Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-25

on the waiter. br her side, saying a. he
did 40, There, child that will repay
the damage. Do not let them chldei
Won, ' Then he sat down again, not
| giving the girl another thought while
i was ii q fever OF exc ternent. wishing
he could have seen what had wit
messed, and half tempted to call him
back from his own thoughts to take q
glimpse Of her; but she was gone as
quietly as she had come, without his
regarding her at all. *5SS5
You ask me, my friends, 8 he said,
at length, 6 TO contribute my quota to
the evening" ntertaihmeut, but I am
afraid { will only be giving some of
lmr own sadness instead, which almost
humans me TO rii,sh t. am a married
man. although i have no wife. -Four
years zag 20, when onl twenty ono ~
took for my wife one Of the daintiest,
Iloyeliest girls. but T will spare you
my rhapsodies; every man ernarries the
fairest and the hest. came on our
bridal tour to Europe, and from Paris
we started to the Pyrenees; coming
through the valley, we were so charm
ed that we stopped here, in this very
house which is sheltering rs now, and
spent part Of our honeymoon. That
month is like looking back on heaven,
only to think st it. Two more months
we're spent in travelling, and then we
returned to America. We furnished
alovely cottage just out Of the city,
planning and arrsnging the whole un-
tillitsWas like an exquisite picture
Ny days, Of course, ~ were spent in in
town, and Twas fearful atfrst that
my darling would be. lonely; but she
said it took all The long quiet hours to
realize her bliss. AS for Il myself, IL
could not tell my love in words e
loved the breezes that tanned her
cheek, the sun beams that kissed her
hair. She, with her midnight hair and
eyes, was gentle and sweet as the
zephyr; while !, with my fair COM
plexion, have all the fierce intensity
Of q Spaniard, and my beautiful wife
was my very hearts ife.'$ H.
I heard alittle gasping sigh, which
no one seemed to eaten but myself, and
right by my side the pretty peasant
girl was half kneeling, half crouchlng
III the shadow. i did not know whence
she came or how she got there; her
face was pale and her large dark eyes
burned / Ike co;ls of fire, asshe watch
ed the speaker. - s-5'. S7s'> II : :
f ~ went to the city, he continued,
''everY morning at nine, returning at
live to dinner. We had lived four
months only in our dear home, when
one day as / SAT at the desk in nv
office, suddenly a presentiment came
T over me thatisome great trouble was
hanging over me, and + could not
shake it off. l know now that / made
my own trouble; did not think so
then. I was SO dispirited that / did
not take luncheon at all, amt the first
train out that afternoon | went home.
AS ( walked up the graveled path and
stepped on the low veranda, I heard
voices inside. Through the half-closed
blinds saw my wife in earnest con-
versation with II gentleman. She had
often told me that she liked fair men
this man was fairer than myself.
His hair was palest flaxen, and his
skin as white as a girls. But you
must not doubt my love- heard my
wife say, for do love you as well as
/ did in the old days, aad some day I
hope we may be able to let the world
know it again. D. Then I saw her Irvine
her arms around his neck. and kiss
him again and again. " y
"lt was my own BROTHER" came in
faint whisper from the quivering
lips OF the girl by my side. who seemed
to be speaking her thoughts uncon-
sciously. =.
II might as well have been turned
ed into stone,'' he went on: 81 could
not move or speak; and I stood there
watching them. All my fierce pas
sions were reused, yet | did not strike
him down. / wondered at myself.
My whole soul was filled with .scorn
and loathing, yet lett them together
and passed out the gate once more,
Mechanically lturned toward the city,
but I'dld not know what Twas doing,
for was crazed. walked mile after
mile until. night coming on, I stopped
instinctively before a. hotel. The next
day I wrote my wife 2 note, simply
telling her that { wished her to vacate
! the house, as it was for rent. lnclos-
! ing money for her Immediate neccs-
sites, [ told her never to dare cross
my path again, or her blood would be
upon her. own head. I did not say
any thing OF what ! had seen, SO my
darling did not know why. she was
condemned. J. did not 20 tony office
again for u week, feeling sure that
she would seek me there. Then I
went back to my business once more.
cold and imn,ovable to all appearances,
but the blood in my veins on fire.
There was, Us ] expected, piteous
letter from my wife 8 She had visited
the Office for several days. and fail
! ing to see me, had lett this lettar, beg
ging to know what had wrought the
change, and saying that she would
notgleave the house until she had seen
me, for death was preferable to life
without my love. - NJ. 81 III "A ss
4 He told this with q white setface
that told how deeply he had suffered, };
and how utterly he condemned HIM
self. Hail VI "A s5s3 ..' .sss 5 4.
j: II answered this more. to the point.
telling her thatEif she did leave will
EHinglyI would have her elected ;sthat
no " oman after her order should pol
lutte my property. wrote those cruz
ell words and my heart was breaking.
That was the end; e never heard an
other word from her. 81 { & &. & /.
I Fl or six months Wrestled with my
agony. just at that time d fearful
fever broke out in the city, and went
among tue nurses and ministers, do
ing what + could for the stricken ones
/ I deserved no com men dation; life was