Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-02-23
to be fond Of: Mrs. Roupell-M Maria:

to be fond of: Mrs. sRoupell- Maria.
must speak-may I? You will under
stand, and nobody else would -7- ~ :.
And the: girl was on her knees by
Maria's chair, clasping the hands which
lay on her lap and bowling the golden
head till it almost touched them. a3:,!;
EffI" Dear heaven, thing has got
into such a CHASTITY knott! I've nobody
to blame but myself; I've taken my hap
piness in both hands and thrown it
away. KS. i 80 .s.,..} ..,,.:,.,,g
The listener involuntarily wondered
what it felt like to have happiness def
initely within ones grasp for a little
while. =; II: =. :,:;i.::~;j:g.g l.,f.
! :; Dorinda Carson, paused, painted for
breath and went on, with an effort:
II have been engaged to the best man
in the world for over a year, and we are
to .be--we are by=way of being married
in March. The best man in the world!"
with bitter little laugh-"the dear
est to me, and the hardest. And there
are others more specifically fascinat-
ing1-sometimes. When Egbert was in
the states. this. autumn saw a. good
deal of--of, that other. I only looked
on him as a friend, Of course + =
But one night at a dance he was charm
ing, He turned my head, He made
love to. me, Is it love like that?> He
tried TO- make me unfaithful to my
lover. Oh, I wanted to be! I was not;
but 7 wrote to him once or twice, and
after his death my; letters; We're found
in packet directed to Egbert. Fool,
fool, worse than fool, was to have writ
! ten them, and to such man as Martin
Arthur" And she chung to the kind
hands and sobbed piteously. ::,sf'F|
| God helped Maria Roupeu. through
the next three minutes.
| Then she bent over the smisera bic
child and said, softly THANK you for
telling me all this will write a let
ter to Egbert, and think he will listen
to what say. > It will all come right, my
Dorinda. Now leave me and go home.
l will send the. letter this evening.
Don't thank met is who; should
thank you,''' which remark will never
! be explained in this life of Dorinda Car
| son. ' ''''
Mrs. Roupell kept her promise. She
wrote to ,Egbert Trevanion, simply and
| quietly; she asked for forgiveness for
IAN old woman's interference" She
put the case as the girl could never
have put it herself to her angry lover,
in sensible,' straightforward manner,
making no reference to any thing con-
| rected with herself until the end of.the
| letter was reached, when the flowing
pen paused and the writer drew dee p
breath before deliberately adding these
lines: 'Don't reject the goods the
gods have given YOU. They give so few!
l have been robbed of my whole world.
Take care that you do not voluntarily
cast away your own " 50 t4;1' :,
- That Mr.. Trevanion paused, thou ght
it over, relented (being a sensible fel:
low) and married Dorinda Carson in
March has nothing to do with this
story. The gods are good to fools.
Mrs. Roupell put the letter into it's
envelope and rang the bell. II want
this to go at once," she said to the
housemaid who. answered it. But
where is Thompson"
OC1lCNC uC ID az CuC 1IOu ~uOOI,
ma'am," was the reply. "There is a.gen-
ltleman Calling and the girl left the
room. 5 ST. X z
A minute later the handle turned, and
a single footstep sounded on the soft
carpet, while silence followed the open
ing of the door. SIS that you, Thorn p
.son?' inquired his mistress, vaguely,
without turning her head. Il am not
at home this afternoon" )
| There was no answer. George Rou-
pell stood on the: threshold, drinking
in with starved senses the sight before
him, every detail of the well-loved. we'll
remembered. figure, Of his. beautiful
wife, all his soul in his eyes as she
raised her bowed head and looked
towards the door to.see who, stood there.
!, 'Maria!". he said.-Black and White.
: - Pippins. and Cream. {
| i One pound of ,aDples. piDDins. one