River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-09

| alton, Tor ne moved NneaSlly al MS arth-e
and muttered, Switzerland Switzerland"
/ then seemed to doza heavily; and by and by
swoke with a start of terror and great tremb-
| ling.
isDecie, Decie," he cried. with working
| features aud frightened eyes 'fou never
knew; | sent him away, your yonng American
| lover He was poor, and l could not let you
20 and leave me- l told him YOU were engaged
| to some on else. lied Can You forgive me i!
! Do Won mind much nowg'
/ For Just one moment Decima was silent;
| there was almost 4 rec0il from the wretched
t figure in its eager remorse; then she knels
down aud drew the poor old gay mead to her
Young breast
s:Hasb. my dear. hush" she said brokenly;
'andeed, forgive you; no. don't mind 50
much now--lt does not natter" aud she kissed
| the trembling Gus that still moved feebly.
Ard thatnight the old man died
But where was Ralph Yerriker all those long,
weary months? When, with a disappointment
and sickness OF heart lie set off across The At
Iantic, after the dream so cruelty broken, it
was only TO find on tho other side the news Of
his uncIe's death, will leaving him sole iuher-
itor OF comfortable fortune and letter In
which the old man set forth how,
in leaving his money to Ralph, instead
of to his niece Margaret as had
| been popularity expected, il was in the
run nope anu bcliEI tkds = mar itAS ASA" VDA4
| the two young people would max matters
equal and prevent any injustice o the girl
who had perhaps, learned - regard herself as
his heiress. Poor Ralph was confounded NO
| 3nfy had he never regarded his commonplace
cousin Madge with more than friendly inter-
| sst but the bitter experience OF his Swiss trip
| 1ad closed the world OF love for him forever
| Ii was not IN vain that nature had
| given him tn a rcs0.ute brow and chin, and 6
character which was 50 formed as 70 be able
I -. Luz F4s4Fo all Of hrszN nelp
thought was how best to atone TO Madge for
| the wr ug done by lis heirship: but this was
| nOi tie easy matter it seemed az first sight; the
| bulk It he property was so disposed as &c
| come 20 him only III event Of his marriage.
aud ii was so settled upon his heirs as to
| leave him a little more than a life interest in
| I, and to render it impossible to Alternate II
| rom aimse'f Ralph looked worry grave as
| tae conviction slowly Gawned upon him that
Aaslge and duty were Identical; and hls
mothers urgent entre ttes that he should give
| her the daughter she had always longed for
| al. pressed into the same scale.
/ Il kuow she has always cared for You, "
| she kept repeating, aud though Nalph wa a
| modest fellow enough, the assurance seemed
| another claim He told himself no was begin
| mDg to forget the woman who had been all
| too kind and honestly thought the pain Of
| remembrance was growing less-Only because
/ he iustincivey avoided everything that
could remind him of the bitterness OF the
past; and he himself hardly knew that he
| alWays scanned the first column or the lines
| 90 narrowly She was married long ago, no
doubt aud it was only right that no should
marry Madge He used to repeat the list OF
| her virtues TO himself, and try to feel convinced
| th't matter-offact, good natured common
| place was by no means a drawback IN the
mother of ones children; and mat It was a
i blessing Madgo had no sentiment, and would
not miss the love he could not gITe her
And so II came to pass that a certain night
W, and
at the crisis OF their fate He had led her
| away into the conservatory, q gorgeous affair.
| blazing with rare eXotics and colOrcd lam q
| with shaded hooks and the splash Of Tiny
! fountain--a sort Of Fifth avenue galden Of
| Eden.
| They had both heen sitting silent-they
| never had very much to say to each other-and
/ Ralph, as he sat, elbow on knee, stfoklug his
mus tache looked more like a culprit than q
| lover, f0r he had made up his mind to settle
| Masters to might, and never had duty looked &c
| uulovely. Yet Margaret was at her BEST 70
| night less ilorld and large than usual, and iaI
| softer and gentier than ne had ever seen her,
| with none of the loud colOrs he had such q
| horror of-al in simple snowy lace and muslin.
/ 1sWhat a pretty dress Madge," he sa0
| kindly; 81 never saw you look so well.
| Madee's face frightened She was rather
| afraid of Ralph in general; be was so odd, and
! ialked of things size did not understand; bu
! dress was d subject on which she was a.
| home.
Yes isn'tit loveiy?" she said, with ANNA
/ lion. Just look at the lace; even you'll
| admire il, | should think Ii cost me some
| thing. | can tell YOU. | darcn't say what a
| hard, though it's only machine made. But
| eYought myself very lucky to get it. 1t ISM
even IN tho store yet I'm the first woman IN
| New York that has a dress OF it. Mr. Slater
| let mo lave it ont Of his wholesale place as a
| great favor-Silas f. Slater you know, on
| Pearl street; his buyer had just brought II
| over from Eng and.
| Rl,pil hardly needed her placid talk; lie had
/ bent down duufuiy to examine tile lace which
| she indicated; but he raised his head with q
| 1T is the edolwoiss!n he said. and then
| stopped short That whole bright scene-cou-
| sorvatory, flowers. lights, Margareps plumr
fagm-alr faded from before Ills eyes, ana III.
| stead rose up the snow clad hills. There was
| glow Of sunset light in the sky, a hush OF
| twilight in the sir, two dark figures hand ii
| hand; his own voice, quick and eager, smoto OF
| his ear: notwithstanding arizatoH!'
| What had he been about o? He started tC
| Lis feet ia violent agitation a92 walked to tbs
| 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, I'm afraid I!m brute;
| forgive me- please; but ] meant to ask y0J
! something tJ-nieht which hal no business tC
| do; can't 90 it, What | want 10 ask you now
/ ia If you will let me give you half OF Uncle
/ Thomas money annuatly-the money thai
| ought to be all yours. It's left so unjusty thai
! can't give it to you out and out; but you'll le
| me do thQt?"
Margaret stared at him for a moment ther
| burst into hearty laugh
/ my gracious, Ralphl" she said, sis that all
| [ know what you meant and you've tried YOU
| best though | guess aunt rather egged You on
| but it was no use; / saw that AZ as yor
! came home from abroad; some other girl hat
! been first As for me, dOu't bother yourself
| | told Charlie Arson last night that I'd marry
| him like him awfully and het
| twice As rich as you, you know. But you spoil
| my 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
| Buckingham, to help her sick father along
| army and lost his money. Wasnf
| it queer? DID Mr.. Slater tell the
| girls name? Mercy! Ralph, how strange yor
| look Yes, he did, but forgot It; 1t was like
| one of those English calhedrala; Gloucester, Of
| Worcester, or something. Not Hereford
| Why, yes, 1t was! How did you know? AnC
| what on earth are you doing?"-for Ralph was
on his knees at her feet, penknife in hand. "IP;
| my best flounce Stop this minute!
| ''Fm going to have a bit of that lace-Jus
one iowerif said q smothered voice.
| Aud the end! An, well! the end
| lido not rhyme to that dull elf
Who cannot picture to himself.
| The Arabia sailed at 10 o'clock the mex
| morning; but we viii not follow 1t is alone il
/ the silence and solemnity Of the sacred mount
| ain TOP that the climber reverenly gathers
/ and places in his bosom, 20 wear and cherish
| there forever, the love that has been won after
| long rain and trial-the peerless edelweiss !
| CdSyeJts Nagazjae
Something About Bread Making.
| By the process Of bread making it is intended
% convert the -four Of certain grains into a
| cellular structure, in which it is most easily
| ehewed, saturated with the fluids of the mouth,
| and digested. In order to arrive at this end,
/ alcohoIIc fermentation is resorted to from oden
| times. bv introducing tho same in the dough
/ hy means of brewers yeast Thus a small part
/ Of the -four il converted into glucose, which
/ again is transformed into alcohol and carboni2
| acid The former is recognized by its peculiar
| yinous odor, exhaled by the loaves, when suiti-
cieutiy raised Both gases produce the raising
| Of the dough- e., the porous and spongy ap-
pearanoe
| Bv this fermentation the flour not only loses
| weight, butthe bread also attains qualities
which may iniure the process of digestion.
| In order to evade these Inconvenience,
chemists have long ago searched, TO impart The
| sp9agv structure Of the dough by other means
| Ian yeast, respectively by substances evoly
/ lts4- gaseous bodies or which IN the oven arr
/ In II