The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-08-01

6hs did not know-boW should nhet- SnAs
ct that very moment ber prayer was bcinX
answered. and that her lover vas then, even
q she prayed. hitting the brOEsa stonc and
revealing the board Of rudy gold Rut %
Il was. she prayed IN despair and agony Il
mind, and The prayer. carried on the wild
wings Of the night. brOught Q fulallmsuI
With IL Not In vain we're ber tears ant sup
piicntIoas, for even now the dsIverer dslSod
among
Tbs dust sod awful traaalra II he deal
and even now the llgb; Of Der coming lisp
piness was breaclng OH her tOrturrd night ~
the tiTSt cold CLEANS Of tho Christmas morn
ing wero breaking over the stormy fury Of
the void N;thouL
And thea, Guided and numb 10 body add
mind, she crtrt into her led again, and II
last lost herself 10 sleep
By half past y O'clock. whcn Ida came down
70 breakfast, tho gale bad utterly vanished.
though It's footprints were visible enough IN
shattered trees, unthaiciod stacks. amt Ivy
torn in EEgt:y sheets from the OIL walls Il
eloLhsl Il ", Md have teen dificult 70 rrcog
nize In the cold and stately lady who stoOd NJ
The dining room Windows. G'tius the baTnc
and waiting for her father ~ CsHue IN. th-
lovely, passionate, dikhevs!ed woman Wno
some few bOurS before bad thrown hsrssT
upon hsr kuees praying to GcI for tho succor
she could not WIN from ni:H. Women. hss
nature, have many mood, Hnd many rnunt,
! nnnccs 70 express them TIE bot Et b.I
| passed, and tho cold 1T ws-u u her now Lee
! face. except for the dark SoilOwS round the
| eyes, was white o. wiD;sr'S snOw. sad her
| hsart was cold rs winters iCS.
| Presently Der father cnGi0 in
, what q ghlsI" be sad, "whaL q gaiel
( Cpon my word. began to think that tbs old
I place Was cOaling down about our ears and
! the wreck EIIIong the trees 10 dreadful !
| don't think tlsTS can have teen such wilma
| since tue time Of King Charles l. when The
top Of tbs tower WGs blown e!saM Oh the
Churcb-yo remember | .ss iiOwInS you
| the entry about II IN The 5,SislS The tther
/ day, the oHO signed by tho parSon and Old HIr
james do IA Noble. TIE boy who haa Just
/ como up tolls me that DO hears that pO0r obi
/ MA MasseyS summer Eouse on The TO- 81
! Dead Mans Mount Gas Eeen clown away.
whIcb v . good radiance for Col ouAritch
Why, what's The matter with youI how yale
/ you lookr'
the gale kept me awake: I got very uttle
sleep" answered Ida
"And no wonder. Well, my dear, you
haven't wished me q merry Christmas jet
Goodness knows We wart one badly SnOugh!
There has not been mucb rnerriInent St Hon
BAN Of late yearG"
"A merry Christmas TO you, father" she
[ said
! "rhAnk you, my love; the same 70 you
I You huvs got most Of your Christniasss b
fore you, which Is more IhRn I have 0od
bless me, II only ssenIs Ike yesterday GlntS
the big bunch Of holly tied TO the hOok In ths
ceiling there fell down Oh the breakfast tAbl,
aud smashed all the cups, and yOt Il iS NOR
than sixty years ago. Dear ms, bow angry
my poor deHr mother wasI She never could
bear the crocEery to bO broken-it was Q
littio failing Of your grnndIpothers," and b
laughed more heartily than Ida had heard
him do for some weeks
! She made no answer, but busted bsrselI
/ about the tea. Presently glaDcing up, ShG
cav her fathers face charge The worn 81
! presSion came back upon It, and be lost biz
buoyant bearing. Evidently . new thought
! had struck him, and she WaB In no great
| doubt aS 70 what 10 WRS.
ave bad better get on with breakfast" b
said "YOu know that COesey Is coming "
/ ct 10 O'Clock"
| Ton o'clockF' she said, family.
"YeA ! told him ", 20 thnt We could &
! 70 church afterWard u we wished 70. U
| couF10, Ida, am still III the dark o. 70 VIVA
| you have made up your mind 70 do; bu
/ Whatever u L, thought that be bad bsttel
once and for ali bear your tlnal decision trUH
your own HpG II, however, you feel your
self ct liberty 70 tell Il 70 me ~ your father
! shall DO glad 70 bear g."
She lifted her bead and looked him full u
the facO and th0p paused. He bad . cup o.
tee In bis hand, and Il was held In the 81,
half way 10 his mouth, while his whole fac,
showed the overmastering anxiety viii
which hs was awaiting her reply.
"Mako Jour mind easy, father" she said
81 am going 70 marry Mr.. COsSey."
He put down The cup In such fashion thai
b spilled have Of the tsa, most Of Il over hil
| own clothes, without even noticing Il. and
then turned away mis- faCa
"WSll," be said, ''Of course it 70 not ny
affair. OF q least only indirectly %. but
must say, my love, ! congratulate yoS on ID,
decision which you have come "a IquitI
understand that you hAvO been In some It'll
diflculty about The matter; yOung women
often have been befoU you aud will b
! again, but 70 10 frank, Ida, that ouaritcl
business was not q all suitable, either 10 Hgi
or fortuna. or In anything else Yes. a
though Cossey d not everything that 90.
might wish, On the whole congratulate yoS
! heartily"
+! "Oh' pray don't," broke In ida, almost d
. cry. "WhatSvsr yo0 do, pray donI cOu
gratulatO ulsF'
IIer father turned round again and Iooket
at Der. But IdaS face had already recovered
IL calm, aud be could make nothing Of u
~ don't quite understand you." b sad
"tbess thincS arc gensrally considered mat
teri for oongratulationa"
but Tor all be might say and an that b,
might urge IN biz mind ~ the contrary. b,
did, mOrO VI len. underStand what her out
burst meanL lie could not but know thai
The exclamation Wa the last cutlery VI {
broken spIriG In his heart 10 realised then
u be bad mover clearly rsalizrJ tt befOre
that this prOposed marriage 'wns . thing
hateful 70 biz daughter. aud bus couscIrucI
prlcked him Oorsly. And yet-and Yeti
was but Q Woman's fancy-a passing
fancyI The would becomS rUcOncIIed q
the Unsuitable a. women do, and when
her children came she WOull grow &C.
customsd 10 her sorrow. and her troubls
would BE- fvfgottsu 10 their laughter.
I And u uot-wcll. it was but ouo 10
mans life which would 10 effected, and
the very existence Of his rice. and the very
! cradle that had nuTSed them from century
70 century. we're nov at StakG Was all thia
to b at the mercy Ut q girfs fancy1 Eol
! let tue individual suffer
| 80 h arCicA AIiI ~ az bis agO and ID
bis circumstances nlcst VI u would argus
also. aud, perhaps cuuridsring al thingN NJ
should " rtght For Ii tGiS wVrld personal
/ desirrs must continually give WY 70 the
WelfaIS Of others Did they not do %. oSE
system Of society c,uE BI c''dara.
No mOrS was said uys'I Tue subjeeE Ida
undo prrtenae vt eating. rnsS u toaSe. tbs
tbs sjpire IaoIped - tbO tea upoa his
clctlieI. EL.. sGli drank sue uSOrN