The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-09-12

Mr.. Lee" How angry you ought
to be with me for having been The
cause OF all your trouble. But
you'll hurry up and get we'll by
Easter, won't you?" And she
Childishly laid her cheek against
the hand she held. "Do you know
| am going TO married on Easter
Monday, and want you 10 come
to my wedding"
go TO her wedding! Go TO her
weddingw He said il over to him
self, then the room grew dark and
everything seemed uncertain, and
he tainted.
at is warm and he is still so
weak, and l suppose | talked him
to DEATH" she said 10 Mary, who
came In answer to her alarmed
calling.
Mary was quick witted and she
knew pretty nearly what had hap
pened, and she told "Tcddie" all
about it That evening and said she
loved Willie, of course, but she
thought he had ed Rachel bad
ly, and maybe this would be a les
son 10 Mm.
For several days Willie was too
wead 10 sit up again in the easy
chair, lie seemed helpless and
unc0ncerned as 10 whether he got
well or not. Helen had not been
to see him since the night he FAINT
ed. She was busy with her we'd
dug preparations and just stopped
at the gate one day to ask if
he was better and wondered il
Mary thought he could come to her
wedding.
mo | don't think he can CO."
Mary said and she said it cOldly,
and Helen did not come again.
1t was the day Of Helen's wed.
ding. Willie heard the carriages
roll past on the pavement and he
turned his face TO the wall and the
tears came into his eyes, that had
been strangers to tears for years.
Rachel had brought in a boquet Of
Easter flowers and placed them
on his table. There were viOlets
among them everything to re-
mind him of her, Just in the dusk
of the evening Rachel herself
came in. She paused a moment
at the door TO see if he was asleep,
and as his eyes were closed she
concluded that he was. She sat
down on a low stool and as her
face was partially turned away
from him Willie opened his eyes
and looked at her slyly.
He never thought Rachel pretty
before. In fact, he had never
thought much about her, but now
rs she sat between him and the
fading light he noted the round
ness of her cheek, her white
throat, and the pretty brown curlS
around her face and neck.
"I wonder if she would do just
as Helen did had she been in her
place." he said 10 himself. would
she have come here and made me
love her and then have cruelty
told me she was going 10 be mar
riedf Yes, | suppose she would;
women are all alike, cOquettes,
every one of them"
Rachel was thinking over her
life, and by some strange, unex-
plainable mesmeric sympathy
Willle's mind went back over the
past too. What a friend she had
always been TO him and Mary, and
how braYely she had fought her
own battle of life thus far. "She
is a noble little woman," he said to
himself, "and ! wish | was worthy
of her" The clock struck and
Rachel started up. She drew a
slghing breath, paused moment,
then stopped over him and lightly
touched his lips with hers. Before |
he was aware what he was dong
he had passed his arm around her
neck and pressed her head 10 his |
breast. "Do you then love me,
little Rachelg"
They say love is eloquent 10y |
spoken, and Willie was
certainly eloquent. The love that
was shut up in his heart all turned
and told itself seemingly without
his aid 10 Rachel, and when Mary
came in she found them sitting
hand in hand, a new light in their
faces.
When the June roses blossom
there will be double wedding in
the little cottage and "Teddie"
and Willie will both be happy.
Willie has gone back 10 his car.
He says he likes the road and likes
the work, and blesses the dav that
good fortune came to him through
misfortune.
A we'll known agricultural writ
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