Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-10

The young man, whose name was At
woodbury.. Thomas Atwood" as he was
called by the landlady-was disposed to
Talk as he went on eating his breakfast,
and as Meg was the only one at the
breakfast table he naturally talked to her,
and she soon learned that he was head
brakeman on one of the trains which roll
ed out of the city on the iron rails be-
longing to q great railway line, and that
his home was in an Eastern city. She
told him that she also belonged to the
toiling masses, and before breakfast was
finished they became very well acGualnt-
ed, and Meg, as she pinned her veil down
close over her plain little hat, thought
Mr.. Atwood the very incest gentleman
whom she had ever met.
And so Meg's love story began, and as
the time flew away it was apparent to
everybody that she was growing abso-
lutely pretty-happiness having much
power in this direction-and that the time
was approaching when the honest young
brakeman and herself would cease to be
lovers and become husband and wife,
Indeed, they had talked it all over, and
Meg had told Tom that she had saved
500 from her meager salary, and LON
had confessed that 'before he had known
her he had spent all his earnings, but
since that time he had begun to put by
little, and now had $500, and that he
meant to work hard and get a promotion,
so that they could some time have
home of their owa," etc, just as humble,
happy lovers always have done and al
ways will do, and then they decided that
they would put the $500 and the $500 to-
| cether. and, as that was the LIST of Feb
ruary, they would get married Feb. II
| a valentine wedding" as Tom said, and
then, when she said ''she never had had
| a. valentine he laughed out of heart
| Just bubbling over with sweetness, and
| love, and merriment, and told her ''he
would be her valentine and she would be
his,' and then he kissed her, and Meg
was in such state of delight that she
| forgot she ever had been lonely, and she
wouldn't have changed places with
queen, even if the latter had insisted up
on it.
AS the time drew near for the wedding
Meg had pretty new dress made and,
somewhat softencd by the love affair
which had gone forward directly under
her supervision, the landlady had made
preparations for wedding supper which
was to Guido any previous effort of the
kind in the neighborhood. Indeed, she
had resolved that for once she would be
extravagant, and she got out several an
cient receipts, which were headed Brides
Cake and set to work beating eggs and
| weighing sugar in n way which made the
kitchen scullion to declare, in a confden-
tial manner, to the garbage man, that
"Missus 'peared to be little teched in
her upper story" and gave as her reason
for her conclusion that "She was a-mak-
in cake to beat sixty
A few days before the time set for the
| wedding the weather, which had been in
that condition known as "muggy,' turned
cold, and when Tom came around to bid
| Meg good-by before going out on his run
| for the last time before he claimed her
as his bride, he had powder of snow on
| his collar and that strange, indescribable
| smell of cold on his clothing which made
| Meg snuggle up to him and say she was
sorry he had to go out in the cold, and
then, as she kissed him in that motherly
/ way that comes natural to women when
| they love, she asked him to s'be very care
! full and watch his footing as he ran across
| the tops Of the cars, which were sure to
be slippery because of the snow and, at
| last, she let him go.
| st. Valentines morn dawned clear and