Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-03-24

Ne eald hat ! 8Nre yun Barbara zn6
I @an1 yea for my wife ! sS86 the
same serbs To you EeErs age ana
failed y0n z wa only . weak boy
fhen. swsy%1 ek01s nv q designing
wGznam- Now j arr n E02L- knowing
Thy pxn heart and Win 81 lis intense
peuz-up passion il cries sal for yen
For Barbara face seemed
g3nr5S=a wiEn Right Her cheeks gs0ws3.
her eyes enlarged her breast hsavt3.
she PCT bc1h mss bands IN his
y neve have been conteng without
rDa-ua1 for one u0En@EL she sG2L
%0thEEE SIZES Try life 50 1EA2 that /
cd nGa f@eI the need - yea Harold
IhPEv was arranged To-
three ngunras Erer she fingered -Itil
the kFt 1onth seemingly llwaHnE 10
separate fru hiExL aH8 taea went hack
% Seer ola hnHaC- Ill waE ccCap8e1 ~
e-snEE but ss wanted ~ nEake her
there . SAID sne Bad
Grea we1 81 doing 40 fcrG g
AM lhg were ia te ulrre6 ~ tHp
vg c1uruh ~ the old farny
La use ola 5y711 reach perfection
~ 6etaa ii last. she said
The Httie cAnrNh mas rr8v ael when
the 1av anae AL in 8 SHEEN q wh11e
Harbarl stood before the altar. ard
felt her han6 Gken BY The man @bC
&tAN&AHaEA A&H EE&a &e4HaEH
witt ihoa have THIS man 10 BE Thy
n.edde3 husband-
TIE old rector stated fer the re-
Spouse II came Ilsg The report % a
pssct
Never. a he oac reaoted me so
HoW 60 ] reject him.
Ans she swept aown TIE aisle. whittier
than her robes. and left a gaspIng
crowd ~ as1onishe1 people staring
blanklY after her..
Very calmly ar very eoldly Howard
Snow PASSED down snd cut of the
church. He vent 10 the hotel where
his luggage WAS left. and began 10
make preparations for departure by an
early train. But mis- hands seemed
psTaiyzed. ard strange lights danced
before his eyes
Before midnight ne was IN q ravlEg
GeleTtum- The neEt morning they
found him in 2 high fever. calling Wild
IN on the name % Barbara and re-
Fiiing Some woman he called Helen.
who seemed pursuing him.
he earuot ike" The doctor said
the next evening. "@ili someone go
and ask the woman who has done this
The sight Of her may quiet him, per-
haps."
But while he spoke she came liz. her
bridal white exchanged for funeral
black, her long hair falling loose about
her
She zllded to tho bedside and put her
hands on MS face.
Howard she called. ia a trembling
Voice: oh. my love, Howard. forgive
re before YOU die
But he fancied she was The woman
Helen. ard shFieked and grew so VIC
lent hat they sent her from the room.
There was q week 81 Wild delerium
and then q week OF staror. and then.
like 8 pale wrath Of her former self.
she came In slowly and knelt beside
him.
she put her wasted cheek beside his
on the pillow. and tae tears that had
refused 10 How. fell slowly down. as
she said.
oh. | thought revenge was sweet.
but II Is bitter. bltIer. my love"
How she knelt there she did o
know. but suddenly she was startled by
a sigi--a very CHEST 10 a sigh. fl
seemed 10 her. CHE Put her hand over
the heart she tad believe still forever.
Il flutteFed feeoly.
"oh, thank heavea!" she cried. and
feli unconscious.
An hour later she found herself III
bed and kindly cared FOR and smiling
faces ail around her.
He lives they said Your touch
brougns him back from the very gates
Of death"
Al few weeks later a pailid bride and
a still more pailid groom passed down
the old church aisle and u into the
great world.
somewhere they dwell today--happy,
let us hope. since they had 80 entered
IN the past.