The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-09

she was doomed to disappointment.
The other ladys lover was there, how
ever he having thanked the captain for
his care of the girls during the voyage,
and telling him to send John after them
il he came, took the ladies to a hotel,
where they were glad to rest for day
or two.
Miss Gray's lover desired to get mar
ried at once but she would not consent
until she saw JEANNE in safe hands. I'm
used to neglect Of any kind, JEANNE
would have gone home to Scotland at
once had there been a ship ready to
sail; but there would be none for
week, so there was nothing for her to
do but to wait.
After five days, at last John put in an
appearance, but it took all his powers
of persuasion to please JEANNE, and he
saw he had tried her too far. At last
she forgave him, and both couples were
married on the same day, the one
standing groomsman and brides aid for
the other. After promising to write
often they bade each other goodbye,
their homes lying in different direc-
tions.
Jeannie's luggage being packed on the
wagon that John had brought, they set
out on their homeward journey. After
weeks uneasy jolting over rough
roads they arrived one night at a misera-
ble-looking shanty, and the young wife
could hardly believe her husband when
he told her that was to be her future
home. After the first shock was
over she did her best to make
things better, and it was wonderful
what a change she soon made. But the
life was so dreary and full of hardships !;
and no sooner did she learn of her
fathers death than she resolved to go
home. John represented to her that
they would get rich soon living as they
were, and after a few years they could
return; but for once she would have
her own way. So the shanty and the
sheep were sold to new settler, and
they returned to Scotland.
Their friends were all astonished at
their sudden home coming, but only to
her mother did Jeannie tell the hard
ships she had gone through with.
Mrs Lamberton, finding the charge
of the shop too heavy, offered it to John
at handsome salary, and also a share
of her house. This was too good an
offer to be refused, so they were soon
settled down to suit all parties. But
JEANNE was not happy; her husband
did not turn out we'll. The old pro-
verb, ga full cup is i'll to carry" was
true in his case he began to drink
heavily, and the business fell off il con-
sequence. JEANNE did her duty bravely,
although many night her husband
came home helplessly drunk. But this
could not last long; soon his health
broke down, and he fell ill. JEANNE
nursed him as only wife can,
but, despite all her care, he died at the
early age of thirty. Although she
mourned him truly, at the same time
she felt sense of relief and freedom
which she had not experienced for years.
She and Peter had never met since
their bitter parting. She had heard that
he was still unmarried, but that was all
she knew. John had been nearly a
year dead when she was surprised one
day to see the well-known gig stop at
her door, and healthy, jolly looking
farmer step out. The servant was not
long in showing him up to the parlor,
where JEANNE sat all in tremor. Their
meeting was rather constrained at first,
but that gradually wore off, and soon
they were talking and laughing almost
as merrily as of yore. The years that
had passed since they last met were for
gotten.
This was but the beginning of many
similar pleasant visits.
"Jeanuie," Peter said, one day, 1--WE
are both too old and have waited too
long to care for heightened courtship.
Will You not name an early day for our
marriageP'
And JEANNE did so, blushingly,
Her early dreams of welded happiness
are now realized to the full; her hus
band is all that she could wish, and his
parents almost idolize her. And so we
will leave them, always looking forward
to some future good VdUgy Maya.
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A Negro Girl Turning White.
One of the grandest curiosities be.