Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-05-23
CHAPTER II.

we seek SO continually duu 80 rarely
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wonder 4 many married couples ara
quite as happy az we found oursclves'
Cynic5 growing class, declare That few
illusions can survive honeymoon. Well
/ do not know about it, for 1 only married
once and can but speak from my limited
experience. But certainly our illusion, or
rather the great truth of which it is the
shadow, did survive, as to this day it sur
wives in nv heart across all the years Of
utter separation, aud across the uuAnswer-
ing gulf or doom.
But complete happiness is not allowed
I'm this world even FOR an hour. As our
marriage day had bsen Swallowed by
the scene which has bssn described so
our married life was Swallowed by its own
sorrow.
Three days after our wedding Mr. Car
son had stroke 1t had been long i'm
pending now it tell. We came into the
centre nut to dinner mud found him lying
speeches. on the couch. At first 1 thought
that hc was dying, but this was not 80.
On the contrary within four days he re-
covered his speech and some power OF
movement Blu he never recovered his
memory, though ne still knew Stella, and
sometimes myself
Curiously enough ne know little Tota
best OF all three, though occasionally he
thou-hC that Slc was ms own daughter
in her childhood, and would ask her where
her ni"'ner was. ms STATE oil a1alrs
taste" l'r some seven months. Inc Qua
man gfadh NV crew weaker, put he did
not die. or course his condition quite pre-
cIuded Tho la Of our leaving Babyan
hrrlI tIiI an was over.
ms WAS tue more Distressing 10 me- De-
c I,u,| hli II nervous prrsrnt,ment mat
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flashed orr,,s. his I,in,, .srrsn. St,.IIn ~
course was overwhelmed with .rrief nj
her loss Tu rup, h:r rathcr l,,d bnan
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he IMAGINED. the tie between them was
much closer thau is usual even in the case
of father and laughter.
30 o''p'\ "l.l Sn' mourn that began to
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We're we the only "'e7 to grew; all the
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w"me" i ana 'ne meme; men nv, WG ~. ~ about WIN
in the heavens. now only tbe Star (StaIIoS
remained"
ludab1 zimbi alone did not mourn. He
said that it WAS best that the Inkoo
should die, for what was life worth when
one lay like log?-moreover, that it
would have been well for all if he had
died sooner
On the following day we buried him In
the little graveyard near the waterfall
1t was a sad business. and Stella cried very
much. in spite of all could do to comfort
her
That night IA I sat outside the INIT
smukiug-fnr the weather WAS hot and
Stella was living down inside-old mdaba-
zimhi came up, saluted and squatted at
my feet
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NO M'cHmazahn, You must not wait,
you must 60 ana the star must take her
'u"N'e' QUO Is S'rohs. II Is nothing. All
VIII % wen.
ny 40 you say SOY why must we
gorr
For this reason. N,cumazabn uandb
looked cautiously rouud and sDoks low
The balloons have come hack in thou
sands. All the mountain is mil Of them,
al did not know that they had zone"
said
yes ~ he apsrrsr,l "thc- wont altar
the MARRIAGE all bpt ora mr. two. nov
they are harlz all The h.I,oon. in IN,
world think Ts,,va Who'll. cIir bIack
with than ;,
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Nv l"'ltlus n@u oeeo ''eara OF seen OF
SUI ,Si sNpu'S'"h, Auu 'nousn
% rs aHe """ ner tnt7%I' haunted me
S'.''o"u A'' os degrees she had TO great
ea,eu1 passed. out OF my mind. which was
tu'F pFeo''uplea with Stella and my
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