The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-12
Written for THE PROGRESSIVE FAFMER.l
ALGION FREYRE'S BRIDE.

pale clear face, light brown hair and
large, tender dark eyes. She was de
c;dsdly beautiful. Her q was
always facinatiUg, bat the chief feature
OF her beauty was her eyes in which
always dweiG such q f~ervidness as was
very uncommon. She had been Eupha
Vass. Algion Freyre had been intro
duced to her by a friend of hers at a
cal given at her Uucle's house. He
had loved. Three months ago they
had married, started OF their wedding
tour and now had returned to che
Lame hotel IL Lincolnshire.
Algion Freyer seemed to be The hap
piest man living, and, indeed, he had
d good reason to be. Having the as
suraLco Of g companion for life that ie
altogether lovely and in every way
agreeable will make any man happy.
And surely Eopha should have been
happy as a fairy, knowing that she
held first, last and all possessions Of
the heart OF "a man who was wealthy
enough and handsome enough for any
proud mans daughter. And, bert OF
all, q man whose aim was good and
@hCs9 nature was refined. Euphe
most generally sustained the culinary
vivaci5y toward her husband, and her
great dark eyes looked their usual fer
witness, but TO those who noticed, there
Eeemj d 20 be az air of duinesS about
her manner which seemed to suggest
that the best part Of her heart AMI
mjnd Nas absent. Her husband noticed
none of this and evidently believed II
his wlfe's love.
II was in August. Late one after
noon as the sun was setting Eupha
was seated on the hotel veraDda. Her
dress was a combination of lavender
and white. 1t revealed every curve OF
the pretty form it 8hrouded. White
satin slippers flushed On top with a
knot Of lavender ribbon inclosed her
pretty feet. Nestled III her golden,
brown hair was g bow Of the same
colored ribbon. What q picture! Ono
small hand hung ll~stlessly by her side.
In the ether she held a book that she
was not reading. Her head dropped
forward a little but her eyes looked
straight in front Of her away ii the
distance 0s if looking at the horizon.
Not far away in the band stand, the
band WAS playing. Freyr9 came ouU
and stopped qulIe q good way off and
looked aC her. she looked faiTer than
he had ever seen her before, and for
the first time he thought she looked
gloomy. In fact Ter attitude, the va
cant Heranda, the soft wind, the sun
set, tie gentle notes Ginning up from
the band stand seemed TO touch his
heart WITH q severe, AID awful lOnelI-
ness and that dear creature 5aere
seemed completely ~enveloped III 1t. He
stood there some time. Sac did nOJ
move, did not turn ner head, but kept
locking steadily in front OF her, mover
appearing TO be ware or his presence.
NOI.cIng this, he walked promptly 20
the side Of her char ana asked IL d
very soothing manner, 'Eupha, tell
ne what it IS. are you not feeling very
we'll TO-; ay? Are you thinking OF
something u~gpiea5ans2'
she did NOT raise her eyes, nor move
n any way, except that she gave a
quick, nervous gesture Of one tiny
slippered foot, So if he md spoken
somaUhing ste would fam not hear. A
lCok Of intolerance spread ever her
face ana she SD, "NoVhi: & q in
poEtaE,co 80 yJI, AigioG." Her voice
sounded cycI AID scarcely audible.
Ana Ecr gao EGst time no eaousnU ne
E3Llccd > tiage Of dI=aqreoaOi5ues5 IL
her ton He walked to the opposite
sd OF hex chair and ztold wi.h his
oack 10 her for q moment. When he
turned ag2jn no found her locking ~
81 him WIG ~ Cf tboae oeUsovo 5nills
a hic1 always m-Go hIs heart fuE OF
happiness a1d he weuJ Close up to ger,
already Teassugeu G1aE there ,.as E5th-
iaE Wroag wl5l E82ra. 2ba l0ukeG
straight up luJD lis flca aud sad,
whaCa lovely sunset Then s5e PusleG
away eoua9 ~hsys Juaa roses she ,sore
On her bosom ana handed then 90 ai1l
5Je r,s9 inl1c lattiy aud Elss-G her
3G.OaLt On ms clsek. -hen sWen, from
tie veTan6a ike a Ouy:-. fly. lie stood
looking a. U4a tune roses see u.G given
MN ard thinking Of Cho woEGs=1e a4u
spoken. "sNh&C a lovely sunset She
Tad ss1d it looking .na2 bis fac5 . #
she meant, not the real sunset, ou5 too