The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-09-11
GOALS OF FIRE.

loved my wife. Who would not
haveloved herr osebrimmingwith
sunbeams, the blind felt her beauty
and turned to breathe it's fragrance.
Never, from the moment / first saw
her, has she ever heard am ungentle
word from me. Ieome ofacold, silent
family; but in her presence my heart
turned into fire and nay tongue into
music.
What 81 strange thing isthe hight OF
beauty! In youth, how much strong
er than the light of truth! There are
fishes in the. depths, OF the ocean whose
only light is phosphorescence. The
sunbeams turn black befofe they reach
so deep. So unreal butso beautihnT Is
the light in which lovers novel
/ met Alice in the White Mountains
and one would search far to find a
more ideal mountain maiden. A
form light and graceful as the mist! a
breath and voice as fragrant and mu-
steal as the mountain pine! a glance
that, like the wing Of the eagle, bore
the soul to the stars!
/ had become betrothed to her in a
romantic spot-on the summit of the
"Maiden's Leap" a low peak among
the White Mountains, around which
losses a sea of giant. rocky pillows.
We lived lin New York. and the first
year of my married life knew no cloud
except that which the art of fancy
sometimes centuries upin a sunny sky.
to tame the excess of hight. Alice had
many friends of both sexes who adj
admired her beauty and versatile con-
versation.. Ihad but little love torso
ciety, but Twas proud OF iier success
and encouraged her to become AHEAD
er of our little set. Among our intif
mate friends was a young lawyer.
John Manwaring, rich, hand
some and; talented. No thought of
jealousy in connection with him,
aver entered my head; indeed. my wife.
was jealous of my love for him.. and.
often usedto say pettishly, that she
believed Lcared more for him than for.
her. She often quarreled with him on
pretexts so frivolous that / was
ashamed of her, and had to apologize.
for her rudeness.
One day Alice and /. were goingrto,
walk in Central Park. had stopped
a moment to talk to a policeman, and
Alice was a few rods before me-. AS /
was h~asteningto overtake her, a.ribald
broker whom / had met in Wall. street
touched me on the shoulder and, nod
ding his head toward my wifes. said.
with a pleasant smile:
ssNo chance for you there, Schuyler;
Manwaring has got ahead of YOU"
There are some words that carry 81
collateral convictionto the heart that
all direct arguments would fail.to Sc
cure.
A moment before this jest I.woRld
have staked my life on Alice's truth;
but as, the poisonous words bit into
my heart, / KNEW that fromthe bRgin-
ning / had been betrayed.
Isaid nothing to. Alice--L was, per-
haps,a little more polite. remember
looking at her wedding ring and whis-
pering softly.
"Alice, you.have neverhad this ring
OFF your finger?"
At which She blushed and cast down
her eyes.
That same week Manwaring WAS to
visit Cuba.
told him chat / wouldgo with him.
that / wanted his opinion In the prr-
chase of cigars, and that his society
was always SO agreeable to me.
why could he not read my heart?
Sword tosword, knife. to knle, handto
hand, I was wildto find myself insome
country where lives pay for wrongs.
Manwaring was in a strange humor
during the voyage. Twice we were
caught in a storm. Despite the cap
;ain>s warning, on both these oc-
.asions Manwaringin insisted on remain
ing on deck. In tho height of each
tempest, I stole beside him and
looked into his face. He trembled.
Al touch, and / conld have hurled him
into the black and seething whirlpool,
and no one the wiser. But / felt no
temptation to play a t~reacherous
part. That ] left to baser natures.
He should have fair play to the small
/ lest chance.
When we reached the harbor OF
Havana, we were detained a day by
the health officers. Manwaring, to
pass the time, insisted on taking a
swim. The captain tried to prevent
him. Sailors he said, were for
hidden to 60 into the water for fear Of