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

weeks 9t such GadE intercourse and lntl-
mate a--ocIauOu with a mind 30 pure and
spirit so sweet as Deelma Heraf8rd's fatal to
their peace Of mind; but tile peace Of mind Of
some people is 4 thing soon ~ be restored, and
many men are meyer 30 aappy ~ with some
such disturbing cause Not 81 Ralph YerFi-
ker; there was a strength oE will in brow and
chin winch wont to show that his was not
fancy !-hty To- wax aud wane, and the
most cau-Ull observer might have read his
present state Of mind by oulv too obvious
signs j desire 70 exhibit all due respect to
age, but trl.ti rules me; aad nay testimony to
Capt Heref0ri5 iateHse q lpieasaotness az 3
travelling conn suon only throws up FcrrEsr's
slavish objection 20 him Ii more snidb!e
light; and, az all rue reaps some reward
even in This world Of injustice RaIph's paw
ment had come wish compound interest on this
july evening, when he actually .rtrusted
" Ga inc sole guardianship Of Miss iterei0rd's
p rsonal satsf, Ia their sunset expedition.
There v.5 a delicious thrill Of exuttaiion to
linn IN the sitnatiOa; they were so utterly
alone.
Tbe world bad died
Aud left tho twain in solitude:
and 10 enjoy he Hnearthlv sloues Of an Alpine
sunset an de cJmpauuusAIp Of "A perfectly ap-
preciatiye and -ymptHe'lc nature, IS graft
Gcaucn NOT granted tJ GFerv soul.
There W1s not much need Of speech after
that last blaze Of shifting color; eye mot eye,
and sUlI moro than words could do; then there
was ~ bTHatllcss, almost awe-strLck pause,
until the Opalesceut lines began to fade; and
then FcvIiker held out ms hand, for the path
below them stretched down rough and steep.
"Comc," he said, almost below his breath;
''thats nough let rs 81 before the end; all
the resi- viii be an-i-ciimax.3
Down the slope they went together, he guild
ing her the small g0GvCd finger still resting in
his, while tho two old ladies' tr1tted on, far
ahead, in amiable oblivion. The awe and the
wonder were on her still, and she could not
come back % earth SD soon again; but young
man is but human after all, and Verriker was
conscious. with every fiber Of his frame, of the
light contact OF her hand with his But once
within the pine woods she came to herself,
drew a long deep breath, and with a TINT IN her
face like a reflection tossed back from the
rose dyed hills, withdrew from the support
that was not now demanded by the exigences
of the pathway
eft was almost too beautiful" she said
'My first real sunset since [ came to SwitZer-
land you know; and then, the Matterh0Tnl To
you il must be such hackueyed experience that
you can hardly understand what it means to
me
yet I think I can call ? he answered. No
amount OF repetition can stale sight ike that;
and it's not SO many years since / left Oxford
aud made the grand tour first
.'Aud You have been abroad so often since,
you say How different from mel was never
across the channel IN all my life before, and
scarcely even out Of Buckingham"
Buckingham Is atwhere YOU j re?"
eyes, have lived there ever since was a
little child. Do Won know 't?'
'Oulv geographically, I'm afraid; somewhere
in the NIidlands, it? Is it a nice sort of
place?'
cob. mol not nice-not pretty at all; great
manufacturing town, with enormous lace and
stocking factories, all hard, and busy, and
money making; nothing beautiful l think
the only nee thing in it's the school Of arr, q
splendid one. for lace designing is such a
branch there. | spent my haDpiest hours a
chiio, studying at that art school. Switzerland
il the first realization of my childhu5ds
dreams of beauty; bus your life must have
Deen 80 dIiereutI
yes, different enoughnl with half smile.
II am international, ySu know My father
went 10 America very young, and married
New York girl aud after hls death was sent
10 England 70 be educated. Eton aud Oxford
made me an EngGshman, ard foreign travel
finished the compound. Yet my motaer and
my home are in New York. and often think
there il good deal Of the American left about
me vet
II am sure of it" she answered demurely.
II have hoard Won say, Why, certainly az
least dozen times, and you distinctly
guessed one DAY at MartgnyW
Nerrker laughed delghtedly. Did she act
ualiy rem mber so small q thing about hlm?
But as the needle cliugs Co the magnet, 80 the
lover cieaves 10 ono subject aud he was Lack
again IN an instant to the chief topic of in
terrst
.Suaakiug Of guessing he said, drawing
nearer ~ have had u fertile matter of spee
nlatiuu IN vour name. What is II Capt Here
ford calls y4u9 Deciu? How quaint and how
pretty. Iucyar heard &c before
On IL is short for DecIma. Do Won ike 1t;
Railways triuk II SO angular aud mathematical
was the taufh child, and the only one who
lived out ut childhsot. 1t Gems so strange
tbat I -h1uld bave been the one 10 grow up; l
often ,suutsr vs. my
RaIps looked rs though he could have offered
= ISOLATION t. that problem; but they were out
aT Thc woods BOW, ana on tine high ROAD, and a