Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-18

como in their OVID Tine
And happiness ame5g them !? bis
land seeking mine. I drew It away,
yet | grew momentsgily pale as his
tone vibrased on ny car
/ am cod. Het u 60 in !; and [
moved away.
lie followed me. Say good by
hsre,' no said. i want to think Of
you last, just as you ara now
put out my hand calmly.
'Good-oy, Mr.. Darlington , aud be,
fore be could answer l had left him.
When came down tho next morn,
ing, he WAS gone.
sThe parlor seeds cleaning after
so much use.' said 10 mother, eft
breaktas'. Let na right it.and shut
1t MP
you aren't strong enough ssugh-
ter.
Indeed I am, mother. You are
always taking tho hard work from
me. Where's the claw. The cur.
tains must como down. and | went
10 WORK WITH 2 viii.
threw away the fowers-the
spoils of that fatal walk; rearrauged
the furniture, pu. the books we had
read together cut Of sight, layiag
on the table, instead, some dry his
tories. When it was brought to
cleanliness and order, [ darkened il,
~ d said, as | shut the door-'There
let my summers folly be buried
That fall did not enter il, Except
when we had company.
After that | went into house
work helped mother put up fFait,
cleaned, did the fall sewing, busted
myself in every way. Nv books
lay on the shelf; they held too
many mem0ri 9. | read the paws.
paper to f4thei, ard there mg I-er.
airy pursuits ended. My mother was
very kind aid careful. | think she
saw what was the matter but she
aaid nothing only tried TO help me
by vary iag MP taska cor stsntiy, a8d
telling me tho lit4l9 incidents Of the
village She began 50 talk, too, Of
sending nae away again; bus know
ing We we're not able | vetoed he
plan. | suffered some Ct course.
Paere were times when s3mai hing
wouldcoms up, some reminder of past
joys we saw, some thought Of o pee
quoted while we looked al the sun.
set--remembsred while | looked al
il alone; some flower or vine that
be had made sacred 20 N aud all
these brought nae exquisite pain. But,
howeyer, suffered alone. | mar
eged 70 be oheoTfnl with others. Oao
droary afternoon In Novem0 Der faith
er came in from woTG, complaining
Of illness. 1t was the day for his
weekly paper and after mother
had aottl3d him IN bed, and uaod the
remedies che knew 50 well, l be-
thought mo TO 20 for H. Il was
day very ike shat spring one | re-
membeTed SO well. l thought Ell It
n0w, and how different | was then
| caught nyself looking back with
a kind of pity 81 that dasclate dam.
sci My loTo hal changed mo il
moro things than ono, and if j had
not nov outgrown that passion, |
had certainly come to see that after
all there VAS much lift "a iift f5F
me
50 link pg / got the paper, went
home and read it to father. As
turned the last page | saw some
thing that startled me little. r
only read the heading Marriage in
high life;' then | turned to some
thing else Bul | put the paper 10
my pocket, and after The work was
done slipped up to my room to read
IT, 1t was what thought, o notice
OF the Maria Of Miss Layper, only
daughter, oto, TO Mr.. D4rringtea
with . mention of the beauty Of the
bride, the elegance Of the reception,
and the cIose-'SAiled YESTERDAY, il
The Persia, for Eafope.' [ read il
through, cut the parsg ph cut. and
burned IT, Then | Inelt down and
prayed that might have sslangth
for the duties that lay before nc
thanked God tna. | bad lriends near
and dear. who needed my care
that | could sall be Of use in The
world. and ii all that | might d.,
prayed FOR His guidance end help.
There l laid Down the pride thu
had so losg sustained me. ard
eought h 10, Ia ing tsial, from O0c
greater than man. was Just mid.
sight waen my mother woke me
Tue m3ocigh streaming n,showed
her laos qaiet e. usnsl, but deadly
pale. Was 10 IL, mother 2 | asked
jamie sour father is dead
| spra up in alright.
4 should have come for you to 90
for the doctor, but before / knew il,
almost, he was gone. II was heart
disease
Ny story viii be too long il / tell
you our grief. II the midst Of it We
kaew that be was ready, and with
that thought eomtorted ourselves.
When the funeral was over, cad
his affairs settled, we found there re-
NAMED for us only the place. SO,
with these three helpless ones thrown
on ne, ! had motive enough for ex.
ertion. | bad but one request. For.
reston won, | a. ways be TO me haunt.
ed by memtFles that were forbidden
| could wors better away from it. So
we sold the alace and moved into
the city / found employment read
ily, for no foolish pride kept nae from
those that | might have thought be-
low me, aud slowly / worked myself
up It is sevep years since, and I
an still unmarried, still working for
them. The boys are growing NJ Inc
ii, and they aud mother both lean on
me. Aud ara happy. II the deep
est love of life Is denied me, ] nave
many minor ones. have friends
ny books, ny work land | an con
tent / have learned IA these years
that q disappointment Is not the end
OF life that one may eoBqnsr pas
sion aud grow stronger and nobler ii
the conquest. II the joys Of wilehood
and maternity are dcaied me, my
circle Of work and influence may still
be large. It is because / have o1E-
grown my romance thai I write It.