"
"Mrs. Delplaine," he said, crunchine
the slim white hand that rested on tn.
arms of the chair close in the quiverine
muscles of his own.
MY name is Laura" she interrupted
softly.
Mrs. Delplaine" he repeated, ''yo,
will not remain here, neither will 1 go
You will take with you the only happi
ness l have ever known; the memory o.
it will perhaps serve to make the rest O
my life endurable. And now let me tel
you, loveliest and most generous of WON
en-, why l cannot go and you cannot stay
When l was but a lad of co." said the
preacher, land still pursuing my studies
| fell in love with a young woman who
lived in the neighborhood of the college
I 500 learned that her passion was
feigned from the first, and that she only
married me from motives of convenience
but mine, such as it was, founded upon
delusion. and nursed by ephemeral va
carries of the brain, led me into a fools
paradise, and even when the bitterness oil
her mistake and my own began to eat IN
to our lives, it sickens me to remember
how l strove against it, how meanly and
servielly | shut my eyes and CROPPED
blindfolded for the old mockery. But il
had long been a ghost, and the time
came when even the memory of it vas a
curse. Then the cross was heavier for
her to bear than for me. Tied to h man
whose pursuits, thoughts, ambitions,
affections, she could neither understand
nor appreciate, condemned to the pro
priety and soberness allotted to the life OF
a preachers wife, even denied the com
tort of wearing gay trinkets and apparel,
often. she has told me she envied the
freedom of an Indian squsw. and now
glad She be to know nothing but Choc-
taw to get rid of the eternal preaching,
preaching"
Poor soultr SAID Mrs. Delplaine, with
an involuntary snudder at the life the
parson portrayed. Then she added. with
infinite tenderness, All. but she did not
love you"
NO. said Mr.. Hume, land God for
give me, there were times when l wa:
tempted TO put an end to my life, it bred
such misery for Us both. At las. a merci
full providence-I can only think 1t such
-enfeeoled her health. and took the cor
poral sting from her slavery. The power
ful vitality which lent a dangercu.
strength to her longings and discomfort
was broken, and she become content t
be amused and taken care of in q wat
that was possible for me. An old nurse
connected with the family was induced
TO take entire charge OF her. The isdo
lence Of a southern climate suited her de
sires and capacities As for me, the
rigcr and sterilitv of this region held 8
charm for me: its loneliness. it:
isolation, soothed and consoled me: anc
so the years went by. till o came.'r
Here he got upon his feet and ben
over her, taking both her hands IN his
His face had gradually gained a sac
serenity. II cannot be sorry We have
met he sxid, lit has been such a iov t.
me. Even in parting there is something
sweet in the krowIedue that yov TAX