The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-11-17

| in . few minutes with the doctor, whom
! she left with my mother. saying 70 me-
"Miss Ruth, will you come
| trembled so that | could scarcely tot
! low her till she said:
"He las asked to see You alone, ny
dear. Can YOU bear it, or shall you DC
! afraid?'
"No," I said steadily II would much
! rather be alone"
So she opened the door, and went
All thought Of R3sam2ue had fled,
went up to my darling and TOOK his
| hand III mine. u.
"mv darling Ruth!' And tneu an eN-
preston OF pam came across his face,
and he added: mot mine now; nave
forfeited that"
Think all the love | had ever felt for
him came upon me with tWOtold force,
| and kneeling by him, / told him how
fully ! forgavc him, and cow dearly |
lovedhim, and how | loved him then.
Il cannot believe it; / am not worth
it," he said, sadly.
And did not know how to comfort
him.
"Harry," / said, did you think I
should Gomez"
Yes. 1 knew you would" he answer
ed.
"\Vhy we're you sure" Iasked again.
"Because Won were always so torglv-
ing and good, darlin-."
and because you knew as soon as you
| were awakened from that bad dream
| that we still loved each other, Just as we
did in those happy days which seem so
long agO?.'
Faithful until death " he whispered,
my own dear love"
So we stayed for a little While. l
| could not think then how near our sep
| aration was; | could only thank God for
giving us back to each other.
In those few precious days Harry told
! me all the story Of his infatuatiO1 for
R0samond, how quickly he had repeHted
! Of it, and how often ne longed TO break of
the engagement, ven though he knew
there would be no chance of having
me for his wife. Then, IN a fit Of pique
ut some real or fancied neglect, she
threw him over and accepted, and was
sOOn after married 20 ner rich lover.
Il was not sorry Tor her, Ruth he
said. Il don't think she ever really
cared for me. II was more to prove her
| power Of fascination than any thing else
that she won me from YOU. Weak
fool that | was he added bitterly, ito
lose my life's happiness lor the sake Of q
dream. How | lOng1d tor you, my dar-
ling, | can never tel TJI out | dared not
ask to zee you till Nov AID when | knew
that in q few days | mist die ! could not
go without q last word nom you, and
now it seems harder than ever to say
good-by."
1t was a very sOrrowful week and my
lover grew more feeble every day, and
even | could see how near the end must
be.
1t came very quietly and mercifully at
asst. We we're watching the sunset, as
we often did, and, as it sank lower and
tower, Harry said, 81 shall never see
another, darling!"
MOI answered, "but | shall see
many, perhaps, and to me they will al
ways speak Of you. But some day |
shall see my last, and then | shall come
home to you"
Ruth" ne whispered, soon after
ward, lit IS growing so dark; come clos
err TO me-"
/ knelt beside him, so that his head
might rest on my shoulder; and SO we
waited together.
4 4 WOlU6I l. llN6Q lITDuRu bllUSS hJuIO
to feel that In q few moments he would
be gone from me-that never while L
lived should [ hear his voice or see his
face again-made me feel as though
must cry aloud in my agony.
Still / waited, quietly, till just as the
sunset glow was DYING out of the shy,
he surned his face toward me, ana, with
a look of passionate longing loYe, signed
70 me to kiss him.
Coed bye" he murmured "my wife
that was to be-
"Oh, Harry I said, ~ am your wife
in heart and lifelong love! All my love
is going with you, my darling-my dar.
ling!"
/ can not tell what followed. | knew
my mother and Mrs. Lewis were with
me, but till he died / never left my
place beside him, and then | suppose ]
must havs tainted.
But / have kept my promise, and ole
woman as i am now, Harry is still MY
Harry" to me.
How soon ] wonder, shall see hin
again?
There was no sharpness Id the ole
lady's voice as she said Good night!'
to Madge, and asked if she had had
happy evening.
Something in her tone made the girls
eyes fill WITH tears as she answered, "Se
very happy, %auntie; he does love me
Il so!p
And the answer was, Then THANH
Heaven for it, dear. True. constan
love is the greatest earthly gift he can
give you.D
Probable Partisan Lie.