Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-01
| MILES RUEE
AWAKENING.
| gsr She 'larried One Man and
Loved Another.

Loved Another. y
" =. =. = =: = . -
s,,o we're two of them in her life
=. her lover, was a man of her
,ass the son of a neighboring
.ra,, tbe other was an English gen
NON One toiIed from the pale
wand pink dawn to the dull leaden
..,ess trying to extract a living
himself and his bride from the
,-a hillside farm; the other en-
rg some twenty IabOrers to beau
tbe grounds about his summer
-s On the crest of the ridge. One
ii dren his heart and soul into An
!. DeIamaterS hands, and account
himself blessed when she had plac-
58cceDted his gifts; the other had
-i her careIessIy, thought her a
--r girI. told her so more or less
faIg and quite unWittingly be it
iii awakened the love that had new
Il been aroused by jim ThOrne's ap-
4&
And the wedding day was creeping
.arr and nearer, while the glamour
the rich Enghshman was enshroud-
b her in its fImy mist. Only eight
ten times had she seen him. The
E. time-perhaps the second-even
De third had made little impress on
N mind, He was as far removed
nn her as the hilltop pines were
-zalt from the scrub oaks and chap
! nl Of her future home. Then came
ss1ay when he drew rein at her faith
q; gate, to speak to the old man
aI a boundary fence. Angelo, POM
faIng her bread by the open window,
listened to the Wolj-mOdulated voice
n different from Jim shat was the
N thought that occurred to her. In
answer to her fathers call, she took
-sn the outline map Of the farm, and
@nolT Sprang from his horse, COM
9 halfway up the walk to take the
A.7S from her-fOr the sun was hot,
!, said. She wore no hat, and the
~SeFlnS rays would burn her face
Ill hair. What was it that he
w @! Or suggest His own head
vs. uncovered while he spoke to her,
w |, ne looked like some glorious
.oale glant-Ijke the golden-haired
-sat Of her childhood dreams. Who
I'd ever thought of saving her a step
VI W SaeIterIng her from the ordinary
,--Sl' OF her hills? Not her father,
v neF brothers, not Jim.
,-V next tine she met him she was
.''IDS some brilliant scarlet ounce
v. ,',DlS' and what wonder was it
4. ~ ne compared the livid blossoms
~, W, '4e hYing scarlet lips above
sI' Then it was. too, that he told
. ,Ial the night before, as he lay in
u. hammock Watching the moon slip
~, , "O1 the ontangling arms of the
w. ;. LIE mad remembered that her
- -'''1eo the marvellous blue-black
,,Y ~'s4I Sky He had thought of
II, ~ '"eEe IN his wonderful home!
t ~~~ remembered her! Remember.
,i ~" she looked, Could her imag.
.@0D 90 otherwise than run mad
III; Ii. L7AJ meetings. quite accidental
;, part carefully planned on hers
n. n III The redwood circle through
W., NJ. '~e trail ran, from which il
r ,a.9 0o|n the sandy slope to Ben
~, There were few words
,s ,a, out these the girls heart
:, '' We. INTO its own language, and
n, wing enVeIoped them in won
,nu I'""lE. Her mind, hearing only
ns - NeF heart, was quite uncon
y. NJ " 'oe matter-of-fact, common
,bo r-I%SeS. 1t heard only love.
D.r ~, We wedding morning dawnet
% - later farm was enveloped il
= ,, y. log. The sun stretched him
n,t -,,S over the hills. and SLOWLY
ANIL. "'lndrew into the canons
~, aeId a hillside for a moment
s.t SN1FrJed back in undignifeC
s~S b but YanQujshed it would no
= o.. q" around its masses stood il
~ 10y The farm itself, encir
r %:'o roses that gave place il
ar$~ 1"l4S rings to blossom-lade1
ysS seemed an oasis in tn,
" 49," ossed hill-sides on whicl
a95~, dull, only partially com
sf0r '@ misery in her heart. wa,
4 : '2r the ceremony. She ha,
r,S w De left quite alone in he
omo room on this last morning
,ar "a, "--4 row she stood by tn,
--N .orE.ro o,..