Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-10-26

asked after a while, nesting in nv arms.
and looking into my face with those
glorious brown eyes, still haunting and
whispering of other days, almost cruelty
in the light of her query. 'lot
Oh, that same question that all women
ask! The answer makes no difference to
them, as their troth is plighted, and their
faith in the present is supreme. Would
that fewer of them are disappointed!
Why do they ask the question?
Why did Eve listen to the begrliling
serpent, and then meet her consequent
fate with twice the bravery of man?
Who shall answer? 5ou
Have you ever loved before /" she re-
peated, with little simulated doubt in
her eyes, but with closer nesting in
my arms in spite Of that.
eyes, darling; once in my boyhood,
almost within sight of this very spot"
Oh, tell me about it, she exclaimed.
freeing herself from my arms, and re-
Stunning an upright position, still looking
into my eyes, eager curiosity contesting
with the tenderest love for the possession
of her own. Fta
"But you will laugh at me, it is so
very silly"
emo indeed Boy and girl loves are
too awfully jolly and spicy to be laughed
att
"But this is neither Jolly nor spicy. It
was very sentimental once, but seems
very fiat now" a
ooh, please tell me- U5l
"You will not laugh at me ?''
u "No, dearest" -at
'9I "Or love me any the 1ess?'' -.o
p"Of course not, Sir Absurdity No
woman ever did that unless she was
fool.
Which,
~ am not"
And [ kissed the pertness all out of
her face, leaving only sweetness and in
nocence and confidence, the three graces
that should ever attend upon woman.
And then [ told her the story. with all
the minute dwelling upon the details
that could master.
AS [ proceeded to observe her ewes
glisten and her face grow rosy, and won
dered at the singular effect of my story.
"And the little girl was Susan VOL
colt ?" she asked when I had finished.
eyes"
But did you not know there were
two Susan Wolcotts?''
"Two?"
eyes"
"And the other
L could not proceed.
My name was Susan Wolcott till I
was seven years old, when both parents
died suddenly, and was adopted by nv
uncle, John Morton, and my name
changed to Susan Grace Morton, though
no one ever thinks of calling me Sue
You see, my uncle, the present Sues
father, came from the east about that
time, and my uncle and adopted father
thought it would be awkward to have
two Susan Wolcotts in the neighbor-
hood"
But the closing words of her explana-
ton were almost inaudible through the
kisses with which [ covered her lips and
cheeks.
CT thought there was something
familiar about you," she said, presently,
giving my face a closer scrutiny. "k
think I loved you from the first, but did
not know it at the time"
"Do you really say SOP" l asked
ecstatically.
And she eyed me again curiously for
an instant.
CT remember now," she said. "And
you are the awkward, freckle-faced boy
who used to eye me So"
I'm afraid [ was awkward, and [
know I was freckled," I said, soberly.
"And you loved me all the time?" she
continued. EDO you know, I wondered
in those days why you never played with
me as the other boys did, and why you
stared at me SO? I thought you must
think was horrid little thing, with
out any gumption, as a queer old neigh
Dor of ours used to express it"
"And you,'' I said, "are the little
guardian angel that has kept watch and
ward over me for fifteen years Let us
always remember that there was one
boys ideal that grew up to him blessed
reality"
"Until he married her." she replied,
with a roguish smile.