The Russellville Democrat., 1889-08-22

| hard. though she said she couldn't bo thankful enough that his body was ! found She bought this lot, and had him buried, m thon, T rouu believe mo. ss fast as she could earn the money maxim dresses aa' trimmin' bunnits, l sho paid up all his debts, forced inc money onto old people T they didn't ] want Co take lk An in these thirty ! years. unless she's hean sick, thor's l heon hardly a day thai she hasn8 vis- 1 ited his grave, Some folks thinks she's l a little shatt0red, but ! guess it's only I her coming here, and because she l never took no notion Co marrying any l body elso. 'Tany rate, she's as kind hearted httle woman aS ever broathca, au does a sight of good among the paor an aick.
 i This homaly story of her hoart's TO- nance iuoroased my desire 10 know more Of this fatthtul mourner It was s wish easj}y accomplished Some lit- 1 tie attentions GO her flowers sufhcod to ] win hor friendship. and her confidence ou that theme 0i which she never weare6-t the goodness and gifts oi tho ] vouug man who had heon daad 80 long that save for her loving mention, l his very name would have beon we'll 1 P ich forgotten.
 1 And the hottor ! knew Miss Abbie l the deeper became my interest, for. in her lonely, marrow. toilsome l.fa, this brief bloom ol love had left glory l whose brightness had never faded, a rnusir whose sweaf cadence fingered l still Over hov work she hummed the ] old songs she had sung with her lover; through thc daily frej and care, the memory oi the happy heurs when he ] hnG heen by hor side stole lilsea sooth- ine charm. The young lover who had died 30 long hafore seemed 60 have porpetuated in her heart the youth tbet. in one sense, had died with him. while her sorrow, instead of ise- iatiHc her from the world in salfish solitude had hut drawn her uenr ta i her kind: the ache of her own heart had made jt Quiok to eIhrsste t0 the sorrows Of al haarts And 0ftoH, as watched her turning away from thSt ; iiowcry mound, with her sweet peace 'ul faea, ! would wonder ' the living man. the lover hecome the husband. and wearing awsg in the friction of every dRy ljio, the vail Ol love's fond idaal III usion could have filled her i hasrs. and remained the solaee and in ] spirHnon that his memory was. ! Some suoh thought as this was pass- ing through my mind one June aftsr- noon. as ! watched her so cheerily busy among the roses and garsniums that made hor ploj mass oi bloom, Pres entiv my attention was attracted by r man sauntnrinc down the marrow graeei ] walk toward us This wss jn itsa3 no unusual sight. for though the oid com l esarg was no fashionahle rity nf the 5iead, still, many passed through it going from s"reet % street, te say nothing oi the many who enjoyed ] stroIliug through iss quiet, shaded walks. But this man WAS 50 seeay and ] 5isrepusahie ir appearance, go clearly
 
 tramp, that regarded him wiSh sus- picious eioseness.
 AimleSsly he i0uuce6 along with ] sneeriue clauces a the monuments and i flowers, cvidanslv considering them & waste nt both money and seuument N'ith aaraiess half-impudeut look at Miss Ahhie tha1 might have heen wholly impudent hut for my presence, he was passing by, when hts eye chHnc- j ing to Catch tho name un lhe head s1ono, he stopped wilh a sudden start and involuntary exclamation,
 Malcolm Mcknight Randall" and 1 g shiver seemed to llsss over him R. he read the words
 'sDid you fnow himg" asked Miss Ahhio, ionkinc up iu surpgise at hts tone and manner
 Wall. yes, think diG. and B peculiar smile erDssed his faco, ''hut didn't know heforc ahat"-he pausad as fl t8 maisten his dry lirs-''he was safe mdar thc sod.
 '.I es. saia Miss Ahbia. wish simple sadness, and apparently nor noticing the ilippant words. shouch the tome in which they ware uttered was hard un6 iuvsed ''Fie was drowned in the lake thirty vgars ago this summer and shnn followed lhe of}-tnlo story nt Shc vOuns man full nj hoauay and strength and nrnmis8. who had gnue 0ut thas iu~-gway May day never 70 re1urn alive. an6 oi the wave worn body given teIi~ ney huri,a. hero.
 'l lnit ahnu5 thm iime myself. ana ueve~ heard nt is, remarked fhs ssran- ger "A handsome follow. ] baiicvo. some called him he auued and again ahc hslf-mockins smile curie6 the edge ni his unshsFeu lip
 Yes assenteG Miss Ahbie the tears snringiur tC hor ewes, 'Hnd ss goe6 as he vas hsHus0mo
 W ers you 8 ~olanve nt hies be asl,ed regarding her with curious in- tnnncss
 l was LC havo been his wife a iainl hlush tiuCinc her faded check 'g sm sn rJsd Lo meet some one whD inev Malcalm she went on This is hls nicul~e turning the liitis mar hle shiolU in she iane oi tha stnus. s,A litilo faded Bus--"
 Shr ioD.led up to fnG snw the shah hv stranger had turned ana was walk inc haslily away.
 'G am afraid he e0uil nos hsvs cared much for hum srf said. witG & littit sish "hut then scanning to raalize ior the d~ss ,Imf the asl,ea os thc man Alsicofns friends were Hevar Ii.,t tual
 some bnu-~ la1er thut samo even ng ae T-as making mE iual round he- love tbs chasing of the gates ] en- eounls~eC tbe ss,mr shy.hby. louneing