Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-08-10


aid not hold his heart-that he still
loved the brown.eyed girl whom they
by treachery and falsehood had sup
planted
But, Ike the Spartan boy who hid
the fox under his robe and let 1t gnaw
his yitaIs rather than confess his theft,
she hil her love and her doubts, and
appeared before the world smiling and
triumphant.
And after all, she did not doubt.
Let him come back to me-" she
thought, proudly conscious of her
power, "ani all VIII be we'll Let him
come back, and can hold HIM against
| the world"
And 80 the preparations went on,
the stern old mother sitting silent and
sorrowful amazed at the confidence
Of the girl who refused to believe that
anything ill had happened Heron.
You will sect" said the beauty, with
a brilliant smile and the hectic flush
that 50 frequently glowed in her
cheeks He will come back. and
you will have had all your anxiety for
nothing"
"All right" said Vane gloomily one
night when he dropped in at Grosve-
nor Square after ball at which the
beauty had carried off the laurels. u
don't want to discourage you; but /
would merely remark that the wedding
was fixed for the thirteenth, and that
today is the sixth, and that we haven't
had line from him for MONTH"
She smiled and turned the diamond
bracelet on her arm.
zone week! Well, he is on his road
/ home, no doubt! | shall be mistress
Of Letchford Void in a week! Have
you seen my dress? Worth has sur
passed himself. | always said that |
should be the best dressed bride of the
century, and | think ! shall bel"
On this same sixth Of June May AMI
Carrie are sitting in the little room
which goes by the name of the best
parlor May Is putting the finishing
tuches to a water-color sketch Of the
church; Carrie Is leaning back In a
chair tilted to It's extreme limits, her
hands clasped behind her head, her
ewes fixed on Mays face with n
thoughtful, admiring gaze.
Nearly finished, May?' she asks
presently.
Just finished" says May, with her
head on one side to view the effect OF
the last touches.
I'm glad of It," says Carrie I've
been waiting for the last quarter OF
an hour for that finishing touch. Let's
look at It? Let me see how much do
they give you for this?" and she takes
IN the sketch unceremoniously.
May smiles.
1.-TWO guineas; take care you don't
smndge it,"
IAN right" said Carrie cheerfully
ITS a very pretty picture, dear. and
worth nfty guineas, Why don't you
put Mr.. Gordon in; he might stand in
the porch there; he'd be pleasing adj
dition to the picture"
May laughs softly, and wipes her
brushes In silence.
Eyes, I'd put him In" says Carrie
carclessly He'd make handsome
addition. BY the way, Moy, what
have we--or rather you-done to OF
fend Mr.. Gordon?"
May looks up with a sudden blush,
then arises and puts her paints to-
gether as she answers:
Offend him? i don't know. Carrie
"Oh, didn't know" says Carrie re.
sumng her old position, and scrut'
inizing May through half-closed eyes
Something has offended him, sup.
pose. He hasn't been down to the
school for-oh, weeks past, and he
doesn't call as he used; Indeed II he
happens to pass he turns his eyes as II
we were forbidden fruit"
Carrie" eXclaims May reproaeh
fully; but faint flush rises to her
face.
ITS the truth" says Carrie, calmly
mo one could help noticing 1t. Ii
we had been detected playing pitch
and,toss on Sunday he couldn't avoid
rs more pnlpahly What is it?"
"I-dcn't know" says May falter
ingly
Il believe that TO be falsehood,
says Carrie cheerfully. But I'm very
sorry. A nicer man than Graham
Gordon"
MIR Gordon" says May laugh
ngly,
Graham Gordon" reiterates Carrie
stubbornly. What nonsense 1t Is to
talk of a man always by his formal
name because he is a clergyman! lie
was christened Graham, and he Is Ora
ham. 1t IL pretty name, isn't it?"
YES" says May, 1T Is pretty
name"
|. Very well, then, retorts Carrie. y
choose to call him Graham Gordon lie
ought never to have been Il clergyman
with such shoulders. He ought tc
have been Il sol Her should have
lt&ed to have seen him in a scarlet