The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-19

He could not marry Nan hohi sue va
bopeiessly beyond his reach. Oue zee
tor OF the problem was forever SCI
aside and that the greatest. lhen ne
recalled the letter that he hsd received
! from Annie; what foe and loTely traits
~ cbs-scter they disclosed. Here his
( head began 20 whirl again; for Il seemed
Impos,ible to separate the vision OF Nan
he had built up on that very foundation
from rhe reality which belonged 10
Anne. Nan would have thought his
I6ye.nskjug cold indeed; but Annie
was shy and reticent berseL she could
feel. and feel deeply, but she could not
~ demonstratiye, and she dreaded
demonstration in others. Ii was quite
in Accordance with her nature That
after a long, quiet evening OF converse
ton. Mr.. Norton, should part from her
Witb one grave kiss on her forehead.
Nan would have elung about his neck,
and nut her peach face NJ 10 his for
caresses. Is a flower seeks the sun. He
knew how il would have been, and for
one mad moment slckened with
thwarled passion but Annie never saw
il. sue trusted him implicitly, and after
her pure prayers fell asleep like happy
child, and dreamed OF him and her iu-
tufe home. But what a night awaited
him Sleep fed far away. he had IN her
presence been able 10 preserve canine 5
a. least, ana resolve 10 accept the si-ua-
ton: but when he was alone all the past
came back on him ike an armed man.
II was a night never 10 be forgotten.
In the morning he went 10 Mr.. Clarse's
and told them of mis- engagement, and
asked them 70 the quiet wedding next
day. They were all surprised, and
congratulated Nun with such warmth
aud sincerity, lavished such love and
praise on Anne, that be felt almost
gui - in accepting the pleasant words,
conscious how little they delighted him.
Harry, as soon as they were alone,
proceeded 20 enlarge on Anne's charms.
To tell you the truth, old fellow, l
have been mighty smitten with that
lady myself, but she has behaved like
Law nun the past year. | couldn't IN
derstand II, Somehow or other got II
into my head that you were sweet on
Nan. even went so far as 70 feel sorry
for you when she married Dalrymple-
what waste OF the raw material land
all the time you were cutting me cut
with Anne. You had not heard of that
marriage till Anne told you. IL was q
nine days wonder here: he is fat. fifty
and rich as CrCesus; that was his charm.
q
shining marx; she inheTits old Madam
Harris tastes as well as her name, only
the madam loved to save, and Anne to
spend"
Here it flashed across Philip that his
letters had all been mistakenly -
dressed. Nan was Anne Hart Boyd,
and he had thought the initial belonged
to Anne. From the very first those
letters had gone wrong, and in his own
dislike of nicknames he had never used
ners. but called her Annie always-a
tender softening OF the monoSyilable
that seemed 70 express more than the
cold stiff name. The day after the wed
ding was celebrated. Very quietly and
simply Philip Norton and Anne BOYD
were made one. He could not help
owning that the soft folds of dark rich
silk, illuminated with fresh white roses
on her breast and in her hair, the warm
color on lip and cheek, the soft hazel
eyes, dark and clear as the brown
waters of forest brook, and the expires
sion OF deep emotion on her face, made
her a very attractive bride; but even at
the al'a-a glimpse Of blue, bewildering
eyes, floating goid-lit halr, ineffable
dazzle his ewes and construct his heart.
but he repealed the dream sternly, and
it fed.
Had Anne been more selfish and
Philip less strong and sensi BILE, here now
was place and room for a real domestic
tragedy, of all tragedies the worst. Fu-
each began the new life in devotion TO
the other, one from love, one from duty. /
But if il was Anne who kissed and
Philip who bent the cheek. was she less
happy The giver is more blessed IN
all things. ana in time Philip learned to |
love Anne as fully as her heart could |
ask. He was nightly assisted, no |
doubt, by the career OF Mrs. Dalrymple, |
who soon returned to America, and /
asserted herself. in the right of beauty |
and money both, as a queen OF society. !
She did not pretend to care for the |
stout, sturid, brusque man of business |
who supplied her purse, but ran a wild /
course of folly and fashion year after |
year, as only lOveless end childless |
Philip met her, faded, |
-ouged. overdressed her laugh /
false and hollow, her smile /
orced, the childish ringlets waving in 4
oft mockery about the worn face, and /
wen her smile mechanical. His heart /
reverted with glad leap TO the wife he
had left at home, a calm, sweet faced.
gracious woman, with lovely children
linging about her. the color of health
md happiness richly glowing on her
heck, and the love and admiration of
Ilrwho knew her making a halo about
Ter noble character. He owned TO that
emorseless inquisitor, his own heart,
hat he had indeed made the best of il
n fuller sense than the poor allow
nee of the proverb, that Anne was as
ar beyond Nan as the star beyond the
lod, and that the true failure of mis- life
Tould have been the result Of the sue
ess he had longed for and missed. Yet i
II his life he hated the smell of German
ologne.