Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-10-02
A WOMAN'S LOVE.

waters edge. and leaning against tho
low rail that surrounded the little
gothic cottage that overlooked it all, y
girl, day-dreaming, her soft, dark eyes
fixed on the bright. blue changing
waters below.
A girl Of perhaps Is, slim and grace
full. with face of rare loneliness, low.
broad forehead and delicate brows,
eyes deep wne-brown lips cleft and
Dcaret, the dainty little head set
proudly on the rounded throat, and all
crowned by shining mass OF red gold
hair that clustered and curled round
the lovely, childish face, and then fell
anconllned in heavy curls to the slim,
girlsh vast.
1t was thus that Alvin Emerson saw
her first, and, seeing her thought OF
Tennyson's Gninevere-though if the
L-pless queen.
with her violet eycs and lovely face.
Brow bound with red-gold hair"
were half AS fair AZ this dsrk-cyed
girl. then Lancelot might we'll be for
given his fatal love, that made him
more than willing
''T0 give the world for this.
j. TO waste his whole life in ono kiss;
Upon her perfect lips
But there was no sign of his thoughts
upon his handsome, high-bred face as
he told her he had missed the path
that led to Emerson Hail. and she look
ing up-poor chld-mot her doom in
the light of the sunny, laughing eyes
that looked with frank admiration into
her own, felt her heart grow faint with
the passionate thrill that swept over
her, flushing her delicate cheeks and
making tho wine-brovn eyes droop
low.
Il am Alvin Emerson" no said.
alvin Emerson. the new master OF
the hall?'
Exactly, and lucky fellow, am l
mop Better to be born lucky than
rich YOU know. and | am rather IN
clined to believe it. One month ago.
a penniless lawyer, wondering where
my first brief would come from, to-day
master of Emerson Hall, heir of my
nnety-sccond cousin, for he was no
nearer, whom always looked upon ms
"a crusty old fellow, who hated the
world in general, and his own people
in particular"
The girl laughed softly.
''He was rather crusty," she said,
"and yet he could be kind. He was
kind to me- Very kind. He was very
kind to Mana as well.h
Nj And who is Nanap Your sisterPn
u have no sister ! have no one
. but HnnaN
pardon me; I spoke without think
iug, ~ he said, Ms he saw shadow fall
over the lovely face,
at is true" she said. II am alone.
Father and mother died leaving me y
little baby in another land, and tho
last master of the hall, mt their dying
request, sent for me aud Mana and |
have lived here ever since. This cot
tage is part of your estate, or rather
was. 1t belongs now to Mana"
; That was only the beginning of the
end,
The buds were only blossoming that
sunny day when first Gloria Delmaine's
wine-brown eyes had dropped beneath
the passionate admiration that leaped
into Alvin Emerson's laughing blue
ones when they first rested on her
lovely face but ere the June roses
faded she had learned the browning
glory of woman's life, and, alas! It's
most passionate pain.
All heavens! while life lasted would
she ever forget the moment Of agony
when her whole heart awoke to the
truth of its love-the bitter despair the
awakening brought herP
Standing there she lived that mo-
ment of passion and pain again, and d
g Ill "A
the memory.
There had been n fete st Emerson
Hall, and Alvin had insisted that sh,
should he there.
Il know no one" she said. Il hav
lived so much by myself. would b
afraid"
He laughed lightly.
You must come d" he said II hay
something TO tell you when the day
done"
And she had gone, with Mana t,
chaperon her. gone to learn the bitter
est agony woman's heart can know
She had been standing alone for
little time and she had wandered dow
TO a little green arbor and sunk upo
the low. rustic seat when suddcul
her own name fell upon her ears.
''She is rather pretty" woman
voice said. But ii is ont Of place
see her here. No one, You know, ca
tell who or what she really is.
protege Of the old master of Emerso
Hail.
No one can tell who or what 81
really is.
The words seemed TO ring throug
the girls brain, and it seemed for
moment as if life itself had LETT he
and then:
"What do YOU think of the futu
uonPn
'She is very beautiful, and she is
he mistress here?'
Yes the first speaker said;
heard that she aud Mr.. Emerson a