The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-12-30

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pale clean over
The paIIid face. and
accumulated tho dorlls6me r DOM of
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soon She would bc at rest The male
moon was siov,Iy rising over the
mount,ins covercd with m icv sbrond.
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haen IJnc, f,ir ma sweet sbr had
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come his wife the hard look deem
encd In his cyas. he sn,nr.sseo a sob
md ,nrnnd sid hat sbc ni,rht not
observe his sufycrir%
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mont an nne,,' no ,nmttcre6 borsLlv n
look If terror, crecninCr over his heard.
cd fnca ..fnr ,t,yns n. vrong thing
nrtur all To do n frIIer-crcetur
stole bor tb,t.ss,r,,in- f,,. sb, ,yo,,IJ
a married him surci WrIi Davr Me.
Cutcheon aIlus he'd the hest o. every
thing. and it seemed a lcetle hard
that he should get Mary. too and i
| I'd loved her ali her. lifni'
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eyes sought ms race with look OF
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cnechS' thSh reeeI'hE' leaving nun as
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the pho" before MN.
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care ana placed 1t beside IT'S mother
lief weak hhhu rested tehder'E upon
the Ittle uoWny mead, ana all the
grand seti-abnegatlon OF holy mother
hood Mashed INTO the lnaing eyes
Foor NIUE creature. Foor httle
mother ess lainp. she whispered IN q
: quavcring voice; soon to be alone.
5 joe Is TINS punishment Tor our sin'
: AZ was SIN; uear' an" an slh prlhB9
~ oW" pun S""hcr OF I"tCr'
nau Pto"i'seI i,"'c I" 'e "'' WIG
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, than IScnt Mar" he INTERRUPTED her
vchemcntiv.
She sighed.
MAYBE so. But was wrong in
, letting the preparntions 20 on for the
wedding-my wedding with Dave Me.
Cutcheon, when all the time my heart
was yours. Joe, truly yours He had
b en- driver for the Yellowstone Park
stare for SO long, aud he was hand
some and dashinr enough to please
nnv woman's eyes: but he never
touched my heart Joe, never No
man ever made me feel thrill of love
but YOU: | have loved you always.
dear. and you have been good and
kind to me. Heaven bless you for it.
Only, lying here on my deathbed, |
see more clearly now than ever be-
fore; and | see, dear, that no sin ever
prospers long, and punishment follows
closely in the footsteps of wrong
doing. You and loved each other
dearly passionately; but loved my
father, too-poor old father!-and his
heart was set upon my marrying Dave.
So | weakly let things drift along,
until the very night before my we'd
ding arrived.
",rhen YOU came to me, looking so
wild and haggard. so sad and full of
suffering. that ali my heart went out
to Won with one mad leap, and said
that could not marry Dave McCutch-
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