Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-08-10

lace. ct Sf1c dl0 SO, with vague sense
of relief which forsook her again when
she saw the expression of shame and
disappointment that filled his eyes, and
the painful constraint of his manner as
he turned and offered his arm. She
accepted it with some slight remark,
and forced laugh. But he could not
respond in the same spirit, and little was
said. By the time they reached the hill
top his manner had SO chilled and dis
tressed her that she was unable longer
to assume careless air.
II am tired" she said, sinking upon
fallen tree; "let us go back
Something very like sob followed
her words; and Waterbury, overcome
with tenderness and pity, seated himself
beside her.
Sit here and rest" he returned, but
could say nothing further Though her
face was averted as if some object ii
the distance had fixed her attention, he
saw that she was very pale And when,
almost as much aAitated as herself, he
took her hand from the moss on which
it lay, he observed that it trembled VIC
lently. But he forebore, even by the
lightest pressure, to give expression to
the tenderness flooding his soul.
How different the scene he had pic
tured to himself! II will lead her here"
he had said only the day before, when
on that very spot he had viewed the
romantic beauty of the scene. The rock
browed, pine-crowned- hill; the brook
,,1cI1,@,ce &1,a tba valley
the summer sky above, and the song of
birds, and whisper of the breeze around
him; the wild flowers blooming in every
nook, and the messy trunk of the fall
len tree-he had regarded them all as
contributors to his happiness. But the
flowers, the birds, the overshading tees
and PROSTATE oak; the deep solitudes,
the blue dome of heaven, and the river
gemmed valley-a1l were there-even
she was by his side; yet with what diff
ferent feelings from those he had anti
cipated did he look upon the scene!
That he deeply loved Madge was never
more evident to Waterbury than at that
moment But an untidy wife! The
thought appalled, him. Not, indeed, that
he had judged her to be untidy from the
circumstance of the afternoon. Unfor-
tunately-or, perhaps, fortunately for
him. he had on a previous occasion seen
one or two plaits of her dress fastened
to. the waist by pin. At the time he
supposed her unaware of the tact; but
it came forcibly to his mind at sight of
the torn, white skirt, and at the same
h. AFOREMENTIONED
seen the soiled spring of her crinoline
protruding from beneath her dress. His
conclusions, of course, were inevitable
:'No, never!' was his mental excla-
nation; never, though, [ loved her
madly, could l marry woman whom
| knew to be"
At this moment a gay group came
bounding through the shrubbery in
search of Madge and Waterbury. The
party proposed returning home, some of
the more weather-wise having predict
ed a storm And as storms are the
usual Accomplishments of pleasure ex-
curSions, the point was readily con-
coded; Waterbury and Madge joined
the party in the valley, whence they
all departed for their several destina-
tons.
The bitterest moment Waterbury had
ever known was that IN which he babe
Madge Tilton farewell But it was
soon over. He was gone, and she die
not know, she could not suspect, how
he strove to keep the lovelight from
shining in his eyes; or how, when his
hand touched hers with fashionable for
mality, his heart ached to clasp her in
his arms
To her it seemed a cold, calm parting,
she neither tainted nor dimmed her lus-
trous eyes with tears. AS N the case Of
that animal which submits to the shears
only when compelled by the wise, the
loss of her lover was for a time I'M
needed in the torture of her hunlilia-
ton
"All for the qualification of an idle
whim!' was her first bitter reflection.
But, upon mature deliberation she came
to different conclusion. 1t was this
To her besetting sin of carelesSneSS,
she had sacrificed her fondest hopes
her dearest joys.
1t was hard task-this standing in
MISUNDERSTANDING and I'M
mercifully laying hold of her darling
folly, and exposing it to the impartial
and penetrating eye of an awakened
conscience. Bat, with the help that is
never lacking to those who seek, she
performed it; and, though the ordeal
was painful the effects were -salutary
and lasting.-PictoriaI Monthly.
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