St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
| AN EPISODE
BY MAY E. SOU7HWORTH.
THEY were a couple very pleasant
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10 look upon, as Jney came Ou1
together on the wide veranda tc
breathe the dewy freshness of the
early evening. Within the month
past they had been married, and, aft.
er little wedding journey, had come
here to take up their new life. The
future begun to-day gave such prom
Use Of happiness pressed down and
running over that from the utter Joy
in their hearts they felt they could
ask no more of Heaven or earth. The
husband, tall and dark, looked the
lineal descendant of kings, but was
in fact only one of the many men of
strong will who seem born to rule by
the force of great individuality. Very
deliberate and direct in manner, as
one whose mind is made up of an ut
ter hatred of anything vague or irres-
Olute.
His wife was petite and dainty,
with wealth of reddish brown hair
as to give the impression of an in
tense vitality amounting to ecstasy.
One could see that in love she would
be most generous, although in beauty
she was not above criticism-only
charming. That she adored her hus-
band all who ran might read. She
had the same faith in him she had in
the creed and Bible, and would as
soon have thought of rebelling
against all laws civil and religious as
to doubt him.
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little corner of the western world
too obscure and too new for geogra-
ply to even make a note of it, but
was made up of ardent sunshine and
blue sky. The charm which clings
about the early spring of this far
west is too Elusive to describe. In
trying to fix it there is only mem
DRY of brightness-a glow of color
a warmth and dreamy quiet, where
just the joy of living seems happiness
enough.
At this hour. as the big sun is 60
ing down like ball of fire, it cast
violent glow over all the fair country,
clarifying even the plainest clod and
picking out little bright patches; but
lingering longest and most lovingly
on the cherry little head that rests
so fondly on her husbands broad
shoulder. Bending his face to look
into the clear depths of her brown
eyes he said: care you happy, my
darling?"
She met his glance with a bright
smile, although there was something
like sob in her voice as she said:
$50 happy, my heart seems too
small to hold all this blessedness."
God bless you, my bonnie bride,
for the precious gift of your great
love and contentment. In this way
life will be easy and we will accom-
plish mighty things"
Robert had come to this wide-awake
little mining town to take charge of
the banking house of Mills & Co. The
town, like many others in the west,
had sprung into life suddenly, and
become an active business center on
account of the rich gold discoveries
near by. The mining interests had
naturally attracted all sorts and con-
ditions of men, from the most daring
and clever, to the very outcasts of
many countries. However widely sep
arated by social conditions, all met
here with one common interest. Rob-
ert had invested all his savings in the
Golden Ledge, the largest mine of
this district and the one in which his
father was chief owner. One of the
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far away place. was to be near their
combined interests, which he could
the better look after. For they had
great hopes that this promising mine
would eventually make gold a drug
in the market. And earlier it had
''panned out" surprisingly.
Everyone was enthusiastic and well
coined the new manager with heart
mess which sent the blood bounding
through his veins.
''The right man in the right place."
they said, as they nearly wrung his
hand from his arm.
The quaint, old-fashioned place |
which they had taken for their home
was on slight bluff, a little apart |
from the business center, with wide
verandas shaded by mighty oaks, all
bent in the one direction of the pre-
vailing wind, which seemed to have
stopped forever after bending them
in this attitude Of alteration. !
Their small family was distin-
guished by II most valuable and SEN
sible member, which they had
brought with them from their former
home. 1t was "Joy," a huge dog,
only little smaller than good-sized