The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-06-03

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And his father ran, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him. And, in rain of
tears, the cloud that had fallen over
him melted away
But who shall say how Stephen and
Patience met when there were no eyes
but their own to see howP They had
much to tell; but it was soon told-for
the first time at least. since it wanted
telling over apd over again. But there
was no need to tell the story for hun
dred times in order to know that she
had yielded only to death and duty, and
that he-well, he had been guilty once
of loss of faith, which she never had
been. The woman came out the Win
ner IN that; as she has a way OF VIM
ming, taking her all round.
MY darling! What could l think
when / saw you in church, and i will
about to Gomez"
That was all his defence; but it was
strong.
Dearest you should have disbelieved
your own eyes, as l would have disbe-
lieved miner' answered she. 1t was
all her reply, but it was stronger still.
"And have been too late said he.
"Oh, Patience, feel as If / had fallen
over a precipice, and been saved by a
hairr'
"And have let me be married to-
married, under your own eyes, If it had
not been for chance; for a ring!
Would have done thatp just think,
dearest whom | never thought to meet
again this side of the grave-if poor
Dick had not found you; if he had not
noticed the ring you wore; if you had
not thrown it away; if-if he had not
found it-oh, Stephen, think how it
would all have been. You would have
oome back, and-dearest, dearest; |
have you now; but it has wanted all
this to do what one little bit of trust
would have done thousand times bet
ter by far! Stephen, never, never doubt
me again. Whatever you think, come
to me at once and ask me, just as l will
come to you"
"Darling-I will"
They could not bring themselves to
speak OF Enoch Marrish. That was left
to the parish, who assuredly found plen-
ty to say, and everything all wrong,
But, right or wrong, he found or thought
it needful to silence Improbable gossip
IN the most telling way. He married.
She was the sister of Manchester jew
eller, who had enough fortune to recoup
him for his expenses in attempting to
win Patience Harlow and forty thousand
pounds. And such life she led him,
and so she made his money fly, that If
poetic Justice ever prevailed gloriously
it was over Enoch Marrish, and no
other man,
That, however, belongs to later
time, when Stephen Harlow, who was
not the man TO live on his wife's fort
une, was beginning to make another OF
his own, and when Tom Blackthorn,
confused only as to the part his boy had
taken in driving the French out OF
Spain, was growing younger with the
years. The only time with which we
have to do is the latter part of that
eventful day when right prevailed over
wrong, thanks to plain gold ring with
q posy that bad done it, after all-that,
and a dint as OF the stroke Of steel, such
as wedding-rings seldom bear.
"And it wasn't the ring quite, though,
after ALL, said Dick that evening, as
Stephen sat holding the hand Of Pa
tience, so long lost, and he (Dick) wa,
holding old Toms. Fancy all this
having come from an artful, treacher
Gus, spying cat"
"a cdtg asked Patience.
"Yes; commonly called woman; 9
creature at the bottom Of all mischief
since the days Of Adam; except wher
, it's horse; and then it's ten to one thu
| horse Is mare"
"Dick," said Stephen, "if you hadn'
, saved more than my life, I'd"
make me surveyors clerk? Thanh
, you-not for me. I'm farmer now
, And then, there's woman"
, "Another woman, still? Oh, Dick
! After all!'
, mot exactly woman. She happen
1 to be an angel, this time-and tina
I makes difference, you see. In fact,
met her in London, when i was abou
: that legacy-not that she knew of that
{ know the sex, and wasn't going L
: be bought and sold again; and sh
Y mightn't have been the angel and tn
4 lady / know her to be now."
"And this lady?" asked Stephen
o doubtfully.
!. This angelo asked Patience, with
Z smile.
: "Is my wife, said Dick, defantly
"And the best wife in the world-ba
v none"
2 It'll / have mine," said Stephen.
q And so he thought even until
1.-THE END.