Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-10-28

not think you give yourself time to
find the news, Philip. You win never
read the papers more than five min
uteS."
My dear girl" said Philip gaily, Il
am more conscientious than you are,
at any rate, for you never read them
at ALL"
"Ah, but you must remember" she
returned gravely, that is because l do
not understand them! am not clever
They seem to me to be all about such
dull things-unless there is some hor-
rible murder or cruelty or accident
and | would rather not hear of these
do prefer books always-because the
books last and the news is never Ger
tain-it may not even be true"
Her husband looked at her fondly;
lis thoughts We're evidently very far
away from newspapers and their con-
! tents.
AS she met his gaze the rich color
flushed her soft cheeks and her eyes
).
Love, with her, had not yet proved an
lllusion,-a bright toy to be snatched
hastily and played With for a brief
while. and then thrown aside as brok-
en- and worthless. 1t seemed to her Il
most marvellous and splendid gift of
God, increasing each day in worth and
beauty wide ling on her soul and daz-
cling her life in ever new and expand
ing circles of glory. She felt as if she
could never sufficiently understand
1.-THE PASSIONATE alteration Philip
lavished upon her filled her with sort
OF innocent wonder and, gratitude
while her own oyerpowering love and
worship of him, sometimes startled her
into a sweet shame and hesitating fear.
To her mind he was al that wsl great,
strong, noble and beautiful he wl3
her master, her king,-and she loved
to pay him homage by her exquisite
humility, clinging tenderness, and
CT mplete, contented submission. She
was neither weak nor timid. her
character, nodded on grand and SIM
pie lines of duty, saw the laws of Ma
ture in their true light and accepted
them without question. 1t seemed to
ner quite clear that man was the super
ior,-woman the Inferior creature
and she could not understand the pos
s'bility of any wife not rendering in
slant and implicit obedience to her
husband, even in trifles.
Since her wedding-day no dark cloud
lad crossed her heaven of happiness
though she had been little bewildered
and confused at first by the wealth and
da!nty luxury with which Sir Philip
had delighted to surround her. She
had been married quietly at Christi
ana, arrayed in one of her own simple
white gowns, with no ornament save a
cluster of pale blush-roses, the gift of
Lorimer. The ceremony was wit
messed by her father and Errington's
friends,-and when it was concluded
they had all gone on their several
ways,-old Guldmar for toss" on
the Bay Of Biscay,-the yacht Eulalie,
with Lorimer, Macfarlane and Dupruz
on board, back TO England, where
these gentlemen had separate to their
respective homes,-while Burlington,
with his beautiful bride, and BrittA N
demure and delighted attendance upon
her, went straight to Copenhagen.
From there they travelled to Hamburg,
and through Germany to the SchWarz-
~,
moon at quiet little hotel in the very
heart of the deepgreen Forest.
Days of delicious dreaming were
these, days of roaming on the cmer-
aid green turf under the stately and
odorous pines. listening to the dash OF
the waterfalls, or watching the Grim
son sunset burning redly through the
darkness Of the branches, AMI in lie
moonlt evenings sitting under the
trees to hear The enhancing music Cf
Hungarian stringband, which played
divine and voluptuous melodies of the
and.-"lieder" and WALKER that
swung the heart away on golden
thread Of sound to paradise too sweet
10 name! Days of high ecstacy and
painfully passionate joy!-when love,
level" palpitated in the air. and strug
gled for utterance in the jubilan:
threats of birds, and whispered wild
suggestions in the rustling of leaves
There were times when Thelma. lost
and amazed and overcome by the
strength and sweetness Of the nectar
held to her innocent lips by smiling
and fame-winged Eros. -would Won
Ger vaguely whether she lived indeed.
or whether she were not dreaming
ar elcanting dream, too brilliant TO
last! And even when her husbands
arms embraced her, and her husbands
kiss met hers in all the rap |
tGre OF victorious tenderness, she
would often question herself as TO
whether she were worthy OF such per-
feet happiness. and she would pray in
the depths of her pure heart 10 be /
made more deserving Of this great and I
wonderful gift of love-this supreme I