Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-31

l you. il Is from thai booty ohm Hay
ward; he is always N the clouds, Oh
among the cog-wheels of his looms
and so the result is blunder." Shs
-handsd tito Mary, and this iwha,
stood before the iatter's astonisheC
eyes
| DEAR MISS REsLEK--Ia the pleasant exeur
\ 500 VIE had tegethRr last sumrneF4 re4EeH
4 der our me ntio ning n ook on fesusAkatS OF
j aesired to have, b Ut couai not = r. assou mao
| cone across a volume by Teakerstone, the
| opening chapter Of which is ON the Osmunds
eeealIs. Ii you think this is the work in ques
fienI shall he happy II forward it to you -
| SincrrJl y yours, JOHN HAYWARD.
Mary Ranley was sure some complex
machinery in her head had got out OF
order, SO loud and persistent was the
\ whirring in her ears. ~7s~ ~ge= ~ar@svv~
When she spoke at 9ast her. yoine
sd1nded faint and far ayay.
is YOUR name Nary
s.Uf course it is, or rather Mary Ann
but every one calls me Mousie except
John Hayward He thought M9usisno
name for a girl, and SO he always
called me aMaryrMiss Mary;%it did
sound 50 funny.
s>.@fhen, Miss Mary. have an offer Of
marriage for you; it came to me, and,
natura1ly enoush,I took it. to mysel.. >,
7 Mohsie was SO Hurried that She aid
not notice her friends perturbation.
Il fancied,:' she said, holding the
letter ans her hand butgnot looking at
Nit, that he must have been writinr 10
me and had mixed the covers. That is
$50 like your very clever people. But
how lucky the letter came to am en-
gagged sirl.'o S<s
"Well, 1 don't see the luck of it, for
wrote yesterday and accepted him. .
''Oh, Mary! And Toni"
Tom and 1 had quarreled, and
Johns letter came at the worst mo-
ment; SO I accepted -him.fr ~ ]-sA =
Poor Mousie's eyes grew dim
In that case. Mary, l suppose you
had, better keep the deter, she said,
faltering little. lit was really sent
to you. and. after all, don't mind SO
very much
-3fou are a~genersus little slarling,
! but there is NO necessity for your sacri-
-fce-eY if Mrs Hay ward Wonl Ia permit
it / wrote him my recartation this
afternoon here is the letter: you can
send it to him with your own. He will
be sure of its genuineness that way" :.
? Then the two girls kissed and cried
over each other, and after the exchange
of divers condolences Mousie went
away, carrying Johns letter, still I'M
read. IN her hand. saN =
AFTER she had gone Mary took out her
Ensediework, with an undefned fee hing
that chaosshad cemesagain. and that in
the midst of it. it was well to hold on to
some commonplace, everyday employ
By and BY, Bessie CAM came in With the, i
tea tray, and as she fitted. about the
table Mary spoke with the feeling Of
.4esperations which makes. always
want to lay q finger on our wound
"Iet1s posted my htter last n; ght,
! C Bessie paused, the picture. of con-
.'oh, Miss, I'm afraid forgot ali
about Il. nfA ~ ----< : 4 -
I <Ycu forgot to take tout. Isuppose?"
speaking in a voice so high and eager
thai it scarcely sounded like her own, III
no, MisssI took it and put it in
rmKkwaterrproof pocket but Peter xnet
me before \ reached the Office and then
6rsox; .bntIalzah oatwith it now in
a Efins it t to me instead PLEASE; 1
den,s want it. posted now" -
BESSIE never knew till this hour why
Miss Ranley gave her, five shilhngs in
stead of the seoldihg she expected.
neither does John Hayward understa I'd
why letter number one never reached
nm.
LON Danvers went to. Rapgoon. "a
Ne hid said, in much disgusts AMI de-
spah Mays unfaihfufuess hid
turned the Sunlight INTO darkness for
him, but through his pain certain
resolution TO be and d. something grew
daily. He would forget her, he would
never speak of her, and if men uttered
bed name he weuH fufn aside, butt lie
would do solwell with his own MelthAt
one dav she would know him the
superior Of the man she had married.
So, 10 eufkh wrath andsscorn, he sailed
away to succeed Or fail as might be.
As for Mary. her life was all at the
dead level of the monotony now. There
was always the morning work.. always
ths evening s enforcedS id4eness,s and |
periodically the long empty holidays in
which her lenlipes grew only more 81
sertIve- Like many another she was
Hno' 80 4tEs II y
1t Is notain the shipwreck and the strife
But in the after silence on the shore,
When all is lost except a little life.
SheeTas growing old, she wouA soon 4
be thirty, and already there were white \
threads in the smoothness of her hair. j
and she knew she was growing odder 4
and mere upsoeial 4than Miss Grifiths /
or Miss Henderson had ever been. But /
she was . good teacher, she was sue
cess in the high school. and she chung
to that poor triumph as her last source !
Of happiness. 1t was she. the strong 1
one, who would do a small work in e.
smaff groove ali her life. and Tom vine
would grow TO success and power. But /
she deserved that for her wrong esti-
mate of both of them And everyone
knew that he was doing well, and had
forgotten her. Why, it was only the
other day that MIR. Wheelhonse had
stopped her to tell her that he had Just
been asking Tom by letterswhy he was
Mary Ranley.
1T was very good of you" she had
said. going home with another shaft
Ia he1sbrg hsar.
1t was dusk as she went YEARLY
ioWn- the street@a The early October
night was closing ius and broad bands
81 light from open doors fen across her
path. The street was very stH and
smpts! and she fesS ff,Ankful forF thxt
md for the coming peace of her soli- |
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