The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1895-03-28


you"
lips against that soft round cheek,
blushing so prcttily now.
Try me, Minny. swear TO you
those dear eyes shall never shed tears
from any word or act of mine. have
loved you since you came out In the
light that dismal night and | thought
you little girl"
"And / loved you," she whispered,
lifting her tousled head from his arm,
"when you looked 81 disgustedly
amazed at things in that ranch that I
told you, and all Of n sudden smiled on
me as you are smiling now. Craig,
mean to try and be grown-up and good
always"
mo, no just be yourself And, now,
dear, go smooth your hair and get your
things on. We will be married in the
quietest way. / know couple of fell
lows / can get for witnesses; we can
pick them up on the road"
She jumped up. all rosy and smiling.
At the door she looked back. MAY
take the dog, Craig?" she said, hesitat-
ingly.
He smiled. 'Of course" he said re-
signedly. "You don't have to ask
may I?' we are comrades, you know.
by the way, tell the chambermaid to
pack your trunk. Pay her. We will
go away in the early afternoon.
want to be free from all memories"
She kissed her hand as she ran away,
and he, somewhat dazed Mt the turn
matters had taken, looked out on the
street with unseeing eyes. In his
heart, though, he was happy, delirious-
ly so. He had loved her from the first,
and there had been few holidays in his
busy life He would forget that
ghastly spccter lying at the morgue in
Denver, and for months live for love.
The world lay all before them; they
would put the past by.
81 will steal my happiness from life, +"
he cried. Let the world condemn
me. l can fight her battles; and no
man knowing my story and hers, see
ing her frightened, tortured by that
maniac's memory, would do otherwise
than do now"
Mrs. Minny appeared in her jaunty
traveling-suit, her sealskin jacket, a
dainty dotted veil over her hat, and
her dog under her arm.
81 never get married like other peo-
ple," she said, cheerfully. Look at
me in these clothes; and the other time
l had on an old dress, too"
Oliver WINGED. perhaps at the third
you'll have better luck, my pet"
"I have said som ething awful, l sup
pose" she laughed, but am so happy
don't care, and said good-by to that
ghost room. Oh, I'm so glad I've got
somebody alive to be with"
81 believe you are going to marry me
out of fear" he said, as they drove
along in the carriage.
"You don't think that, sweetness,
she said contentedly; 'and you have
got your lovely look. You always were
like man out of a novel to me. A
city bachelor, Aunt Hannah says
Won't she be surprised? but, do you
know, she said had leanings towards
you all the time?"
Mrs. Minny was very reserved wher
the two strange gentlemen JOINED
them, and when the marriage service
was being read trembled n little, unit
Skye yawning dolefully-he had no
slept we'll, poor dog, in the hote
cellar-madc her smile, and she wa'
radiant when the solemn ceremony
was over. They were married in {
shabby parsonage of an out-of-the way
church, by an underfed parson II
threadbare clothes, and Minny's gen
erous heart rejoiced when she caugh
glimpse of fifty-dollar bill Olive,
paid for the few moments talk tha
meant so much-the' ceremony that is
after all, the strongest link in tn,
chain of human happiness.
Oliver had told his two friends some
thing of the events preceding thi
strange marriage, SO they were tactfu
enough to say the right things at tn,
little dinner the four had in the yer,
private room where Minny had eater
the day before. Skye behaved prett,
well, and the only cloud on his mis-
tress' brow was when one of tn
strangers stupidity asked If the dol
was going on the wedding trip.
'Of course" she said, decidedly.
''Of course" echoed Oliver, meekly
and the two guests smiled the old, oil,
smile of the married man who knows.
1T was little like Hamlet" MINI.
whispered when she and her husband
and of course the dog, drove to tn
depot-'the wedding-feast."
He laid his finger lightly on her lips
"Sweet, there are things best unsaid
"You will find me so full OF faults,
she sighed, in remarkable meelness
"Skye, give me your paw; this is you
new papa, and If he gets cross, why,
can pet you. 1t will be no new expert
ence to you, unhappy dog"
Then Oliver laughed and hugged hei
what a child you are!" he said.
At the depot he sent telegram t
DIR. John:
"I have married Mrs de Restaud We ar
OF on a trim and want 10 hear nothing fror
Denver. Tell my clerks / won't he home fc
four months Have sent word to Jones
Bailey 10 take my cases / am happy, and sh
is divine. We have the dog along
CRAIG OLIVER" "
When, after two months absence
Oliver telegraphed DR., John to forwar
his mail TO st, Augustine, the first LEI
ter he opened was one Addressed t
himself from Newcastle, Me. Mrs
, Minny leaned on his shoulder as h
: read:
DEAR Mr. OLIVER; The first thing sa
on my getting home from Paris, France, was
letter IN my niece Minnys unreadable ham
; | writing. which she says is Italian, but Is
hard TO read as o picket fence. would hay