The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10

her voice trembled and she turned her
face away.
repeated to her that it was impossible;
that she must have known it; that
/ never intended to deceive, or to have
my visits misconstrued, and, if such had
been the case, that ] implored her for
giveness but she made me no reply, and
when / took her hand to bid her good
by / found that it was as cold as ice and
/ saw then that her eyes were full OF tears,
but she answered me not word.
turned away and slowly passed down
the walk, where now / realized that we
had all too often gone together, but as l
stepped out into the street | looked back
ward and she was standing there still
where had left her, with the moonlight
full upon her, and my soul was full OF in
expressible regrets. fearing that / had
played a dishonorable part.
Do you know that years afterward l
learned that this same cousin all this
time was deeply in love with her himself,
and that he had constantly urged ME TO
go with her in order to prevent others from
seeking her society, whom he feared as
rivals; that he subsequently, proposed TO
her aud was rejected. He is now occupy
ing high judicial position.
Not long after this she also refused the
hand of a celebrated lawyer and politician
and who now is occupying one of the
highest offices in the United States. She
is still unmarried, but | never met her
after that memorable evening until three
years ago in Washington at one of the
presidents receptions. She was very cor
dial and seemed not a day older than
when we had last parted. During orr
conversation, however, ] could see, or
cpQTpad IN nneasinnoIix- ha~I
lines drawn about her mouth and the
thought came bubb!ing up after all. who
knows. for ut might have been"
Do you know, my friend, that a thou
sand times l have censured myself in that
matter and for that very experience I
have never ceased to urge young men
never to even seemingly trihe with
the affections of lady associates and yet
for all ! in fact know it never caused her a
moments thought. ! hope it never did.
/ sincerely and devoutly wish that knew
it never did.
l returned home married and settled
down 10 my profession, and | went to
work with an earnest worthy Of the high
est success. l found in home and home
life all the happiness that could possibly
flow from such relations and we
were also reaping the full
measure of blissful enjoyment
flowing from the companionship of two
most interesting and promising daughters,
when |, in the midst OF successful prac-
tice, received in performing a surgical
operation, blood poisoning. At the end
OF many months, having suffered beyond
measure, a mere shadow of my former
self, l was just putting my feet on the
solid ground once more, when everything
Il IoI l. H.
the grossest villainry of a lifelong friend.
Fearing the evil effects OF this most I'M
fortunate stroke upon nv health, not vet
fully restored, my brave little wife offered
to take charge of and manage for the little
girls and urged me for q time to 90 to new
fields. new scenes and new faces and | did
80, and now you have nv story and the
reason why | came to Mexico and have
worked with such hope. courage and I'M
f1inchiug devotion. l hope to make up at
an early day for lost fortune, rs I had
before this accident, you know, regained
my health, and then l shall return to the
scenes of other days and enjoy home once
more where my heart is"
A month later and Newman came riding
into my camp accompanied by his wife,
who rode like princess, and doubtless is
one. save in title only. Having heard of
her husbands misfortune she had come
unbidden to nurse him back to health. l
found here very agreeable and most COM
panionable and was delighten TO see
how quickly she adapted herself to life in
a Mexican mining camp, and her good
cheer put broad smile on all our faces.
And the miners at the camp for three
miles dec AIRED that they had scrubbed
out and tidied up the first time in year,
hoL haor1 fhara
American lady in the country and they
hoped they might be favored with a call.
She had. indeed, clear gray eyes, hair
blue black, very heavy, soft and waivy.
She was above medium hight and had an
elegant figure, which her riding habit dis
played to admirable advantage. Her
face, though not what might be called
handsome, was most pleasing, and in con-
versation lii up with ever-changing and
continuous charms, while her voice was
simply indiscribable. Somewhere l have
read, but l know not where, that the
face strikes the eye, but that the voice
goes to the heart, and in her case this
was eminently true. now began to COM
prehend Newman's wonderful devotion
and realize why he always spoke in such
glowing terms of his charming wife, for,
in truth, she richly deserved it all. One
day l handed Mrs. Newman the above
manuscript. and when il was returned at
the bottom she had written the following:
Thanks for the kindly record and the
very generous manner in which you have
referred to myself, but not until you have
known Clarence Newman a lifetime will
you be enabled to realize the fullness of
his noble, self-sacriicing nature. And
while in the pathway of duty my feet
have often grown weary and my heart
ached with the trials and disappointments
/ have had to bear, still ! can truthfully
say that l ever bless the day when / took
the VOW for better, for worse, and as |
now look back over my married life l
realize fully that the sunshine of his
matches love has always lit up the
waste, gloomy and dark places in my
journey, and tonight it sinks down with
renewed power into the heart OF the best
contented and happiest of wives"
Asa HEARTS.