The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29

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: essiUn. paSss on Emily lay, psiSs indeed. but =
I pSSr IA. man usuat, her eyes open. and Al
: VIII . soft steady gaze on the vbits snr;,
: oc,usa Uous mat sailed in mountainous mess,
donts o1ss the dark blue sky; great heiebta nm
wben;. neaven, into which the sou
wnen II Is loosely held to Garth. seems
; pierce with an intense aud vet calm u'9ms das;r
tnat soothes all pain and makes eva,uth;,' =
level and at rest. e' eVerytnin
am glad Of this-yerv Glad /, -,
stter long pause, and without anv s,,,Ians S",.
he ne ought to be married. and he w;
wbor e 20 make good, kind husband 4
dn,,h. dueVer ne chooses for his wife. and ~
ST h. o mas CHOSEN wisely and well.o
nope he has," said Mrs. Know,o
rather tartly. She was but bnmor nSwie I
nance. VI her little TO
,, Il am sure Of it The man WIN con,,
loved Une ne woman so faithfully as he once
Em;;,i Ersi knowle turned round eagerly
ny coiored, even under the n.laro..
OF mortal disease. eyes. Il was Paieness
was never untrue 10 me. cant I'll, .u' e
,,Es Any P,seruSulars, pa and never found IL out
Ihyseir TIL little while auo. ,Rut ha Su, S:y
oone Sa9k, to the very dny. nf,d cIs;,,saJ J
me. Only was never told ..1. . 9
aMn anu whose doing was thdfr - - -
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Mrs. Knowle almost started from her
chair. What an atrocious
;. Hush! 1t is too late now. And besides,
IL might have come to the same thing in tho
end. Feel here!" and she took Mrs.
Knowles hand and put il to her heart.
which was beating violently and irregularly,
Nc does not know it my good husband, I
mean. Was he not good to me this morn.
mgr Nobody knows it, l think. But
know 1t, and she smiled. IL am quite
certain-safely certain that am dying"
Don't say that. You must notSyou
ought not And Mrs. Knowle tried lit
tie to reason her out of that conviction.
which seemed to be the source of all her
strength, and the soothing of all her sor-
rows.
Mono. This world has been little
TOO hard for ne,n Emily said; "bus in the
other may begin again, and be strong.
Do you think he has forgiven mea"
Who, my poor childI"
John Stenhouse. You see, I might
have obeyed my father, and not married
MIN. but then ought not to have married
at all. Nobody ought, loving another por-
son all the time. Bat I was SO weak-and
=, Never mind. It does not matter
much now."
John has married, you see," said Mrs.
Knowle, partly with n lurking sense of in
dignation at him and partly from vague
feeiing that even now 1t was her duty to
impress that fact saiutarily upon Sir John
Bowerbank's wife. Both the wrath and
gentle spirit, that was already loosing its
cables from earthly shores, and feeling soft,
pure airs blowing toward it from the land
unseen.
"Yes. he has married.; I can quite under
stand how 1t came about; Just the sort
OF marriage he would be sure to make
of pity, and tenderness, and duty,
and 1t may turn out very happy one. He
will love her very much-when am quite
gone away. hope she is good woman"
.! hope so," said Mrs. Knowle rather
huskily.
Would you mind trying to find out2 I
don't mean that I am every likely to have
HK9 70 Know urouvs A'a1sAiAA.~.s..hst-I-
something about her three children, too.
He will have to work hard to maintain SO
large family"
"Very hard"
It was strange how the two women
seemed to have changed places. Emily
talked, Mrs. Knowle was all but silent.
"You are sure you don't mind making
these inquiriesp Or would ask my hus-
band. Yes, perhaps, alter all, it will be
better to ask my husband. He might be-
friend them very much, and I am sure he
would like to do it."
"In the way he once wanted-by getting
John Stenhouse into the firm again? Do
you mean that? and do you wish it, Emily?"
"No, not wish it exactly. But"-and she
opened her eyes wide, clear and pure
pure alike with the innocence Of sorrow
and the peace Of coming death, and fixed
them steadily on Mrs. Knowles FACET
should not be afraid of his coming to Liver
pool-not now"
Mrs. Knowle fairly laid her head on the
sofa pillow and sobbed. Then she rose mp,
saying in cheerful voice: -. .
aWell, my dear, have staid talking
quite long enough for one day, so good-by
| I'll keep lookout after the Stenhouses
Meantime lie down and get sleep If YOU
can, and take care to be quite bright by the
| time Sir John comes in to dinner."
"Oh, yes, always try to do that. like
to please him. He is very good to me,
said Emily Bowerbank.
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