Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-21

sight. When first he bcheld her in her soft
black dress. with creamy roses nesting In
her hoqom and In the coils OF her silky
black hair. and caught the glance Of her
large luminous eyes, hewasa worshipper nj
her shrine: aud when, on becoming nc
ousinted with her. he found her mind ana
heart as pure and lovely as her sweet face,
he vowed, like Goriaat when first ho
beheld Enid in her wondrOus your
beauty. that she was the one maid on
earth for him, and JIG proceeded TO WOO
her with all tic ardor Of his passionate
Young heart. As he came again and again,
Mnrjory found herself watching for his
coming with o new feeling AZ her heart.
To bo with him and % hear his voice was
happiness. and the touch OF his hand as lac
clasped her slender fingers thrilled her
with a strange, sweet bliss.
The DAYS slipped away and sho was
happy with q strange. new happiness that
she neither cared nor tried 10 analyZc.
She never told herself that she loved him
she only knew that each day would bring
him. and that the hours flew by a. II wing
ed. and the whole world seemed TO have
taken on new beauty.
Fred came one night 10 find that Mr..
and Mrs. Arlcigh had gone 20 a reception
and that MariOry was in her room with r
headache }ut he sent his card mp with a
line scrubbed on the back begging her TO
sec him, and in few minutes she came
down.
The beautiful hair was bound back by n
broad ribbon and fell in a curling, waving
mss far below her waist As she came
slowly into the room be cav that her dark
ewes were large and heavy with pain,
-" What is the matter, Marie" he asked
tenderlv: he always called her IN ms
heart and the pretty name escaped him
unawarcs. I have a headache she said
shyly. as her eyes fell before the love IN
his glance.
He turned suddenly, and catching her in
his arms he covered her hot face with
kisses, while he called her by every fond
name that love could invent. She tired 10
escape from his clasp. but he only held her
closer, while he vowed that he would not
release her until she had promised 10 be
his wife. "Will you not marry me, sweet
heart-don't YOU care for me a little Z" he
asked pleadingly And MariOry knew that
she had given him all the great boundless
love of her tender, lonely heart. BY and
by. when they are seated side by side, with
both her hands clasped in one of his and
his arm around her, she finds that her
headache has vanished as completely as II
il had never existed and that she Is unut-
terably happy, as he whispers III her Will
ing ear
Tho old. old story. told in glory,
Wherever life IS found;
For oh. It's love. us love, they say,
That mskes the world 90 rouni.n
When he leaves her that night he carries
with him her permission TO speak 10 Mrs.
Arleigh and win her consent 10 an early
marriage When he breaks the news TO
that lady she, with the prudence of middle
age, advises them TO wait awhile; they are
both so young. Marjory Is Just eighteen
and Fred is Only twenty-five. But who
ever knew two lovers to listen to the voice
of reason? They are so rich in youth and
love and hope that the sllmness OF their
purses is of small importance.
60 Mr.. Arleigh has promised 10 ralse my
salary 10 one thousand a year." SAYS Fred.
land think we can live very comfortably
on that"
And so he has his way and they are mar
ried And Marjory Is rs far as a poets
dream in lustrOus white silk and orange
blossoms, with diamond stars. Fred's glit,
fastening the tilmy vel 10 her dainty head.
Mr. Arleigh gives Fred fOrtnight's leave,
and the blissful young pair 90 on on
short tour.
On their return. Fred. knowing Mariory' s
love for the country, rents picturesque
little cottage a short distance from town.
and there they 90 to Housekeeping, As hap
by and care-frec rs the birds.
The days slip away like happy dream,
and MariOry never pauscs 20 ask herself
if she is not too happy, or If such bliss can
last but takes the good the gods provide.
and fondlv believes that her troubles are
DER and that henceforth her life IS 10 he
passed in loving companionshlp with the
husband whom she adOrcS.