Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1893-05-26

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HE HAD SEIZED HER HANDS.
"Well." he replied. avoiding her gar
IF that isn't the reason l don't know
what il il. Perhaps ! had "a cause
good while ago
And Won have forgotten what ii
was" she said. laughing, but in hel
laugh there was more of sadness than oi
mirth. After IA time she asked, do you
think u mans love is as constant as a
womans:'
"Not ALWAYS. but sometimes" he an.
swered.
But DO yon believe that man or u
woman caL love twice with equal devo.
tion:"
Il don't know how il may be with
others" he answered. but | could never
love but once "
"Oh, you have been in love, then. hav Z
your"
Tomorrow we start for the grave. -
he said.
"Yes, but YOU have not answered my
question"
Il will answer il at the grave"
IL was the 3Oth Of last Nav. Henry
and Tress sat under the willow An.
other generation of school children had
brought violets from wild places and had
gathered blossoms on the mountain side
The grave was ablaze with red roses;
white dogwood blossoms and bluebells
The sun was low. The cows, ringing
their bells, We're going home. Henry
told IA story which so often he had r..
lated:
The skirmish was sharp. almost a
battle. and there was danger everywh-rv.
but John was too brave TO stand behind
the tree. | was not far away, and the
bullets We're buzZing thicker than bum
blebees in our meadow, but somehow !
was not afraid Of being hit.-my mind
was ceutered on John. What diiiereuc,
could it have made if had been shot
Don't talk that way she inter.
rupted.
But why should | have cared for my
self: There was no one at home waitin
for me To come back hero He paused
for a few moments. An increase in H.
firing to the left caused me to turn in thar
direction aud when looked back John
was down.
"You have never pointed out the pll,
where the hospital stood She said
He was silent for a time II don't like
TO think of the hospital"
why" she asked.
snl, ~, a.gatnt az Xvn,pa,,'"
you have answered me M the grave,
she SAID. looking away. you were y
love with her."
mo. ] wasn't, Tress."
EYES Won were
81 swear | wasn't"
"NcS. you were
"I'res~. hated her"
Hated her, What for?"
Because she WIS your enemy"
"My enemy! Henry, | don't know
what yOn mean. How could she be ,ny
enemy"
"She loved John"
"Oh, and Is that ALI"
All" he repeated. isn't thatI
enough:"
"But-but it's got 10 come now. John
loved her"
"How 20 you know" She was 81
quiet that he was surprised at her.
II might as well tell you all nov
Here He took from his pocket an old
and faded letter. He told me 10 give
you this, but | hadn't the heart. Rea
it."
The letter was brief II was the breaa.
ing Of an engagement. She read the let
ter and quietly handed it back to hin.
He gaZed at her in establishment.
Tres he cried, ION his deathbed |
he married that woman" She did no,
answer.
Il say he married her"
WELL"
as it possible? Tress, ought TO have
told you--ought TO have given you the |
letter-but / Thought you worshipel
him. And why have you decorated his
grave all these years.
Because he was your brother"
"What! I-I-dOn't"-
Henry, oh, how stupid you have been,
YOU
She did not complete the sentence. H
had seized her hands. "Merciful heaven.
girl, have always loved your
And, precious, never loved John, be.
cause loved you, but was afraid you
would despise me if were not true &c
his memory. You engaged me to him.
don't know how, but you did"
The sun was down, and the music OF
the cowbells was far away.
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