McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, September 27, 1883, Image 7
UHBEST. * * BY KDOAUL. WAKKMAX. ' V- Here in the years wherein I stand 1 gaze across tho.fallow land ; Across the conquest and it cost ; IJeyond the sought-for and the lost ; And look Into the eyes of Joy , Thou brown-faced , tunicked country boyl Just thou and thine , with naught between , Make up that sweetest oldest scene. 0 tender scene and sight and sound ! The farm-house , with its lilacs 'round ; The poppy bed , the locust trees , The stillicldlc hum of bees ; The well , with Bturdy oaken sweep ; The morning-glories half asleep ; The . wallows gossiping ; the croon Of doves about the barn ; the noon When kinc , 'breast deep , stand in the stream ; And thy world pauses in a pleasant dream ! Beyond , the uplands ; thou , the hills , Wliere , interlacing , creep the rills ; Here , forests , sentinels of peace ; There , acids , with opulent increase ; Uelow , the valley , stretching far And dim to the horizon's bar. - > My brown-faced lad , I look again From out the lairs and lives of men. 1 see the longing In thy face To.grow beyond the commonplace ; I know the lands that 'tween us lie. An d pity theo 1 For thou wert I. A GREAT TEMPTATION. Alice Arnden was not a , woman one would select for a heroine because of her personality. She was neither large nor small ; she was beautiful , I think ( beauty is a hard thing so define and limit ) , but it was a beauty of no won derful or unusual type , and was of that kind which grows on one gradually , as his knowledge of the possessor of it grows. There was a wealth of sweet ness aud purity shining up in her eyes , which tears could never wash out , and the mouth indicated firmness and reso lution , which" had its beginning long before the night's vigil which had left it so sternly agonized. The trouble which has ediue to Alice Arnden is of no unusual kind. It is a sudden sorrow , which has crushed out all hope in life many times in the past , and will many times in the future as long as men and maidens are proud and willful. One may say , "only a lover's quarrel , " but one should remember that there are heart tragedies in this a world , under the torture of which men" and women drag out long lives without finding peace. To Alice Arnden it .seemed as though everything worth : having in life was now forever utterly beyond her hope. She arose from the seat she had occu pied for so long and moved slowly around her humble room. She had not known until she moved" how , much she was suffering physically ; how cold it was ; how cramped and weaiy she was. There was really little to do. Her bed had not been used ; her room was in order. She had plenty of time to prepare - . pare herself for the task of covering her sorrow from the gaze of her friends if she. could. She made a fire , and into .the fire she rcmorsely put all the fragments of the ly paper which , she had spoiled in her efforts to writer simple letter long ago Tfhen her sorrow was hew.- , Long ago ? Last night ! Happiness gives wings of lightness to etemity ( lying.1 about our being and so-called time rather than eternity ) , which we roughly measure and call minutes and seconds ; but sorrow row weights their noiseless feet with lead. * * * * * f * Mr. George Fenby was next among the actors in. this little fragment of . ' human life. \ He sat at the window that morning as Alice Arnden sat at hers. His window " looked ip. the same direction ; from it he saw much the same scene she saw. " The stars faded out for him , as for her ; day brightened ; the sunlight fell across his face. But he sat there with a cheerful fire near him ; ho was strong from happy sleep ; his eyes were bright and cheer ful , and looked as though tears had to always been strangers to them , and his" lips were smiling. V The icy marshes seemed to him a it type of the future. Smooth , white , purethe light stretching warmly across them and with the ocean outside standing to him , as to'her , as a type of eternity which he felt would be one of in strength and happiness. George Fenby thought of what he had to be thankful for , this lovely morning. it A small fortune , enough for himself and one other , a fair woman , and good as fair for his promised wife ; health , education , friends , influence , position ; it was indeed a goodly prospect. This man was strong and quick ; good looking , if not handsome. He looks like a man who would not. do a wicked thing , or think it § while Jie might do a weak or foolish one. He was a man who would be likely to win .a-woman's heart and hold it ; a man whose love a woman might prize , and the loss of which she might wisely mourn. Weak enouo-h to be a man , he was strong enough to be one hard to .win from the life which had once had him. There -was a happy smile on his face as he heard his little brother knock at the door , aud he answered "Come in" in a cheery voice. "Here's a letter for you , George. " "Thank you , " said George , as he it took it. , , "You are welcome. By the ( hand writing on tne envelope I judge the he message will be a pleasant one. " it And the boy left the room. A pleasant message ! The smile on the man s face deepened , as be lovingly handled the letter a little time , before he broke the seal. A pleasant'message ! These were the words he read : MB. GEORGE FENBY I will not con sent to be any longer a hinderer regard ing your "higher.ambition. " I never wish to speak with you again in my life. I give you back your freedom. ALICE AnNDEN. So Mr. Fenby.'s morning gift was the ift of his freedom. What should he _ o with it ? His cheeks and lips grew cold and white at the thought. Mer ciful heavens ! What coul'd he do with it ? The sky seemed darkened , the earth seemed dreary and desolate. George Fenby and Alice Arnden , a bare quar ter of a mile apart , could not have been more widely separated had an ocean .stretched between them. And .each looked on the sam& landscape 'arid saw alike at last. The village of Marslmm wsis a small one , and most of'it was farther from the ocean than were the two houses at the windows of which we have seen two un happy persons. It was a relief to both George and e > Alice that there was service in the little church that morning * , and everybody could be looked for there. Secret sorrow row finds a certain abatement of its in tensity in the effort of appearing uncon cerned. Then there is a mournful pleasure in seeing what one has lost1. In a place no larger than Marsham everyone k'nowseverybo y else. Every one "knows the business of everybody else in some degree , or thinks so , and says so. So our two friends were knownand their relations to each other were known also. And so poorly had they played their parts , that when serv ice was finished nearly all their friends had concluded that their engagement was over , and , many were speculating as to the reasonfor it. Ralph Warden was too shrewd a man not to see what every one else saw. He said but little about it , as he spoke > to one and another after church , but he WAS deeply interested and very much puzzled. , 'The/time had been when the gossips had connected , his. name vjith that of Alice Arnden , and there were those who had shaken their heads when it became evident that she had been won by George Fenby , instead of Ralph. Ralph had .never spoken , to .Alice of love , andwe wiHvrespect ? his .reserve. What hecared * for her may remain a sealed book. George Fenby walked home alone. RalpluWarden came the same road , but quarter of a mile" behind him. Some distance out of the village Ralph sud denly came upon two papers , resting on the snow ' by the side of the road. , They" had'most likely been pulled , from the - pocket ; ofthe' ' owner in removing his1 - handkerchief. The smaller paper had blown.apaft , it lay upon theoiher , , , and , its contents were so brief tkat Ralph had read it before he had taken it in his hand , and before he was aware of what he was doing. We have seen the paper before. It was the brief letter in which Alice Arntlun had dismissed ( Qeorge Fenby. Ralph Wardenstood for , a long time with the letter in his hand. "I've read it once ; it can do no harm " to read it again , " "he said. And he read it again not once mere , but a dozen times. It seemed as if he was trying to draw something from the bit of paper which he did not find there. . After < -'tiine Mie stooped and. . picked - up the other paper , a long folded docu ment , but the action was merely a me chanical one. He jdid not open it to see what it was , but with his head bent forward on his "breast , and' with a very ' grave face , he went on his way. He . walked more slowly than before ; the .sometimes stopped , and he talked-'to himself fronrtime to time. "If tnis is final , " he commenced aloud , and then relapsed into silence. "A hinderer. " Then , after standing and thinking for awhile , he went on' : ' "She never was that to him. And she never was moody and self-distrustful. " He thought for many minutes now. "I don't understand , what she jmea s his ' ambition.1' ? by 'higher His-highest ' ambition lately seems to have been to win her. It has cost her a great deal give him up anyone can see that with half an eye. And his. freedom , is 1 not welcome to him ; he neither wanted nnr expected it. " The noonday sun was shining and making'everything ' 'pleasant. ' JChere' ' " ' was'a glow'in "the wintry air "which seemed to have a promise of summer it. Q' He seated himself at his table , placed Q'd Alice Arnden's letter upon it , and read It again. Then for the first time he looked at the other paper which he had picked oip. > He turned-it over and saw at once what it was a deed from Bertram Kingsley , conveying certain lands and buildings to George Fenby. Suddenly he. stood , still , and a hot , fierce flush creptup into his face. is "I wonder if it is true that hearts are ever 'caught in the rebound , ' as they sometimes say they are ? I will" And he clenched his hands and hur ried on his way. He did not stop again until he reached his home , where his mdther and sister were awaiting for him , nor did he think his thoughts aloud any more. With a few words of greeting and a few more of excuse he fpu't his mother and sister aside for the present , and went up to his own room. Ralph Warden drew a long- breath , aud the'light faded slowly out of his face. It might be necessary to go over all to see the details , but the general outline of the unfortunate affair was , felt , as certainly in his possession as ceuld have been" he had been given the privilege of looking fully and freely into the minds of the two lovers whose lives were drifting so far apart. x Down went his liead upon his hands dri'the' tabl6 the wjnter suushine8hdrie ; , that day on no nobler-head | and from his lips came those words of which frail humanity has deepest need , "Lead us not into "temptation. " . . He thought it all out. Bertram Kiugsley owned the finest place in all Marsham , or had until the deed was made which conveyed it to George Fenby. Estella Kingsley , the daughter of Bertram , was n beauty and some thing of a flirt. More than one lady 'at Marsham had quarreled with her lover on , Estella Kingsley's account. And last night there had been a little gathering of young people in the church , and cir cumstances had apparently done their worst. In the first place , first place , George Fonby came with Estella Kings- ley ; the meeting was'not of a character to make it unkind for him to leave his promised wife to come home with her father , as she had , but his coming with' Miss Kingsley had been noticed by several. With the deed before him , Kalph Warden had no difficulty in de ciding why George had been at Mr. Kingsley's , and consequently -why he had , come 'as he had. Kalph was- well acquainted with u young man living where the Kingsley's had formerly resided , and through him he knew of the engagement of Miss Kingsley to gentleman living there. He hadknown-this for a long time , and knowing it had thought little of events which might otherwise have deeply affected him. Last night , for instance , a laughing group of gentlemen had spoken of Miss Kingsley. One had said : "She is a beauty and an heiress. Whoever wins her will .have a beautiful home. The Kingsley * estate is the finest one in Marsham. " NowJ , .av ry gentleman in the group ' knew that" 'the Kingsley estate was for sale , and every one hacl counted at its true value the answer which George Fenby had made. Indeed his devotion to Alice Arnqen was ; so absolute and complete that no one save her modest self , would have doubted it for a single moment. "It's ambition to be my highest mas- tei ( of the estate , " laughed George ; "and I made an offer to-night which I think will be accepted. I am to have an-answe-iy-to-night. If I succeed , I inll' be supremely happy. If not * whyTwill do as other men have done failing of , rhat I want , I will take what I can get. " Ralph could not remember where Alice Arnden had been when these in- nocent-.wordsx had .been spoken. That she had been near enough to hear them evide'ficed . bv her letter , which was , < * , * " f n f * - i before.Jninv. t jHe could only dimly imagine how she niugt have suffered in trying to evolve the "truth fas she.believed the truth to be ) from what she had heard. When a human idol falls from the place it has held in the heart , not the least of the pain comes from what we see , or be lieve we see , of its unworthiuess. To find our goldtit gilded clay is a sorrowful rowful thing. So he sat there , and pit ied Alice Arnden for the faith in the man ; whiclvshe had lost , as well as the manfliimself who had been put from her. With " what pain beyond that which would come to her from a belief that her lover would think aud do what his words seemed to imply , must she face the added shame of his stooping to .tell ifr ; nay , more , to boast of it. Ralph raised.his.head. The time had not been long since he sat down to think. But he knew it all. Two proud and obstinate.'young creatures had been parted by fate. And he muttered with 'with'wliite , compressed lips : "I alone .understand it all. I alone , of all the " world"chnJset it right. What a temp tation ! " , - We will not seek to follow his thoughts. What a man does should be the basis of our judgment , and what we would'do. If he thought of the cura- tive effects of time on suffering hearts we can forgive him ; if a , possible fu ture , in which a happy home of his own was-the central figure , rose up to meet , him , rwe can do > lib , less than pity him , " if "she only had tlie slightest reason for what she had done but she has none. If George Fenby was really a scoundrel but he is truly a noble man. The band of sunshine rested on his head like a golden crown. His face was almost glorified as he raised it to the.light again.f .And surely the angels madera-record of afsecond gift that day ' coming to the lot of those whose lives fall for a little time within the lines of our story , when he said aloud : "I will do right ! Alice Arnden shall have her Evening service at the little church was over. Ralph Warden stood on the steps as the congregation came out. He looked happy. If it be true that "coming events cast their shadows before , " andthat "virtue its own reward , " he was happy. He spoke , cheerfully" to this one and that when they passed. He did not look like -conspirator. . One would not have dreamed that he hadmade , a plan which for'audacity would find few rivals , while for simplicity it might find fewer. "It's better to .have it over as soon as possible , " he"said to himself ; "better fqrthem and me. " Alice Arnden was passing him. , He to leaned fbnvard. . "Will you com'e for a little drive with me , Miss Arnden ? The night is perfect , and you look as if fresh air would do you good. " She accepted at once , hoping as she did so that George Fenby would see her. He was .not there to see , however , and Ralph had taken good care to know that. He was already half way home. But Miss Arnden was in no mood to refuse. She was in reckless tempeiyund Ralph Warden had counted on that. ' One deslrotiH of widening the breach between/Alice and , George would have found it an easy task to make a begin ning that night. R.alph Warden's lips moved slowly as he seated himself beside Alice , but we will not try to determine what he said to himself in that crisis in more lives than one. "I admire your cloak and hat , " ex claimed Ralph , "though the saying may be as much a compliment to my sister's as to your own taste. Her's arc like them , are they not ? " "Very nearly : not quite. But I didn't know you ever noticed what your lady friends wear ? " "I don't very often. I did to-day. Would the masculine eye detect the dif ferences ? " "I think not. Butit is a pity to talk of dress on such a night as this. What a strong and helpful sermon we had this evening. " "Yes , " said Ralph. They made a turn in the road , and there was George himself only'a few yards ahead : * Alice put down-her veil at once. Surely fate was on the side of Ralph Warden's plans that night. "Get in , George. I won't take a re fusal. " "Who is with you ? Your sister ? " "Yes , " said Ralph , with a prompt ness which should be admired and par doned. "Sit on this side , " said Ralph , as George got in ; "I will'sit bet-veen you. The night is beautiful , isn't it ? " "Very beautiful ! " "Very beautiful ? " said George , who really had not thought of it before. "You needn't go home at once. . I will turn here , and we will drive to- Avard the shore. " He had turned his horse , down the road leading in that direction before either of'his companions could say a word. The two lovers were gazing again on the scene they had looked up on in the morning. The moonlight may have softened the harshness of it a little , but the man between them heard a sob from the woman at his left , and saw the moonlight sparkle suspiciously on the eyelashes of the man on his right. And he thought grimly of himself - self as the image of fate fate , with the destiny of two human beings in his mind. "I found a paper of yours this morn ing , " said Ralph , slowly , "and here ] t is. I could hardly help seeing what it was. I congratulate you on your bar- ga.in. You have" bought the finest es tate about here , George. It is remark able cheap at the price. I believe the deed was signed last evening ? " "Yes. " ' * "Mr.-'Kingsley had not fully decided to sell until.flien , had he ? " "Notiully. He told me his daughter might decide to want it herself when she is married. - Mr. Kingsley will , of course , give her a handsome residence somewhere when that event takes takes place , for Mr. Jones , who is to many her , has no fortune of his own. " "It has been your highest ambition to. own that estate , hasn't it ? " "Certainly ; wanted the finest place here. " "You ought to be supremely happy. You said last night you would be when you owned the place. " "Yes. " The answer was short. Ralph could feel the strong man on his right tremble in spite of his efforts to control himself , and he knew that the woman on his left was crying softly. "You said something last night about your ambition to be master of the Kingsley estate. 'Do you remember what it was ? " "Yes , I think I do. Something very boaftul , was" it not ? " George Fenby was beginning to un derstand dimly why he had received the letter he had. "Worse than that. Did you ever think that one overhearing it might think that you meant to marrv Miss Kingslcy ? " "Never until now. Oh , what have I done ? " "No matter ; did you intend to marry her . ? Not a word of objection. .You've been led into answering too much al ready to stop now. George , I demand an. answer. ; did you ? " The eyes of the two men met. In Ralph's there was the determination to know , and , perhaps , something more. In George Fenby's there was surprise , which changed to satisfaction and in dignation , which gradually faded. "Never , on my honor ! "he answered. Ralph Warden stopped the horse. They had .driven far to the southland tiad now turned back toward the vil lage again. In front of them was the level sweep of frozen marsh , , but farther on was the peaceful village , with its lighted windows , and with its range of 11 sheltering , wooded hills behind it. On J their right was the sea , calm and bright. He stepped into the road and placed thereins _ in George Fenby's unresisting hands. "Bring the horse home when it is all right , " he said , "but take all the time you wish. Here is another paper of yours which I found this morning. Be thankful to-night that so meddlesome a man found it. Alice Arnden and George Fenby , I give you back your fu be ture and my blessing ! " He spoke to the horse , and , obedient his word , it dashed down the road and left him alone. There is no more need of following the lovers , to be sure that all came right , than there is of following the rushing mountain stream to be sure it a finds the sea. An Important Difference. Arkansaw Traveller. ; De man what tells lies for de 'muse- ment of de crowd ken be put up wid , but de man what lies ter make hisse'f I 'portant is a mighty disgustin' bore. ' A Story of Fearful Buffering. 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