The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-17

5udfE HO T1SEb-tO cU1iI1OfC me now. lou,
can no longer be a father to mel You
must 60 away from Here aiAnfed iately,,
until Charley-'l0She hesitatedl looks
fling sat me through Her tears her hands
tight y elasped now beneath i Ell tiifsbJi-
Iently-heaving breast IN an attitude of
.lncertain flespair.9G1 N91i u a5ll
pas Why Minnie why, you greatly
puzzle me, y stammere6l 11"Telllnle at
once what has happened ? h5Why must I
go aWay22a =. fEAn9 Iliw ,95Y1 8 ~
2 Because, ,ChaEl eyAhe'site terribly am
.gryf calls you. awful names, and says
he'll have you arrested, and charges me
with with being -unfaithf1l- Oh, such
a. TRADE Of inconsistencies I never before
heard UT she he Pf9sfah IL an,
Where is Charley" t asked gitll !loIEI E
=" Gone to get q warrant for you, On,
sir, please make haste. ONLY. think, Of.
|. the Scandal 7 He is SO angry he Will
not reason. He lie ---'' She broke
down then with hysterical cryin4gs. q I
here made known to her with more
sternness than T felt that She must: calm
herself and explain at'ohee, as il, was all
|: a mystery to me- and Icould not 0iudge'
[ how to act. [ gave her to understand,
however, that certainly should not run
.away-that if l was deserving of being
arrested the officer would find me ready.
TODD his bidding. &ThisGhad the effect
to calm. her somewhat, land between. her
anxious !. fear, lest some uniformed ser
want Of the law should really burst in,
upon US, and her efforts TO- further ex l-.
plain, clingihigI alternately to me, and
running 70 tie window, 7 finally Oh
tanned an intelligent understanding Of
The case, 6. You know Bif SIT, the other
morning when ran in with the roses,
the first in bloom, and told you that the
evening before saw they were opening,
and SO had arisen unusually 4early that
( morning 6, because knew-tAey would be
open and fresh; and land other sthingsl
besides I said which. do not now re-
member. Butzzoh, sir, yolh know i
meantanos harm, lido you not 2uz0la,R saya
you know it, my dear friend say YOU
know itl7a sTlflsS the poor wounded,
child -wife continued her explanation.
=! I FASTENED to assure her that She said,
nothing Acenslirable on the occasion III,
/ question that IN all our friendly inter-
course she had ever conducted bherselH
with the grace and purity 5'of an angel |
that any one who thought sdiffeTentl II
was Ia consunmate brute, any one swlIiE
declared to p the con ttrgry was an infamo
liar. q aoIlon .noi.om sAA 50 g .ol3ssai AT
d, don't that, She he pleaded 40
that means CharleyD b. Gsls56I isla sA9 4
"But tn never take it. back, . I re-
piled, IS Charley sorinos Charley Il. s. I'll
. I" He was just ENTERING his carriage AZ
our door, 55lkllo v, s',5sshe continued
FFand could easily hear all thatwas said 7
and a sslr drove vt Of the yard ,a c,opldE
Z remembered that such was the fact,
and nodded assent "And, as. I. gave.
mentary words relative to the merits of
your last-published. article, you remem-.
Der spoke Of the tfh ffillihg pleasure the
perusal Of it gave me, and how plain
and easy it seemed to make life's duties;
that / never expected to meetany thorns
in my pathway now that your Splendid
words had removed all fears of Your ffraiil
friend and for, which reason l. had re-s
moved all the thorns from the, roses
which drought you, and--and one had
pierced my thumb, which you kiilndllyre1
'.aA" | think those were your verywords;
at least their import. And your rough
physician praised your bravery in bear
ing the pain; ell, my child" L replied,
my eyes feasting on the versatile, earn
sest.e1pressions of her fair, Ioare+clouded
face, bespeal1ing such beauty germs Of
character. IL $50 ds.stss SIT .A.ss5asI ia bg
s,,s & Fes-and sir-just as Charley drove
4Qz-do. you--do you know what. you
did TOTO me ?" she asked, with trem=
bling, anxious simplicity of IAN innocent
child .jet., i.. - al .dst, hssBs3asod % 1alien
81, Is, / took the bouquet Minnie, did T
not, and thankedsFou for it?'' as'' ga' % /
ooh, yes, but but something else
you did, sir.t j Thought nothing of it
then, nor do Z now, and would never
have Spoken. Of. it, it only Charley saw,iit,g
and land he Isl irrecoverably angry, I
fear. - 90 s'ai s 900 ss@s I'D .i ,. Gee
z = " Angry at. me, Minnie, for somesof- /
Tense q, NINE "a when yop gave me the
roses ~ curiously inquired. gdaawot n
I I, :" Angry at yoTlI for that, and angry at
me for not resenting it; and for what he
is pleased to term my Seductive, siren
ways and language. ''1 II He says, you are 81
I'll not tell you what he said, but he's
blafnes me, the most Oh,,..what shall We
do p L am, sure we are. innoeentof any
i'll intent cir. ''AlessI fs1a ID *75o1 ats Sol
e I I assured her I could rememb er moth |
ing which should have given qoffense- -
that was sure there had been no acts /
or words between, us of a, censarabIe ma
tth'el; : and mentally I cursed the COM
temptible Jealousy that + could 50 1blindly
misunderstood and wound the. most ex-I
cellent and faithful of wives q s,isa e
g.~f' I see you do not remembe y, she 4
said, $50 will tell you" And the first
blush Of naidenly modesty (which bore a
'tinge of shame that I ever saw mantle
that sweet young face o'eIspread it them
whileutheslook she'ga1e me, expressive |
of firm faith in my honor, and Of a noble
frie1idship- frienGshipof1them mind and
soul so far divorced from all disloyaltya
to legal ties of earthly Relationships,
that Ivowed then and there with alEn1gl
heart, a reverence for such, beauty and
purity of character, and bemoaned the
fact that it was ever the fate of such to
become bound to mortals whose saffec,.
'{tions are only prompted byadesire, and
Who 1oaAk ppon every manifest emotion
of tbs. heart through glasses blurred by
the snlekeo of lust, oe ,R3al a.l3ees igslsgP 81
/" When Preached the roses Up to- yo on - q
she continued, Issfand made what Charley
IN his madness termed my little siren ]
speech, You in taking them, some Eay
sclasped sbothsof my. hands tegethelD ing
yours with the roses; and, as YOU q ex "a 4
claimed, - Thanks, dear Minnie heaven
blesses women fof your kim W nature
and purity Of purpose, 81 you pressed
my. hands 99ltoi your s. lips! lI2apd
had Charley seen the tears which fell
from your eyes like dew upon the roses, /
and dropped warm on my. hands OIL
know, sir, he could not have nlisjhud Sed
theemotiony which prompted your caress.5'' ]
50 saying she threw her head down On
the table and sobbed afresh, begging OF
me to see her husband and compel hin1l
to listen to an explanation, as he was SO
angry he would not heed saEEerdy she
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