The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-04-02

took the little cold hands into his own.
do you think that have been so blind
these many days, child, that / haven't
seen your troubled If thought that it
would make you any happier to release
you from the promise you gave me last
winter, L would not hesitate q moment.
But, Christie, let me try to win your love.
Trust your happiness in my keeping,
and, please God, you shall never regret
it,"
SO Christie put on the ring again, and
with it the responsibility which she had
been so anxious to lay aside. T. sss..
| Mrs. North was too busy during the
days that preceded the wedding to notice
| her daughter particularly, but the girls
apparent Indifference to all matters con
corning the wedding surprised her.
When David North closed his eyes on
the weary world, his wife took up the
"burden of life again." and carried it
even better than her husband had done.
| Christie was not like her mother. She
had accepted the loving and petting that
had always been lavished upon her, as
the flowers take the sunshine, and, in
deed, she had received little else during
her life. But here was something that
! Mrs. North could not understand, and
she soon became used to Chrjstie's quiet
! manner and pale face. John March re-
manned unchanged. Ever thoughtful for
! the wants of others, and always very tend
er with Christie, he prepared his home for
his bride, and hid his trouble in his own
heart.
One beautiful October day, when the
trees had put on their gorgeous colo1s,
Christie was married. AS john March's
wife she occupied position vastly differ
ent from that which Christie North had
filed, and almost before she was aware
of it her hands were full of work that
she knew nothing about. Coming in
contact with the SORROWS of others, she
was learning to forget her own. But in
spite of an increasing interest in her new
surroundings, the pale face grew paler
still, and one day her husband said:
"Would you like to 60 to NJ, next week,
Christie9 can leave home very nicely
just at present, and, if you like, we will
take vacation and see if we can get a
little more color up there among the
mountains" :-Ia.a
Five days hence we find them in one of
the hotels at M. To Christie everything
was new and delightful; the music, the
handsome ladies in their bewildering
costumes, the clear, cool lake, and the
grandly solemn mountains. With the
eagerness OF child she entered into the
plans which were made for her enjoyment,
and befre they had been there week
she was looking more like herself than
she had done since her marriage. .-
When the ladies found that she was
married, they fell down, fgurstively, and
! 'worshiped her beautiful face. ''The
lovely Mrs. March" was in great demand,
and to say that Christie enjoyed it all
. would poorly express her pleasure. ~.
1 One afternoon, John March and his wife
we're walking together on the piazza,
Somehow Mrs. March was growing very
proud of her husband. She hardly dared
to own that it was anything more than
pride which brought the light to her eyes
and the flush to her sweet face whenever
she looked at the man whose goodness
had won her respect long ago. Never,
! since her wedding-d day, had her husband
offered Christie caress, waiting with
! quiet patience till the girl should know
her own heart. AS they stood still for a
moment, to watch some new arrivals, Guy
| Meredith came up the steps with several
ladies. AS he glanced at the two, stand
! ing there together, momentary look OF
| pain swept across his face, but, quickly
I regaining his composure, he raised his
hat and passed into the house. AS fo1
i Christie, there was ore quick heart throb,
and then she grew strangely calm; SO
! aim and quiet was she that her husband
glanced down at her more than once
after they had resumed their walking
with curious look of anxiety on his
face; but he was too wise to disturb by
any careless words Christie's questioning
heart.
That evening Mr.. and Mrs. March were
presented to Mrs. Guy Meredith, tall
gray-eYed woman who followed he1
young husband everywhere, and after
EChristie had exchanged a few words with
her, she pitied the man who had once
been SO much to her.
Two days after John March was called
home on business, and Christis wondered
to find herself longing for his return. A
she came down to dinner on the last day
Of her husbands absence, Mrs. Marcel
found the house in state of confusion
Every body was either scanning news
paper or talking anxiously to his neigh
ber. In answer to surprise look from
Christie, a lady said:
1'There has been fearful railway &C.
cident; oyer twenty people were instant
ly KILLED, and the number Of wounded is
not yet known"
''RVhat train was it," asked the girl
with trembling lips .G-
''1he noon tram down ran off thatshigh
embankmentthree miles from the station
did you have any friends on the 'traing'
continued the lady, kindly placing hel
arm around Christie as she saw her white
face.