River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01
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nantbe, stealing over the forest leave.
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( ..DiJn,, 20, ,,at- - ,,,a.t.-.,,
saidbc
i Ibad received no Letter a,5 +old
him "a
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what Wr"'e you last Week-that am
married TO Juliet Percy. Have YOU no
I Welcoming kiss for my wife 9If
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was no heart ID me action
''Come into the parlor, my dear,
said |. land take off vour hat and
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Win your journey anu "ouiu IKE acup
of tea"
Juliet did not answer. only looked n
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nv :. ''- NJ 0,'' n len" y o..
I or mercy S"he' VINO Is Siie'
asked John, when he came to me out
in the garden, where | was gathering
peacbes ia sIice nm for tea ..Wbere
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'iu y" meet nei' an" ~" u'u 70"
come to marry her III this unexpected
way?''
..Sba ,s tho dsugb,ar Of Par,.;v.I por-
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cy' the actor lie boarded at the same
house where did, and died suddenly
from an overdose Of morphine. She
was left utterly alone and unprovided
I for, and ! got Interested in her before
/ | knew it,
.'Humph.' was my comment
/ You will try to love her. mother.
for my sake" urged John. LAYING his
hand caressingly on my shoulder. !
could feel the sudden tears trimming
into my eyes.
John, cried /, i would try to
love eook-maId or begsar girl, if
you brought her home here. and asked
me to love her. But it may not be
such an easy task
Mrs Deacon Dodley came 10 tea the
next dav. and told her all about il.
} .She seemed pretty girl enough, -
said Mrs. Dodlev.
But shes such a mere child" said
/ /. .and as iuanimate as block of
wood. Aud an actors daughter al
+ that. John has married her merely
out of pity, and hope he Won t live to
repent his rash QuiNotiSm. that's all. -
! DO YOU really mean IL"
He as good a told me 30 himself.
said |.
When the tea-bell rang. Juliet was
nowhere to be found.
i suppose she has gone ont to the
field to meet her husband. said /.
/ These young married people are 50
silly. We won't wait tea for them,
Mrs. DOdley.
The meal. however, was but half
over when John came in. very pale.
and with a set look about the muscles
of his mouth which l had never before
seen there.
Mother" cried he. passionately.
what is this thing that YOU have done?''
ZIP" echoed in amazement.
You have driven my wife away
from me.
John
Il met Juliet just now, hurrying
down the road, with a bundle under
her arm. She told me YOU had said To
Mrs. Dodley that | Lad married her
merely out of pity She declared to
me that was free. once and forever.
could not stop nor Pacify her. poor
tortured child: but ! gathered from her
incOhcrent talk that she was going To
her friend Mrs. Bligh. who kept the
New York boarding house. Get me
my things, mother. | will follow her
there at once.
But when he reached Mrs. Bligh 5,
Juliet had not been there. And no
t...ce could he find of her anywhere.
He come back to the farm, looking
full ten years older.
Mother. said he hoarscly, this j.
your work"
"Oh, John, John2" was all that
could say, as / wrung my hands in
mute despair. Il didn't mean any
harm, | didn't indeed"
..You have bIightcd nv Efc.' he
said bitterly. And poor. poor little
Juliet! God only knows what has be-
come of her.
l can hardly remember how that
autumn and winter passed away. But
1t was the next spring, just as the GRO
cuses began to show their emerald
points through the Yailing snow that
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