Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-07-12

The old folks said nothing. They
knew what allied me; only our little
Scotch maid seemed to think there was
aught wrong Once she said to me:
What ailS yc, miss? Your eve is
dull and your cheek is pale, and your
Draw grand lover Gamma make We smile;
ye are na that i'll, either
No; I'm we'll enough, y said l.
She looked at me wistfuily.
/" Gin ye'd tell me Your all, ! might
tell You cure She said.
But there was no cure for ne i'll this
world, and | couldn't open my heart TO
simple Jennie. 80 the days rolled Ivy,
and | was close on my marriage eve,
and grannie and Dorothy Plume were
busy with my wedding robes. wished
ii was my shroud they were working ut,
instead.
And one night the pain in my heart
grew too great, and Went out among
the purple heather on the moor, and
there knclt down under the stars and
prayed to he taken from the world
" for how can | live without EYan?" |
said
spoke the words aloud, and then
started up i'll alright, for there at my
side was nm eltish little figure, and |
heard 4 cry that nj first scarce thought
earthly. Yet il was but scotch Jennie,
who had followed me.
"Why do YOU call him your true love
now2' she said: "ye sent him fra yc
for sake O the young Squin'
How dare you follow and watch
me?'
But She caught my sleev,.
Dinna be veXed,' she laid !" just
hide Il wee, and answer what J spcer.
Its for love Of you, for ] sten 70 waste
Squire wooed We. Was it your will the
lad that loved the ground We trod ON
should have his ring again.
What do YOU meanY said.
" I'll speak gin lose my place said
Jennie. q rode with the mistress to
young DR.. Lockc's place pat the moor,
and there she lighted and gave him II
ring, and what she said | know not, but
it turned him the tint o death, and said
he: There's na II dropo' true bluid ina
woman GIN she is false. AMI he turned
to the wall ana covered ls eyes, an
your grannie rode home. There, It's Ill
| kin-wull it do?'
" Ay, Jennie" said | "hesven bless
you!
Aid had wings on my feeell could
not have come to the cottage door
sooner.
stood before my grandmother,
trembling and white, and | said: "Oh,
don't tell me, grannie, you have chontod
me and robbed me Of my rue love by
II lie. Did you steal the troth ring from
my neck and give it back Evan, rs if
from me? You I've loved and honored
my life long-I'd rather de than think
il"
She turned scarlet.
True lover" said she you've but
one love now-Sq Squire Tlrncr."
You have done it, ] cried It's
written on your face
And she looked down nj that and fell
to weeping.
My own true love was breaking his
heart" she said. My husband and ]
had loved for fifty years. | did it to
save him. Could let girls fancy,
worth nothing stand in my way, and
see him beggar in his old age Oh,
girl, girl"
And then | fell down ut her feet like
stone. | knew nothing for an hour
or more; but then, when ! WAS better,
and they left me with Jennie, | bade
her fetch my hood and cloak and her
own, away went across the moor in
the starlight to where the hall windows
were abaze with light, and asked the
housekeeper to let me see the Squire.
She stared at me for my boldness
no wonder-but called him. So in a
moment he stood before mein his even
ing dress, with his cheeks flushed and
his eyes bright, and led me into i little
room and seated me.
Agatha, my love, hope no mis-
chance brings you here" he began.
But stopped him.
Not your love squire Turner" !
said. j thank you for thinking 50
well Of me, but even after all that has
passed, u
| could say no more. He took my
hand
Have | offended you, Agatha2' be
said.
Not you. The ofience-the guilt
oil, have been sorely cheated! and all
! could do was to sob and think he
thought me mad.
At last strength came to me. went
back to the first and told him all-how
we had been plighted 70 each other,
waiting only for better prospects to bc
we'd, and how, when he honcred me BY
the offer Of his hand, and | angered my
grandparents by owning to the truth,
and Of the ring grannie had stolen from
my breast, and the false message that
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