Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-06

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mortal of poor, pallid Lily.
While Mr.. Weldon stood silently
by, he was shocked at tho growing
likeness between the face of dead Lily
and that of his Leila.
There was grand funeral next
dav.
Lily's husband was there, carefully
dressed in the excess Of mourning:
his tears did not moisten the marble
! lace of the sleeper, yet he grleved in
I wardly for the bird that had flown
from him forever.
| But he was one of those individuals
who consider an outside expression Of
any emotion as an evidence of weak
ness, SO he never betrayed what he
really felt.
When the last clod had fallen on all
that was mortal of poor Lily, the
mourners dispersed.
| The bereaved husband went metho-
Ideally back to his old duties, began
life again, and he OILY thought that
it was dIspensation Of Providence.
/ Mr. Weldon was kind hearted and
sympathetic, and strange thought
came to hum.
What if bis Leila were dead2
And then great wave of pity
molstened his eyes and made his heart
ache for Lily's husband
His wife and mother were with him,
and he said;
DO you not feel for poor Arthur
A hard bitter light came into the
sorrowing mothers eyes as she answer
ed him.
''Feel sorry for hin-her murderer
Do you think could feel grief for
the man to whom gave my first born
to love and cherish, gave her to HIM,
believing that he would make her
happy But instead, he brought her
back to me in five short years to die.
And she was murdered. my beautiful
Lily, not by any crime that the law
can punish-that would have been
quicker and more merciful--but by
the slow torture that killed her, our
queen Lily, as we called her, in five
years.
Weldon was shocked.
He had never heard of such thing;
and Mrs. Everett continued:
It's the drop by drop OF little Ills
that wear away the most invincible
barrier, and our Lily was once Just
4 like Leila, though only those that
/ knew her then would believe it But
! if you had known what constant sup
preston our queen Lily was kept, you
would not have wondered at the
change. When she had only been the
bride of half year she suffered Ike only
that worst of pains the heartache-
and she grew to realize fully that
/ mans love is of mans life part, but
woman's whole ex stence. 1t was a
slow but sure way that Arthur War
/ den took to tame his bride, but she
could not be curbed. She and Leila
were alike in that respect. When he
took away all The joyOusness he took
away her gay spirits, and that is death
la the end to all natures like our Lily's.
/ There was never time when Arthur
failed to make cynical remarks; in
truth, he kept my love cherished child
under a continual cloud of disapproba-
ton. If she laughed she was silly;
/ if she enjoyed society, she was frivo-
/ lous; if she wanted anything pretty,
/ she was Just like all the women
didn't care for anything but dress; if
a noted person spoke to her and she
mentioned the fact, she was vain be
cause those above her noticed her; and
| if she spoke to anyone under the ban
of society, she was told that no lady
spoke to such a person. And oh, it
was wonderful what an effect it all
had on her, our darling She who had
/ laughed to scorn all restraint from a
lover now yielded meekly but she was
crushed, not curbed. She had grown
tired of fruitless resistance, and now
the sequel of 1t all is told by the folded
hands and silent lips of my murdered
child. Murdered the same as many
others will be that are on the torture
rack to-day; and yet no man ever
thinks that he is treating his wife un-
kindly. But men have such peculiar
ways of showing their affection for
those that are nearest AID dearest
When Arthur began to think that
Lily must be ailiug, he brought her
home to gam strength; but she died,
and he, her murderer, is to-day re
ceiving the condolencC of scores Of
plying friends
All, how every word of Mrs. Ever
ett's struck h )me
Had not Mr.. Weldons treatment
of Leila been almost an epitome Of
/ Arthur Warden's treatment of Lilyl
How he remembered now of hear
/ ing an acquaintance remark that Leila
was growing delicate, and they
thought she'd go just like Lily.
And Weldon could not help admit
ting that the tiger lily had changed to
stately Gala; but she should not
wither and die If he could make any
atonement.
That evening, when they were
alone, he actually kissed her, which
was something novel of late, and
then said, Leila, darling, can you
ever forgive me? Are my eyes opened
before it is too late TO make amendsl