The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1886-04-17

| she might, not.l Do you, think + do not
knowP 1 made q vow then; that I would
tell you the truth. And God sees that
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She was so moved. so earnest, so
eager, that 1t moved him. q 5,s.eE
s'Is this the .truthPn,' he cried.
''It *is--it is! Captain Mature, trust
me all. If you do not love her now
You did love herl--she shall never know
Of this night. Let me make you, happy.
He told her. 1t was the old story.
pride on his side, too perfect trust on
hers, the influence Of friends, the gos-
sip Of thoughtless men and women,
and then flight in haste and despera-
tion, rather than steady facing Of tile
worst He told Of that one interview
after his trouble, Of her loving SYM
pathy and courage, and the strength it
gave him to go forth and struggle.
But after that he never saw, her again.
Her father sent him the letter she was
too unhappy to write, ,reven while she
admitted its wisdom. She could not
fulfil her promise to him. He took herat
her word and left New York that same
night. @>..> '' s&N ds'&5. as'
Then Madeline tod him her side, and
told 1t we'll. He saw, as she went on,
his Rosamond waiting, waiting, wait
Ind intts; Sl}e while he never came. He realized
what she ni'SSsst must have felt when she
heard he had &, me ~ GsS.rW without one
word. He knew how she had stfiii i<VEl <WVEalteo
and hoped, until the letters began to
come from Declert telling of him, but
bringing never word or a thought Of
her. .s.-.''
"Then," said Madeline, 81 think she
gave up, and believed-I cannot imag-
inc what. But she loves you still, if
you care to know it," . -
He did, indcedl They talked late
that night. Maure never went indoors
ait all. All his last years had come
back to him. All his trust, his hope,
his tenderness, his charity toward God
and man. Oh, men and womenl All,
oh, the old, old storyl ..a
With the next day he wrote to Rosa.
mond, and went to long distance to
post it himself. But for Madeleine, he
thought he could not have borne the
waiting for an answer. And even the
answer would have lacked its crowning
sweetness without her sympathy, and
what she was to him in the time that
followed no words can tell. She had
such a wise little head and such low
ING If ass 1T sls:t si y
the best thing to do. d.., M ~ iSysssl
There was q great deal to do. y b Ill a
different way, and from very different
causes, Captain Maure found himself in
greater straits than ever before. Here
was the ranch, to begin with; and there,
was Rosamond, to end with. Between
the two was a perfect sea of troubles.
The ranch could not ''run" itself,
Dechert could not run it nor himself,
Maure could not leave either, and,
when they began to talk of that, Rota-
mond could not come to Texas while
Dechert was there. Both Madeline and
Maure decided upon that. And yet
Maure, loosing the. pent-up love and
longing and self-control Of years, could
not love without Rosamond. Madeline
arranged it with Rosamond's consent.
The result was that wedding in our
church last night. t.
= The'Rev. Walter came to me at noon.
yesterday, "all in flutter."
a. II want you to go out and invite
Everybody you know to wedding In the
church this evenings O'Clock and full
dress" J.,
l looked at him. e..
"''I mean just what say" he cried.
''It is real woman to your hand. I
will tell you later. Just now I have
only time to say this. The handsomest
,man eyer saw has been with me this
morning, telling his story, and making
arrangements for his marriage. He is
from Texas, and has not seen the girl
he left beh nd him for ten years. He
cannot leave his ranch long enough to
60 to New York, and he cannot wait.
.oIlo 10 COlulilS GllE5 ldI W uloet Illul dllu
marry him here. She comes to-day at
s o'clock. They have not. a friend, not
an acquaintance in the place. He left
1t to me to have the church look like a
Wedding for her sake. You will help
me, ! knoW.n - & w. A s.-,.ls
OF course I did,. The Rev. Walter
has ga way with him." ALI the girls
helped. We got flowers and lights and
were busy as bees. And while we were
decorating the chancel, the Rev. Walter
told me the story as have told It,
"And where are Medeline and Dech-
ert2"I asked. t..
'"Gone to California. He does not get
we'll as he ought Captain Maure thinks. !"
"He knows this, Of course?" f.,
eyes. Madeline told him, and he
took it quite easy. But he asked
Maure to wait until he was, able to 90
off for time. He said he did not feel
/ up, to civilization In his weak state, after
hso long asavage life. Poor fellow!'
'Poor Madelinel" said. -
"Does it strike you in that wayP" he