Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-06-18
COUNTY DEMOCRAT: MINERAL POINT. WISCONSIN, JUNE IS 1896

The clergyman's great astonishment, b
l.oos slide his chair close to hers ane
his arm about her waist.
What is il all ahout?" faltertd I.os
trembling.
Read this, dear"
Loo hooked ut the heading and sud
denly clntNhcd the paper with both
hands, tutoring as she did 50 an in
ardculate Vry OF dismay. In anoths
minute her hands tell and her heaf'
sunk on AlNc's shoulder with grtNa'
sob White he held her and soothe"
her himself some what shaky. Mrs
Myers drew the minister aside and in
Il few rapid words explained the situ-
Ntjon,
II must HonE@mlAtc YOU" he said,
coming over "a her as soon as she
raised &T head, YOU have had a
heavy trial 10 bear and You have borne
Il nehly. | must hc going now but hops
to see you soon again"
Alec followed the minister to the
door and in a few minutes returned
"rhcrc' At 10 o'clock tomorrow
I morning he is comtnG over to marry
us he said, triumphanty,
Joshua claprcd his hands and cried.
"Encor' Encore Rully for you. Alec!
You have more w In YOU than any
other fellow | know"
4 Mrs, Myers smiled dclightedly, but
Loo shank into her chair and muir
mured
"Nh \lcc ~ SOON"
Soon do you call that soon'
I Ncvent We had delays and dangers
enough Resides. mother told me to
bring YOU homo right away; 1t was abe
who hustled me OF to Liverpool 30 rs
to get back quicker"
May IA we'll cave In Loo: hos ter.
rnr Is Alec when he knows he's In the
right an do think he's In the right
now ON Won so 10 the stable and
hitch M the buggy, young man; you
and ! shall drive into town and got the
license and tomorrow Wen have tho
wedding"
At plrka'. q fortnight later, MIR and
Mrs Marin sat at tea In the calm OF
tho summer evening
ut is worry strange Alec has never
Written OF his arrival"
Very hut he's so we'll uneXpect
ed In HIS wAys | shouldn't wonder Il
he wero to walk In on us ono Of these
days"
oh but he would surely telegraph
his arrival He Will have his wife now
and he more conventional
WIN hcP Not much. mother mine"
laughed Alec pcepIng round the open
door Come In Loo" and he led In
his Wife, having brihcd the servants
not to announce him, but to show
where hIa father aud mother were TO
be- found
"Oh. Hilda' IIlda Strathern" cried
Mis- Marin "Oh. child, how Hike how
cry like your mother You are' Let
me kiss you again for her sake. You
are, indeed welcome home"
There, Loo. didn't | tell YOU 500"
aaid the young bridegroom, trium-
phantly DO YOU know" he said turn
ihb " hlH lhlu'I hHf WIS almost
afraid to come; didn't think SHE was
good enough and all that"
Loo felt indeed, ,he could never bo
half good enough as Mrs Marin with
her arm about her, took her upstairs
to the pretty room provided for her,
and kissing her again said Now, my
dear, this Ia home and I hope YOU will
Hike It,"
But II was not In Alec Marin to sottle
down into the quiet life OF well TODD
country gentleman III stil hnnkercd
after Tho profession he had chosen:
and. as he explained enthusiastically
his marriage with Loo was no him
drnnro TO his studying for It now.
Hence II coma that while the old laird
and his wife, loving and beloved by all
cantichow0 stll do the honora at
lIIrka, brass plate on the door OF
house In a handsome street In London
bears the name Of "Dr. Alex Marin"
the celebrated specialist. whose dlscoy-
cries In medical science are so dcsrev-
cdly appreciated by the faculty
Ear too busy man is he 10 run
down more than once in two years 10
Birka', although every summer brIngs
Loo, welcome as the flowers In May.
But whose arc those three children
whose shouts wake the echoes In Birka'
woods2 That little lad In the navy
blue, Of whom the old folk of Cantie-
howe say with pride, "Ay, he's just
Alec over again an he was just the
tOon's terror Who s he, anyway?
tThe End