River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-07-17

take them from the drawer, Charley |
would certainly require an explanation /
as to how they got there, and surely it
was queer place in which to put pretty, |
fresh flowerss Better not say anything I
about them. And shonld she SPEAK of /
Rays VISIT! Yes; she ould su ely tell |
that-but not now-atter dinner. Char |
ley was always Just trifle impatient
he was hungry. She ould |
. ait until after dinner. But before the I
dessert was brought on, while she was
eating her salad, her husband asked to
be excused
"There was most interesting article |
in the Evening Spouter on the Chinese
onestion. which he had commenced IN
the omnibus on his way home, and be-
came deeply interested i'm
And OF he went, and when the dainty
cup-cusmrds, fragrant mocha, and lus-
cious fruit ere brought IN there was
Troublesome lump in the white throat and
a suspicious moisture in the blue eyes OF
thu wifi, and the custard was triied with
for & moment, and a spoonful or two OF
The mocha swallowed, for were not the
watchfll eyes of "Jeemes' upon herr
And then she fastened from the room,
her n.nd fully made up. She would 60
to Charley, tell him every thing-just
how she missed the old caresses aod deli
cate little attentions; how lonesome it
was 70 sit there night after mig gazing
at back of his newspaper or at the
top Of hls slice brown head as it peeped
above the top Of the paper. She would
tell i'm Of Rays visit. and about the
hidden flo ers, and with this resolve in
er heart. she opened the door OF the SIT
! sing-raom.
.sChariey. tlear,n-she would give her
self a moment Tor fear ner courage
might Charley, dear. will you put
your paper aside for momentl | want
to tell you sonnet ing"
CHOW, Lou, don't bother me; | never
was more interested in my life. BY jlngo!
this fellow writes we'll. Where's Leila,
or Bijous What is use OF your hav
| ing pets, if YOU'VE notice them9 Now
sit down, that good girl, and dress
| Leila up in pink ribbon or something.
| You ought to be fond of that COMPOUNDED
cat; it cost enough
How quickly the moisture leaves the
blue eyes What a sudden, firm tighten
ing there is of the pretty red lips, and
what hard, cold heart this of hers hacl
suddenly becomel And e Tempter
whispered in her heart, mot so would
| Ray Remington have looked or spoken >
And, remembering the tender voice and
the love in Rays eyes, she feels tender
ness springing up in her hea for the
owner of the bold, black eyes, and aglad
| though guilty pleasure in the thoughts
of the hidden violets. And Charles
Thornton. Esq, returns to his paper with
most self-satislied air; which, by the
way, is the expression generally to be
| found on the masculine countenance
when the owner thereof has been making
most egregious ass of himself.
An hour later he throws down the
| Spouter, and asks what it is she has to
say to him.
II really have forgotten. 1t was of no
consequence"
Tase care, Charles Thornton Your
wite's first falsehood Who is to blame
for it and to what will it lead?
Three months later. Ray Remming
/ ton and Mrs. Thornton have met many
times since that sad day on which he sent
her the violets. They have lunched to-
gether rode together, and attended mat
inees together, and tonight 1t is all ar
ranged that she will leave her husbands
protection for that of Ray.
! Is she happy at the thought of leaving
her husbands home? Happy No I!
wretchediy unhappy. But that which
seemed only Slight grievance at first
has become now an unhappiness too
great to be borne.
OF course she confded her SORROWS to
Raw. and his indignation was intense.
"That any one could so neglect her
SIC, whom he would ave cherished so
tenderly," and so forth, IN the usual
strain.
OF course all tins only made her lot
seem the harder. And now she is going
to escape from it all. But the treacher
Gus little heart in her bosom, that she had
thought SO cold and dead to Charley, now
begins to plead for him.
How he haunted the corridor outside
her bedroom DOR that time when she
was so ill, and he was forbidden to enter
And when at last she was we'll enough to
see him. how shokced she was at the al
teration In the dear face. Why. ii was
first saw her own face IN the glass, the
great hollow in the pale cheeks he used
to praise for their plumpness and bloom,
and saw in the place of the luxuriant
brown tresses he was was SO proud of,
the boys shock of curly brown hair, and
threw herself weeping on her pillow, sob
bling. how could he--could he love her
now? now tenderly he took her in his
arms, laid her head on his breast, and
kissed the shorn locks and sunken cheeks.
And though she lived to be old and gray,
could she ever forget his words?
MY dear one, my wife, am so thauk-
full that hold you here on this heart,
ere at one time | feared you never
would rest again. | love you, my darling,
for yourself, your warm heart, your pure
soul, not for the bloom that can fade or
the bonny brown tresses that are gone"
All! with a sudden sharp catching of
the breath. Could any other man ever be
not think of this.
What is this2 \ bracelet he gave her
on the first anniversary of their marriage.
No, she cannot take that. And ner we'd
ding-ringl Yes, that mast re eft with
the rest. O she had not dreamed it
would be so hard to part with the old
love-tokens. Even the despised Leila is
caught up and kissed and cried over
And-what was she about to do2 Yes,
she was actually going to kiss the lit
tie white tidy on the back of the sleepy
hollow where Charley's head rested every
night while he read the "Spouter,"
When Charley returns to his deserted
home Che left for Washington that morn
ing) what will he sayl viii lie care very
much2
Hank e-two-three-sh counts
the nine. Then the strokes cease.
The hour has come she starts for the
door, stops, with her hand pressed to her
heart gazes wildly around, and dashes
out blindly into the night A tall form
is standing at the foot of the steps-lt is |
Ray. He draws the little cold hand |
through his arm. They turn the corner
a carriage is waiting, the steps are down,
the ~ife has entered, Ray is about to fol |
low, when-ah great heaveni what IS
this? Her husband stands there before |
him. t ere is the fash and report of a
pistol and Ray Remington falls. She
shrieks wildly, springs from the carriage, |
and awakes!
Yes, thank God awakes to find it ali a |
dream.
She is in her own dear little sitting
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