The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-04-03

let me tell you, loveliest and most pener.
Gus OF women, why cannot 90 and Won
cannot stay. When | was but a Lad Of
twenty and still pursuing NV studies
Tell III love with q Young woman who
lived in the neighboohood OF the COLLEGE
L soon learned that her passion was
tel8ned from the first. and that she only
married me from motives Of convenience.
But nine, founded upon a delusion OF
the BRAIN, led me into q fools paradise:
and even when the bitterness of her ms
take and my own began to eat
INTO our lives, 1t slckens me to re-
member how / strove against it-how
mean and seryilelv / shut NV ewes and
cropped bllnd-tOlded for the old mockerv.
But 1t had long been a ghost, and the
time came when even the memory of il
was a curse. Then the cross was per
maps heavier for her to bear than for
me. lied to a man whose pursuits,
thoughts, ambitions, affections she could
never understand nor apprehend, con-
demned 10 the proprety and soberness
allotted to the life of a preachers wife,
and even denied the comfort of wearing
gay trinkets and apparel, often she told
me she envled the freedom OF an Indian
squaw, and how glad she'd be to know
nothing but Choctaw TO get rid of the
eternal, preaching, preaching.
Poor soul " said Mrs. Delplaine.
with an involuntary shudder at the life
the parson portrayed Then she added,
with infinite tenderness, All but she
did not love YOU, !"
No, said Mr. Hume, land, God
forgive me, there were times when | was
tempted to put an end to my life, it bred
such misery for us both. At last n mer-
ciful Providence-I can only think it
such-enfeebled her health and took the
cOrporeal sting from her slavery. The
powerful vitality which lent dangerous
strength to her discomfort was broken,
and she became content to be amused
and taken care Of in way that was pos.
able TO me. An old nurse connected
with the family was induced to take en-
tire charge of her The Incidence of a
southern climate suited her desires and
capacities As for me the rigor and
serenity Of this region had charm for
me: its isolation soothed and consoled
me; and so the years went by till you
came
Here he got up on his feet and bent
over her. taking both her hands in his
His face had gradually gained sad
serenity. 81 cannot be sorry we have
met, he said " it has been such jOy to
me- Even in parting there Is something
sweet in the knowledge that you take
with you some brief interest IN my poor
life. :"
Mrs. Delplaine's hands trembled with
/, Il. Il. u.
easement; a heavy black canopy OF cloud
had fallen upon the mountain aud hung
there like a pail; the room had grown
dark; suddenly Mrs Delplaine kicked
with her little heels the embtrs into q
blaze; her eyes shone tenderly; a flame OF
color burned in her cheek.
Why should we pa1t?" she said.
looking gravely up in his face. q Will
not have it so. Why should both ou
lives be spoiled? You did what You
could for her while the lived"
"Ah - said Mr.. Hume, drawing &
quick breath.
What-what is il !? cried Mrs. Del
PLANE "She Is dead; Hagar told me
She died long ago"
No, no, said Mr. Hume "God
forbid; she is not vet fit to die. "
Then Mrs Delplaine sank back in her
chair, and drew her hands from his. II
would like to be alone, she said. and be
fore he was fairly out Of the room she
burst into passionate weeping; but the
minister went straight to his study,
where he passed the night IN wakeful
misery.
Al davbraak the stage stopped again
at the parson's door, and several big
trunks were hoisted to the top. Hagar
helped in a yelled and shawled figure
that seemed TO the few passengers prin-
cipally made up Of big, Wistful eyes.
These eyes were glued to the windows
Of the coach, and two other haggard
orbs from the parsons study followed
the numbering vehicle till it became los.
in the tOltuOus descent Of the hill
All this happened not many years ago,
and it seemed as yesterday to the poor
parson when, upon one morning, with
a trembling hand, he addressed news
paper to a lady then travelling abroad.
1t contained the intelligence OF the death
of poor Mrs. Hume at Nassau. The
only answer he received was shabby
foreign sheet, wherein among the mar
riages he found that Of Mrs. Delp.aiue.