West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-26
She made a playful courtesy as she

She made playful courtesy rs she
Only he fancicd IN was laid away
underground. she added PERHAPS
! he has told you of our runaway mattel
when he was ~ college, and how angry
/ poor mamma was. aud hushcd the
matter up, and carried me away TO
Europe 90 finish INV school DAYS there
! And there IL was that mamma made
| her brilliant second marriage "a real.
| true German baron and we went away
| 10 Vienna to- live Bui first died: Tor
| one must die--must not Onep--to get
| into paradise Brian would never have
let mo 20 there alive. 80 sent him a
| lock of my hair and little scrawliu0
dcatl-bed note iuc'nsed in lCttor from
mamma maid who had helped us to
run away the wear before You re
m'Siber filiuc, BriauY She has come
over with me now. Such "A clever soul!
| can [ tell how / should ever, withou,
her have managed TO keep myself i'll
formed OF your movements, and Of
course had to do that, for all widowors
aren't so constant. and you might have
married, you know"
He interrupted her, hoarse with pas
sion: And how do know that you-"
VII hfAAsiiAs INV NNn GU rs III IllA'
were now just what my step-father and
| quarreled about After dear mamma
died-shc died last year with n pref
", plaintive fall i'm voice and eyelids.
come and gone as swiftly as a child's
grave look) che was quite set on max
ing match for me: and of course that
wouldn't do at all YOU know. Dear
mamma was content TO let me enjoy
life in my own way; but after she was
gone, the step-papa became Just little
difficult. And So Well, Brian, |
knew you were no longer poor man,
and that should not drag YOU down
now. And so | have come back To YOU,
II you viii have me" She put out heI
hands then in the prettiest pleading
way. III / had been man
But Brian did not soften i'm the least.
He had pent up his wrath now, and had
it under his control; but his voice was
still hoarse as he said To her:
81 shall take pains to learn whether
all this is truth. Meanwhile we will
not trespass any longer upon Miss
Deane's patience ! shall take Won
back 20 my house. and will set out
within the hour for Vienna Miss
Dcane will pardon
There he broke off huskily He had
not once lifted his eyes TO me since
hrst they fell upon her shadow which
the waning sunset cast between us.
But--how | had the strength [ do
not knOw-but / went straight up to
her and took her hand, and kissed her
on the pretty smooth white brow as
she lifted up her face TO mine. Is there
woman born who can keep anger for a
pretty child? And there are some peO-
pie who never outgrow the charm and
responsibility of childhood; if they
pluck at ones heart-strings with their
careless fingers until one could be
stung into giving them blow or
shake, one must kiss and be
friends afterward. And then
turned to him--I must have had a
vision of how it would all end; for she
was wonderfully fair; she had been his
first love; she would be his last.
turned TO him
II am sure you will find all as she
has said, and that you will forgive her
don { think | shall be here still when
you come back from your long journey,
so you must let me give You my best
wishes now
Our hands met for one instant-not
our eyes; we neither of us could bear
that Then our hands fell apart, and
presently | was alone. My day was
over; twilight darkened in the window,
gray and blank.
And after twilight?
just paragraph in a book have
been turning over by my solitary fire.
side tonight has set me thinking of all
this. 1t says:
There are women who live all thCi,
lives long in the cold white moonlight
of other peoples reflected ioy. II is
not bad kind of light to live in, after
all. 1t may leave some dark, ghostly
corners in the heart unwarmed, but.
like other moonlight, il lets a grcS.
deal be seen overhead that sunshine
hides. '-HdrpeT'S Weekly.