The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-03-30

Doctor said yOu warn't to see 'em till
you were strong enough and left him,
Well, Miss Ansbrath had not written him.
His lawyer had, also his PARTNER, and there
were two or three other business communi~
cations That was all.
Ethring managed to sorawl brief answers
to each Then leaning bqck with an air Of
relief, Ethring began glancng about him
with eager interest
The large front room had been modern
lied to the ex tent of two clumsy but
roomy bow windows. These were filed
with plants A canary sang blithely in one
Lill's piano heaped up with music was be-
tween the two. The furniture itself had an
air of Anticipated comfort There were
cleverly executed water cOlOrs hanging be-
tween old family photographs on the walls
Lill's workable and basket stood ina coy.
noOk-her books looked down from an old
/ ash bookcase Without the March wind
! clustered bOisterously Within was warm5h
and rest and peace.
And so Ethring sat browsing and dream
/ ing till with the twilight came Margaret
With lamps, Jack with boisteroua gr@eaiA8
I and Lila with smile Of welcome x HE
"A lnly maiden in very trhbh,7' sva446 h4
rings thought, as after the. evening meal
| she entered the room and stood by the
piano for a moment half absentlY turning
over the sheets Of music. vs.
| To an extent, yes. But without the fra
/ gility of the flower to which he had COM
/ pared her She was tall and exquisitely
| formed, with a sweet serious face, dark
! eyes OF unfathpluahle depths, and a tEoad
| white forehead crowned with soft rings Of
i chestnut hair. The glow Of perfect Health
! iust hngad tine soft white cheek turned
3 sDoo Edsl lile 5nta1ztoJ Aif. Htih i u sne
/ asked, half abruptly. But without awaiting
an answer, Ldr Seated herself and began
| playing For Lilps soul was bound up, so to
| speak, in music. 1t was her hfe-and love,
then. So from her slim fngerstipa flowed
harruonies 50 CHI as the fastie nable q raws4ng-
room knows notscf Dreamya noCturnes
and bits of Bach or Listz, and the grhnder
| thoughts Of Beethoven .t y" s'H
| And so evening after evening, as Ethring
grew better and stronger, he listened to
IiilPs music But more The charm of her
presence, the magic of her voice, the at
traction OF her beauty and purity, were all
throwing about him the spell which comes
In its reality but once in a 1ifettme.
! it so happened thatit was in the twilight
Of an Easter Sabbath that Ethring tried to
| express some thing of this to ILL herself
| I can not repeat his words, Of course.
But know that be told her that She and
she alone, was the one woman IN the whole
world for him. ia such manner that she
felt 1ntUatiVely that this was no passing
/ fancy. He1Hraf 81 $3.50 500 e % 4t..t i-'t7f
Trembling with strange confusion, Ian
! stood with downcast eyes and crimson
cheeks as her lover, who had ventured %
take her slim hands ia mis- own, plead, as q
man might. plead, for his lie. ..t l-.sig
| But have known YOU so short time,
Mr. Ethring,' she said. in a low and rather
troubled voice, II can not tell my own
heart in this thing"
II do not ask your answer now" he said,
gravely. " God forbid. Perhaps I should
not have SPOKEN so soon You know com
paratively nothing of me save that have
been In business aud met with heavy losses.
fsut let ane say this. To morrow go M1sei
to the world ssm months hence ! WI asl
your nnswer. If you say, oome-that is
enough. Shall it be solH s
rhera was silence in She room for s mo
smenE EthrinR fancied he could hear the
quickened beating OF the young gir's heart
as she stood mottonFess before him IA NE
half darkness. N
1T shall be as YOU wish, she said. AM
softly witlrdrusviug. her bands from his clasT
she glided away
lin was not one to wear her heart upDr
her sleeve. She took up her burden OF duty
a. OF yore, but as the days went by atteI
IEthring had gone, LII was vaguely con
Facfous that something was missing out OF
thar life Yet at the~same time il was a
Though life itself was taking on new bright
necs aud beauty. AS she sat ct the old piano
In tire twilight, sometimes her lips wcald
aeape futo the tender smile which is~the re-
lex OF happy thoughts. And Then from'ths
white keys came approximations stiegof1e pr
full swe etness and beauty. M
Before leaving her Ethring had spoSer
ibriefy OF Rose. the or gnal OF the photo-
tgraph she had seen His deceased fathe'
had been anxious that Ethring Should
marry her to unite the two estates anc
drawn from him q half promise that he would
think OF it But the more he though