The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-09


Enslishman, upon whom al. eyes wrrD
turned with admiration. first encOrra-
tered tho slim, round-cyed heirosS or
Hiram Fairweather. the Chicago nxlxn.
whose corner in iron had made hxm
world famous.
Gladys mourning for the dead
father had only just blended into tea
der grays and virginia. whites, and
tho girl. literally adorned Gtherwise
with shy bushes, cunning dimples aEsSf
happy smiles. was entering the wide
ly welcoming arms OF society.
Gervls Templeton was tho first Eng
Iishman of good birth GLADLY had as
yet known. Hiram Fairweathcr'g
boom of luck" had not come in tilsso
for him to take his place In the hop
most circles of American society.
1t had arrived all too late for the
patient, meek helpmate who was ly-
ing in shady corner OF a country
| churchyard. with tired, Woodworking
hands folded restfully.
| 1t had come too late to polish their
! only child into a fashionable lady by
means of a European education; but
( Gladys was young-scarcely nineSce:a
| and rarely dainty of face and form,
so society willingly accepted the rose.
uncultured as it was, and petted her
unstintingly. But society could GCS-
| keep it's new idol for long.
| After the first shy look, the first
! few stammering words, GLADLY had no-
I longer heart to boast OF, though she
| herzeif was innocently ignorant of ttass
fact. For this girl there would never
be any other man than the chivalr01s
| English stranger whom fate had in--
| troduced into her life. No other love
could ever take the place Of that which,
filed her veins with its blissful &C.
stasy. Her simple heart secret was am
open page-Gladdy knew TO guile
wherewith TO hide it.
The astute dame of fashion who. for
certain handsome sum allowed by
the trustees of the wealthy helreSs.
took GLADLY under her wing, conterteik
herself with smiling blandly at the
pretty love scene going on under her
! eyes.
''Hapry's the wooing that's not long
adding" Gervis Templeton did not
let the grass grow under his feet un-
til he had secured the matrimonial
prize OF the hour.
And, to do this young Englishriarx
justice, he fully meant to have nnd
to hold to love and to- cher
ish," this fair, sweet woman whom he
had won. until death should part
them.
He's got what he came over here
for" moodily said one Of many dis-
appointed SWANS.
That's So" observed another ITS
always like that. Those dandy Eng
lish chaps have only to thyow the
handkerchief, and the richest OF our
heiresses, as we'll as the smartcst OF
our summer girls. are at their feet
Bah! It's sicSening!"
'Oh, come" broke in kindiisr
spirit, surely It's not so barefaced AS
all that? Though. now think OK It.
he does not seem observation-disclosures
in love with that little Fairweather-
girl. There's a look in his eyes as Il
he had missed the chief aim in Efs,
and consequently didn't much caro-
how things went''
Perhaps the last speaker was NOT
wide OF the mark. Gervis Templeton
certainly had past of his own lock-,
ed carefully away--honorably away
NV.
For the young man meant the yows
ne took upon himself when he and
trembling, shy GLADLY stood together.
at the altar. He would love and serve
rs well as he could the sweet, yo1rig
heipgneet God was trusting to his
care. Never should she know, IL he
could help 1t, that she had come Sec
ond, not first, into his heart to remain
there.
So another youthful pair set Sus for
veal or for woe--who might say as
yet2
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