Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-24

kiss, dear" He took her In his arms
and kissed her fondly.
"You grow better at compliments as tho
days go BY"
mo, dear, deeper in love-"
with such commonplace kind Of
thing as wife?''
with the most uncommonplace sweet
heart-wife in all the world
John, am already beginning to feel
quite middle-aged wife, and my ring
where it touches the guard 10 getting
worn"
That's desperately serious thing
about the ring, I mean. Gold was too
Edith. 1t should have been plain band
last long enough, dear"
Are you practicing speech to win
constituency"
mo. l am speaking out of my heart
to keep what have won"
do you know envy you only for one
thing?'
"And what is that?''
"Ali the love that you give me?''
but we are quits there, for l give all,
you give ALL"
But yours seems so much richer than
mine."
"But am with you, and always shall
be. You are not afraid of my leaving
your
I'm the vulgar sense? Oh, no! Afraid
of your going away and caring for some
one else? Oh, no. That could not be-
mo. indeed. No, indeed"
For should call you back and show
you my heart, and how could you leave
me when you saw that there was nothing
in all my heart but you? Your pity would
not let you do that. You might take
something else away, but you could not
take away all that had in my heart"
You dreamer of holy dreams. You
have come from some blessed place, you
have come to us from some place that 10
better than this
NO." she said, softly, mo. There 10
no better place for me. am where God
placed me-in my husbands arms"
They had been married couple Of
months, and it was June once more. Not
cloud had arisen between them for
these two months or during the months
before. John Hanbury's mother said that
Edith Grace had the same witchery in
appearance as that village beauty of the
olden days, and that some quality of the
blood which flowed in his veins made him
succumb at once to her, for otherwise
how could it be that he should almost i'm
mediately after parting from Dora Ash
ton fall helplessly in love with a girl so
extraordinarily like Dora Ashton as
Edith? How else could the fascination
be accounted for?
II do not believe" he would say to
himself, that I was ever in love with
Dora. l do think we should never have
got on well together, and I am certain
when she and Winfield are married there
will not be a happier couple in America,
excepting Edith and me. When heard
! that Dora was to be one of the party on
| the homeward cruise Of Whinfeld's yacht
knew all would be arranged before they
| saw Chicago again. They are most ad.
| mirably suited to one another.
with Edith an inspired accord arose
| between US. She leaned upon me, and l
| grew strong enough to support the bur-
den of Atlas. l flung myself aside, so
| that might not be impeded in my services
to her. And l was welcomed in the spirit
l came. She would take what had to
| give, and all had, and l had no care in
my Hllnu OF myselI OF any or the gifts or
graces which had been mine and now
were hers. So I had enough time to think
of her and no care to distract me from
her."
That was his way of putting it to him.
self when he was in very abstract and
fgurative humor. When he was not quite
so abstract or figurative he would say to
himself: 1T is sympathy, nothing more
than sympathy. That is the Miracle Gold
| we should all try to make in the crucible
of our hearts,"
THE END.