The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-12-19


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the LoueRnunot, IN i6r ,qa.i T4ep tfa
dreams - i dreamer Inc tIir., for L,,,td
lc.. wealth tho s,b,f5,.. tl,4t,r.,,f .,.tf,5
latjon tho bur.t bttf,f,. tl.,v.,.,l. r,.,,,,,.-.
drowned in ,vartI,l.-. ,ii.-inatio,@ .I,.d,..
serted wifi the divorce
Thu clinujf,y- were all ,bsrei,,tas, lftt4s
leather wallet Ju.t ff.o na.4.lon ~ -.
divorce secured by ..off l,... -. ,.,..@,
rier who lad zone ia smash and ,......
five years before
And that MAS all ten Y..if-#5t,o
Chri,tuastide had conn. #r4,.,,.#. ...
ril Thompson had bronsit. a#ti.l,. .=.....
the major How wa, he ~ I...os .....
strange friend feared lin, f..aa.,r .#4...,
a scalded cat breads vyaf.f. 1rYf.ft
that he pitied him. and iu f.- rfat f....
that some day he ntilsbf kI,4a I..,uts#
ton into the major. dead -oal
you see. major. I'm going Ia t,Iarry 6rf
ANYHOW. sc he had explained. -.Ha ,,#ten
we're married vnu'll 6aveta f,iaf.d-
with her 50 it, lust a. well to 10 80 now
rs latcr
The major shock hi. le,d
u know youtrp a 1ni.oovpiat and Late
women. and All that .ort If him p,.r
sisted the bow. "but youDl have To love
Innise if you care for me. and-yen as |
said. it will only he a family marty I.oa's
a half ornhan you know lint her mothers
a hrirk and her consins are awrnlly nice
people. and Won re- sure to like them all
We'1l only 6urs4Iva. be ,hara and il Viii
be a regular Christmas dinner. with holly
and wv and ni.tIetoa
oh how fine maior hated Christmas it,
eladness and lis festivities, The very
memories of those nanny Cbri.tuascs of
the daad mast accentiiated that bate aud
imhittered if II was On Christmas day
thnt he had first dared ia kiss the woman
he had after,yard deserted They had
brongbt down from NV York th. mis- l..
toe from the OF her side of the sea He had
dared ia sratcb The liss she was DYING Ia
give AS She stood beneath il. white berriea
branches An tn r,st of I'm. merry ev,.n.
inc he had SAT drinking in her sweetness.
with all hi. ewes and later ON in tn. ni,,bt
whom only tbo two If th.,n ,vera tagntbar
he had bnilt the first of his dream ca.tle.
ms he sat brside her and kissed and cares-rd
her aoain
If all came back when Cvril mentioned
fine mi.tIrtoe There She stood in loo.a
wbite mnslin III. sunny brautv Of tbe
soutb The candle Upht sepned lanvLins
in her golden hair ms he annroncbed her,
tbe rod finish rose in bnrchrets Mt bistoncb
Ali that was loy4l
Bnt now love was all dead. all withcred.
MI rgonp III. Ionon,o
The maior cursed himself mn and down
for RECALLING il and anrrilv Harmed the
lnos,.# suI,. If his hoot AGAINST the r49istar
Cvril WAS pnur The maior hardly no.
ticed his absence lint eiacuiated "Ynu,rq
IA brick cyril my bovi', ms thmlgh he
thoIlpht the lad were near hy
In Inc dim lirht of the afternoon Cyril
had not moi iced tbnt the line. in his friend :
face were moro drawn thnn usual. that his
ewes were brighter than they had ever
seemed before. and that there wasa strange
nallor over mis- .rrav features Neither did
he notice murh tbr maid of all works in.
ouirv as himself all RIGHT sirsn Rnt
then vou seq he had not learned that il
WAS now three DAYS since the major had
stirr,d from his rnn,n
Asthe evening wore ON the major never
altered his attitude tbouph he lnnlnhl,d
stranpn things ia himself
First he enllrd himself n driyelino idiot.
then a hectic flush would mount hi, face
and he cxtollcd himself as a penitent mar
tyr
"Serycs Won right Won coward, serves
Won right" he muttered and his ewes
cleaned cxnltiprly. who's to pity YOU
now What uood are your dreams Won