Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-05


rachel was entirely forgotten sbo
"ouie come IN sometimes to So him hnt
ne would always be sleepy or watcbin,,
Tor Helen and would not talk IN bor
one uay Mary cav her eyes filed with
tears, ana she put her arm around be,
Don t cry, Rachel he will see the ligh,
by and by" she said, and Rachel brol,o
uoWn ana soooed, II used to think he
cared Tor me, but he don't now"
one day Mary said to him. willie
uon thlnk you treat Rachel lust right >
out he never heard her Willie was n
long time getting we'll Another man
liao taken his car, but the superintendent
saio he was at liberty to 60 back anv
time when he was able. The policeman
too, was in a hurry for Willie IN ga,
Wei Mary had promised him that the
friendship begun last year over the onion
beds should terminate in a happy we'd
ding, and he had been scanning intentlv
the house hunters directory for a suit.
able place to put his bride Just as soon
as she would consent to become his
one day Willie made up his mind IN
tell Helen when she came again inst
how much he loved her, and when she
came in and sat down at his feet and
looked at him with her great liquid dark
eyes, full of tender solicitude, and asked
him how he was, he took her hand and
attempted to speak, but could not.
you are weak yet, aren't you. Mr..
Leef How angry you ought to be with
me for having been the cause of all your
trouble. But you'll hurry up and get
well by Easter, won't your" And she
childishly laid her cheek against the
hand she held. DO you know, | am
going to be married on Easter Monday.
and want you to come to my wedding"
$50 to her wedding! Go to her wed
ding! He said it over to himself. then
the room grew dark and everything
seemed uncertain and he tainted
sit is warm and he is still so weak,
and suppose | talked him to death"
she said TO Mary, who came in answer
to her alarmed calling.
Mary was quick witted and sine knew
pretty nearly what had happened, and
she told "Teddie" all about it that even
ing and said she loved Willie, of course,
but she thought he had treated Rachel
badly and may be this would be les
son to him.
For several days Willie was too weak
to sit up again in the easy chair He
seemed helpless and unconcerned as to
whether he got well or not Helen had
not been to see him since the night he
fain hn
ding preparations and just stopped at
the gate one day to ask if he was better
and wondered if Mary thought he could
come to her wedding
"No, do not think he can go" Mary
said, and she said it coldly, and Helen
did not come again.
1t was the day of Helen's wedding.
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 bouquet
of Easter flowers and placed them on his
table There were violets among them;
everything to remind him of her just
in the dusk of evening Rachel herself
8
door to see if he was asleep, and as hi;
ewes were closed she concluded that h,
: was She sal down on the low stoo
and as her face was partially turned
away from him Willie opened his eye:
and looked at her slyly.
lie never thought Rachel pretty be
fore. In fact, he had never thought
much about her but now as she sat be
tween him and the fading light he noted
the roundness of her cheek, her white
throat. and the pretty curls of brown
hair around her face and neck.
81 wonder if she would do just a.
Helen did had she been in her place, he
said to himself Would she have come
here and made me love her and Their
have cruelty told me she was going to be
married? Yes, | suppose she would wo
men are all alike, coquettes, every one
of them.
) Rachel was thinking over her life, anc
by some strange, uneXplalnable mes
: merle sympathy Willie's mind went bacl
e over the past too What a friend sh'
: had ALWAYS been to him and Mary, ant
how brayely she had fought her owl
battle of life thus far "She is nobl'
little woman" he said to himself, "anC
wish was worthy of her." Then the
e clock struck, and Rachel started up She
t drew a half signing breath, paused
i moment then stopped over him ant
$ lightly tolched his lips with hers, BE
fore he was aware what he was doing III
i had passed his arm around her neck anC
r pressed her head to his breast do yo'
e then love me, little Rachel?'
y They say love is eloquent by whomeye
p spoken, and Willie was certainly clio
o ouent. The love that was shut up in IN
h heart all turned and told itself seemlngI,
It without his aid to Rachel, and whel
/ Mary came in she found them slttln'
hand in hand. a new sweet light III thel
n faces.
= When the June roses blossom Their
n will be double wedding in the little cot
ii tace and ''reddie" and Willie will botl
N be happy, Willie has gone back to HI
= car He says he likes the road and IKE
X the work. and blesses the day that goo'
T. r. rune came to him through misfortune
/ Katherine Hartman in Dansyllle "A"
lrrt.ser
Is A Big Windfall.
e The English pasterer who has bee
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