Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28

AT least it seems to have made you
cheerful; cannot say that it has had
the same effect on me- replied the
respondent young lady I never felt
less cheerful in my life"
y on want a co panion, my dear,
slyIy.
''Humphn'
Miss Corunna would cclne, [ dare
say
oh, pray do not ask her, granny,
pray don t." in great alarm. 81 feel as
If !: could not bear Miss Cor ,7nna, nor
any one else Just now. [ love Miss
Corunna but don want her, indeed
DON'T | only want to be let alone. [
shall be all right soon. By tomorrow,
[ dare say. Dear with swift re-
turn to gentle tenderness, dear, [ am
very sci sh. Try to forgive me. You
know am unhappy; but ought not
; let you suffer for it, dear, good, kind
granny that you are" and the evening
ended in each others arms.
by tomorrow, lndeed!' whispered
granny to herself, tears and laughter
,ruggling with each other in her
Looom. ''By tomorrow, my sweet
Geraldine? Yes. indeed. | can we'll
, be lieve there will be another face by
to- Orrow "
Fer she knew by this time that all
Was right and that the magician who
WIS to trans orm cloud and mist, de-
lection and gloom into sunshine and
g adness. was already at his post, and
unl!saWaiting that morrow's dawn to
begin MS delightful task.
The next morning Geraldine was
missing at noontide.
''COne OF to the burnside, ma am, to
her old place beneath the waterfall
where she used to fish," cheerfully ex-
planned the wh1te-headed domestic,
who read in this return to happier
mood than had characterized the even
ing before. ''She did not take her
there all the same. for Hector here
saw her cross the road, and away up
through the birken wood. -
II think" said the lady shortly after,
when repeating this to q third person
who had walked up from the Gerry
Inn," whore he had managed to en-
dure the night, though it had not been
an agreeable one. Il think, Sir Fred
erick, you know the place. It is some
where near that waterfall that we hear
now" for they were standing outside
the house as she spoke -'of course [
can send some one to show you the
way, but -" he was off almost ere he
could repudiate the idea.
Nothing could have been better.
Geraldine in her own enchanted nest
of fern and heather, in the spot where
in he had first beheld her, the spot
whereupon he had won his first tri-
umphs. Could he have wished for
better omen now?
And there she was!
He did not call her, as he drew near.
She was standing on the self-same
ledge OF slippery rock whereon he had
startled her that afternoon three years
ago, and standing so near the edge
that he burst not risk startling her
again,
He was almost afraid to move, or to
breathe and it seemed ages ere she
turned. and slowly and sorrowfully as
it seemed, moved with downcast eyes
toward him.
At length she was close by his side
on the confines OF the long, rank,
dripping grass, and then one word
rang out bold and strong -"Geral-
dine!'
| Geraldine did not scream, nor faint,
nor fall this time. She only stood
quite still, while the color slowly left
her cheek, her blue eyes dilated, and
her lips fell apart.
Who was this: spoke9 What
did he there?
Was he-was she were they both
where were they, and what did it all
mean?
She swayed gently forwards. and
once again found herself clasped in the
same strong arms that had held her in
| the self-same spot before.
x1>.o hi
| further.
Il shall not let you go this time"
! whispered voice in her ear. 81 have
you asst: and, Geraldine, will know,
[ will know the truth at last. You
lied to me III London Oh, my darling,
my darling, you did; know it, [ am
sure OF it, and now there there,
don't weep so bitterly-or, if you will,
let me kiss away the tears. Geraldine.
| love you. and [ must love you
whether you will or not be generous
and forgive, and let us both be happy.
| Nay, don't hide your face"-but he
! found the way to it presently.
She could not struggle with him
| could not choose but hearken to him
could not but be happy in her cage.
And Bellenden knew his ground by
this time, and was very sure that half
meas res would be productive OF only
half content.
Before he left that damp and de-
lightful (but sadly rheumatic, spot. he
mad obtained all he wanted, the fair
hand that lay in his had been prom
ised him, the heart pressed to his own
had been allowed to be his already.
And he had obtained forgiveness for
all the past.
And the only word : about the
only word = that had been dropped out
on the other side, had found vent in a
murmur go soft that is had been al
most inaudible. ''Still, you know, / do
think that you shouldn't shouldn't
shouldn't have quite-quile treated
me as if I had been mere child"
mo. I shouldn't" acknowledged
the happy lover, ready to acknowledge
anything. "Shall I promise l shall
never do so any more?"
THE END.
Mrs. Gladstone in Politics.
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