The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-02-05

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It was the first Of May. The young
nobleman was thinking of the May days
when he was a boy-of how the common
near his early home was yellow with
gorse, and the hedges were white with
! hawthorn. He strolled sadly along the
seashore, thinking Of the sunniest May
he had known since then, the May before
I his marriage. The sea was unusually
calm, the sky above was blue, the air
mild and balmy, the white sea gulls cir
cled in the air, the waves broke with
gentle murmur on the yellow sand.
He sat down on the sloping beach.
They had nothing TO tell him, those roll
ing, restless waves-no sweet story of
| hope or of love, no vague, pleasant har-
mony. With a deep moan he bent his
head as he thought of the fair young wife
from whom he had parted forevermore,
the beautiful, loving girl who had chung
to him so earnestly.
"Madaline, Madalne!' he cried aloud
and the waves seemed to take up the cry
they seemed to repeat ''Madaline" as
they broke on the shore. 'Madaline," the
mild wind whispered. 1t was like the
realization of a dream, when he heard
his name murmured, and, turning, he saw
his lost wife before him.
The next moment he had sprung to his
feet, uncertain at first whether it was
really herself or some fancied vision.
'Madaline," he cried, lis it really you?'
Yes; you must be angry with me, Nor,
man. See We are quite alone; there is no
one to see me speak to you, no one to
reveal that we have met
/ ,b.> I,
him more beautiful than ever-was raised
to his with a look of unutterabIe appeal.
You are not angry, Norman?'
NO, | am not angry. Do not speak to
me as though l were tyrant. Angry
and with you, MadaIine-always my best
bcloved-how could that be-"
Il knew that yOu were here" she said
Il saw in newspaper that you were go,
ing TO Tmtagel for the summer. | had
been longing to see You agaiu-to see YOU
while unseen myself; so l came hther. y
My dear Madeline, to what purpose?
he asked, sadly.
Her face was suffused with a crimson
blush.
/ Norman" she said gently; sit down
| here by my side, and | will tell you why
| have come.
They sat down side by side on the
beach. There was only the wide blue sky
/ above. only the wide waste of restless
'n 49, ,.,' ''i'S d 'iIclLhG sea
80 ~ ""''h th'
',.'-''H W INV anu t'''' P''!'" out py
/ /" r''d WIVES
/ nave '"it'' she Said. 10 max" one
/ more APPt". 10 YOU -N"rliian 10 ask You
| /" tn'H2e lh'S Stern Hti'rli'lhht ton which
/ - running your ne ana h1ihc-lo ask you
! - take me PACK |" your nome and your
heart For nave Deem thinking, dear
and d" not see that the obstacle is such
as you seem to imagine. 1t was terrible
Wrong. great G'sSracG-'t was a crueI
! deception, Il f2tal mistake: but, after all
/ 1t might be overlooked. Moreover. Nor
man, when YOU made me your wife, did
YOU not promise to l"V" ana to cherish tC
/ protect me an" MAKE lnc happy, until
/ died
| eS' he replied, briefly.
| hen now are !on Keeping that prom
! lSe-a promise made IN the sight of heav
/ en-
IoFG AfI'2h looked down At the fair
/ pnT" lace, strange ight glowing in his
( own.
! My dear MaGallne, ne SAID, You must
/ not overlook what lhe honor of my race
/ demands. have my own ideas of what
IS Que to my ancestors; and cannot think
/ that | have sInncd 10y broken vows
! vowed to love you-so do. my darling
! ten thousand times better than anything