Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-04-25

Continued.


For few minutes he was haunted
nv a vision of Violet as he had hFsl
seen her on the morning when June >
palace was paved with gold, they oy
ane Of Violet as she had stood Wi h
the love-light on her face ana thS
scarlet flowers on her breast. Inc
terrible present died for time, II
seemed to elude him, he could neither
grasp nor realize It. He was IN 81.
Byno's woods, with the girl he
worshiped by his side, and they were
talking of love that would never dle'
he was in the old church at st. Byno g.
and Violet with small soft hand IN
his, was saying, Till death us 10
rt" he was with her on the ..Alnc,
, sre she was giving him pretty wise
lures, about not spending so much
money; he was with her again when
she upbralded and denounced him,
shen kissed him with tears, and
promised TO try to live the life that
pleased him. And now 1t was al
ended, She was gone, and according
TO her own words, she had hidden him
an eternal farewell. Her beautiful
face was before him-the violet eyes,
the golden hair, the delicate brows, 20
clearly marked the lovely lines and
gracious curves Of the sweetest mouth
that woman ever had. Every charm
that she possessed rose before him
the graceful carriage OF the pron
head, the graceful gestures and move
ments the gentle touch of the white
hand.
Gone, What nonsense! II was an
evil dream that he must shake of.
Here was the waning yellow light of
November evening just the time for
terrible dream, for horrible fancies;
he must shake them off. Surely in
the distance he could hear his dar-
ling's voice?
AN eternal farewell Go)l
Heaven. what horrible words They
seemed TO come to him from the
depths of some dark abyss, She was
mis- on earth, and she should be his IN
heaven Love-aboye all. love sancti-
fed by marriage-could never die.
She annulled tho marriage herself,
poor child" he murmured. Yet had
he not heard her repeatedly denounce
the present law of divorce? And
she thinks that by this one act of hers
she can free herself from me. She
IL laile through all time and eternity
10 tue of the VOWS that made her
go She IS mine in this world and in
the next"
But whore was she? No beautiful
face shone in the empty rooms: no
sweet and gracious presence brought
happiness to him. Where was She.
And. when he asked himself the ques-
zion, a terrible sense OF desolation
came over him
These dreadful words could not be
true. If they we're, he must have been
mistaken; she could not have loved
him as he loved her, He remembered
that he had forebodlng of this many
times. Love bears with anything,
iove never complains. If she had
loved him with all her heart, she
NNlllN navy bpill WIN liln iipAh'l .
pride and temper; but she did not.
she could not, and the November
shadows fell around him, leaving him
despairiug and heartbroken
AT first II seemed TO him that he
should never move from the chair ca
which he was seated, that he should
never quit his room, that life was all
ended, that the darkness and coldueSs
af death were gathering round him.
strong men do not often weep. A
sweet singer says
Talk not Of tears tin thou hast seen
The tears Of warlike men"
Any one seeing the young lords head
bent low and the tears that rained
down his handsome face would hay,
md some idea Of what ne suffered,
would have had some idea of how he
nyod his wife.