River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09
alice" he says gently, ARE you

Alice" he says gently, '.are you
here?'
Yes, l am here'' she cries. 20, why
could you not have spared me this?
Was not my punishment enough
already?''
Then her voice breaks and hot tears
come.
II have come to ask you if YOU
kept back that letter because you
loved meP" he says.
WAS it that?"
Yes, , she cries out, in desperation
ASK what YOU will, humble me as YOU
will, | deserve it all. | kept the letter
back because / loved you.
''Then nothing shall henceforth
come between us, he says, softly, and
gropes about in the twilight, till he finds
her hand and holds it prisoner in his
own strong palm.
But you forget!' She cries You
cannot forgive my sin. You must
hate and despise me for IT,
II forget nothing he answered.
God forgives Us and loves US after
wrong-doing. Shall not |, try to be
like him in other things, be like him
/ in this? And you did it because you
/ loved me, Alice. Perhaps | ought not
10 think of ii in that way, but | cannot
help doing So | need you. Come to
me and help me do the work | have
| undertaken
II will come if you are sure you can
/ forgive" she cries.
And She knows by the kiss he gives
her how great his gladness is. And
/ how glad She is YOU may understand.
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Miss Cleveland and her Brother.
Miss Cleveland has thoughtful,
refined face not at all handsome and
not at all ugly. She is decidedly sal
low, and looks AS if She might be about
IS or 40 years old. She came here with
short hair, rather gray and slightly
waved all over her head. No woman
ever looks digntied with short hair,
but it was not unbecoming to her, and
did not give her an absolutely aggres-
sive women lecturer look. If she was
so soon going to succomb to popular
opinion ON the subject of short hair
for women it's a pity she didn't pin on
her coils and pulls before she came
here, for 50 marked a change here
would have caused a comment in pri-
vate life, and in her case it has made
no end of talk. The women who
laughed and sneercd at her for wear
because she has followed the fashion
Poor woman! She looks anxious and |
worried, and the sooner she learns to
follow her brothers example and |
gang her ain gait the sooner she will |
be happy.
Her dresses are not remarkable in |
any way; she has quite pretty figure, |
and might look better than She does if
She would hire some woman who has |
perfect taste to dress her and to stand |
over her dressmaker when her clothes |
are fitted. She appears like woman
who has given her attention to better
and higher matters than clothes; but, |
then, clothes are one of the minor /
matters that Il woman in her position
must attend to herself or have some |
one else to attend to. Her manners |
are perfectly courteous. but not cordial; I
she has no society manner of any kind,
and it is quite easy to see that, although |
she means to do her duty rs the mistress
of the White House, it is simply duty 1
to her and no more; that she is really
very much bored and very tired; that
She receives guests every day because
she must, and that she is a thankful
woman when her hour is finished.
To use the society phrase, MIR. Cleve-
land is very communicating
man. His best friends, his most
ardent supporters admit, what is GER
tainly true, when one first looks into
the Presidents face one sees Just a
coarse face. But there is Il great deal
more there. No person, no matter
how preiudiced, can help seeing in his
face and figure ~ calm, powerful
repose, and full of dignity of the most
simple and impressive sort. He looks
like a man against whom any circum
stances, any people, any powers might
beat until they tire themselves out
without moving him hairs breadth
from the position he had originally
taken for himself. One feels instinct
lively that here is a man who is Presi-
dent of the United States in absolute
truth, and who is going TO follow out
his own convictions if the world turns
upside down because of them. Some
people say Miss Cleveland has much
influence over him but people who have
talked with him do not believe it, and
one woman goes so far as to say;
.'Pooh. influence the President? | don t
believe that if the most enchanting
angel of the female persuasion in
Heaven itself should fall at his feet
with wings spread out she would make
any more impression upon him than
the rest of us do; and, goodness knows,
that isn't much. His manners are
perfectly courteous He has pleasant
voice, shakes hands cordially, says a
few pleasant words, if he has time,
and makes it quite evident to every
one when their turn is over and in Il
perfectly simple courteous way.
Dog and Bird Fight.