Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07


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wil1 aha "a v,,,r l;fos5 INIT i. Won Vas 1
love Won 81-
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the sea beach and with the freshnes.s
of the son hreeze hlowyiinte, ! ho,,t his M
covered head 4he thanked God for tho
nrecions. nriceless gift. of. i tl,fs4 5wnrn.
ants heart. They, had had much To
say. as, true lovers ALWAYS have. Al
.ways they had come back to the nndy-
ing theme.ofs their love for each other
5"She loves Ine!' he kept sa wing sto him
self And the. waves and thes night
wind and the stars and the harbn,.
lights and the pines near the beach all
joined in the same song. He He walked
up and down the sands until the early
morning. He found his face vet once.
with tears. He ran across q long 7strin
Of beach exultant and walked 5 from,
one of his reveries to find himself knee
deep in water. for the tide was COMING
in. and he knew nothing of tides only
L., .'1+.t
spirit. VI - +.~z >..sT- N. q
Rut he drew hack out of tho wa+erz
laughing and finally found .his wav -
the inn down nv the nier whore ho
had breakfasted. Rnt what he. ata ar
whether he ate ANYTHING was nrohahlv.
unknown to him: at least. he was not;
able to give Dorothy ysatisfactorvs an.
s2swers when he came back to the honse,
+: His dream was a-rea,itv. She met,
hin: with the look on her face that was
never to die on+ of T. as lono - Id
lived and tooether thew went +o 600
Mrs Ponroso ,..,..,..-9 ~. ~. s :
>Dorothv,s ann+ was sonowho+, -nar..
n1exed and to +ol, tho +,,,th GOOD
dea1 as+onishod at tho events <,,f tho
last ,24 ho,7rs Dorothv had told bnrr
all and. there was no nnast;on in Mrs
~ponroso,s mind +bo+ tho. do,,o,,+o, ~
John Gilhert had made. hor defin;ta
sp1ad choice Of this aw1-ward nnhand,
some. moor voinp minister as her fn-
yture husband She conld NOT den1v
that the vonne man. was a .ppntlona q -.
also that he had very snnerior: nna II.
ties of mind and heart Rut the fact
remained that he had M nrosnncts ov..
cent his Home MISSIONARY field and a
somewhat uncertain income from o.
casional WRITINGS ...<- ~ ~zt5 a., :.
When she nictnred. Dorothv in a sod
honse or q dueont or a shantv in +hat
vapne wild uncon+h n,aco ca11od "o,,t
west y living in a narish of nlaincs nm.
cnl+nrod noon,o snch asS sha Mo o;d1v
took for granted lived IN tho nraa ir;os
1r,I poaro.o :: eoI+ - ! 20 & nen.4,, ~
.+ro,oo -ohoioo NOS 40 s+ro naos+ +h;na
she ever knew :. :
s"And ro+ ~ :, 11,,oe ~, <+,,,,,, q, 49,
com Kirk, me in that morning #both
Of them glorified nv. the greatest th1nu
in all the world. Dorothy had never
looked so beautiful. Kirk had never
felt so like a giant in possibility.
Dorothy had anticinated remon-
strances and opposition from her aunt.
She was surprised and gratified to find
how calmly Mrs. Penrose accented the
matter. Even when Malcom Kirk OK
nressed his wish. erave1v hn+ with
firmness that thew MIGHT he married. at
once and o. topether tn tho now nar-
ish to begin their life topether Mrs
Penrose offered no decided objection.
"You are neither Of Won children ,,
she finally said to Dorothy. with a sa 4
smile. "You know your own minds bv
this time. | want YOU to be married
here in this house. of course. It seems
very sudden. But I don't blame Mr.
Kirk"
"Of course not" said Malcom Kirk
decidedly as he looked Dorothv in the
face. .....@.-.
So # came ahon+ +ha+ month s,a+er
tho nros;don+ ~ tho som;na,v fao,,1+,,
came down to Beverly one morning
and Dorothy and Nalcom Kirk were
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