The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-04-17

know, with no real home of your own,
and here a good man has come along
and taken you into his. He loves you
dearly now, and you have q great deal
of influence over him, and can do pretty
much as you like now; but how long
will that last if you go on crying and
being unhappy and showing how little
you care for him 2"
"I don't know" whispered the bride,
family.
"Then you are married, you know.
You have given a promise, and must
keep it, Eeven If it makes you sorry.
Promises are solemn things. But 1
think you can keep it and be happy too.
And it strikes me you have q chance to
do most beautiful thing"
"What is that ?" wonderingly.
"To make up to a good man who
loves you for hard, hard thing in his
life. Think how dreadful it must al
ways have been for your husband, with
his clever mind and fine face, to feel
himself in one respect inferior to the
stupidest laborer who works in his fields.
It must have hurt him cruelty always,
and if he were not a sweet-hearted per-
son by nature, it must have made him
|
something delightful has come into his
life. He has married you, and it seems
to me such a chance as few women have
to be able to be 80 much to any one as
you can be to him. And don't think
want to preach but God always blesses
those who try to do right, and if you
make your husband happy, l think He
will bless you and make you happy too.
Her eyes ran over rs she ended her
little speech.
"Felicia p sounded from below
"Felicia, we ought to be going"
Must you go2" cried Mrs. Dalrym-
pie, sitting up in bed. "Thank you ever
30. You've done me heap of good.
I'll never forget you--never. Oh
what's your name9"
Felicia-Felicia Mallows. Good-by,
dear; and don't forget that the wind in
the chimney never says alone when
two people who care for each other are
together. Then they said good-by. 81
shall come again If 1 can before /
leave" declared Miss Mallows. Old
Sally, coming up to hasten her move
ments, was astonished to see the two ex-
change kiss.
"Why, what ever has she done fo1
tEe-cretur p. she muttered, as the pony
wagon rolled away. "She looks twicG
as alive as she did afore they came"
We drop tiny seed into the ground
or we watch winged messenger detach
itself from the parent plant and foat
away on its separate errand, and we are
scarcely conscious that with the act 6
new sequence of energies and possibili
ties began, and the world is the richer
for a fresh point of growth. Felicit
Mallows had no chance for another visi
to the Dalrymple farm that autumn
and it was two years before she saw i
again, during which time the image o
the oddly circumstanced little bride
faded into dim distance, as images viii
in this overcrowded world. Another
visit to Patunxet revived it into suddel
life.
"Whatever became of that littl'
neighbor of yours who married younl
girl ?" She asked Mrs. Lenox.
was when 1 was last here. She wa
sick. Don't you recollect our goinl
, there ?"
eyes, now that you recall it, dc
and the unconscionable time you stat
up stairs in her bedroom. believe sh
is well. Her baby was baptized fey
Sundays ago."
Have they baby ?"
eyes; little girl. By-the-way-
Mrs. Lenox was called off, and did no
> finish her sentence. Next day Mis-
! Mallows borrowed the pony wagon for
/ solitary drive.
7 "I want to see my little friend, Mrs
o Dalrymple," she explained; "and sur
posing her to be upstairs, you Nigh
I get tired of old Sally"
o "Thank you, my dear, L should
!, You are welcome to the pony"
q 1t was a September as mild as June
. and when Miss Mallows drove throug
q the farm gate, she saw its mistress 81
ting in the porch, her sleeping baby
> its wagon beside her, and her sewing j
4 her hands. She dropped it with stal
v of Joy when she caught sight OF h'
!. guest.
II SIS it you" she cried "Oh, 1 a
d so glad !"
s Is there any hattery equal to tina
1t "you ?"
:" You haven't forgotten me, then
; said Felicia.
le T" Oh, no how could forgetl "
20 came when 1 was all sick and miserabl
lg and lifted me right out of it. There
ID never been day since when 1 haver
k thought of you"
Id "Then you are sick and miserable !
8. longer ?" said Miss Mallows, with a Sc
If ond kiss. "That is happy news"
es "Oh, no I am quite centented no
hit David is ever 80 good to me, and thin
IS, more of him every day. And tn,
nd there's my baby"
"Iet me see her. What a sweet lit
n face"
"a "Isn't it ?" with an exultant smil
a "And she's much prettier with her ey
rs open. They're not blue they're da
ys gray, like her fathers, and just lovel
er- And / named her after you. FeliC
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