The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-09-01

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il store for her nominal posse ssor.
IlS88ss.fI have startled you by ny Vehe--5
Imence,' he continued, taking the hand
that lay upon her lap. Il feared slests
this announcement mig lit seem abrupt
but the steamer sails at i've clock,
and 4 last ia ght oh tained Evelyn s per
mission to bring you & to see her Soff.t
She owes u on a debt of gratitude for
your sisterly care Of my 81 lone and
graceless self. She loves you dearly
already, as you wi her hen YOU have
had one glimpse OF her face. lou re-
minded me Of her til i first day Of our
meeting. 4 have ira Veled with her and
her. sick father for three months, and
Lat parting more than limited at my IT,.
T tachmen t.. With candor that would
have driven me to desperation had II
been less MOI lrnful !. she declared her
Intention not to marry while her father.
lived. He needs my constant care
she said. Without it he would die in
a week. HesWill never be better The
kindest service you can do me, as the.
Wisest you can do yourself, is to forget
mel have been steadily disobed lent
to her advice. told her as much when
i found out by chance two months ago
that she was in the city. g. She was very
resolute for a time, often refusing to
soc me when I called, and again begging
me, even with tears, to dismiss all idea
of making her my wife. 1t is now a
fortnight since her father unexpecte eddy
announced his determination to return
to Europe, and in the anticipation Of
our zsecond parting, acknowledged that
my love was returned: Our engagement.
would be an unsati sfactory one to most
people, but she is the earthly imp person
alton Of the angel#of patience. and Il
can surely wait "a, few months, or even
years, for q gift So precious. Her father
is afflicted bySa comp LEGATION OF disor-
ders, the most serious being an organic
affection Of the heart ], She is the only
living child. It would be sheer barbar-
ity to separate them, and with an in
valid's obstinacy he. will not hear Of
taking up his abode in his daughters
house should she marry. My poor
Evelyn, my gentle love; she issa martyr
and I can do SO little to tighten her
burden!' y N 555 e b. f .ts *z
ct is very hard B is had paused and
Constance must speak y. :.
Too preSoccupi Id by his own refec-
tions toSnote her thick articulation and
studiously averted face, Edward took
Eup the word warmly F'tH Hard! What
could be harder for both of us ~ 4. III
She interrupted him by an .impet-
uous gesture s.sY ous are talking wild
" kelly! Think what YOU would
suffer # you loved thout hope Of. re-
quital.' 3+s ]: ...ss b. .ssS b, II 5 -
He absolutely laughed. AS IL that
could be. Affectio full and fervent as
mine, holds witch hazel that never
ing love-. Why, Connie, we were made
for one another Eva and I !' Es n s zy Il.
Was no scalding drop Of bitterness to
be spared from her cup Whose, then,
was the fatal mistake which had opened
the sluices Of that other. fountain that
was drowning her soul with cruel hui
| initiation and anguish? 5s5ss ,y.3= Z
Drive us near to the steamer as you
can, Johnw called Edward from his
window, and in the appreciation OF The
truth that the sharpest ordeal was yet
before her and fearfully near at hand,
Constance submitted to be handed from
the carriage to the wharf II .*55E.ss u
! Through a beWild ering haze she saw
the noisy crowd, the smoke-stack Of
| the monstrous vessel, stumbled along
the gangway connecting it with the
7, AZ OF,
of Edwards arm and regained sight,
hearing and consciousness of brain
| when she stood in a handsome saloon,
a small hand, warm as hers was icy,
f1uttering in her grasp, and a. pair Of
dark; thoughtful eyes fixed upon her
! face. s},fgE 81 5. IL.
f"'You were very good to come, Z said
"a low voice, fraught with emotion, yet
| steady. s !" Allow me to present my
father. Mr.. Pynsent. Mrs. Withers,
father" $ 4 n. ! *s@ ..3<}s5 IA
Sssf She looked up and spoke the lad y, an d
her father arose from his Sdiyan, sup
4 porting himself upon cane, and ssa-
I luted Mrs. Withers with stately polite
Eness. Both were high bred, but it was
4 not Eyelyn's beauty that had won her
4 lover. Her eyes and mouth were her
only really good features. Constance
i knew herself to be the handsomer Of
the two, but the persuasion added to
], the pelessness Of her i'll fated: love.
4 The qualities that had knit to this
i girls heart that of the man who had
seen the beauties of two hemispheres
I which had kept him true to her and her
4 alone, although OPP osedE BY absence dis.
4 couragement and the Wiles Of scores
Of other women, lay hey ond her power
of analysis and count charms. She
il began to understand how 1T had come
] to pass when she had commanded her
j wits SO faras to talk five minutes with
4 Edwards betrothed j; owned reluctantly,
4 that had she met her as new acquaint.
ances generally meet she would have
4 been 8irresisti bly, attracted by her win
ming lady hood and the eol1n tenance
n that united 50 much sweetness with
q sense and spirit.
There was lime oW for little beyond
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