Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-07


no wedding for year"
The day was set. the dresses bought and
m. -, YP,rscpS, l..,l. made ,.s I'm. .o
Then Hannah moved about the house, as
everything progressed.
And IN the new life coming brides delight
Giving a woman's trust and love-her whole
heart in her hand,
Teaching her woman's nature In her faith to
That love. n u should be. was a prize too rare
20 be lightly won.
And that confidence deep AZ the root OF 10 lies
ere lovt-iifc has bcg' IN.
In silent moments she asked herself
" Bcvcrlys heart were hers.
And whether n dowTy Of lands or pelf
In lOve-thouEht ever Occurs:
And whether the man who had travelled wide,
Who had firted with ladies' fine.
In seeking AN honest country bride,
Loved her more than Galvanic Mine
With easy grace Jones scorncd the doubt His
was no sunshine love. he said.
And laughinglv kissed a tear away, as Han
nah playfully tossed her head:
lie needed wife IN share his luck; a woman
His lovc-yows werc no romance-she might
test them as she would.
Three months had passed lust ninety DAYS, I'm
the lovers calendar counted out.
Inc Old brown house was gaycsf, and the
ncighbOrs round about
were bid 90 the wedding: and Jones friends
their most engaging powers asserted
As they danced a reel with Meadow brook girls,
49,. and with the prcttiest toyed and firted;
Nhilc the spnstcrs admired the travelling
or -, and argued whether or n
There was luck for bride on "A stormy day,
when away In the snow she'd 20.
ineh shor. i9rewelis were spoken; the old
The handful Of rice and "a slipper were thrown
Tar after the sleigh,
Ana the covered trunk. with initials new
checked out on the train that night
hau Bible from mother, with passages
market, meath the clothing hid from
sight
There were silent hours for Timothy Green
go Whrn the DAYS work was com plcted:
The house seemed strange. with Hannah
away, when wife aud he were seated;
Tie complained that his specs were cloudy"
aud tear. like bright glass bead.
Fell down on the sheet before him, when her
letters he tried TO read
She wrote Of her new acquaintHnces, of her
cory cottage room.
So bright with hooks and pictures that no
- where was there gloom;
Told how the folks who called on her so friend
~ seemed Inclined,
That ~ young bride. in city life. such kindly
friends could find
they lived In "a suburb. n few miles out, in one
OF the prCtticEt spots,
OF half-ncdved village. with some swell"
folks who owned the corner lots
Ana the shaded lane leading toward the
49,. house hid from inquisitive eye
what the inmates might be doing. from neigh
bors inclined To pry.
So time rolled on-spring. summer, fall:
Zach with ia changes, in doors and out,
WIN varied pleasures. sorTOws small,
And some regret, and little doubt.
summer visit tO New Hampshires hills
t.o.od but too soon. left Hannah free
To think OF granite rocks and winding rllls
Whore often. girl-likc. she 50 loved to be-
flfs Nurr
feast
Its own good praises had good right to
sing
In homemade dishes. neither last nor least.
And sounds of laughter made the old
house ring.
She sat an hour IN her childhood's room. with
mother by her side.
Twas not Tor any complaining word, but for
oil times. she cried:
And the story, slowly given, came unbidden,
That She lonrcd for the country homestead.
q, and from city life release.
fOr Tom was little comfort, with money
enough To spend:
When Jones and he thought duty done, dis.
patches they would send
OF Kept IN town. Directors meet Home
, late, tonight" And soon
and boon.
The friends re mis-, who came 70 dine and wine made
bcilam or the night,
Ana many game was played aud won. with
money kept from sight.
quick visits were 50 often made, to some dis
tint place. not named,
That Hannah, in trust OF Beverly's word felt
doubling and ashamed
To ask the reason, since for business needs
And Tom. with satchel duly packed. had start
eel for the West.
As Treasurer. he had gone away, to see how
the eta m panncd out"
And Hannah was left alone to love to which
go. tothink, To doubt
still, true To her trust, and true to herself, she
hid her sorrows deep.
Till often the morning hours found her sob
bling herself TO sleep.
There was talk on the Street of the Galvanic
Mine, the market fun of stock.
And careful paragraphs promptly said the
concern had reached "pay-rock;"
The loans required % help the scheme and
ship the Eilsiening ore
We're rapidly taken Jones declared by bank
CrS who asked for more:
And the Board of Directors-all his friends
10 make things right aud fair
Propose a trip to LOudon--Jones could place
a big block there:
The missiOn-R confidential one-no word
must now bctruy:
Not even their nearest neighbor must know
he was going away.
Just a few weeks, my darling-then-back
again 90 you.
I'd take you along for the pleasure. but this
must De hurried through"
In their neat, bay-wlndOwed chamber. with its
carcfully-shadel light,
They sat alone aud listened, on one early
summer night
Hannah To pattering rain-drops fast beating
upon the pane.
And Jones, with quick ear. waiting for hoof-
falls IN the lane.
She fancied her husband started. as pressing
hts hands Co HIS head,
lie seemed TO be watching for something
which he waited for in dread
He listened tO the sudden wind, then turned
the light down dim.
And she thought she felt him shudder rs she
put out her arms To him.
There! thcrc! he said, and he'd her head
down To his shoulder tight
"Olly run to London. then all will come out
right.
Tho Galvauic must be fioatcd-" A sound of
horses feet.
The grating OF wheels on the zraveled road,
and out In the village street
n WAGON stood meath the dripping trees. A
knock at the small side door,
And Jones greeting to some one he expected
Below. In the library. she could hear the Wis.
TORS measured tread
As solemn Il seemed and rs steady. as theirs
- who carry the dead.
Her husband called. She found his friend
- taking IN accents low.
They started as she entered, and all that she
heard was Coz
Twas an intimate friend of the dining set. and
he spoke with air polite:
This trip abroad's quite sudden. He must
rue into Town tonight.
A dim foreboding OF cyil. and temples which
throbbcd with pain.
As she held mp her lips with n snothercd SIGH
for the goodnight Kiss aRaln
NO man. with heart not made OF stone, could
have looked IN her quiet face
where doubt and anxiety held their own, but
distrIst showed no trace
And Jones had n little OF softer stun than
granite IN hts, tO his praise
As he saw the besecching. loving look In Han
nnh's steady gaze:
. A We ride and a fast one; I'll be back in the
morning pet.
Don't worry for me TN the ship saIls-rm not
on the ocean YETI
Few words 90 heroine lingering kiss-and n
light from the doorway shone
I pom the drilling rain which fell, and Han
nah was left alone.
Away in tho dark, the men had gone-and
Hannahs heart went. to-:
For she loved the man who had left her and
her heart 90 is pledge was true:
Too true TO lie vows, indeed. Il wns-for with
the dawn OF day
There came other men. with questions sharp,
for him who had gone away.
Her denial OF his fight was true She dld not
know the rest.
And answered with hcr armcet tome ,.h-,, a.,