St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-01-13

I ut was like a dream" he answered,
Il half doubted its reality. was
thinking of what a lucky fellow wa.
to get You, my angel"
Clarence kissed her. Some poet
speaks Of the rushing together of two
souls to lovers lips and meeting there
IN kiss. This,bar has received flat.
tering Endorsement from a thousand
pairs of young lovers. How the kiss
Of love thrills the blood Of youth. How
| it condenses all the sweetness of life
time into one ecstatic moment. Other
hours may well afford to be dull since
their nectar is compressed into the low
ers' kiss Let the pendulum Of time
swing slowly when young lovers meet
in the electric touch OF q kiss, in tEe
poetry Of melted glances, in the elo-
qucnt pressing of hands.
The train pass cd a familiar street
whose long line of glimmcrlng lights
stretched rs far as the sight could
reach. affording q passing glimpse of a
massive church, black and gloomy look
ing, towering into the night.
TO the two young people who saw it
from the window of the passing train it
! would always be dear spot.
doesn't it look deserted, now?" she
cried, II wonder il they took all the
pretty decorations awayT'
The train had proceeded haltingly at
first but now rs it neared the suburbs
it was dancing along at y fair speed. 1t
shot past side streets, running off into
the dark; the gloom here and there was
illuminated by the red lights of saloons
and billiard halls Sleepy looking po-
icemen and watchmen stood at the
corners .@r
1t did not once occur to the happy
young couple in the sleeper that the
world was pursuing its daily round.
just as if they had not been married at
all. To them. everything seemed to
have caught the spirit of the happiness
they were experiencing. The lights
blushed with a sympathetic glow; the
train rumblcd along musically. Even
the passengers must feel that this was
an extraordinary occasion. And the
world outside that was reeling past the
windows; here bristling with number
less lights, and there running off into
hopeless blaclness and gloom, seemed
full of new beauty.
Are you very happy, Mabel?" he
asked. t.l.- IT..
Very she said. ''and are you quite
sure that you are as happy as il it had
been Laura Deane instead of me?''
He laughed. II never asked her to
accept the honor" he said. ''fcrhaps
she would not have appreciated it if
had. As 1t is, am more than salts
fed" -ss.
did you think she looked pretty to-
night?'' Mabel asked; Il suspected that
she felt . pang Of jealousy as she stood
beside me. Wouldn't both Of you havo
been glad il she had been in my placer
she added teasingly.
Il do not suppose such thoughts are
keeping her awake" Clarence said,
''but do fear that poor Jimmie Frank
Inns slumbers are badly disturbed to-
night, ch?"
DO you think so? l am sorry il it
troubles him. only hope that he is
quite as happy rs am"
Il used to think you had tender
have been jealousy in me-" i
II never cared for anyone but you,'
she replied. II didn't care snap for
single one Of the gentlemen who paid
me attention. You were the only one,
Clarence" .ass eai 'e
The lights of the city had vanished
behind. The train was roaring along
through the night The gloomy world
lay asleep; the locomotive dashed along
like a great. restless monster on some
momentous erYand. The semaphore |
signal and the operators light at
wayside station flashed by the window.
With his arm about her, Clarence
drew her head to his shoulder. To'l
have her all his own for the rest of his |
life was joy enough for him. Uncon-
sciously, his mind ran ahead into the |
future; he saw themselves living hap |
PLY together, loving each other none |
the less after the passage of years Ma
turity had added swecter charms to |
her. Through all the years TO- come she |
would listen for his football coming |
home aud would meet him 1t4he door
with smile and kiss His wife. His
pulses throbbed, delightfully."- at the
Neither .pore; He wa. t,l,e.. with
blissful reveries She. tired and
weary, was resting her head confiding-
y upon his shoulder. No words were
leeded to give utteraucc to their happi-
,ess. It was enough to know that
hey were each others and that they
we're together.
Only the monotOmous murmur of the
rain broke the silence. The passen-
.ers had sought relief from weariness
a slumbers and the only light that
,urned in the car was that hidden be-
leath the pink shade. ir.a; RI
Rousing himself from the delightful
rain of thought into which he had
allen, he stopped to kiss her. The
'rown head was dropped 50 low upon
lis arm that the face was q uite hidden
rom his gaze. she was perfectly still.
Tery tendsely he lifted her head until
er eyes looked straight into his A
livery tear glistencd upon her lashes.
he look she turned upon him was one
. could not understand. They gazed
,utely at each other for m instant,
hen his eyes dropped to her folded
ands While he was thinking Of the
nture, she had slipped his watch from
is pocket .4
But it was not upon the dial that she
ad been gazing. While she had been
esting SO passively in his arms she was
,oking at tho picture of beautiful
hn~ srH~ ts,~A A. L ID.
he inside of the case.
He took the watch from her hand
uickly, and his eyes fell before the look