Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-22

At the door, and instead Of inviting her
lover in rs WaS her wont, she turned
her calm face toward him and said
quietly:
James, am afraid Shall have ia
ask YOU not to come here So much.
The poor fellow felt, rs he ufterward
expressed it, as though pitcher ot cold
water had been poured down his back
Not-eome-so-much?' he (altcr-
ed, open-eyed.
Yes" placing the white hands with
Just the hint Of tremhle in them, ON
his arms You have been coming
here very often tor Il long while, and all
the other gentlemen stay away, ms ii ii
were Your right, you know And things
can't 80 on 50 forever, L."
But bless you, Fanny, dear, ! can't
stop Make il my right 70 come,
supposed that YOU knew that loved
YOU and want you
How many things YOU dear great
laundering men take for granted z"
she said, conveying her forgiveness ia
kiss.
Language failing him as it usually
does fail people 1T such times, except
in novels and plays where they rant
through whole pages, when all nature
and experience suggest that they could
be better employed executed his
part of the appropriate tahleau. which
was rchcarsed regularly several time. Il
week, until the minister camc with his
little book, and tie curtain fell.
Marrid Il year. One plan at least had
worked we'll; So that the month-oll
hahy-boy snoollng III ther adlr WAS ON
tered II college i'll his mothers minds
cyr OF course lie Wouldn't ~ atone,
the darling little fellow; and With both
or her hoys.at Harvard. and sue keep
ing house near hy, over Gas stoyc, in
cosy little chambers. with her daugh-
ter in the conservatory, life would in
decd be worth living.
But amid all the inventions and de-
vices of the age, no motor SO sstr0ng,
no force So powerful, no influence 50
puiSaut has been devised whereby man
can hasten or retard by Il heau-hcart
the movement Of time. And so Mis-
treSS Marlowe had many years TO fill up
with little plans before She could enter
upon her great one Her hHp-haHard
husband sometimes laughed 1T them,
but he early learned not 10 thwart on
oppose them. lie loved i quiet life,
and knew its conditions which WAS bc-
Iyond the wisdom Of many who passed
ior moro knowing men. When the
Brigadicr,' rs he facctiousIy styled
her, planned i picnic, he groancd but
lie was discreet enough to do il in
wardly. He knew what it involved.
His wife would name the day, the
spot, route, the hour to start and re
turn, and the character of the spread,
Iand packed, hy proxy, the lunch bas
l,ct for every body who was to go. 1t
was of no avail for him To tell her that
| it would rain, rs it generally did that
somc other party would have the boats /;
that the pickles would be forgotten, the
\ Jam leak out upon the sandwiches, the
dishes get broken, and the train be
1 late. Such things almost always han
pcnCd and vet sire had the pleasure Of
\ laying out - abeautilul time, and would
\ sit on the style and continue u smile
amid the RUNS Of her plans, with \
sweet serenity that an excursion into
tic happy land could hardly have boon
< improved him.
Where shall We so next year cap
tain y her husband would inquire, upon
such occasions, with his most aggIayat-
ine martvr-hke air, rs they sat waiting
for Iet-up in the shower
'Nowhere-if if we wait for Nou to
move, ducky," she would respond, with
Il good-naturc that Nas rs inyinciblc rs