Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

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embrace her. my own-at last m,
own. How well you understood me i
those old days. And yet it was al
| without q word-almost withou. /.
sign She bowed her head before sh,
! had escaped from his arms. ..Now
am happy man..
at is he that has done it for YOU"
..Am mot thankful
..How can be thankful as ought!
Think of the gratitude that [ owe hin
think of all the love! What man ha;
loved as he has done? Who has brought
himself so to abandon to another the
reward he had thought it worth his
while to wish for? You must not counl
the value of the thing"
:.But do
..But the price he had set upon it!
was to be the comfort OF his life to
come. And it would have been so, had
he not seen and had he not believed.
Because another has loved, he has Civ.
en- up that which he has loved him.
SELF
1T was not for my sake"
.tBut it was for m ne. You had come
first, and hal won my poor heart. II
was not worth the winning to either of
YOU
sit was for me to Judge of that
..Just so. But you do not know his
heart. How prone he is to hold by that
which he knows he has made his own.
I was his own"
..You told him the truth when he
came to you.
Il was his own" said Mary, firmly.
s.Had he babe me never to see you
again, / should never have seen you.
Had he not gone after you himself, you
would never have come back"
Il do not know how that might be-
alt would have been to no good. Having
consented to take everything from his
hands, could never have been untrue
to him. tell you that / should as GER
tainly have become his wife as that girl
will become the wife of that young
clergyman. Of course was nnhap-
py."
"Were you. dear?"
Eyes; l was very unhappy. When
you flashed upon me there at Croker 8
Hall, knew at once all the Joy that
mad fallen within my reach. You were
there, and you had come for me. All
the way from Kimberley, just for me to
smile upon you! Did you not?'
..lndeed l did"
..When you had found your dia-
monds, you thought of me--was it not
so9"
''Of you only"
You fatterer! You dear, ponnv
lover. You whom l had always loved
and PRAYED for, when | knew not where
you were! You who had not left me to be
hoI /, .,r1I
once for me when your man work was
done doing just what glrl would
think that man should do for her
sake. But it had been all destroyed by
the necessity of the case. take no
blame to myself "
"No; nome
Looking back at 1t all, was right.
He had chosen to want me, and had a
right to me. / had taken his gifts,
given with full hand. And where
were you. my own ONE? Had l a right
to think that you were thinking of
me?''
''I was thinking of you.''
''Yes; because you have turned out
to be one in hundred; but 1 was not
to have known that. Then he asked
me. and L thought it best that he
should know the truth and take his
choice. He did take his choice before
he knew the truth-that you were so
far on your way to seek my hand
q was that very moment almost
within reach of it,
But still it had become his. He
did not toss it from him then as a thing
that was valueless. With the truest,
noblest observance, he made me under
stand how much it might be to him,
and then surrendered it without word
of i'll -humor, because he told himself
that, in truth, my heart was within
your keeping. If you will keep it we'll,
you must find place for his Also" 1t
was thus that Mary Lawrie suffered the
spooning that was inflicted upon her
by John Gordon.
The most important part of our mar
rative still remains. When the day
came, the Reverend Montagu Blake YVES
duly married to Miss Catherine For
roster in Winchester Cathedral, by the
Very Reverend the Dean, assisted by
the young lady's father; and it is pleas
ant to think that on that occasion the
two clergymen behaved to each other
with extreme civility. Mr. Blake at
once took his wife over to the Isle of
Wight, and came back at the end of a
month to enjoy the hospitality of Mr..
Hall. And with them came that lady's
maid, of whose promotion to a higher
sphere in lie we shall expect soon to
hear. Then came a period of thorough
enjoyment for MIR. Blake in superintend-
ing the work OF Mr.. MeHface.
What a pity it is that the house
should ever be finished?" said the bride
to Augusta Hall, .beeause as things are
now, Monta u is Supremacy happy; he
will never be so happy again.
'.Unless when the baby comes" said
Augusta.
Il don't think he'll care a bit about
the baby said the bride.
The writer, however, is of different
opinion, as he is inclined to think that
the Reverend Montagu Blake will
more we must add of Mr.. Whittlestaff
Mrs. Baggett. Mr.. Whittlestaff did not
leave Cookers Hall. When October
had come round. he was present at
Mary's marriage. and certainly di6 not
carry himself then with any show of
outward JOY. He was moody and silent,
and, as some said, almost uncourteous
to John Gordon. But before Mary went
down to the train, in preparation of her
long wedding-tour, he took her up to
his bedroom, and there said final word
to her. ''Give him my love-"
'Oh, my darling! you have made me
so happy
'.You will find me better when YOU
come back, though 1 shall never cease