Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-03-15

said something about the propriety OF
so leaving her, but Miss Digby, believ-
! ing that no one was in the hotel but the
manager, the servants, and a few lady
/ guests, declined to interfere
! 1T is hard enough to exercise my
/ authority over her when the object is
an important one" she said Il must
not try her too far by interfering with
out cause"
so the ladies went to church. and
Ethel went to her favorite spot to hear
tie Ginning OF the bells. She looked
up in surprise when Laurie Nugent ap-
peared suddenly by her side.
Il thought you were going to
church she said.
Again he gave her one quick glance;
the beautiful face was quite serene
there was not the least suspicion of his
strategy
Il did intend going, he replied, but
! | changed my mind"
Il thought that was only lady's
! privilege" rejoined Ethel with a smile
50 bright and beautiful that he took
courage, and flung himself on the rich,
| thick clover at her feet.
How sweet and sad those bells are!"
he said, suddenly How calm and still
the evening isl Have the birds a Sum
day of their own, wonder? Near to
my window there is a great elm tree,
and there has been such a solemn cav
ing of rocks
When | was a child" observed
Ethel, II always thought the sunshine
was OF a different color on Sundays;
it seemed to have more golden, mel
low light"
When she was a child. AS though
she we're anything else then,
He looked up into the beautiful, girl
ish face; it was SO kind and sweet that
he took courage and told her how
cruelty long that week had seemed to
him. in which he had hardly seen her
And then, they seemed such old
friends, she told him her simple story
how she had for so long been a pet
ted, spoiled, beloved darling, the pride
of her fathers life; how she had ruled
with easy, fantastic way the entire
household, and how dearly she had
loved that sway; how her love and her
affection had seemed to fill her fathers
life; and how suddenly this happy state
of things had ended how her father
having begun to find her full of faults
/ had determined TO marry again. and
had left her to learn the difficult lesson
of obedience from her future mother
in-law
1T seems very hard he said; Il do
sympathze with you. One can never
throw off the habit OF lifetime
So, gradually by kind, gentle words
and deicately expressions of
dislike to Helen Digby, he led her on
until he knew the simple story of her
life by heart. He understood that Sir
Leonard had repented when too late of
the indulgence with which he had
treated his daughter; he understood
that the second marriage was more for
her sake than his own-to provide her
with a wise. sensible, womanly guide
II suppose, he said, that in all your
life until now you have never been
opposed or contradicted-you have done
just as you would?"
She looked up at him brightly.
Papa liked my rule" She said "and
made every one happy"
1t pleased her to hear kind words
from him The scene was picturesque
the hour pleasant, the sound of those
murmured words delightful; and on
this evening Laurie Nugent said more
than he had ever said before He told
her now how he had missed her; and
there was such a ring of true passion IN
his words that proud Ethel was sub
dued as she listened.
You think, because I have known
YOU SO short time. | must be eXagger-
ating. All, no; the brightness OF day,
the brightness of dawn comes with
your presence. The flowers around rs
here are fair, but none are so fair as
you. the CLEAN of the sun IS bright, but
il Is not SO bright as you. the sound Of
your voice is sweeter than the Ginning
OF those sabbath bells, or the music Of
the birds When | look at you, all my
life seems complete, the fairest dreams
have ever had are realizd could
have worshped you as men Of Old wor-
shipped goddesses"
She smiled as she listened. He would
have been better pleased II her dark,
proud eyes had dropped and her face
had flushed She smiled serenely, as
she would have smiled at the words OF
a pleasant poem, or the notes of a beau
titul song
still she was not angry and that WAS
one great point gained. If she would
only listen TO his pleadings, TO all the
love stories that he knew so well how
TO tell he felt sure that he should win
her In time
You can imagine how those who