Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-07-17

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taown, had now ant;ro,
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e ri A. "loled perplexed, and n i,,.,
~ Hed' with a soothing cestnra
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INV excite yourself pray do not
~, ~t IS SO very bad for Won Jns,
do it, M you wish, and will try q
And Nnke not angryY.
conrsa ;tG young man2 No. No m
hen,ans ~. great pity. but The tb;n
Emily you gay. Dont fret about II
are-at least very comfortable as Won
Nv ioas ., hrsyyppe so. ""
and her oniverV ny; and her tears csased.
comnosnra No9g features settled into
This GOOD. kind ne could not understand
no more Than ibI meaning elderly man
snectnnle men tens OF thousands of re-,
ever 40 nnderss anu women of this world
I, love. Lave. h,5 nu-the full meaning of
unret,,rna5 ppy or unhappy, mutual y,
uhreturneu' perfect or unfnIHlla,a "u.uai or
Ieai, ,rue, heaitsvarm love Will guy sun
direct from Love d-sna wn'cn Is gilt
know, or to have Tno ~nu which ever to
which fills whole lifeSso,"n' Is blessing
You perceive, nowNS;.
Lady Bowerbank, layinS oohn, said
shrunken hand, where theever his her
hung as loosely as the greats dding- r'as
monds that guarded 1t, you pen OF 4 wo,
| Mr.. Stenhouse is so insensiole to an your
kindness. He thinks himself wropg ed.
and he was wronged-cruelly. He was
made TO believe one thing and another,
and SO we were parted. Please tell my
husband how it was. Mrs. Knowle; | have
no strength for speaking much"
Don't speak at all, for where is the
| good of itr" said Sir John, who evidently
disliked the discussion of the matter.
| "Thines can't be mended now, my dear
He has got a wife and you husband. So,
| even it | were to die, it would be Of NO
use. You could not marry him"
| Il was not thinking of marrying, but oil
! dying. Husband, l am certain am dying;
and it is hard to die without his having
| forgiven me, Tor he was good man, and
he was terribly wronged. Often, often
thought of asking you, but had not cour-
| age. Now I have. Will you do one thing
| for me?"
| What, my dear?"
| "Let me see John Stenhouse again fol-
one half hour-just one ten minutes--be-
fore die?"
Don't talk of dying; You will live many
years yet. l trust, said Sir John,
| earnestly.
Emily shook her head.
"Ah! you know better than that. And
would not ask such kindness unless were
| dying. 1t is not wrong; surely you do not
think so?" added she, implorinaly. II
only want 10 tell him the truth; that it was
not who deceived him; l want to save
him-he is good man, you know-from
having his whole life ensbttered and his
future injured by thinking of me as q
wicked, faithless woman, who first Tilted
him, and then let her rich husband insult
| him by showing him kindness The truth
would set all right-just three words OF
honest, simple truth. Husband, may I
see him? Mrs. Knowles, speak for me,
| please"
II really think your wife is right, Sir
john" said plain speaking Mrs. Knowle.
| VERY we'll. Settle it among yourselves,
! you womenkind!" answered Sir John, as
he rose up. "Only take care that Lady
Bowerbank does not over-exert herself"
"Thank you." breathed rather than spoke
| the poor girl; in her excessive fragileness,
she seemed wasting back into thin girlhood
again. "And you will forgive me because
l cannot either BARN you or erieve you
much, l shall be dead SO very soon-quies-
| ly dead, you know, as your first wife is,
whom you never talked to me about.
wish you had, now and then. Were you
very fond of her? And dare say she was
very fond of your"
The old man suddenly sat down again,
covering his eyes with his hand.
"Dont mention her, please. Poor little
Jane-my jamie. she loved me-"
And as he sat beside the wife of his
prosperous later days, who, whether liv-
ing or dying, only coldly esteemed him,
and was grateful to him, perhaps the old
mans thoughts went back, with n sudden
leap of memory, to the wife of his youth,
and his poverty. so fond. 80 simple, so
| tender, and so true. When he took his
hand away there were traces of tears on the
wilhered cheeks, and he rose hastily TO go.
Well, my dear, we need speak no more
on this matter. You can see Mr. Stem
house whenever you like. and if you ca,
persuade him to enter our firm, so muCL
the better. Impress upon him that capital
10 OF no moment; young, active, business.
| like man is the one thing needed, both BY
Mr.. knowle and myself. Isn't it SO Mrs.
| Knowle? You'll write the letter, perhaps.
And you will take good care of nv wife
here and not let her mopa, eh?"
I will, Sir John"
Good afternoon, them"
| And he went away, leaving the women
alone.
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