Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-12

prayed long enough. would ask her the
simple question the first chance got, and
know my fate at once. But the chance
did not come as soon as I expected it
would. u
"She went to her room with sick-head-
ache, SO she said, and I paced the deck
alone. We were long way up the har-
dor when she: made. her appearance the
following day. She said that she had
hurried with her packing, thinking that
we were nearer than we really were to the
zion, NJ Remington, / had no o D,
tunity of returning your jewelry, and so
l packed them with my things. But you
know, you are coming to dine with me on
Saturday, and will then give them to
you.
"'Certainly,' I said, there is no time for
us to change them now. Wear them until
see you again.
III had fully made up my mind that,
as I had been bafled so often, would not
wait until I had seen her in her own
home before opened my heart to her, or
rather before asked her my tate. She
already knew my heart. There was no
time to think; all was excitement; we
were rapidly approaching; handkerchief
were waving from the docks The wild
ow was straining her eyes, and suddenly
leaving me and going forward, I saw her
throw kiss. How longed to catch It'll
looked with jealous eyes to see who
would catch it up and answer it. Fore
most standing in the crowd was great
big man-six feet, and broad in proper
ton. 1t was he who was returning her
kisses. Gould it be her brother, or was
| it friend, and this merely a pleasant
greeting from q distance?
II watched him come on board, and
what did the big. idiot do but to
catch her up in his arms-my sweet one,
whom, though loving, had never dared
to touch-and kiss her over and over
again! I could have knocked him down.
"On drawing near to them, I saw that
neither of them noticed me. She had
forgotten my existence. With heart
sick feeling l turned away. Was this to
be the end? Why had come home? I
could hear them talking, though too
miserable to listen. They came nearer,
and the same soft voice that 1 loved so
dearly said:
:"Mr. Remington, have been talking
about you, telling how good and kind
you have been, and how utterly forlorn I
should have been had you not always
looked out for my comfort. I have come
to thank you, and my husband wants to
thank you too"
Her husband! Great heavens! And I
thought she was widow, and made love
to her! listened as though in dream,
and deuced unpleasant one it was, too.
l believe he thanked me, and she praised,
and he thanked again, and then they
urged me to come and see them, and she
said, Don't forget Saturday.
"Whether said anything, or whether
| remained mute, is more than l can tell.
I was like man asleep, and had to give
myself good shake to come out of the
nightmare I was in. When I looked
around, she-they were gone"
Here Hugh stopped as though he had
finished; but his friend Williams, whose
curiosity was aroused, asked;
Odd you dine with her the next Satur-
day?"
''No; | sent regret"
"Have you ever seen her since?"
"No; never"
"What became of your nouveautes de
Paris?"
"Nell went without them, as l went
without my English robe
"Ycu don't mean that she never sent
them to you9"
~ never gave her my address,, and
she was not supposed to know where I
was"
Williams didn't like to ask any more
questions, and Hugh remand quiet for a
time. Then rousing himself and getting
out of his chair he said:
II have never made love since, and
with a bitter laugh-'I always avoid
women in deep mourning And now,
as the fire has gone out with my story, I
think. we had better go to bed"