Telegram-herald., 1889-10-31


81 saea tines above realities. pgt thelf
sord.d LIE tar awag. and 1--we aesiD ln
their ps-r. "a make e EeN world ~ poetic
aud srlisite imaE alugs. Somewhere ln
afeamlsna they were festscg f9r t1elr
sliei aul1sy. "a hen 6 harsh folee ou Lae
oIher s-ae of t1e sEeat oak tree reused
them olly 700 we4 both EDeW laoss
hard tones. as lBlhbsrt Holmes SAID
..oae L marry me quick eEo4gl whel
asa Ter aD1 - ~ hsr father Id uoI
cute s4cl fuQl ss 20 burden ms se-f
aith . slek man. I'LL take May o8 for
Wedding Trip. aud keep her rL ILs CID
nan Ale voice was growing f4-nt
u Tie distance and they 1e4Il uo l1ore.
Bar Pau GileT-ole ewes were fixed
uron tie white, tearf4l face SO his kDe5
WIKI s4ch terror mat she enea
..Oh. forgive he forgive me Il was
for youT saEe
-For my sake. Nay Would you have
married tAat-tlat brute 10 help me
Chid ehud Iwould sooner slrLke you
dead than give you uD 10 him
Il know, said she. WIKI a choking
So. but he wAs always Ialkiag u
Wat you ought 20 have, what NO4ld do
you good a. II he only wanted the nght
70 provide every comfort aud luxury for
- ". ~.
h. enough that We heard nimf
But Paul Griers0n was too deeply
shocked Vet 10 realize May escape.
lit could not be long FOR me. dearest.
he sad holding her hand ia close
clasp. "only few months of ease and
rest: but for YOU lifelong agony.
Prom sc me. promise me, Ma. that YOU
Will never again yield 10 such tenpiG-
ton for my sake
Il promise We may suffer but II vii
De together. on, 20 think that Le would
have parted Us, aud left YOU to And
d shudder finished the sentence
But even then. IN her relief and pain.
May gave no mint OF those visions or
rest under the river that had been Tie
dream OF release. Surely Heaven had
saved her once, and some way would
open FOR the futuTe-the future the girl
bounded by the fathers lie. Beyond
that separation, the dread OF which
never left her. May had no thought or
future.
Dusk wac gathering when Paul Grier-
son rose feebly and set his face home
ward. When the cottage came ia sight
father and daughter stopped short IN the
road. There being little 10 tempt burg
lars, they had not fastened doors OF WIN
dOws, and evidently some one was IN the
house. There was light in the sitting
room, and when they entered il a table
was spread such as they had not seen
for many long days. The service was
familiar, the old-fashioned china that old
Mrs. Grierson had cherished since her
own wedding day, the well-kept damask,
the small silver spoons and forks. But
where had brolled chickens, mullins,
a. 4. 9 ff.at f.Ar
and crisp water-cresses raincd down
from? Who had heaped the sugar bowl
filed the cream pitcher, replenished the
hutter-dish? Who was coming with q
firm step from the kitchen, bearing
;riumphantly a coffee pot whose fra
GRANGE was waited upon summer breezes
TO greet astonished noses?
A tall man, a brown bearded man, a
bToad-shOuldeied man, with great blue
eyes full of mischief, and yet softening
oddly at the sight Of his host and hostess,
as II tears were not far away.
May gave one ecstatic cry.
Paul !" and would have rushed for
ward, but he waved her back, deposited
the cOffee-pot with a dramatic flourish.
and then opened his arms. She nestled
there like a bird who has found her nest
after a storm, and looking over her head,
Paul held out one hand TO his godfather.
"My little wife," he asked, and knew
by Pa. Grierson's eyes and May quick
sob that the hope he had cherished in his
long exile would soon be a reality.
Come he said, presently. "eat Of
my supper. l knew you would come
homo half starved, so l foraged with q
pocket full OF silver. You know | have a
natural genius for cooking, and it has
~ 70 f,t11 in
explorations"
But how did you find us?" asked Mr..
GriersOn, when the two were seated.
"Came direct from Paris. May wrote
YOU were coming to Hamilton, so 10
hamilton / came. The natives told me
where Mr.. Grierson lived"
But Paul did not mention how the one
native he had interviewed had described
to him the dreadful poverty in the little
Gotta ge.
May" he commanded. seat more,
and stop drinking coffee. You are the
same old coffee lover as ever, 1 see"
This is simply delicious, she cried.
Nobody ever could make coffee like
yours"
but we will train our slaves" he an
swered. maiesticaIly; 'for, May" and
he laughed like boy, ''what news do
you think l found in New York;"
Il cannot guess"
"My grandfather is dead"
well! l thought you quarreled with
him because you would become an
artist"
"TooHue, yet he relented and left me
all his money. We are rich, my dear"
1--WE - she echoed. You are rich.
at is all in the family. my love, for
am going 20 have a wedding in Hamilton
tomorrow.
"Oh. Paulw she gasped. at is too
soon"
Then I'll be of for Central America
again, and give you two or three years
more 10 think about it,
"Dare 70 60 T. she criOd, wondering II
her singing heart was the one so fun of
misery only a few short hours before.
But before she slept she made her con
fesson, and was forgiven. and Paul had
his way about the wedding.
He had been urged 10 haste BY Mr..
Griersons CHASTITY face and rockng
cough, but the Angel Of Death passed
them By. With money used lavishly in
physicians and remedies, with the most
loving of care. his children nursed Paul
GriorsOn back % lie aad health. and the
studio In tho great house. where there
are baby voices now 20 greet Paul and
MAY. f. "a much for the use of the elder
artist "a FOR his son and pupil.
and May is as much for the use Of the
elder artist az FOR his son and pupil
Sometimes they make summer visits
20 the tiny cottage and live in Arcadian
simplicity for q few weeks, but May =
dreams under the apple tree are no
longer ~ despair and suicide. bot fuil Of
roseate visions OF fair. happy future
happy In her father. husband and
children. and the home love encircAha
them ail N i. Ledger