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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1885-4-17, Page 2A YOUNG GIRL'S WOOING, a3K fl1. ta. £191^., Author 1,t'"Hal.( mooibrc a ivab.,".-room( .hint to Fsnrticol:' S: c., ad:c. which her seusltivo womanhood drew back in deepest dread was hie 1ci v lett go of her lovo. To prevent this silo 2'ot11l rather die, and alio felt op {Seel( and despairing that sho thought and almost hoped site would dio. li' slle could only go away, whom sho would nut Ave 1,111, and. hide hor wound! But how could she, chained near his daily presence by weakness and helplessscss ? Thus through tilts long night hor despairing thoughts went to enol fru, and found 210 rest. Miss 11'ild(noto s cold glance mot hor everywhere 1 ita the nrlsurltu • that such a creative a. sho could Hover bo anything t" stud, alas I his own worliS confirmed tho verdict. Lotto that gives all dulw.u(•.s all, and such pitiful affection as iw now gavo was only a mockery, The morning found her too weak to leave her room, and for the following ,114x., sho mado illness her excuse for rcnlaiu• ing in seclusioo. As Graydon 1eokcll ruefully at leer vacant chair the fourth evening after tho company, Alrs. atm, remarked reproachfully, " X hope vci now realize how delicate lfndre i Yon never should have coaxed her to go to that party." IIo was filled with compunctions, and bn 213( hor flower's, boxes of candy, boo. Irl everything which ha hue. gins° •odd amuso her. At the same time ho was growing a little impatient and pr•ovokcd. He knew that ho had taken Ilei from the kindest motives, Now that she gave n7) utterly to her in. validism, ho was inclined to onestiin it,. necossity. Ho found that he luisseot -her more than bo would have itungiuud, and his brief hours at houlo weal droary by roasou of her seclusion, " Why don't you call in 14 first-class physician and put Madge under t4 thorough eouree of treatment ?" ho askrd, irritably, She has no disease tow that I know anything about, and I don't 10llewe it's necessary that she should remain 1)o weak and lacl(a- dainhcal,•' " We did have our doctor call oftou, and he syi.l she world outgrow her troubles if she world take plenty of it Mr ;incl ceorcise. .5tal moa sho Costively ruiuscs to 1,°o a physician." " I w.,.11.1rft littltll,, a sit'k girl's fan- ' ies. Silo moods tonics and I. geuernl building up. With your parnlissiou I'll stop on my way down -town tomorrow foal toll Dr, `tolo2oon to call." Airs. 1Iuir icputtcd the cat:vatisation to her sister, with the literalness of which only uuimagivativo wonton aro otpenle. Madge turned her face to the and said cohhly, and docfsively, " 1 refuse to sho a ph Sialau. I aiu 11 , l nicer a child, and my wishes most be wen cote 1." AfLer a moment, slim ad,hol apo.moctioally : "A doctor could do mu 1)o goo -I. I shall soots be stronger. lou underst 1111 too better flan 1):•. Andersou cal. You are the hoot amt landest nnrs, that our breathed, and I've had euoneli of doctors. I'll take 111ty'r!litt2 yon give hue." 'rloi...et politic words appealed to 'Mrs. 3IIlir's weak point. Nothing plcaeed her bettor than to belicvo that rite could act the part of a physician in tho family, mot prescribing for 31a,Igotwas a ,111.11 1* 0f l(1) lagging interest. When sho inforlaed Gryaydon of their decision i11 the owning, he muttered something not very complimentary to either of the ]alias ; but Lim good•Iature erevail11, and instead of the doctor ho ordered a superb bouquet 01 .TacquomimOt roses. Meanwhile events wore taking place of which Madge had no kuowledgo, but which would favor the plan slowly maturing in her mind. llr, ilh1122 business affairs had been taking a turn which made it probable that ho would soon have to send his brothor abroad. As long as there was ltncer'tainty*, tho reticent man raid nothing, but at 113 received advices which brought hint to a prompt decision, and Graydou WAR 11)1d that 111) must go at once. Tho yotmg follow submitted with fairly- goo 1 grace. A brief foreign residence had its 1ttracthons,but it interfered with his incipient suit to ,hiss Wildniere. lie telt that he lead not gone far euot(gh for v dolinite proposal, but he show)• during the bold call that his time pole nlitted, au 1011105 which tho young lady well understood, Since he ream to b1) aliment for an illdlelhnito 10110(1, and would have no chanco to obsorvo her other llttlo affairs, (1110 pormitted herself to be gracious and regretful up to the point of inspiring much hope for tho future. With a nicety of tact—the re- sult of expeiiou00—she confirmed his vii:w that thoy had made favorable im- pressions on each other, and that for tho present they must bo eontout with this, Ho had but a day in which to make bus preparations in order to catch a fast steaulor that sailed at daylight tho fol. lowing morning. 11adgo's first tensa• tion when sho learned of his near do- protium opro ti u1) VMS 0110 of immense relief. Tho possibility which she had so dreaded could not ;cpw be realized, and Ileo plan could be carried out with far loss otn- barrassm0nt. But as time passed, and sho know that their separation was so near, her heart relented toward him with inexpressible tenderness. 'rho roses that perfumed the room worn a typo of his unstinted kindness a11c1 con. sideration, Sho was just enough to ace knowledge that those were oven morn than she (Mild naturally expoot from him --that tho majority of young leen -would havo treated hor with a half eon. tomptuous pity which silo was now beginning to admit would bo partially deserved. On the 00041510M whoa sho had gone out with Hint she hall learned how unattractive in society her Palo face and shy ways wore, Such anon - flans as she had reoeive 111x(1 boon to her sensitive spirit like charity, Gray don had boon aufmate(1 by uuat'feeted goo(1.will nod au affoctiou that was, after its kind, g41ufine. While sllo felt that it would bo no longer possible to receive tilos° mild nlanifostatious of 120• gelid while giving Something so different, site still know, with a half despairlug sluicing of heart, how blank and dos- olatll her life would ba without them. She trust meet hint onto moat, and word woo Kent that sho would ro0eive his good•hy after dinner, 'laving sa101y passed this coo iutorviow, sho hoped that she might bo able to control the. future, and either cease to b°, or bring about eamigos upon which sho had res0lx,•(l. Only a soft, dim light shout in her route w$cu ho carve to say farewell. "W hv, Shade," lin exclaimed; "you tiro lienor : Yon actually hutvo color, l'w•hapa it is fever, though," he added, dubiously. "At any rate, Wu very becoming.,, "I tido]: it must be Sho roflecti011 from your roses there, you extravagant fellow," sho replied, laughing. "That's famous, Madge. If you will laugh again Mu that I'll sc•n<I you a present from Paris. Door Madge, do {tet wolf. Don't lot us Maio anything dlooial in our parting. It's only for a little awhile you know'. When I come back it will bo suunuor, and 1'11 take you to the se1.shove or mountains or SOm1Wher0, and help you get well." "You aro very kind, Graydon. You halo boon a true brother to m0 from the time you triad to claim: and enconr)lge the pale, frightened little girl that sat opposite you at the dinner -table, 1)ou't you remember?" "Of course I do. It seemed so droll. to talo that you wore afraid when thoro was nothing to bo afraid of." "lly £ar was natural. Little as I loam of the 3t01!11.1, 1 »mow that,—at least for ono liko me. It may seem »oak and silly to you, but, brought up a:, 11nad hcun, I Wag morbidly 51111siti00, Yon might Have mealtt to bo kind and swuillathetio and all that, and yet hurt tum cruelly. I havo been out with you enough to kuo30 how I am regarded. I (1011'1 eoluplttin. I suppeso it is the way of tho world, but it has not been your way. You have brought su11811in0 from rho first, not from a scuso of (h1ty, not out of sheer humiliating pity, but he- et4n81' it was the bond .12 of your stre11gt11 to lion, and cheer oll".who was so weak, and if—if—anytii ug—Well, 1 want iron to 1(nuty beioro you go away that I ap- preciate it all and shall never forget it." 11011 c01110, Badge, don't talk so dia. madly. What do you mean by 'if—if anything' ? You aro going to got strong (4(11 well, and we'll open the campaign together next fall." ?;11 :haul: he: hood, toot asked, lhghtly, "HOW 14111 Aliso 11'1111 ,cr0 011dalu your absence?„ "Feeler than you, I imagine. She k,uo1. how to console 1lorself. Still, as my little sister, I will tell you in 0ouli- deuce that she was very kind 111 our porting interview. I1ow mileh her kind - (toss mount only she herself knows, midI'vo been in so010ty long enough to kuow that it may moan very little.' "Are you s0 wholly bout upon -'inning her, Graydon ?" "0 you little Mother Evo! You aro surely going to get well. There is no sign of longevity in a woman so certain as curiosity. I'vo not reached the point of brooking my heart about her, what- ever x110 du0.8. 11'uuldu't you lila so beautiful a crlatnro fur your sister 2" "Thio contrast would1 bo too great. I should indec h I.ol In a ghost beside her. Still if she would make you happy—" But sho could. co no lurthcr. "Weil, well, that's a very uncertain problem of rho 1111 110. Don't say any- thiug about it at home. My brother (111'(111120 her father. They oto not got on well in business. Let no talk about yourself. What are you going to do -while I x111 gone ?" "What eau such a shadow as I do ? Tell Ilio rather what you aro going to do, nod where you'll be. You aro real, and what yon do atm mints to something." "There's ono thing I'm going to do, and that is w'rito you some jolly letters that will make you 1140141 111 spito of yourself. They will bo part of the tonic treatment that I want you to promise 1n0 to begin at once." "I havo already entered upon it, Graydon," oho said, quietly "and I don't think any one else will value y0lir 105. taro m0ro than I, only I may not get strong enough to write y01y much in re- ply. I'vo nOver had occasion to writ° many letters you know. Tell 1)10 whore you will bo and what you are going to do," and oleo leaned back 0pon 1102 loung0 and closed1100 eyes. While ho complied, ho thought, "She has grown pale and thin even to ghast• lines, yet I was more she had dolor when I oseue in. Poor llttlo thing I perhaps her fears aro well founded, and I may never SPO her again ;" and the good.hoattod fellow was full of teudor and remorseful re1rot. 111, was [111110 2)0 fond of hor at if 1;111 was Hit, 011'0 sister, portal raven more 50, for 111314,1l01151ou was lot toot oly the result or n, natural tie, but of amine Olin;; congenial to itis nature in Ilio girl ho:solf, and it out 111m to the h(n4rt to sot her so white an11 frail. Ido st)111,o(1 n ntonlont, and she opened hor eyes and looked at hire inquiringly. "0 Madge," ho broke -ant, ((I411 1,c sorry I took you to that confounded party. You seemed getting on hopefully until that blasted evening. You must got well enough to haunt mo after your old fashion. You don2 know what n dear little sister you hive become, anal 1 didn't know it myself until you wore secluded by illness, and all through my fault. You have barricaded youroolf long o110ug11 with that staled and its I17. 'c3ZiUS3EI.r POST vase Of I(st's. I'111 not 1101(111 to 4143' good-bye at this (listal:co." 110 1)uulwcd tho stand, anti mention Munich by lux Hide, lto drew her hood down upon his el onl(101' and kissed hor 14ga.111 au(1 again. "There mow'," ho 1)o tinued, "yon look p0121c otly lovely. Ilissos aro a Inlet of tho tonic troatmcut you lulcd, and I wish I wort 110111; to bo hero to give. thorn. 'Why, you (Inver llttlo 3wonitul I 1. ctitl not know you had se much blood i11 your body." "it's—it's hyenas° I'111 not strong," silo said, struggling; for r410aso, Slot- denly sho bucmmc still, leer fano took 111 almost tho Ilea of .bath, 1.1111 to saw that sho Wail nno011S0:°111. Iii W11'11114 ri1(^a lie I11i11 111'r latalily 011 the 1ou11,ie, 51,1 1,3.11(11 lar Urs, Muir. "Slut has mono t ..are;1," said that exporirno, 1 woe! •u, ;.1tur v. intimeit'S ex1lnhuat;nn. ••4011 1),.wor will kart), (1111) , that :1314'-c 1, ant as strung SS yoltrse.f, [2)111 21..3, 1:' flit )nai;la tubi hravo hat' to 1)r'." hat 131:.14 11111•,.31 "10 lid. `•1111' 1:L11 i1 A.bh•u f•,t' 011' 4. 14 , two yvars. hIlo eo"m 3)1ioii, but a_lru•'" with hor sister chat it would 1.,,'1,...1. lout. to s,a) 1)fm a: nu1, :;1)n so"t i3) 0 „n1 of 1,b, own 1.00,,-, (111.11 the r,inlp)u.nm.rn,40, "Uuud• by," Late at u.4;111 hu wont 11131.11 to tho Rtennn.r, .e•prraw:d and ell\t"ns, carry - log with hum the vivid noono 3 of Madge lying Whin• and deal I; - like where he had laid her I.plutreutly lifeless 12112(1). "I burnt rower goo her swain," ho mnitero,i' "Such weakn050 roust he nem tat" CIIAPT.Eli IV. rz ronT. Tl)o Reap uxperience, the 1one1utol:o of cl)araat1r, of latent pow21r, if ouch existed, had collo to lladgo Alden. For days sho had drifted llelpl0ssly on the rislug tide of au apparcutly hopeless lova, With ovary holm she comprllr.•ud• cd mole fully »that Graydon Muir had become to her and all that 1.1e alight have boon. It seemed that she lend boon carried forward by a strong, quiet current, only to bo wrooked at last. .'1 801180 of uttorholplessuoss overwhelmed her. Sho could not ignore her love ; it had become interwoven with every uttered and fibre of her life. At first slue exnte(llplatl.'d it in wonder, 1I1 thole ly troubled mud alarmed perploxity. 1 was a momentous truth, that had sud- denly been made known as some irre- triovable misfortune might have been revealed. She had read of love as children hear of mental aneieticr, and conflicts of which they hove no tompro- heusiou. As the grew older it had been lilro poetry, music, romance,—something that Modica her imagination into vague, pleasant dreams. It lead been as re- mote from the present and her ots'u cs- perionce as lives of advontnre in strange and foreign lands. She had awalcooed at last to (incl that it was like her vital breath. I1y soma law of her nature she had givcu, not merely hor tllongl;ts and alfemtion, but bol' very self to an- other. To hor dismay it math) no differ. euce that loo had not sought the gift, audi was not even aware 01 it. Circum- stances 04-01. which She had no control had brought her into close eonlpatl ou- shly with Graydon Muir. She had soon hint almost daily for cors; alio 1ulew ]line with 1Ile ]utim t., vt at sister, yet without the safegunl•(i of a natural 310; awl from his genial kiudnrss oho hail drawn (duos( all tho life olio had ov(:r posressod. With au unc0nscionsllcsa alai" to that of a plant which t(4kos root teed thrives upon fouling a soil 12(l:l}.t(-11 to it, 11o1 love had beta) dovelopellby his strong, sunny nature. She soon re. cognized that it was a love such as sho 1111 1104'12 131200,21, 410lllc(. that for her mother or sister or tiny one else, and it seemed to her that it could rims away only with herself. It was not it vagll0 sentiment, an 111d01inito 1011gi11g; it 11'1131 rho coucentratod and imperious demand of her whole being, which, denied, left little fndoed, Oven 1'010 the whole world hers. let such were tho cruel condi- tions of her lot that sho could. not speak of it °veil to ono w110so head had Leen pillowed on the 0125110 mother's Inmost, and the thought that it might be dia. covered by its object made her turn cold with dread. It was a holy thing— the spontaneous product of an unp0r. vested heart—and yet sho must hide it as if it were it crime. Above all the trouble and turmoil of hor thoughts, clear and definite amid the chaos brought into her old quiet, languid life, was rho impulse—the 1)0008- sity—to eoucoal that 30121011 had 1)0001n0 rho mainspring of her oxiste11ce. She had not the exporienoo of oue versed in the ways of tho world. How could others—how could ho—bo kopt i1) iguo- memo of that of which oho 1)4(18 so pant- I!oilyand vividly conscious? Therefore, overwhelmed with dread ands Benito of helplessness, glia yielded to her first im- pulse to hide, in order that -what seemed inseparable from llersolf might bo eon. 10141011. Taut shoknew that this seclusion could not host, --that sho must moot this first and groat 0m0rgen0y of her lite in some other way. From the strong wish to obtain safety in separation, a plan to bring it about gradually took form. in her mind. She must escape, either to lino or die, before her .secret bocamo known ; and in casting about for filo 1neans, she at last thought of a family who hall boon the kindest of neighbors in the villago whoro her mother had died. Sir, Wayland and his wifo had boon filo truest and most sym.patitetio of friends to tho widow and her orphan ollildron, and Marlgo felt that sho could be ab home With them. itirs. Wayland's prolonged ill-hlealth had induced leer husband ho try, in hor behalf, rho rem. ody of an (Intim change of air and climate, Thorofare, thoy had removed, some years bolero, to Santa Barbara, on tho Pacific coast, Tito signal 0(100088 of (mo nae CONTINUED.) --Naw 141'(1(IIi 111''-.., Buffalo Robes, Sluts & Horn Blankots( 0 ts1 O r APRT!, 17, 1SR,. ON1,C't'O LOAN. _— Morale 1. un,:0, 511,3 at 1'21 1'0112 Publish rIl I THOS, F L J TO 3B, 0' �1 k7 1'ractleal 11'alchuulkcl luluJe18t'ir •1)''y Gold OTatckea,lillvrr rioted Wart. Silver WW'atches, Clocks, cod ;Barna, O'lelins.lSlc, I hove 11104'1[1 to my new brlalc store and a111 prepared to wait 011 all my old cu(tem- ors and many 111)34 01)00. HARNESS / HARNESS/ Light mid Heavy IIarnuss made to order 0a short notice of the very boot material and superior workmanship. I have in Ssool3 HARNESS, - WHIPS, CURRY COM -13E, CO1lBL, BRUSHES FLY NETS, DUSTERS, ETC, A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF TRUNKS, VALISES, SATCHELS, ETO., ETC, Ho DENNIS. MONEY TO LOAN. J 5Sonoy to loan on form 103018rty at LOWEST RATES. PRIVATE AND COMPANY FUNDS W. 13. Dlcr4soN, Solicitor, Brussels, Ont. INTERESTING TO EVERYBODY. Stoves, Furniture 84c. The Sterling Cook Stove just the thing for farmers use. Has a largo oven, takes 27 inch wood and weighs over 400 lbs. The Marquis, ono of the umostoonven iont and hanc16o2n0 town Cook Stoves ever offered to the public, also in stock. CALL AND 6140 ono. "DAVIS" SE IND MACHINE. Itis Simple and Durable and dons a larger range of work than any other machine in rho market. A PULL 8'C51'L0 01' FURNITURE, —CONSISTING 0I'— CHAIRS, BUREAUS, BEDSTEADS, LOUNGES, MATTRASSES, &C. 01(NIO14ALLY ON 11AND. Nest door to I, Dram's hardvrare store, W. T,, Jaokson, Money to Loan. .1�EI1/ I TD _FUNDS. $20,000 of Private Fonds have just boon plated in my ]lands for Investment AT 7 PER CENT. liorrowars can have their loans complete fn tbreo days if title is satis.faotory, Apply to E. E. WADE.. 1 '1Al1i1I FOR BALE AT A BALI gain.—Tho farm oontains about 121 n0 rosand is within sight of a triving town in GroyCo, Good 113arkot,so11oe1,ahurohos, &e Tho 70001100, Gray Rs Ilrnoo railroad runs aorosstho roar of th0 101. LoW price to tho manpaying the sash. laasy tormeif ontimo,. !Obis ismoplondidopportunity for apoor man ora man 11th it family. Tho owner 300111)1 oxohanao fora manor farm is Boron Co, 148r 1111211101'5811t1511131) 1100)11710 w, 1I, 323134111, rlrass010, D,-0, I Iwo', fu11lino of goods nounlly 1u( to ,. arot-olasatowoirystart. Ual1and examinant, tr00 1,1 rt., aha34 ((1,011 F. 1804.0_ et' ,•ao.,,rio.co S 1200(5:.ed. Agent or 000an '1'icllets,Amorican 12xprae Company and Groat North wt•sler', 31legrnrh company. OUR CUSHY '1S, I wish to inform all that I havo rented the MINNWOOLEN MILL Till I get the Brussels mill iu ouera• tion and will tulle in Wool Hero in Trade as usual. I intend to take in A11 Kinds of Manufacturing hero, at the Old Woolen M111 Stand, such as Roll Carding, Spinning, Weaving, Fulling, do, �iZCZ Guarantee to Give Good Satisfaction. —ALL BINDS OP— Knitted Goods Made To Order, —SUCH AS— Jackets scarf's, t()emu!, s, I have a large stook of goods on 1111Dd, ouch as Bed Blankets, Horse Blankets, Shectings, Union Flannels, All Wool Flannels, Top Shirts, of various kinds, Under Shirts and Drawers, an Excellent Lot of Alt Wool Tweeds bout Fine and C oil rSc. r' 'PLEASE GIVE 5214 A CALI, III;1'(VE SELLING Y0L'it WOOL LLSEWIIEIM, G: Q dal 9. trri NV E . 1\ ;ONEY'TO LEND. Any amount of Money to Loall 011 Farm or Villago property at (i & Gx PER CENT. YEARLY. Straight Loans with privilsgo of re, paying when required. Apply to A. HUNTER, Div. Court Clerk, Brussels, BINDERS 1 ' - BINDERS 1 1 A word to the wise. Don't Buy a Binder Until you Soo the Improvements itt the Bilis. sets Fair, A Word to those Not Very Wise, Buy from the Agent who will furnish you with most Lying Toot- ilnoliials. Most likoly diose aro the hands you will fall in, !MIASMA, (OA 0'.