The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-22
copyright. 1897. by John Watson.]
PART l..

PART L.
When a man is coul'ting a maid
Ruing cometh only once in lifetime
they suffer great loss who live IN cities.
Who can speak Alright of the mystery
of love trudging along paved streets
with rows of shops on either side, or cab
iued in dreary room from which the
'bIuc sl<v cannot be seen for the smoke
of factories. or attending evening func-
tions where lovers are conscious or
covert rlances and subtle illusions, or
sitting on iron chairs amid the smoke
1,egrimed shrubs OF an artificial park?
Love should be made in a garden where
Mt the kiss of the wind rose leaves VIII
drop upon the two sheltered in their
arbor, or along the windings or lane
where they can pluck the honey suckle
from the hedge, or In the quiet water
beneath the overhanging branches
while the merry current r,ishes by, or,
best of all, in an ancient wood with open
glades, where the flowers grow in their
season and there is ever the sound OF
running water. Amid such scenes TO
nance breathcs her native air and
teaches lovers 10 dream. All me! the
dreams of those golden days-when the
fretted sunlight broke through the
greenery of June and the scent OF
roses was in the windl How they faded
and vanished before the realities OF life.
They were illusions which charmed and
inspired; yet departing, they left be-
lind better substance. 1t Is more than
20 years since Kate Carnegie and John
Carmichael were betrothed and had
their love dream. They were both
young and sciplined-besides hav-
in2 very little understanding one of the
other; and during the after years they
came through many trials, and quar-
relied not few times. Yet, now that
all is over, and Kate-bravest, bonniest.
and loyalcst Of women--lies with her
father, they were not disappointed.
1--WE biundered. far more than she"
Carmichael said to me--it was all he
said as we drove direct to Muirtown
afterward. "We suffered, she more than
J. but we did not miss the prize of life."
1t seems now too late to tell the story
OF their marriage. but il was ever in my
mind to do il, and it is certain that they
had pleasant courting time in Tochty
Woods.
Nowhere in Scotland can there be
such paradise for lovers, since there
ars tho ''Beeches," whence the two can
look up the far distances of the Glen to
the western hills and imagine the un-
known experiences before them unto
set OF sun; and there is winding path
with room for only two, which some
times dips down into dank. somber hol-
lows, where the light OF the sun cometh
not, which climbs again to the height
where the trees stand apart and give O.
view Of the shining cornfields; and there
are nools set with violets and soft with
shaded light where two can sit together
in sweet content, and turns of the river
where the bank is green and mossy, and
the gurgling of the water maketh music
for the confessions Of love. When it
was wet, Kate gave Carmichael well
come in her drawiDg-room, and the
General, growing weary of his own COM
lpany, would cross the big hall and give
due warning of his coming by jostling
~ pictc Oh III iuicT Su She wall, ouo III ~
were fair~-and that was the dryest of
'sunmers for a score OF years-the two
went out into the woods. Kate walking
slightly before with her quick. proud
step, and Carmichael at the angle where
he could see her profile.
1t seemed TO me that the General re-
,gnrded Carmichael as AN inexperienced
rider. who had undertaken the charge
of high-sprited snimal and was likely
TO have his troubles. When Kate laid
down the law in her sparkling fashion,
and Carmichael heard her in admiring
silence, the General used to smoke and
watch them from behind the wreaths,
and then he would go out and pace the
misunderstanding still, now 10 smile
rs one does at the RENE mbrance OF