The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
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She was 30 happy that she even tried t,
make the story plain to the poor childist
wreck that had once been Capt Hereford; ant
to her delight he listened, and seemed to under
stand. till she came to the end, and held up tn,
bit of edelweiss that had laid the corner stone
Of fortune for them both. The sight seemed
to awake some long dormant chord Of associ
alton, for he moved uneasily in his armchair
and muttered. Switzerland, Switzerland
then seemed to doze heavily; and by and By
awoke with start of terror and great tremt-
| 'tDecie, Decie." he cried, with working
features and fr1e htened eyes. 'sYou never
knew; sent him away, your young American
lover He was poor, and l could not lot you
go and leave me. I told him you were engaged
| to some one else. LIED. Can you forgive me-!
J Do you mind much nOw" .,
/ For just ono moment Decima was silent;
| there was almost recoil from the wretched
| figure in its eager remorse; then she knelt
down aud drew the poor old gray head to her
young breast
s'Hush. my dear, hush." she said brokenly;
@:ndeed, forgive you; no, 1 don't mind 80
much now-lt does not matters" and she kissed
the trembling lips that still moved feebly.
And thatnight the old man died
But where was Ralph Verriker all these long,
weary months? When, with a disappointment
and sickness Of heart he set off across tho At
lantic, after the dream so cruelty broken, il
was only to find on the other side tue news of
his uncle's death, a will leaving him sole inner
itor of comfortable fortune, and letter in
which the old man set forth how,
in leaving. his money to Ralph, instead
Of fen to hi, niece Mssre ~, as had 4S
full hope and belief that marriage betw cen
the two young people would max matters
equal, and prevent any injustice to the girl
who had, perhaps, learned to regard herself az
his heiress Poor Ralph was COMPOUNDED. Mo-
cousin Madge with more than a friendly inter
sst. but the bitter experience Of his Swiss trip
had closed the world Of love for him forever
1t was not in vain that nature had
given him til at resolute brow and chin, and a
character which was so formed as to be able
TO love but once for all So at first his only
thought was how best to atone to Madge for
the wrong done by his heirship; but this was
not tho easy matter it seemed at first sights the
bulk OF the property was so disposed as tc
come to him only in event of his marriage,
and it was SO settled upon his heirs as to
leave him a little more than life interest in
t, and to render it impossible to ALLEVIATE it
from himself. Ralph looked very grave as
tho conviction slowly dawned upon him that
Madgo and duty were identical; and his
mothers urgent entreaties that he should give
her the daughter she had always longed for
oil pIeSSGu 1ltO the same scale.
81 know she has always cared for you,'
she kept repeating, aud though Ralph was
modest fellow enough. the assurance seemed
another claim He told himself no was begin
nlng to forget the woman who had been all
too kind, and honestly thought the pain of
remembrance was growing less-only because
he instinctively avoided everything that
could remind him of the bitterness of the
past; aud he himself hardly knew that he
always scanned the first column OF the Times
80 narrowly, She was married long ago, no
doubt; and it was only right that he should
marry Madge.. He used to repeat the list Of
her virtues to himself, and try to feel convinced
th"t matter-of-fact, good natured common:
@efT # Snes dhdren = ara s it ia
blessing Madgo had no sentiment, aud would
not miss the love he could not give her.
And so it came to pass that certain night
found them both at New York reception. and
at tho crisis Of their fate. He had led her
away into the conservatory. gorgeous affair.
blazing with rare exotics and colored lam 8;
fountain-a sort Of Fifth avenue galden OF
Eden
They had both heen sitting silen-they
never had very much to say to each other-and
Ralph, as he sat, elbow on knee, stroking his
mustache, looked more like culprit than
matters tonight, and never had duty looked sc
unlovely. Yet Margaret was at her best to-
night, less tiorid and large than usual, and fan
softer and gentler than ne had ever seen her,
with none of the loud colors he had such q
horror of-all in simple snowy lace and muslin.
''What pretty dress, Madge," lie said
kindly; 81 never saw you look so we'll"
Madge's face frightened. She was rather
afraid of Ralph in general; he was so odd, and
talked of things she did not understand; bul
dress was subject on which she was a.
home.
Eyes, isn'tit lovely?" she said, with ANNA
ton. s'Just look at the lace; even you'll
admire it, should think. It cost me some.
thing. l can tell you I daren't say what
hard, though it's only machine-ma But
evought myself very lucky to get it. 1t isn'l
even IN the store yet. Pm the first woman IN
let me have it out of his Wholesale place as a
great favor-Silas P. Slater, you know, on
Pearl street; his buyer had just brought it
over from England"
Ralph hardly needed her placid talk; he had
bent down dulifully to examine the lace which
she indicated; but he raised his head with
sudden start.
'It is the edelweiss!' he said, and then
stopped short. That whole bright scene-con-
servatory, flowers, lights. Margaret's plumr
farnl-a1r faded from before his eyes, ana IN.
stead rose up the snow-clad hills. There was
a glow of sunset light in the sky, a hush OF
twilight in the Dir, two dark figures hand in
hand; his own voice, quick and eager, smote on
bis ear: "Profanation-
What had he been about to? He started to
his feet in violent agitation, and walked to the
door and then to his Cousins side. His face
wore a look no one had ever seen there before
"a look of deep shame.
"Madge." he said, ''pm afraid Pm a brute:
forgive me- please; but I meant to ask yor
something t3-night which had no business ia
do; Ican't Go it. What want to ask you now
is, if you will let me give you half of Uncle
&L1 ~
ought to be all yours. It's left so unjustly that
can't give it to you out and out; but you'll let
me do that?"
Margaret stared at him for moment, then
burst into hearty laugh.
my gracious, Ralph" she said f.is that oil
best, though I guess aunt rather egged you on;
but it was no use; saw that as soon as you
came home from abroad; some other girl had
been first As for me, don't bother yourself.
told Charlie Arson last night that I'd marry
t him. rich Ike him f~ nh n and .n hs
M! story about the lace. OF course it's edel-
weiss; that's what they call it-edelweiss lace
some Swiss flower, Mr. Slater says. And he
told me about tin confidence, of course-
how it was designed by some, young lady in
stockingham, to help her sick father along:
was and lost s'psf hs money! 5Se Masn
girls name? Mercy! Ralph, how strange you
look! Yes, he did, but forgot it.; it was like
one of those English cathedrals; Gloucester, OF
Worcester. or something. Not Hereford
Why, yes, il was! How did you know? And
what on earth are you doing?"-for Ralph was
on his knees at her feet, penknife in hand s'It's
my best f1ounce. Stop this minute!'
'sPm going to have q bit of that lace-just
one f1owerP' said smothered voice.
And the end!, All, well! the end
do not rhyme to that dull elf
Who cannot picture to himself
The Arabia sailed at 10 o'clock the next
but we will not follow. It is alone in
the silence and solemnity of the sacred mount
ain top that the climber reverently gathers,
and places in his bosom, to wear and cherish
there forever, the love that has been won after
long pain and trial-the peerless edelweiss l.
Casselrs Magazine.
Something About Bread Making.
By the process Of bread making it is intended |
o convert the flour Of certain grains into |
cellular structure, in which it is most easily |
;hewed, saturated with the fluids of the mouth, |
md digested. In order to arrive at this end,
llcoholic fermentation is resorted to from olden
lines, by introducing the same in the dough |
~ means Of brewers yeast. Thus small part |
If the flour is converted into glucose, which |
again is transformed into alcohol and carbonic