Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-19
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band-in-hand down the broad path,
and then he noticed that all the glow
ing color was dying from her lovely
face, and that the hand he held 10 his
own was trembling.
Ethel" he said, gently, you must
not give way now. You are tired
faint, perhaps; all this hes been too
much FOR you. See, here is large
tree; sit down under the shade Of IT,
There was a little mound under the
tree, and she sat down upon'it, Laurie
by her side. The rest revived her He
looked anxiously In her face.
you are better now, my queen" ne
said Ethel, can hardly believe it.
it is our wedding-day ! look In your
lovely, flower-like face, and | say to
myself that Is my wife's FACET hold
this white hand in mine, and / say
this is my wifes hand but | do not
realize it ALL hardly believe Tit
seems to me incredible that should
have won my queen with her royal
dover Of proud young beauty"
They sat for a few moments IN
silence, and then Laurie took the
passion-Howers from her.
Il shall keep these until | die" he
said remembering always that you
held them while we were married And
now. my darling give me one kiss.
Raise your sweet, fair face to mine;
dearly as / have loved you, | have
hardly dared to touch it. I may kiss
my wife5 face, Ethel"
She raised it, and he wondered again
at it's exquisite beauty, the faint flush
of returning color was more dainty
than the bloom OF a wild rose He
bent his head reyerently and kissed
her lips
MY wife, he whispered, my beau
tful queen, | could not love YOU more'
And now, Ethel time Is flying we
must return. We will part at the gate
that leads to the woods You, my
darling, had better run through the
woods, lingering a little on your way,
for must return to the hotel first If
you are there by eleven ! will have
everything ready for you"
We win see Miss Dlgby at once, -"
she said, with quiet smile
He did not think Il was Of any use
to tell her the truth Just then
Yes, we viii see her, and give her
the greatest surprise she has ever had
In all her life What will she say
when she knows that / am your hus-
band and that we are going to Aus.
trla?"
Ethel laughed and then II struck
her that the laugh seemed out OF hlr-
mony with the brightness aud beauty
Of that calm summer morning
What time shall we start?" she
asked
Laurie had thought OF an excellent
plan as he imagined. tie would get
away from ST. Inas under the pretext
OF starting at once for Austria She
would not know what tickets he had
purchased and he would not tell her
they were on thc road to Liverpool IN
an they had gone some distance ana
then it would be too late for her 70
offer ans remonstrlnce He Thought
thaS was the yisest ana most suitable
plan that he could adopt
Tie fingered for few minutes longer
talking of helen nlgby. dwelling on
the keenness OF her disappointment
and then it was time 20 80.
The church clock struck nine. ana
an oid-fashoned chime played directly
aiterward.
Suddenly Ethel gave Il lttlr cry. She
had struck her hand against the crruel
OF a stone that was hidden ia ,he grass
and had bruised the tender skin
IL did not know yhis was q sgayc'
she said, rising with @ shudder
She parted the tong thick grass an,
looked at the broken stone
We have been sitting on a child.
grave laurie child who dgej man,
Years age before Wp wgra born w
have been talking about love wiu
death So near SO u.s."
he would not own that her word
startled him nut they d.d Ha dr.y
her gently away. and then he ben
down and kissed Che little hrass
hand
My sweet wife he sll YOU ar
nervous ANA tired You have ,.raus
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