Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-06-12

bitterly. "Poor Frank, how he will
hate mel"
In vain I tried TO comfort her, to con.
vince her that in one out Of . hundred
casss dos the disease leave dreadful
TRACES behind II; she refuses TO Be con-
J nled. And soon ahe Is to i'll too Be rea-
soned with, Or indeed TO know much Of
her own state. She IL m orphan and
has no near relatives for whom We can
|, send, % Mary Anne installs herself in
TIE nick room - head nune; and -
- her bending lovingly over the poor,
disigurod face and ministering with
tender hands to the ceaselea wants Of
|, the invalid, my wife Is in my eyes beau
! tiful exceedingly; % does the shadow
Of . good deed cast . glory around the
most homely c~ountenance.
For some time Mn. Ogilvie's life ID in
great danger; but her youth and good
constitution prevail against the grim
destroyer, and 1t length / am able to
pronounce Ill peril past.
But alaa, alas! al my hopes, all my
care, all my poor skill have been in
vain; and the beauty which We have all
admired 20 much, and which has BEEN %
precious to our poor patient, is . thing
Of the past. She II Enthusiastically it
b true; but the pure complexion IL thick
and muddy, the once bright eyes are
heavy and dali, and the golden hair is
thin and lustsrlsM We keep it from
her = long - We can, but abe soon dis
covers it in sorrowful looks; and her
horror, her agony, almost threaten to
unssat her reason. Ny wife il with her
night and day, watching her like .
mother, using every argument abe can
think Of to console her, and above all,
counselling with gentle words submits
10 the viii of God. But her misery,
after the hfst shock, il not % much for
herself - for the possible effect the loss
of her beauty may have OF her husband,
who il now daily expected. His ship
hes been at ~, 20 We have been unable
to write to him; and only on his arrival
ct Plymouth sound will he hear of his
poor young wife's illness and dis6gure-
ment. Before her sickness she had been
counting the hours, now she sees every
day 70 past with . shudder, feeling that
| she Is brought twenty-fourB hours nearer
to the dread trial. At length his vessel
arrives, and l receive . Telegram telling
me when We may expect him, and beg
cling me to break the news gently to his
wife. She receives it with q flood of
bitter tears and sobs, crying out that he
will hate and Ioathe her, and that she is
about to lose all the happiness of her
life. Ny wife weeps with her, and I I'm
conscious of . choking sensation in my
throat ~ No take leave OF her an hour
before Mr.. Ogilvie is expected, and pray
God to bless and sustain her.
We are sitting in \ rather melancholy
mood after dinner, talking of the poor
young husband and wife, when Mr.. Ogil-
vie Is announced, and l hasten to the
door to meet him.
"She will not see mel" he says i'm
petuously, coming in without any for
NAL greeting. "She has shut herself
into her room, and calls to me with
hysterical tears that she is to dreadful to
to look upon, that I shall cease to love
her ~ soon ~ l behold her, and that she
cannot face it" And then the strong
man falls into . chair with q sob.
at is not 80 bad a. that" / begin.
al don't care how bad it is" ne cries;
I" she need not doubt my love. My poor
darling will always be the same to me
whether she has lost her beauty or not"
Whereupon I extend my hand to him
and shake his heartily; and / know my
wife has great difficulty in restraining
herself from enveloping him in her
motherly arms and embracing him.
"We must resort to stratagem," l say.
al will 60 down to the cottage at once
and You follow me in ten minutes with
my wife. l will try and coax Mrs. Ogil-
| vie to come out and speak to me and
you must steal upon her unawares."
MIRA Ogilvie It first refuses to see or
speak to me; but / 60 up to her door and
M-uean enough to remind her of my
I for my ation TO her and entreat her,
"Where 10 + rome to me.
cleft him at homo wAA asks.
: / reply, feeling that / ard ~ Anne"
being q diplomatist at the court on of
Petersburg, - she opens the door ant
descends the stairs. I take her out int
the garden and begin to reprove her TO
her conduct, with assumed anger. Sh'
listens with eyes blinded by tears. /, o.
the lookout for it, hear the latch of tn
. garden gate click; but she, absorbed il
her sorrow, does not notice it. l lool
. up and zee Frank Ogilvie's eyes fxet
I hungrily on his wife. Her changed ap
pearance must be an awful shock tohim
but he bears it bravely; and in
moment he has sprang forward, claxpe.
! her in his arms, and the poor scared fac
: Is hidden on his true and loving heart
IbcAa AG~~y An..c .>4 I tuvn ailentl'
o away, and leave him to teach her tina
there are things more valuable, of fl
higher worth, than any mere beauty Q
face or form.
I After all, we do not lose her, for Nj
! Ogilvie, coming into some money, leave
the navy and purchases q small estate il
. our neighborhoOd, on which they still
reside. Mrs. Ogilvie is no longer young
ie end has q family of lads and lasse
1 n6t8d her who inherit much of thei
thing sbQyelineM. But one of the frs
d fictitious yarbGhes them is not to set
:, " l thought too mads; "for," she say'
" took it from me-" N mine, and Go
Q her regret the loss of her v e hear
through the trial." she tells mvtty.; 70
learned to know the true value K{e,
Franks heart" -,
= She simply worships her husband, an
u in all respects . happy woman
2 Indeed. seeing the sweet smiles vhic
adorn her face and the loving lirh
which dwells in her eyes, l am somt
: times tempted to call her as Of vore-
Pretty Mn Ogilvie.
: 4 Deaf Mans Nusines.
!. Pray for blessings that are reasonabl
|. and suited to your condition, and the,
with your own earnest helm heaven mo,
respond.
Have pity for tho man who sta viii
crossed legs in : street car, for he Is veal
OF stomach and the position renders th1
motion les painful.
When = man declares upon "his hon
o." that he will fulfill a promise, dom
trust him, because he confe1es that hi,
simple word needs backing up.
Political journals begin their yearly
demand upon nominating Convention,
for tried men." The fact il tried mar
are now only to be found on their death