The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-21

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that she could not resist his pleading.
This belief received fullest confirmation
as her fair head dropped against his breast,
his arm enoircled her and their lips met
"A graceful picture In the moonlight saw
Reginald point up TO the marble group At
the head OF the fountain Then, with his
arm still about her they walked back %
tho ballroom entrance.
That night she came To me a. usual Ito
tell me all that happened 4" and with rap
ture beaminR eyes said that she had prom
ised 60 be Reginald's bride did not like
20 wound her in any way, but could not
help telling her that first cousins should
not marry She was not even alarmed.
Her eyes 50 full of love, smiled into mine,
rs she replied:
"God has always taught me what TO do,
aunty, dear. I've always felt when things
were wrong. | have no such conscious
ness now. I am so full of happiness, so
free from fear Of anything-oh dearest,
cannot explain. feel that everything
Reginald does is right. | have no will but
his have lost myself completely. II you
arc right In saying that / should not mar
~ Reginald" -she laughed softly and JOY
ously-"of course, though, you are mis-
taken-something must happen TO prevent
It,"
could have screamed in terror as she
uttered tho last words, for strange pres
cience OF evil came upon me, bringing
back wildly the memory of that other
time, ton years before, when as little
girl she lay in my arms. My face paled
and trembled SO that her attention was
attracted.
"Aunty, are you illp"
ono"
"You are so pale. You look frightened. I"
~ am frightened, dear but IL is foolish
When you said that something would hap
pen to prevent your marriage II IL were
wrong, had a sensation as of something
terrible threatening us. Ii Is nothing, OF
course. am very foolish tonight
She laughed merrily. "Oh, aunty, your
nerves are not in good order To think OF
being frightened at what said Why, of
| course nothing Is to prevent my being
| Reginald's wife. do not even dream OF
such thing
Certainly she did not. ! saw her asleep
| that night, and her face wore the happiest
| of smiles.
It is but few weeks since then-an age
| TO me- think that more happiness than
| falls to tho lot of most people in life OF
/ many years was theirs in that few weeks
| The smile Is still on Geraldines face.
saw IL there an hour ago, as folded hei
| white hands on her quiet breast and
| placed lilies about her. Reginald cannot
| claim his bride after all She was thrown
| from horse yesterday morning, fatally
| injured She recognized us both before SHE
| died Reginald, poor boy, and me- Love
| shone In her eyes, but not the all yielding
l love had so often feared for her, perfect
love, guided by heaven born wisdom.
| Reginald, she whispered, God has
interfered. He was not pleased at our be
trothal. l understand all now. No-do not
speak-listen. IL was not we'll You have
always been so brave in most things, nov
| you will learn that there Is a creator cour
age than you have ever known before-th
courage to live and suffer to subduo you
rebellious heart, to think of God befor
yourself No-listen still. have-so-lit
tie time You must be drawer and stron
ger than you've ever been, but for God
sake-not your own. You shall do this
kiss me now, darling
| cannot dwell on that parting between
them do not wish To sec ever again sucl
grief as Reginald's. feared for his rea
SON Geraldine Gained him. The suddei
change in her amazed me. She was tn
strong one. and he without will
| 81 wish I could bear all the pain 70
you, 4" she said after q pause to recover he
fast failing strength Il will help you
even-when I'm gone. Remember, shall
be-near you.
"Aunty. take caro- of Reginald" sh
whispered, with her arms about my neck
| She closed her eyes and grew so still that
believed life extinct In moment, how
ever. her lips moved TO frame the wor
"Goodby, she stretched out her hand an
caught Reginald's, and as he brought hi
face close to hers there was another fain
sound
"Be brave" And so she died Mrs, NJ
Murray Wilson in Home Magazine