Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-12-09

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u;,i - You love me, Ada" he saii. go
VII marry mc to night, here" >
- was growing late: the ladies r,,
uaa been busy in braidinq festoons W. w.
gariands We're beginning, with tbeir ., %
c2fts' to disperse. The Young recto
VINO was Arnold's friend, and ala =
especial iavorite with Ada's amt No,
aPProached the pair he was TO accom-
PShy Ada home. Arnold briefly bn
p'Sslonately, told him his story nj.
rector. Mr. Ward, was eloouent an,
aeNo9t' a favorite with the conpreca
= siou' put sometimes, people said. actino
Pou 100 sudden impulses. He hoard
'us story and, his own heart sore from
parting with the loved woman bo IovoJ
because her father interfered be Sail .
~ will marry you-it is tbe oniv
thing you can do"
Ada hesitated afraid to taka tbo sto,,
and Arnold tried his nowers - '',o ,,o9s,, ooul'
,T1 Ill "i.iIe the rector went to speak to the
olu sexton, an iron gray man, who never
sP9Ae 70 any one, except when address
eo' ~ O9e by one, the people were go
sexton, Arnold and Ada were left
u will marry YOU" Ada said q.
is6 Sir. .iS SvSes es viii ello me to go home
1tiI napPIenea. 10 moi attempt to claim me
Ui'iA af6er you have eyraduated ana
upon my part, will not tell my father
ult'l you come, except l find it neces-
sary to keep me from a second marriage
| will write and tell you whittier go, so
you may know where I am always and
then | will wait fer you
To this he consented Ward
thought it wisest, too-and they were
married, the sexton giving the now pale
and anxious bride away, the ring being
an old-fashioned circlet that had been
Arnold's mothers, and was set with two /
rubies aud pearl.
The ceremony over, Arnold had but .
moment in which to embrace his trem-
bling bride, kiss her cold lips, and /
whisper reassuring words into her ear,
when there was a rap at the church door |
Ada's aunt had become alarmed at her /
absence, the fear Of that '.dreadfnl stu
dent" being in hor mind, and had come
to see her safely home.
At the sound Ada slipped, faintine.
from Arnold's arms, and Mr.. Ward sent
the sexton for restoratiyes and to open
the door, while he dragged the uuwil-
ling Arnold into the street bidding him
go home and be a man, or he would
spoil all
This did not prevent him from prowl
ing about and returning from "the dra-
CONS, as he termed the residence of
Ada's relative, il the earriage with mr
= listers absceiioo :" Sn5i al
Things considered, it was not probable
that he Woulq take her away next day.
So Arnold, went to his lodgings, rose /
and attended his classes the following |
day, getting through them he scarcely
| knew how, for he received message
| from Mr.. Ward at noon, saying Mr.
Haven had taken Ada away in an early
morning train.
That was nearly five years ago, and
Arnold had not heard one word from her
since that eventful night. He searched
for her. quietly, always; he never
doubted her faithfulness and truth.
Mr.. Ward had since lost favor with
his congregation, and gone across the
Continent; even Ada's aunt had disap-
peared-there was no Clew to his lost
wife remaining. He was growing tired
of waiting, aud never was he so weary
Of it as on this winter afternoon
The conductor now came to collect his
ticket the next station was his last. He
looked up and saw the sunset sky was
blood-red and glowing-it had touched
with rosy brightness the threadbafe
patches of snow.
The train was curving slowly round
one hill before it began the ascent of
another, and presently there came IN
view pretty, modern countiy-house 10
: gray, touched up with red, its windows
) shining in the red light like a NINE OF
rubies
Arnold snatched up satchel and
, umbrella, and went out upon the plat
form for a lingering look at the house,
which, pert looking as possible, was
Perehed at the foot of the hill. AS the
| train still curved, he was rewarded with
t another glimpse of the house, the end
t of it being now in sight, and a lighted
n lamp within showed an invaiid's easy
4 chair, a geranium gay with flowers, and,
e lastly, a young girl watching the train.
f One glance, and then he looked with
s heart and eyes, for surely this world
If could never hold two such faces.
L He descended one of the platform
steps, and leaned further over to make
It assurance surer still and then sudden
!, jolting of the car, together with the ex-
e citement Of the moment, caused him to
lose his hold, and he fell headlong
2 down the embankment, and on down
e the hillside, striking branches of trees
projecting rocks and frozen ground al
1t ternately, but failing to grasp anything
/ to stay his fall, until it was arrested by
ie the very gate posts near the door OF The
house he had been watching.
20 The girl rushed out. She had seer
n it all, but failed to recognize in the
fuller form and heavily mustached lipl
e. her lover-husband of Ave years ago.
', els it possible you are not killed 2
she asked, with more nervousness thai
e discretion, as she knelt by his side.
il al don't know" he said, stunned
it and dazed and benumbed by a hun
* dred bruises. 81 only know making
IS an effort to clasp her hands-t'I have
N found you at last, Ada, my wife.
ct Then she knew him, and as, with
pleading glance, he looked into be
III face. which gradually changed to un
e. consciousness, she bent over and klsse'
his mouth.
I'M "Ah, what strange marriage an
.at what an unfortunate lotP she crle(
Ier "He leaves me in a dead faint mt
is. ment after marriage and five yea
ms later comes fainting back to me NJ
good Ursula, do not tell me he
nd. dead |" to the middle aged woman WI
,he now came and also knelt by Arnold
The PROSTATE form. -.
:" He is not deadp Trust me, Ml
old Ada" the woman replied. "But let
get him into your fathers CHAIR al
he send for Doctor James {"
md So when Arnold came to his Wis
last he was lying in the very lnya1
.rry chair he had watched from the car. |
geranium, with its red flowers, stood
- 2 fooL and beside him. applyl