Mildred's Married Life and a Winter with Elsie Dinsmore

by Martha Finley

What a happy winter that was!—the first of Mildred’s married life. Her cup of bliss seemed full to overflowing. She was very proud of her husband, and not without reason, for his was a noble character; he was a man of sterling worth, lofty aims, cultivated mind, and polished address. They were a pair of lovers who grew more and more enamored of each other day by day as the weeks and months rolled on. And while the new love flooded Mildred’s pathway with light, the old loves, so dear, so...