The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-02-20

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| had no other words and she needle
h1ne. .... .~. ."....5 ......45 I'D.
! @Thc e5d story lOoBlug rip at me, iri
| glance that showed her pretty eyes ha
been crying. "Im-I'm here, Shirley.
| Do y0u know what those three word
hlcaut: That Edna Vcrderay, before til
Erst star looked out Of the opal sky u
gboyc us, would be my wife.
| 1t was the old story, you see, a pennies
lover. t1le-hearted little woman clingin
T. herfilh and Il parental curse impend
b,g over both our heads, We had don
bur best, and she would have been true t
Rthor and lover both, only it was not to be
Bic had made the last attempt today t,
Fin late consent TO our marriage, IN,
Bad failed; she came to tell me so, and (,
blow me and Dy fortunes
The s1ln was only just setting, hot an(
bd; the long street was a1lame, and it.
ordering paImcttos looked cfusted witt
Bid. I drav her hand tightly through
sly arm, and we walked away together
ky quietly, for she was tired and he1
Ute hand trcmbed against my side,
blc only told me that she was not afraid
bal she loved NE, and she would be clad
rest when it was ali over, and we two
Bte and far away together. And 70 we
cnt on and were married.
{Then took home my Wife. Ii was &
}0r home, but she WAS lot afraid to
kGcten it with herself, and she had said
hat she vas glad to come. You do not
kT 70 hear how oul happy time went by,
vi could NOT tell you; only it was very
EcGt, and we were I'LL the world to each
Ehcr She never spoke of her father OF
EDther an3 never seemed to miss them or
lgret what she had lost in them. / never
Eud have known that it was d grief to
.r but for one day. She met me when
lme home at night, with her face all
Erkling ana her voice unsteady with ex-
cement, and even before she kissed me,
Rcl out:
Five seen my mother!"
kYour mother? has she been herc?''
GYes! Only think how glad 1 was
lEsmpriscd! She came and she kissed
Emd forgayc me-" putting her arms
Emd my neck and beginning TO cry in
fgIadness, "and forgayc you, too; and
bs2id she couldn't live and lose her only
lighter, Oh, Shirley, it was the only
lDg more that I wanted OH earth! I'm
Happy, darling.'
fAnd your fathcrE''
Pile couldn't be az kind as she was, -
i my little wife, with her check on
lDe Fathers leyer are; but She thought
bhe was sure, she said, that he would
EgyC 1t all, and that he loved me just us
Enh all the time, and it would be all
Fit at last, Shirley. Oh! aln't you hap
|, too? Look glad Tell me you're
fd, Tell HE you're glad. dear, you
ht know how much | wanted it. =
was glad for her sake, God knows, for
\ own would never have cared to look
either of their faces again, I could not
tget that they had made my darling
Retched for twelve long months; the
fgyene$s they talked of was like an in
Rltto us both. @.... .-mm
sButa WAS changed now. Mrs. Yer
Iray's carriage ratified day after day
Rwn the little dull street, and stood at
h. Lecomptc's door, and Edna Lecompte
n partoned and pctted aud carresscd rs
Edna Fcrderay had never disobeyed.
fIl then We were asked to dine sat
Enc, " she and L; and the old man greeted
both kindly, and kissed his daughter
Eth two tears in his cold eyes; and
Fl0ed 10 bury all our own enmity as he
pok my hand; and after that it was all
EIShine between us.
tbut | never ceased to feel 4n odd chill i'll
y heart like Il prophecy Of something
Per coming between us. Perhaps it was
Fsnse instead of growing richer, since
slrietl wife, / only grew poorer, and
h world outside our little room got dark
NJ threatening overhead, and seemed only
E3la place for my unborn child to in
fit
Ill came to test his tender muscles just
IN The early winter, and, as he came
lila WAS very near going ont forever
was a delicate little thing, and needed
RAach pctting and nursing and tender
Fe--my heaftacIed AS many a poor mans
before tae, when looked into the lit
White face that had been 10 rosy whel
Ea& took her from her home. And, in
ao Of growing stronger, she onl'
ROoped more and more, like a flower il
searlg frost, and the child was as frail q
don't like to tell the story of thos
oRths. 0ther people were kind and help
W.; and was forced to take the he'll
uie sake Of those two creatures VIII
9ed more than ! could give them. lie
llef cauc every day, now, to nurse m
" aud fon{tle my child, and bring tilel
s'i1es that eotId not blly-snci lux
TS as would have been lleaped befor
IN in Edua's Old forfeited home.
sked night and day at my clerRshil
Eari'g AZ best could iii agony of hear
soul the burden of utter helplessness
loFments Of standing aside empty
gied, while others gave to the woma
child who were I'LL my own. And tie
w. came blaeker day still, and eve
iale had was snatehed away.
tlefe was a season Dc business losse
@'sayy failures; firm after firm gay
y and men went, home idle, and ~
y came with the rest. And akne
my my NiEe's bed and looked I'M
sSes, and told her, and asked her
rhg her.
~ Doat ieel 50 badly, Shirley, SHE viii
HI moving her head Oh my shoulde
rpo& ina burden t. yoa, darling, y
ssll | wish it undone; we've been
I'M. hrs--we are happy still--we 've got eat
a alc baby, and such Il long life v
411lsse troubles to pass away il! AZ
.tts. last long; you'll yet somethis
sR, Nan what you lost. Perhaps it Y
NM, 9ast Thing ffr ID, after ALI, that II
l0se this place, and 10 BE forced
~ ~ change
ts,l, iapsl It's All 4 cilatlee, 4 sai
al led.s5 and must sit with my ham
ssi5 " wait, ana FouIslna, tlley VI
d. was selfish brute to draw u
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