The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29
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preston. Emily lay, pale, indeed. but n,
| paier than usual, her eyes open, and fire
with soft, steady gaze on the white snrin
CLOUDS that sailed in mountainous messe
across the dark blue sky; great heights an
ueptns or heaven, into which the SON
Wnen II Is loosely held to earth, seems /
pierce with an intense aud yet calm desire
level and at rest.
VI am glad Of this-very elad.n sbe sa;d
aIter a long pause, and without any eInlana
ion. ne ought to be married. and he will
us 10 sure 10 make good, kind husband :,
SEne'er ne chooses for his wife, and nc
doubt he has chosen wisely and WE'LL
nope he has," said Mrs. Knowle
55ner tartly. She was but human. and sbt
nance. - A'i A''ie ro-
i am sure of it. The man who oonId
iove one woman 80 faithfully as he once
loved me-" "' "o onee
Mrs; knowle turned round eagerly
hmny colored, even under the paleneas
OF mortal disease. "Yes, it was fs SO. Hs
was never untrue 10 me. 1 can't tell Won
nmy ,nE,a P,aaruculars, and l never found it out
come back, to the very day. and cla;mad
me. Only was never told. s-ga~.sr-.11-so,u,' -,-ou
And whose doing was thstr" :
My fathers"
Mrs. knowle almost started from her
chair. What an atrocious--"
Hush! it is too late now. And besides,
1t 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.
"He does not know it my good husband,
mean. Was he not good to me this morn
lngp Nobody knows it, l think. But !
know it," and she smiled. 81 am quite
ccrtain-safely certain that am dying"
Don't say that. You must not-you
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 me-" Emily said; "but in the
other 1 may begin again, and be strong.
Who. my poor childI"
"John Stenhouse. You see, I might
have obeyed my father, and not married
him, but then l ought not to have married
ut all. Nobody ought, loving another per-
son all the time But was so weak-and
- Never mind. 1t does not matter
much now"
John has married, you see," said Mrs.
Knowle, partly with lurking sense of in
feeling that even now it was her duty to
impress that fact salutarily upon Sir John
Bowerbanks wife. Both the wrath and
the caution passed harmlessly over the
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; 1 can quite under
stand how it came about; just the sprt
NF in no lo 10
of pity, and tenderness, and duty,
and 1t may turn out very happy one. He
will love her very much-when l am quite
gone away. hope she is good woman"
II hope so," said Mrs. Knowle rather
huskily.
Would you mind trying to find out?
don't mean that l am every likely to have
ike rs Know 'ftJo avth, tath- n. la-t-I- shanid
something about her three children. too.
Ho will have to work hard to maintain SO
large a family
1t was strange how the two women
seemed to have changed places. Emily
talked, Mrs. Knowie was all but silent.
"You are sure you don't mind making
these inquiries? Or would ask my hus-
band. Yes, perhaps, after all, it will be
better to ask my husband. He might be-
friend them very much. and l am sure he
would like to do IL.
"In the way he once wanted-by getting
John Stenhouse into tho 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 up,
saying in cheerful voice:
"Well, my dear, have staid talking
quito long enough for one day, 80 Rood-by
I'll keep lookout after the Stenhouses
Meantime lie down and get sleep If you
can, and take care to be quite brioht by the
timo Sir John comes in to dinner.
"Oh, yes, always try to do that. 1 like
to please him. He is very good to mo,
said Emily Bowerbank.
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