Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-11-07
LANCASTER. WISCONSIN. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1875

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againststhe side of the house, and
twines over the balcony. AS be
climbs be says in jerky way not q!
all dramatic, with Loves high;
wings iii DER perch these walls, and
, getting over with great scramble
tears very unromantic rent in bis
coat.
But as be stands beside her all
that is ludicrous dies ont of his man.
| ner, and he takes both Ter hands 10
his own in that earresssing way that
she thinks, poor child, is peculiar to
him, and locks into the dropping
face.
1t Is dangerous to stand on bal
cony on a Summer night alone with
girl that loves you and that you
love unless you mean to make her
aware OF your feelings any resolves
in the way of Grmness are apt to
melt into nothing and float away out
of reach.
juliet he says in tone that ia a
little constrained. ARE you goirg to
marry that minister p
Just little whispered Mo- for an
swer. but IT makes him happier than
such word is apt to make a man
on such an occasion.
why Dot?' little more hopefully.
Because, Rex, don't love him.
A sudden pressure of the hands
that holds hers, and then Rex draws
her, shrinking and trembling with
q raptnre that is half joy; half pain
to his breast, and says words that
are like benediction TO her.
Few men love well as regards elo
quence, but words that are common
place enough in black and white can
easily blossom into marvel of beau
ty on summer night with one who
loves you devotedly to listen.
The storm gathers faster,the thun-
der mnsters louder, the wind shakes
the trees, and Juliet has no idea how
long these sounds last when a great
drop of rain falls on their faces Git
could hardly fall between them).
That says | must let you IN; |
hope ! haven't kept you out too long
already
4 hope you haven't, she answered
demurely.
lie turns to the window, takes his
jack knife and shivers one of the
panes. which are, fortunately for
Mrs. Gray, of fancful shape and
rather small, reaches into the spring
and raises the window. and they
both step inside, just as the raio be-
gins to come down in torrents.
Juliet calls the cautious voice,
not of the garrulous nurse, but of her
aunt. as they light the gas aud open
the door. Rex slips an arm about her
and they go down the hall and, lean
ing over the railing Look down.
Auntie Gray il me of those rest
less sort of people that are always
prowling around the house in ner-
vous dread if there is a storm in
the night; and there che stands in
wrapper and slippers with a night-
lamp in her hand calling softly to
know If 'Juliet's windows are down
and if she thinks it will be a very
severe storm.
A sudden impulse comes to Rex;
he tightens his arm about Juliet and
draws her down the stairs. When
they stand in front of the astonish-
ed woman, he says coolly, not at all
mindirg Juliet's burning cheeks !:
May | have her for my wife,
Auntie p
well, well, she cries looking from
one to the other in a dazsd way as
if to find ont what it all means, 'if
that don't best all What blind
old fool I've been, to be sure. But
Providence always does provide
some way setting down her lamp
carefully so as to hold up 10th hands
in her surprise, Here's Doctor
Speecham asked mo TO marry him,
and I wouldn't do it because |
thought you loved him, and | knew
being man he couldn't help learn.
ing to love you. There, there aud
she breaks off with little sob that
is half strangled by Juliet's arms
about her neck.
So the curtain falls on our little
drama. Let us hope that this love
on balcony may prove to be of
the right sort that will last through
life; that none of them may ever
take poison; and that the stream
that often has its rocks ard shal-
lows, sharp curves and rapids, may
in this case, in spite of the old
adage, run smooth