Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-04-01

Arthur watched you through the WIN
dow, father, and bid you goodbye in
his hearti he loves you. indeed, indeed!
and has never committed fault since
that which estranged you from him.
Harrild's countenance twitched con-
vulsively, and he disengaged himself
gently from Laura, and turned his
face from her.
Go on to the end, child" said
Reuben Harrild, quietly.
8. have never seen William since
that unhappy night. He wrote me
few words, saying that he had VIII,
messed our meeting (of course he dlo
not know-how should he?-that IL
was Arthur, and he went away oe,
lieyino / had deceived him. did
blame him little at first for doubling
me. But have thought since that !
was more in fault than he. 1 should
have had no secrets from him who was
to be my husband"
And 1 have been the cause OF an
your unhappiness, Reuben Har!no
said, drawing his daughter 20 HILL
my child! if had Known ~,
"You would have forgiven Arthur!
she asked, in whisper, as she lay upon
his breast.
Yes, child. God pardon me! would
have forgiven him. ~,
"And You forgive him, now, father!.,
Fully, freely, my dear daughter,
| he said, pressing his lips to hers.
81 am so happy! 1 can bear my own
| sorrow better now; it seems lighter al
| ready. Before 1 go to bed tonight;
| shall write to Arthur and tell MIN the
| good news"
Her grief seemed almost to pass away
as she spoke, and hand-in-hand they le1t
the recess. .,,,, ~
Bax was addressing the Woys ana tne
Winners, who, with other OF Reuben
Harrild's guests, were standing around
him-sI have sometimes considered
whether my experiences or yours are
more full of romance
Mr.. Winner interrupted him in aston
;sbment 81 beg your pardon. Did
mistake? Yes, surely! You did not say
romance?"
Eyes, 1 did, Mr.. Wymer-whether
doctors or lawyers meet with more fo-
nance in their careers?'
..You amaze me, doctor!' exclaimed
Mr. Winner Romance in our lives"
He raised his hands and eyes, and his
partners followed suit.
Full of romance" said Doctor Bax,
, | with a most positive air. "Ah, you
, NAV shake your head, but it is so.
We're I maker of stories, instead OF a
: member of bodies, l should need no IN
! cidents or characters that do not come
: within such an experience as yours.
t Have you not, by way OF argument
!. held the strings of some such case as
: poor person coming suddenly into pos
II session of great fortune?
Eyes: but that is not romance-lt Il
d reality"
: "Where do you get your romance
~ from. if not from reality? Contemplate
p for moment the passions, TIT
emotions
d Il beg your pardon" said Mr.
~ Winner: II do not quite follow you.
w 1.-THE fruition of hopes long deferred.
i. continued Dr. Bax, not needing the in
terruption- perhaps, unit
the flowers they are called upon t
Gather lie withered in their hands
Passion is dead; the years have tiowr
is Yesterday, when they were young, the
ne were poor; to-day, when they are ole
y, they are rich-and what was then
of garden is now a grave. Contempia'
ad another instance where the sudde
nd good fortune may have brought Il
CHI gether two loving hearts =.
We Il beg your PARDON, SAD M
|
on such sentimental nonsense; 81 dlstlnc
Id " decline to contemplate anything
ge the sort have nothing to do with
es, It does not come within the scope
es, the law. Loving hearts, indeed!
ar pooh! rubbish! Yes, sir, 1 repeat
res pooh! rubbish
he DIR. Bax's amiability was not rutfle
lit He knew that there was vein
lay tenderness in the lawyers nature, d
she spite all his endeavors to hide it.
en- you YOURSELF said the little dc
or for ..reiated to me an instance of
nd Young Girl being suddenly and strane
i'm; " enriched by the death of a relatl
&C. in Australia who had never set eyes
her You yourself told me how II
ned child had devoted mother, ana
last father, blind musician and a co
inc poser. an artist living in his art, a
ked drawing Joy from it, and whom I
ow- wealth is likely to make FAMOUS.
Ter, there not in this simple record su
Ter, cient material for line romance!
rms there not
re. Mr.. Wymer put his fingers in
lay ears.
and Il can see no romance in the sto
lelp 1t is reality-bare reality. Some re
be- tiles are pleasant-some unpleasa
This happens to be a pleasant one
lid. the persons interested, their heirs
the assigns That is all that can be
had | for it. Besides, what occurs IN
lev Antipodes, where the natives w
about without any clio"
pom ..Ebenezer!" exclaimed Miss Wynn
iefiy in an awful voice.
81 beg your pardon. l was say
iyed that what occurs at the Antlpot
where everything is topsy-turvy. sea
What ly comes within the region OF
nave argument. I have heard of the
rom astonishing occurrences there-n
,kly, astonishingr'
Har- ..Truly,S remarked DR.. Bax, ''W
tell derful things take place there
lips, dreadful things too. l read IN the
/ the pers few days ago that at some
It let gold-fields discovered in New Zeal
forty men were found perishing in
velv: snow, and that most of them died I
the long exposure and the trials
ntly, had gone through. What is the ma
81 Laura?"
last Her trembling limbs would scar
vour support her as she tottered out OF
oeak room to the street door. How cru
now bitterly like to last year everything
ne at outwardly! Upon this spot Vii
!, for had kissed her, and bid her good-nl
and she might never see him az
foot What had DIR. Bax said? 81
80, mon perishinp in the snow!"