Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-12-06

him up aud touch springs at intervals!
one can't unfortunately, and / feel
sure ! shall be made ridiculous. Your
so suppose may as we'll accustom
myself to the thought" she went on
with a shrug, land resolve to swallow
the whole hog without grimacing, but
do so loathe being made'to look like
u fool Are we here? Oh. my flowers.
The children have ithem perhaps? Yes.
look.
AS she walked up the church, just
touching her fathers arm, with Mrs.
Fellowes' two little nieces in white
gauze and water lilies. looking like a
pair Of lilies themselves for softness
and cool creaminess, trotting after her,
her mother from her chancel pew
For a minute she looked dazed and
frightened. then suddenly with a
broken smothered cry, she leaned for
ward and threw out both her hands to
her daughter, two big tears in her
eyes, and her face tremulous with a
great joy that was pain.
Mrs. Fellowes saw 1t: it was intense
ly pathetic to her and revelation.
She had at last at the end of all these
years, seen glimpse of this small,
golden-headed creatures motherhood
after all she was really human! She
hurried up. sat down beside her, and
gently brought her back to herself.
Hhnn xr,fth - hfrc 81 10, ha de-
caught in hers. as If she had been a
child. she looked at Gwen, and won
dered how on earth any girl with
stone for heart could look as divine
as she did. she looked round the
church, and every man, woman, and
child was worshiping her in audible
silence. There was not whisper, not
joke, not smile.
AS soon as the cake was cut, Gwel
went away to dress AS she passed
Mrs. Fellowes she whispered:
"Will you help me? want to speak
to you-Mary, Mrs. Fellowes will help
me to dress, and please don't cry"
she said YEARLY, Il shall see you
often, and-really, | have given you
no very special reason to cry for me-"
She half laughed, then she stopped
and kissed the old woman's cheek.
you have always been SO good to
me, come and see me before l co.
When Mary had disappeared chok.
ing, Gwen turned to the glass and be-
gan to take off her bracelets.
"Sit down and let me take off your
wreath" said Mrs. Fellowes.
II wish had done as Mr.. Fellowes
suggested" said Gwen at last, playing
had given her, "and looked through
that marriage service: it Is degrad-
ing thing to lie as | have done today.
might have been any mind
ed vulgar woman perjuring myself for
a settlement. You see, | am marrying
as sort of experimentation, don't,
you gave my hair an awful PULL
Humphrey knows it, but | didn't
realize that I should actually have to
swear to a lie-no experiment Is worth
that. have put myself in false po-
sition," she continued, stirring irrita-
bly,, from having told those miser.
able blatant lies. | was never at a
wedding in my life in the church, |
always managed to escape that part
and | really never thought of the
words, love. honor. and obey, in any
solemn, binding, personal connection
On the whole, it is pity for women
not to have been reared on Bibles and
prayer-books, 1t might keep them from
some pitfalls, and no doubt the ordi.
nary mother Is useful too, in such
cases"
Mrs. Fellowes heart quivered pain
fully, and her hands trembled as she
twisted up coil of Ovens hair that
had come loose. She had suspected
the truth very early in the day, but
all through her short engagement
Gwen had kept both her and the rector
at arms length.
"When found out what really was
In for went on Gwen; 'it was too late
to draw back-no, 1t wasn'tr' she
cried, "the habit of lies Is growing on
me, but then l was ashamed, too much
OF a coward"
This Is very sad" sold Mrs. Eel
loves at last, sit is so sad. dear, that
one can hardly speak of 1t. No wom-
an has the right to try experiments, to
play pranks with hearts and souls.
You deserve-ah, what brute | am!
l have no right to scold you, my poor
Gwen, you'll have to pay dearly
enough for your play. You will know
some day what you have done" said
she, laying her soft warm cheek down
on the girls head in the caresslng way
she had when Gwen was a child, then
you will suffer ah. child, how you
will suffer! But 1t Is Humphrey one
feels for now. Gwen, you must not let
him feel you are so far from loving
him."
"He knows. You don't suppose I
lied to him?"
HE knows in way. but he doesn't
realize the knowledge, nor does he
quite know the material he has to
work on. or how the twist came into
the warp and wool of It. Gwen, don't
let your horrid truthfulness make you