New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-08-08
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but others are there before him.
ut is only a faint, says Mrs. Ever
son. '.the room is warm, and she has
played too long. Alice, call John and
let him carry her to her ROOM
'.Call John?" echoes Paul, sarcastic
ally. Are there no men here, that you
must call a hireling?n And, Disregard
ing his mothers frown, he gathers the
slender form in his arms and strides off
like an angry giant.
As the days pass on he meets her Of
ten, but only by stratagem, for Pearl is
as shy as q fawn, and fits away from
him like will-o' -the-wisp. His ..shy
little darling he calls her to himself.
and the light shines still brighter in his
handsome eyes.
One day he came across her, seated
on {. rock looking seward, her young
charges playing. at her feet. What a
beautiful picture she makes! The wind
losses her golden hair back and forth,
now hiding, now revealing, the shapely,
swan-like neck; then it blows her filmy
white dress against the rock like beat
ing wings. There is n sadness ,ron !,cr
face that he has never seen there before,
and a suspicious sparkle upon ei IS, :
dropping lashes
pearl darling!''
A startled crimson face is turned
toward him for IN instant, and then this
time Pearl does not escape him. As
well strive to loose the shell-pink hands
from q grasp Of iron. Then follows a
passionate avowal Of love, ringing clear
and strong above the roar of the incom-
ing tide.
Pearl is so taken back by his vehem-
ence that she forgets he is waiting for
an answer.
Pearl, darling, will you be my
wife?''
Again her face is turned toward him,
but the sudden light that has so trans
formed it changes to look of intense
pain, and the tones are almost harsh.
"Sir, you are forgetting yourself; re-
lease my hands instantly. "
ooh, there comes mama!'' chimes in
Eva and Fife.
Surely you are not afraid of her,
Pearl? Let me claim YOU before her
and the world. She is proud, ! know,
Eyes, she is proud, repeated Mrs.
Everson, ''too proud to countenance
such a terrible nlesalliance rs this. Paul,
your father shall hear of your conduct;
and as for yOu-'
She gets no further, for Pearl, as cool
and as naughty as she, rises and con-
fronts the angry woman.
lyon may spare your words, madam,
as they arc entirely unnecessary; have
not accepted your sons love, neither do
1 intend to. OF course this is all very
unpleasant, and to prevent its recur-
renee l shall leave Aylmer's Rest to-
morrow" And before Paul can frame
word of remonstrance she has fairly
flown toward the house.
| How she has managed it Paul never
knows, but Pearl Wylie is gone before
breakfast the next morning, and no
word of farewell has passed between
them.
.'Alice, if you could only get Miss
Atherton's work to do it would pay so
much better, and Paul needs so many
things now the fever has left him SO
weak And Mrs. Everson's pale, worn
face looks up from the coarse sewing
upon which she has been toiling since
early daylight
II willtry,' is the weary answer.
''There is no use in trying to hide our
poverty any longer, suppose
1t is an elegant brown stone front be-
fore which Alice Everson stands SILVER
ing on that cold, wintry morning. She
is ushered by "a pompous footman up the
velyet-carpeted stairs into an elegant
little boudoir, and there, in an exquisite
morning robe of white cashmere and
satin, stands-Pearl WILEY.
Alice falls back a step in dismay; but
Pearl, with q cry of Joy, fairly flies
across the room and clasps her around
the neck
ooh, thought never should find
you! And to think you have come to
me!''
'.But l didn't know falters
Alice.
''The name?" interrupts Pearl. ''Oh,
that was changed by the wealthy aunt
who adopted me, and made me her
heiress. And now am going home
with you; do SO want to see my two
little girls!''
But it is Paul of whom she is think
ing Paul, who is still her king among
men.
Going to her home? Alice's cheeks
burn as she thinks of their changed POI
sitiOns, and the circumstances of Paul 8
dismissal Is Pearl dressing to make
her look all the more shabby? ALICE
watches her wonderlngly as she dons q
dress OF rich, dark blue velvet, heavily
trimmed with white fur. She does not
know that Pearl is dressing only for
Paups eyes.
mamma, have brought some one
to see you" And at the sound of PEARL
low, musical voice in reply, the man in
the next room, who has scarcely yet
lifted his own hand, springs up and sits
upright on his couch.
"My darling come back to ME at last!''
he murmurs, and falls back, half faint
ing, upon the pillows. What a vision
of loneliness sits by bis bedside when he
drifts slowly back to consciousness! He
stretches out one thin. cmaciated hand,
tn make sure the vision is real It 10
gently clasped by Pearl, and once more
he shuts his eyes, this time with a sol
emn content.
1t is only after she goes away that he
learns Of the great gulf between them.
Then he turns his face to the wall with
q kind of dumb despair, and the knowl-
edge retards his recovery for weeks.
The choicest flowers, the most tempt
ing fruits, in the daintiest of baskets,
find their way to his room, and more
than once the donor relieves Alice and
her mother from their long continued
watch.
In his feverish murmuring Pearl
learns what is passing in his mind, and
the knowledge gives her both joy and
pain.
She is sitting by him late one after
noon, and, rs the wintry twilight falls
upon his face, a great yearning throb
stirs her gentle little heart, and, bend
ing over him she softly touches her lips
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