The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-12-27
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Myrtle!
Reginald"
The girl, tall, stately beauty, with
lissome form and glorious coronal
Of hair IL that fell in golden shower
over her Grecian CD neck, threw her
self passionately III his arms, and for
on instant nothing was heard save
sound as if somebody was trying to
pump water out of n dry we'll
Regy had kissed her.
-Four years ago Myrtle Redingote
and Reginald Neversink had plighted
their troth (3), and now they had met
for the first time since that happy day
which, seen through the dim vista Of
the months that had dragged their slow
length SO YEARLY along, seemed like n
far-distant star shining brightly and
serene amid the herrid blackness of an
Egyptian night They had cor
responded, OF course, but even when
Love guides the pen and budding pas
sion gives to the salvation of the post
age stamp a glamour of romance that
makes it seem almost like kiss there
is ever wistful yearning- where-are-
our boys-to-night a. feeling that moth
ing save the actual presence of one for
whom this love is felt can drive away
CO... And then, when that loved one
comes, when, standing close pressed in
tho strenuous grasp of him without
whom life would be staress blank 90,
the tender words that have been read
over and over again are spoken in rich,
manly tones O. the woman who has
won this preciouslove is indeed happy.
No care can come to her then, and the
glad golden sunlight of pure and holy
affection drives away the black wralths
of disappointment and sorrow as the
White Stockings fade before any other
club
"Ah, darling" murmured Myrtle, put
ting away from her forehead-fair and
white as thu cyclamen leaves III the
woods that surrounded Brierton villa
the golden tresses that he loved so
dearly to fondic (S), 1t seems such q
long, long time since we have met,
such an Ton of hope deferred and dull,
wearying longing that the mind grows
Fad with its very contemplation OF the
fubject-a dismal epoch that we would
lain blot forever from the pages of our
lives CO.. Bat now that you are with
me again, now that find myself once
more within the shelter of your strong
arms and feel your burning kisses (lO)
on my lips, all the world seems white
with gladness, and the future to hold
nothing for me but sweet contentment
I'D. All is bright and beautiful, and
even the bitter sorrows of the past are
illumined by the stars of joy 12)."
Yes my precious one, said Reginald,
STOPPING TO kiss the ruby-red lips that
were uplifted to his Q3) and pressing
her still more closely to his starboard
cribs. I've shall both be very happy in
the future very, very happy"
Are you sure of this" she asks,
perfectly sure?"
so sure" he answers her. that |
would stake my whole existence IA on
what | have told YOU.
In the gathering shadows she looks
up into his face, and the yearning
eloquence of his eyes stirs her heart
with strange tenderness. 1t was not
such love as she felt for her father; it
was no feeling that had ever touched
her heart before When she stood
before him there was n something of
awe that held her silent, conviction
that this man was of n sublimer, grander
mould than any who mad ever crossed
her path.
And why shall we never know sorrow
or pain ?" she asks, her pure young face
lighted up with sweet, tru,tful smile.
Because" he says in low, mellow
tones, Il have concluded not to get
married. "-Chicd 90 Trjbltlle.