Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-02-28
TILL DEATH THEM DID PART.

are always wanting 5tDi Atoi tIAAD'~
you think my stock inexhaustible!" ex-
claimed an old lady, whose bright good
tempered face was bent over her knit
ting. in all the agonies Of picking up
stitch. "There-Pve got that right at
last" she went on, with q little sigh Of
relief "What were we saying, Miller
Oh, yes: / remember-yOu wanted 2 story.
/ really don't know what 10 tell youi
YOU have heard them all, or very nearly
all"
"Oh. auntie, DO ten me somethingl
I've got my crewcl-work into such
muddle-I must try to set it right; and
it would make the time pass so quickly
IL YOU would only tell me one o. your
delightful stories Now, auutie-yOu
dear sweet auntie-do," cried her com
panion c0axingly, raising pretty flushed
face from the contemplation Of her work
"a cushion in crewels, which was ex-
tremely handsome 80 far a. design went,
but was rather poor in respect Of execu-
ton. "Tell ue something about one OF
those dreadful out-Of-the-way places
where YOU spent 50 many years Of your
life. Come. now, auntie, and we viii
have such a nice time all to ourselvesl'
"WeH, III try" answered Che old lady,
whose name was Glover, and who, after
the death Of her husband, New Zealand
missionary, had returned to England TO
spend the remainder Of her life, and was
now living with her niece, whom she
had adopted, in n pretty villa near Clap
ham. II have just thought of a sad lit
tie story That YOU have never heard; so |
will tell 10 10 YOU now and the old lady
dropped her work into her lap, and gazed
towards the window with a thoughtful
look.
"WelI dear, il is great many years
now since sailed away from old Eng
land with my husband, then so strong
and hopeful. / remember standing on
the deck OF the vessel with him, my hand
in his, and looking our last with tear
dimmed eyes upon oil that we held dear,
save each other. The story l am going
10 relate came TO my knowledge while
we were living near Auckland, IN the
North Island
"For long time / had been in the
habit of getting Maori girls into the house
and training them as servants-iudeed,
there vrge no others 70 be had. Very
few of tho settlers would employ them,
Dut [ used tom1nagr tolrrably we'll with
them. When There was an extra hard
DAYS work i1 Doe done. ! used 10 Let a
yom- ii a..ei Tura from Oraa, .
neighboring native village, to come and
help my two regular servants On one
OF these occasions Turia came to me in
the evening, when she was about To leave
and asked me to give her some writing
paper and pen and ink.
"'What do you want them for, Turiag
asked.
ooh, mother, want to write to my
Rawidil I'll bring the letter tomorrow
when | come. And, oh, mother, viii
you give the letter to Rawidi when YOU
see him? He will soon be herein few
days she said, in her pretty broken
English, for she had been one Of Bishop
Selwyn's house-servants and could read
and write pretty we'll
"'Why do you not let him come tc
your home, instead of leaving letter for
him here, Turiaf | asked.
"She burst into tears, and sobbed out
"'Oh. mother, chiefs daughter
Rawidi slavel MY father not let me
marry Rawidi. They want me marry
Paul. J run away with Rawidi; | tel
him in letter
al tried 30 dssuade the poor little thing
from her mad scheme, but found her
mind quite made up. At length prom.
Used TO take charge ~ her letter and &c
give it 70 Rawidi should he come. Yom
uncle was from home ut ths time, or a
great deal of the trouble that followed
might have been avcrted. Wen, the
next day Turia brought the letter, as she
said She would, and / put it away and
thought no more of tfur a weck-indeed
other things had driven it out Of my
mind; hut one evening, as / was stand
inc on au old 1tllp M some LITTLE distance