Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-10-10

coming all the way nome Wnen gniS
leave-time comes, for the express pur-
pose OF setting his cap-and q jaunty
true blue one 1t is-at you, though you
do not know 1t. just a little while
only a little while-and you viii be
telling sympathlzing yodng lady
friends that ian officer in The navy is
a gentleman, you know, dear; and
there Is something nicer in a sailor
thar a doctor; he has such nasty
things to do sometimes" meaning the
doctor has, of course. Laura does
not mind that in the least. but she
was always odd, you know; and for
me, / like sailors best, by a great
deal"
When Mr.. Grimshaw left Kenmore,
the old house on the hill did
not remain empty long, nor did the
sick and ailing continue to supply
overwork for any great length of time
for DR.. Green. For the second time
DIR. Leonard brought home bride,
and to the same quaint nest Of a home,
perched on the hill. and looking over
the ocean; not a brilliant, pampered
beauty. bit grave, sweet-faced
woman, beautiful only in her purity
and gentleness, and he- exceeding
strong love.
III DIR. Iennard's eyes she was per-
lection, and on her love his tired heart
rested safely. When lie held her in
his arms. 1t was no beautiful mocking
vision that he clasped, racking him
with PARKWAY glimpses Of what might
have been. but a slender loving
woman, all his own to the core of her
warm heart, and doubly precious in
his sight because Of the past sharp
pain. wrestled with in silence so long
and so hrayely.
Lefty Leigh was no more, and with
the maiden name was buried the
maiden troubles on the day that new
life opened before her, as Mrs. Len
nard of the hill.
The doctor, too, was changed on that
day. The upright handsome man,
with the ready smile and the quick
firm tread, Is not much like the grave,
somewhat stern gentleman we have
known hitherto, and his friends and
neighbors did not fail to notice 1t. TT
was a thing so marked and unlocked
for that they could in no way account
for it; but as we who are wiser know,
Love works wonders" and Love is
still the lord OF all.
AS years flew by and little feet pat
tered up and down, and shrill baby
voices rang through the old house, it's
master seemed to grow younger and
handscmer than ever. And when
friends, looking at the kindly intel
lectual face, and heaikenlng to the
rich tones of the genial voice, eompli-
mented Dr. Lennard on his improved
looks, softer light would come into
his eyes, a faint tinge of color to his
pale cheeks, and he would tell them,
half proudly, half laughingly, that
they must thank his wife for The
change.
Lefty. glad and happy in her pros
porous matronhood, never forgot the
past. Safe among the treasures in the
pearl and ebony work-boX, that useN
to hold Ernest Deyereux's scented
missives, lay tiny drab satin shoe. |
Looking at 1t, she often recalled the
time when that little shoe, all sRined
and torn, had dragged the veil from
her eyes, and burned hot bushes oe
shame into her face by the tale 1t told.
She thought of that time now, not
with bitterness, not sadly even, but
just little wistfully, for she felt and
knew that but for it she would have
been a moro thoroughly light-hearted
woman now that her time of joy and
peace had cone.
The chain had worn in deeper than
ever the doctor, looking at her placid
face, could know; and little of its
CALLING smart ranked in her heart
ever vet, whenever she thought Of it.
But, withal. there was no bitterness.
Safe and unspeakably content as
Paul Lennard's wife, his only true
wife in heart and soul, though she
was his second wife, she had pity, and
pity only for the memory Of the mis-
guided woman, who, in her wilful
blindness and jealousy, went so near
near wrecking both their lives. This
poor. brilliant Pauline, who had
fretted herself into her grave, singing
all about her in her yenomous spite,
had worked, by means Of that same
pitiful spite, great i'll both in her life
and after her death. But her evil
power was ended forever, and the rec
objection Of ii only brought a graver
shine to the clear gray eyes, and
more chastened light of gladness over
the comely. winsome face of DIR. Len
nards second wife.
The End