The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-14


was off very soon. Rosemary, YOU are
+ Pouring the cream iutu the sugar h:lSin."
it. E:,>rmaiN muImuV 4 sonnet hing Nuy11>-
~ about the heat, and tt'S;:;i}ru into the
garden. Nv hill" Mrs! Mai1ElnA rr'1rr.4r4j1j
i?l1%h1tn hey worthy hu>| ,alu >n tho. sub
!. jvrt. wisely "mi1tih~. hnWtyer the cpl
! >udr Of the burnt ltt1,>rS..!-'. o. -. -
II ''Nel1 my dear. ::!ittf-4 duncan in very
i NICE young. ftlhM." he. Nent,lr,4l tu Sa;
:nnI if the child likes I4;n}-,
| ,,rRrallH, -t'eor$r; y"n :i'r' ,i;;t absurd.
NhE' thrih oy !teS scarcely: eno,i&h TO
Keep HIMSELF. Besides: you Enow, Sir
Jasper Carrw is only whiting for j;ti}r
encouragement to come TO- The point"
/ Tinr l'}S>t'tr time which waits for no
| 1nAn-;-and a. each day, >ljlu,svl hy. and
( not Il Word came from, ;ivrp>S tile. sea.
; 'ltoS"nlary grew n}t'1c and more i}i1'nvS<.
! Sh> WAS forgotten. and: rh4 srpi=: Of
| rosemary WAS doubtless lying u4tArr4]rI
! IN the t!rE, or had 1lnHltI Away. on t]lr
i rolling Waves.
! The. .|u2,r sun )rtt down. !i.,rc,1v 81,
; the gree IL :ll!ratluW> Of rAIslnw court u>s
Rosemary wal keel slowly down the ave-
nut 10 meet the Old noStni%n. He gave
with 4 misunderstanding 7n>~tfE:rk. Had
it come IL last, With trembling fingers
she tore il rprn There lay. dry aud dis
! r"!o!rd, 4 >l4rl$ ri roSr1nAty \ mute
i ;rpruArh .
! "!)rar Miss Maitland" the 1et1e~ ram
! My drar old chun jim Duncan asks me
! TO write these few lines, which hr cam
bcrtl. and, Slrirkc,r with fever. hr has
! not long to live. He lirE< me to rnlIuSr
the 'Spriy Of rosemary. ANA to remind
.;ou-;l hough without rcproach that it
was given for noncompliance. 1te has
"vrrjr 1"F*"'''H |4'' R 'n NG! Hr%c S'"
4 little gaxp9,g sol, rscuptd hcr lbs.
lie was l-dyinA-!ea1. . -.
| What did he mean by reminding her CT
the rosemary fcr remembrance!
II" had not rrmrmhrrcI- and npV :
with vara,'t aching eyes Sh" looked again
1T the little Wi1hervd <priy and took her
way homeWard.
In the lrall Mrs. Maitland met hc!,
and. in horror at. the sight of The wii:".
| HS"lizrd face. she tNr}anrd:
Thy. girl held ont the letter with SAak-
ing fingers. -
'.n"nl *:r1aH I" me-" she <H!: hoay*".
will rry-@"nt"t4er, my heart i, broken.
: 1t was Il year later.
Time: tie great healer had laid \
gentle hand on Rn$c.nury> wild sorrow,
flushing it to rest. Soothing tllr dull
agony. Still, there lay in Il littl. drawer
Of her bureau that envelope, with IT,;
S!'riS Of faded rt'SVinarv. and the faint
n.|ur never failed to bring h;trN the u!,:
sad memories.
Sir Jasper ta"rW WAS very tender in
Ills honest devotion. On" ,l;l: hr tulu her
"f his l~Ir: very gently. very trndrrv, al
the lrNotion.. silent and strong, of years
growth he |alI az hey feet.
i have always EjvrA you. dear. h"
said. lis there no mop" l"t IN" at ui]:'
Rosemary locked away iniu the >U1l-
shiny garden regret fully.
',!>ten to n'' first before / nn>;V, J.
N"]:: cue $ti'n." she SAID, softly: II know
cam trust yea. and should like to tyii
YOU all. There was. some one t'>, lr,i
II" went AWAY: newer heard ;iny1h'n3
OF HIM till Last year. Whnn zone day }
heard from Il friend Of hiS--Gnat he was
dyinG--tlrad. Thought TO had forgotten
mr~-but-hv had not. i lovr.! llnl--.an,l
| can nevt1. love in lille same way again.
" She paused; H"! Jasper took ':':r 1'}"1:
"N,S'mary:, he said. and his voice
tTn1h;d, "l>n:rmH'y, ! can 'r rullttllt
with I, very little Rowe, il YOU will unIy
+ IT me take care Of you. Win yon be IN;
wife,
':o:;"narx. locked i'll him steadily:
+ 'lr YEN can be CONTENT she said sol
~, Il will ao. my hest tt make You hij,-
yy' 49, =: .'..,
II vas stT"ny". an almost pathetic:
Wruil@, NU1 JASPER turrW felt ulIpv re-.
Wardcd for his years OF faithful cIryu;i.I> !.
and patient waiting.
It WAS September when they ~vre al!
at l'adStuW court again. The wrdlin.
was to take place in December, and Mrs
Maitland, quite in her element. was vr4y
busy arranging all those hundred and on,
details which must attend the marriage
Of an only daughter.
Jasper felt that his cup Of happiness
was full to the brim as he and Rosemary
=. Saurtercd slowly homeward one ylorio,l:
evening.
Passing along a green lane they hcarl
footsteps behind them. and Il voice al
, their side said. courteously:
"Could you kindly tell me the nearest
way to PadS;ow court:'
They turned and faced the speaker
At the sight Of him Rosemary staggered
back. pale to the very lips, while he
started forward with Il cry:
"RoStmaryr'
".Jim.'
| With all the deadly rapidity Of t1as}
Of lightning Jasper Carew realized wha
> had happened, and he saw at once tina
all his dreams Of fu ure happiness were
. at ali end. II" turned away for Il mo
, ment, for at first the sight Of his CALAIS
: his no longer) Rosemary lying snhbiu:
in .)imS arms was too much for him t,
witness, till at last Rn~cmardy rrncm
hered all. and size turned pleadin=ly L
, Jasper
Jasper" she pleaded, "Ja<per for*:;v,
) mr-forgivc mc!'
"Dear,' hi said hoar*"!E II SOC it all
;, And .)lOw'--hc. turned to jim and ht~l,
out his hand-"wclconlc homo, Duncan,
he said. You see, l know who you are