Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-02-01


full ot mspoken passion lc will ask
me u ~ his wife soon, And what Mill
says He Is - rich and manly, and
am - poor, She thought one evening,
as shecamr downfrom her room through
the Somhrc hall attircd in cheap dress
of the llaN-straw yellow color of her
flowing hair. and family streMn with
buds like the tAN-tower blue of her
eyes.
She drew her tleecy whitc-wool shawl
about her graceful shoulders. rs Il strong,
perfumed wind swept up from the open
door Al the farther end Of the hall.
NoiseleSslv, ON her yelvet-Shod feet,
she advanced To close it, when she heard
the voice Of Algernon Heath answering
something said hv her cousin
You are quite right Susy should
have known this long ago, love her
rs thought couldncver lovca human
being. But il | marry her shall for
felt my fortune. | have nn trade nor
profession. have lived i life Of sasc,
and could not support her II is the
fault Of false training, suppose Since
knew her, have turned my thoughts
toward the business 10y which my uncle
made his money, and of which | know
something, but is yet have failed in
my most promising efforts fear that
ann too old, and my expensive habits
too firmly fixed, to succeed in amy thing
except idleness, and hc laughed II
hard, weary, cynical laugh For my
self might face poverty but | could
not see the woman loved want for the
commoncst necessaries of life. must
/" You have greatly wrongcd her Mr.,
Heath, replied her cousin, for YOU
have certainly won her affections.
Susy Wright, hearing this, drew her
white shawl about her shoulders and
stole away shiverins.
He did not see her that night, nor for
weeks after. She avoided him with a
sick heart.
One day, as she WAY coming up the
highway She saw him pacing down and
up before the tall osage-orange hedge
that made the boundary of the Heath
estate. He was very pale, and the
hands crossed behind him were Clasped
with skeleton fingers. This fight be-
tween love and riches had made him u
hapless hopeless, dcselatc man
On the other side of the hedge work
men We're husily Telling giant willow,
the shadow Of which had been ruinous-
~ detrimental u the orchard trees be
hind it. The last stroke Of the axe had
been given, when the rope snapped
asunder and the huge heavy trunk
shook and quivered and then swaycd
toward tho hedge Algcrnon Heath
stood directly i'll its way, but he was
quite unconscious ef his danger. Susy
Wright, with II Wild warning shrek,
sprang forward, and clutching his arm,
thrust him aside with superhuman
strength. He was saved; but she was
struck down by cruel blow from one
of the large branches. And during the
weeks that followed, the girl hahhled in
her delirium of her love and her lover,
until he who heard her was smotc with
contrition and pain. When she came
back to her clear, conscious life again
Algcrnon Heath sat by her side. She
had Il glimpse Of somebody vanishing
through the door, as if by prc-arrangc-
mcnt
My little girl, said the voice Of her
lover, You have taught me and told
me many things III your fever talk.
You are to get we'll soon and he my
wife. Poverty and love will bring us
more happiness than riches and loncli-
ness.
The kiss ON her lips narcotizcd her
senses into sweet slumbcr, and then,
after many hours, she WAS awakened
by kiss, Ike the Sleeping Princess.
But those who stood by her bedside ban
ished him who kissed her and would
not allow him t. see hcr again until
She was strong enough 70 60 down to
tho parlor III her pretty ilaX-,traw-
tinted, flaS-ilower.hgured cambric. a
dull red scar was still visible above the
snowy temple, where the golden ing
lets had been shorn away
No, Mr. Heath. 4hc said, when he
besought her to be his wife; heard
all you said TO my cousin that night,
and should always feel y guilty and
most unhappy woman if | should allow
you to sacrifice your riches BY mar
riage with me.
Suay, dear girl, be responded i'm
pre3sively, have already given the
fortune up, and am succeeding much
better in the business | undertook some
months ago L j. al lor Your sake,
my love aud you cannot hc y unkind
n1 y refuse T. cheer and inspire me ~
nv ncw endeavor. You did not sayc
my Lire to make nc Nfetehed, dil you
Sa.y%
Oyerbolne ~ her affection and h.
earnest pleading- Sa.y promised all pc
asked, and i few months after -he wa
the bride of i very quiet wedding.
For 81 year they shared contcntcdly