The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-09

DraVer to thrOW heTSeH NOV -
! platform, but watched the alstahV
| Shore with intense earnestness'
wThev see. they see!' she crieu.
They are waving a flag, and o tley
are putting of u boat. On, Allen, Al
len, you are safe now!
THE strain over she tOttered over TO
him, and dropping on her knees oGT'ue
him. laid her head on his shoulder
S.ltdrceDtiHn, was over forever!
He held her there, nothing 10th, heed
mo little the pain in his crushed foot.
He was too gloriously happy to care
for a trIhe like that.
IL came out here to take n look az
the target they set up yesterday, ana
TO say farewell to this beautiful bay:
was going away this atternoon-ShalI
still. Allie?'
4 soft, hot cheek, pressed closer to
his. and that was all the answer he
got. o
And O take it all back, dear one?
. Are YOU sure-very sure, that you
prefer a poor man, Il plain Mr.--to-'
Hush, hush, Allen!" she said, her
eyes filing with tears. Il despise my
self, | did then, when-when L IN,
suited you so; but l had not found
out"
THAT vourheart hadlearned Loves
! lesson, without your consent? Well,
| then. | bless this crushed foot and
those cannOn-balls-a few hours
more and it would have been too
late"
NO, no." faltered Alice, "for I think
I should have sent for you to come
back"
1t is not necessary to tellhow he an
swered that confession.
! When John Carson heard the news
of his cousins engagement, which he
did that afternoon, he was wild with
delight, cOngratulating himself and his
mother on thesuccess Ofhis plans. Now,
Alice wOuldforfeit her fortune, and all
that great half, save the twenty thous
and, would be his.
The next day Alice received a mes
sage from her betrothed to come to
him. as he could not go to her. Her
aunt accompanied her, but remained
at q discreet distance from the sofa
where reclined Alice's disabled hero.
"AlIie," he said, earnestly, "you are
very sure you will never repent? There,
there do not look so reprOaChful; |
know, dear. But, Allie, the doctors says
| must stay just this way for at least
two months, and so | want my wife
now, right away. Can't | have her
to nurse me? won't be very trouble
some"
OF course we know how such q plea
was answered-by an abject surrender.
Only a fewfriends were present at the
quiet wedding, and Alice, in her agita-
ton, was the only one who did not
notice that the minister addressed the
groom by another namethan "Allen.''
John Carson and his mother ex,
changed startled chances. A flood OF
light poured upon them and it re,
quired all their self-control not to be,
tray the bitterness in their hearts.
My wife" said the young husband,
tenderly, as soon as they We're left
| alone, II have a confession to make,
| have deceived you-yes, dear, Ihave,
| Alice, my name is not Allen; it is not
Anderson | am not a poor man; ]
am not Mr.-anybody. Yes, it is all
true this time. You say you do not
want even to see your poor Cousin
Rupert, but | hope that is not true,
| want you to love him, just a little,
for your husbands sake!"
He held out his arms, and drew her
close, close to his heart.
~ deceived you, dearest, because ]
wanted a wife who loved me for my
own sake alone. If you hadnotfound
out that Allen Anderson was dear to
you, Sir Rupert would have declined
to carry out his uncle's viii, and his
half of the estate, not yours, would
have been forfeited. But, thank
heaven, my darling learned Loves les
son, after all, and so well be happy
ever AFTER