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OLIVIA;
TEE DOCTOR’S TWO L0VE3 ,
BY THE AUTHOR OF
* Z'ht Second Mr*. TMotion, u Kcvct
ForgottenFtc., Idle.
crM’TT.I! XVill
Ii : went liii way, and 1 went mine up
into mv own room, where I should be
alone to think o ver things. It was from n
pleasant room, and had been mine
mv boyhood, There were same nglv o d
pictu:o-i still hanging agiinst the wal’*,
which f <• mid not find in my heart to take
down. Tim mod d of a ship I hid carved
with inv penknife, the sail* of whb h lmd
i < in made by Julia, occupied tbo top
ch'if over mv hooks, ’lire fir*t jiisf'i 1 1
had mer poHUcK-mi lay on the same shelf,
ft was my own den. my nest, my ganctiiary,
my home within the home. I con d not
tb i.k of nivh If Ic ing quite at homo any¬
where else.
Ot late I had been awakened in the
night two or throe tim and found my
II,other Blnnding at my bedside, with her
thin, transparent fingers shading the. light
from my eyes. When I rnmotisirated
with h t she had kissed me, mimothcd th i
elt» has about me, and promised ne- kly t *
>>1) In k t > bod I>:>1 she visit mo every
iii^lit? id i I would tb« :<; coiuo u time when
h,L could ii it visit m •'
(If APT HU XIV
I ,;t)KI •« on.
A I ilied mys If Oii <|iu*sU‘M, with nr.
omiritn P r •moidUoii tbit tim I mo woull
....... ■ hen n,y i .her and I ........
lie door, tie Was ted in the habit of
*. at Hi)' her guest ■ and I '.as Hurpr: < 1
hi. ,1 peiplexed at s'" log her. lmv
Vo«r f.itber and Mih. M inav arc
ir;- i t/sifiif* of ell PUS h he Huid, aiiH^v. riug
my U- rok of ffoniMbi)-'-' iff “ We '■•-in be alone
I<»-,‘tber liiilf fin hour. *-i r -
whit i h tin* matter? I here i» HOmetiilug
<• ttmu': with vm
die “»nk down ed.v into a, couir. , .
! . /
i • 1 kin • down ! >. h* !i i. v is a '
•
ted li«r tlui! to tell ,. .lulu. l .
f liudf) lo
i ’. , v.»»! ■ ih.! I in •' * . lo put off t!e
i Vi! Iiioiiielif Ii- I", be 1,-1 („ I,.-.,, a:I
from me Im ion* tt whimper rt-aehod her from
Mi Ml 0 i*lHe.
, , '' I, . .....i
'* *'*' *’ " ' - - 1 ...... • • •' • •
* • , ,".- | :. |, 'tl'o,.vvo,;- ll.ut.ei.
i, .mi, uin r-1 bidwe-tt vou tw ■
•be ......... Mm d lo our small quar
Is r nd to Hotting them re. lit ngiun: lor
i,V 1 w i e prom- to ipurr-'i in u eo„.i„K
Iasi.ion ......... much real bill •rues, on
< nli-r side, , but , with sue.i an intimate -md
11! II dating knowledge of emboli, r’s we„k
i " "*»• ,hat ' vo m ' viM " ’ " u,k " r
l.ai.d.
Mother, I «1U not going t, many mv
villi ■ «' l faint •”;*• hiuilr (oam, come, M n tin
a
it i too lute to talk boyish iioiis-nsu Id. 1
thin.”
But I love Homebody duo," 1 said,
v :■ 111 1 v. for my heart throb od nt the
thought of (Ill'll: and I told Julia sothiH
do i noon. Hi, broken off for good now,
She gave mo no answer , nd . . I looked 1 , , 1
:q, into her dear face m alarm. It had
-;i own ngul, and n poculuir blue tinge of
pallor was spreading over it Her head
had ’’Ihohu a ........ a- ) ..W
i.'i'w r seen her look so death-like in any of
(si illnesses, and I sprang to slight mv foot in
terror. She Btoiiped of her me imnd, iya I cou
vuIhivi* pit'HHura as was
ibout (o unfasten Lor brooch and open her
dress to give her air.
"No, Martin,” she whispered, “1 shall bo
better in a moment ‘
11. It , was seven,I minutes before she
bieathe! fieri, and iiatumlv or eoul,
.. . ..... hen she did not look at
me, but lifted up her eyos to the pale even
mg’ sky, and her lips quivered witli agita
,0 %iartin. it will bo e ueatii ot me, mio
said; and a few tears stole down her cheeks,
which 1 wiped away.
“It shall not be the death of you. I ex
i liumed. If Julia is willing to marry mo.
knowing tin* whole truth, I am ready t<
marry her for your sake, mother. I would
lo anything for your sake llut Johanna
riiid she ought to be told, and 1 think it
was right nivself.
"Who is it. who can it be that yoti love?"
"Mother,” I said, ‘ l wish l had told you .
before, but 1 did not know that 1 loved tin '
gill as 1 do, till 1 saw her yesterday iu
Sark, and Captain Carey charged me
with it."
ffhat girl ’’ she ciiod. “One of j 4 d .
O lliviers' Oh. Martin ! you must marry in ,
your ow n
"That was a mistake.” I answered. “Her
Christian mune is Olivia; 1 do not know
what her surname is.
"Not know iM i n her name ! ” she ex¬
claimed.
"Listen, mother,” 1 said; and then 1 told
her all 1 knew about Olivia, and drew such
t p eture of her. as l ha t seen her, as uiad *
\ nn :hi*r , siuiii* , .Td . ffi ti<X piV , in turns,
Hut she mav 'about be an adventuress; vou
kliioi nothing be,, ’ she obj.-et.-d.
•surol' vou . annot love a woman vou do
not esteem ?
"l'steem! ’ 1 rt peated. “1 never thought
whether 1 esteemed Olivia, but I am sat s
tied l lore her. You may be quite sure she
is no adventuress. An adventuress would
not hid foraed in I ntdifs llf . out-of-the-way f „ ,
A girl wilhi>ut friends ami without a
name" she sighed; “a runaway from her
family and home ! lt does not look well,
Martin.
l could answer nothing, and it would be
iff little use to t ■ \ 1 saw* where inv mother s
*
prejudices would blind he:, 1love i any
one not iff our own cast was a fatal error
in her eve .
“Does Julia know all this sho asked.
“She mis not hoard wo:d about Olivia,”
1 answered. “As on as 1 t»vd her 1 loved
KOme one els * better thau h i . site Uuie me
btvcu * out iff her sight- She has not an
{imab'c toumer. M
*liut i< ht mstientious.
re on > said. some w hat
ever have run aw ay
Js; and wo know a about
vour fat r will
Ray. Martin, It V iveii im mtv ivl
lire and s «t sf that
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t
uuwrt ugiii »uuu*.*uv.
‘I had bo S' t my heart upon this I d <1 so
Ion ' to see you in a home of your own
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*'"*• " l -°' 1 ; M ;’' ; ? y 1
.ml m my <>:..» • lefoie *nw ni-l hip
I'" 111 " 1
“H:ish, her . f sahl, . knee.mr* ... down
ft tin b-< b< 1 an i I.h im; her te ruler >:
"it is j-t 1 ! in .1 ilia's li'it-ds. if bU • will
marry me. I shall marry her.”
“ Hut th ‘ii vo i will not be happy?” she
said, with f esa sob
it was impo3s;bb for nif; to contradict
that I f -;t that no misery would be e pial
to that ( f losing Olivi Hat I did mv b -st
to ' mfort my mother, by promis Dg to see
Jti i.a the next d iv and renew my engage
meat, if poss Id ',’V
"Tray, ,. . , ... f :
may ’’ in,", ia siti ■•' ical, ’ . cut
the matter now? broke a
tin L r \ 0,< '' the voice o! rny father. T) u
rouse 1 us b( ta my mother to her usual
moot J / : f gentle submission, and me to the
•iii >n:c slat of irritation which his pres-
2DCC alwavs provoked in me.
“Not much, *ir,” 1 answered, coldly;
‘only my marriage with my cou-iu Julia is
broken oft. 1
“ JJrokea ofT ! he ejaculated “ broken
;
off! "
CHAl TilU XX.
tiii. noma.!.- ooor. saiiE.
Mv father’s florid face b.okeil a'most as
rend lm ,l while as my mother s b.ol done,
lb, stood in th- doorvvav, with a lamp while in
IPs j, i d ■ for it bad «rown tniite dark
111 ■ mother anti miwing.anu c
«hono full upon Ins <?nan^* a i*ice.
Hu bund shook violently, ho 1 tool; th
lamp from him and h et it down on th'
4 j,
do down lo Mrs Mmr.iv,” a.’.the.. lie - i«I,
biruiag sa'a:.' y up u my How
con'd \ oti b .* so rod** leave U'-rr She
(ji’ks of (foil aw.tv. Let h r f'O us *nju
is sho l.kes. i shall st h y here with Mai -
tm.
I do! uol know I . oi lien away so
,. h . ,.i in . kiy, «,<1 lo -king depre
i.uijgly from one to the other of u*o
viil «i 1 nut not qn-irml quirnl with with yunr yonr father, father, Martin, Mai tin, if it
leave - ive you, you, will will you?” you (one. I lm she whisper.
mv ear i„ a Ijeteeching ,
, „ r ..
“.VP, if I can help it mo, nor, I mp.iei ,
SaSSrS. in a whimper.
tell mo shortly al about this mirnmaeof yours.
I'hmight Mime-iuan.1 sNa.-, up. vthcii Ju.ui <ii
not <• »m * homo to dinner. Out with it, Mai
!,n
Iwf then nnicli t t< i. ,
A' I said >r«\ 1 .s no. -
I no wt i<’d. -I wuh <•-inpelli d, in honor. ,lli <
b-.l Julia 1 10V.-.I «n«!li«i >um*n mow “
li-iwf; mul I pie-iimc, tliim.;ii I »m nut bui
she will dee iu* to be,•.„!»: my
- Iu inv. with au-tler woman' nticate'l in’
father, m-.,i n ion.; inimt r, pan y ot rymp.iun
ni partly of perplexity. "Who u i , nij
.. n.,,f i; • t', n coi.Ude'tl,., in-d I said lift vine
„„ Wlj . t ., u . r m story to liim.
.ilha q irt.ru p„i„t is that it’s ti lie, imd l tok.
so .Ins
• ,i. „d ?„v„i giacioin ' urtin! ' he cried, "nlml
ui'inmd ,i billy, wi ''bat■ n .....i wiih wiu then ti to tel
le;, ofany litt.e Pevv»dillo,if. ym cou dtoncea.
Julia an ia a. is a a pude 1> like’vourmd,her. ill u i. It will no,
soot! ’ ',m y . s'mdbinc toovrlk'mk f’told " 1 said "At
«u! S knew u my v own im “ Id her horn
At that moment it did not occur to t me that
mv honesty was due lo Julianna's insistent ud
' .rr. I believed just then that l had acted
from the impulse of my own tense of honor,
and the belief gave my w »ds and tone more
spn it than they would have had otherwise. Mj
lather'si face gr. w paler and grsv,w as be l,s
........ • lie looked older by ten years than lie bad
lone an hour ago trsl..,d in the diuing-room.
.. j doll - t u0ll it," he mutt red ; “dc
vou m , ln thattbis is »serious thing? Are yon Not
lovo with some girl of our own class?
a mere passing fancy, that no on e wou ld think
of stmifr/iV* ’tne '«,t imriSA-W A**»”Wlwv
fmix pss, that it is no use telling women about,
eh? I eon Id make allowance for that, Marlin
md get Julia to do the same. Come, it canno,
besnvthing more."
I did not reply to him. Hero we had come,
he ami I, to the very barrier that had beer
growing tip between us ever since I had diseov
ejed 111 v mother's secret uml wasting grief. Ht
was oh one side of it. and Ion the other- a
Wldl of separation which neither of us could
lennover
"Why don t you speak, Martin? ... k< aak.c . .
testily, subject,” I answered.
“Iteeauie 1 bate the
“When 1 told Julia i loved another woman,
1 meant that some one else occupied tin
plan'm mv attention which belonged "to
mv '“Then,” wife; and so Julia understood tt.”
he cried, with a gesture of tie
Hpair, "I am a ruiued iiumi!”
His cousicnintiou and dismay were so
real that they startled me; vet Kuow.Ag
" 1,1 a consummate ador ho "its, to
st,-.it,.ed both my fear and my sy.iquithy,
and waited lor litm oonlighteu me f
! losat "Mb Ins bead bowed and his JuMods
de^mdrau-'w'so* .bttv!rent U, fro!n C u^i!
juuuiv air 'that e'erv moment increased
*
mv unxiotv
asked - b have ,0 do with you?” I
after a long pause.
1 am a 111 n- t and disgraced man! ho
reiterated, without lookingiip; "if you have
broken off yonr lnarrnge with Julia, I shall
never vaisc uiy head again.
• !,i vn iuto'^ “^ring-room’ ’ ’
lu 1 ” “ 1 ,f, r •"'• Ilo ‘b® 1 F" 1 -' ‘ 1 ‘bb 1 '!?
lion. ; I went on before him carrying On
lump, anti, turning romul onco or twioa
saw his face turn tfrav, ami the o\prcssU>ij
of »t vacant and . troubled. His consulting. ,
“'-'/h " ’‘ b.ci,nous room, elegantly fur
'»”bed; and with several pictures on the
"alls, including a painted photograph ot
lamsclf. taken r.centlv bv the first photog
-aqber ffs eoitai tn tiiu-nm -v There were book
.H ng aXiumher of the best
m dicttl works, behind which lav. out of
si^ut, a numerous selection of French nov
,, ls n „„ v thumbed than the ponderous vol
limes ill fro t. He s.uik d >"•» into an easy
et., r. Shiv. I .ttg as if we were in the depth
of 'YT'
M i.tn, , l am a mined , man. ... , he said. ql ,
■it; 1,0"'. "asked again, impatiently.
’ a ' w *' : ■* gto"tug strong, tei
‘ "-‘1 no-ae. ng .t part tats time.
i 1 ..S ; . j,‘ 1 . . ,| o ( Ills '■ desk, and soub.ng. -o' l | 1 iVwv I< "
N.h.'e ] b-s hail- was' and ho" aged he
i r, Cv d oete.l lio • lie used to pity
V, th nc When 1 "IIS boy. and carry me i e
lore lti:u on horseback, as long back as l
> ''•’■ d : 1 ’’ r M l.eiit sot'.cued and
\ a •* l ” as u !lul Ilot “ oa ® * or
I t aid. "if y u can trust- any
vou c ia '. If you are ruined
an d S 1 shall be the same, as your
te
- tl
y making i
t a j. o •I
t \ 11 Til
Ut'O
l
i r
r u t, t ying to take
in th s p> <* of inforemli >d. lie Ind been
^ulisv'’.*» gi rdi-rn ever since stye left an
or ~ , tn W11 Tears 0 j,j. j jrt j j, a j ne ,- er
■ • if-' it <m- of the most honorcl
„ «.» ;n the island. • Bat it tbis came to
tto.i the disgrace would be dark in
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• , V0B te jj mc a n „| <out its” I asked.
yr v father, after rn.kiup- bus couf.ssioo,
r -t;le 1 L mself in his chair comfortably;
.ipi ' iring to feel that he had begun to mike
k {,'tr.itioM for the wrong. Ilis tempera¬
ment was more buoyant ihan mine. Helf
i-h natures are often buoyant.
"it would take a long time,” he said,
and it would be a deuce of a nuisance.
Vou make t rip with Julia and marry her,
as you r : bound to do. Of course you will
manage all her money when you are her
husband, as vou will be. Now yon know
all.”
-Put I don’t k'.otr all.” I replied: “and I
in ist upon doing so, before I make np mv
mind '
wit it to d > ”
I bo'ievc lie expected this opposition
from me, for otherwise all be bad said
co ibl have been Haul in my room. I>'it
after f'- bly giving battle on various points
and Htavii g off Ktuidry inquiries,he opened
U diawt-r iu one of his cabinets, and pro
d;u:ed a number of deeds, scrip, 1 etc., be-
1,tn h b T n I,,
J f 1 , 0 ,,, 11 ’ 1 , . busy nith *>is ac
counts. Once or twice he tiled to s nn
out of the room; but that I would not suf
' r ' At length the ornamental clock on
his chimn^v-iii ?ce struck eleven, and ho
made anotiier effort to beat a retreat.
* lJo net go a waybill tning .
o very is c^ear,
J said: is this all?”
’All?” ho repeated; “i sn*t H enojigh 0 ”
“iletween three and fouTOStnJancfl^undg
.lefleient!” Iahswered: “it wquiteenongh."
J.nongU (o make me a feion, he said,
“if -Ittlia chooses to prosecute me.”
I think it is highly probable,” I replied’;
"though I know nothing of the jaw.”
“Then you see clearly, Martin, there is
no aitomat.ve but for livereckonedlupou vou to many her.
and keep ^ out secret ___________________
this ,lus fur for yen; yea s, s, and and your your mother mother and and I I have havo
been of one mind in bringing it about. If
you many Julia, * ” ‘ her affairs go direct " from
my ha rids to yours, and vre are all safe. If
vou break with h r she will leave us. and
in our own island.”
“That is very clear,” I said sullenly.
‘ Your mother would not survive it!” he
continued with a solemn accent.
Oh' I have been threatened with that
, a( | nk- v ” j , • ^kao^ j oTthk' hitterlv aUoraccfS “Prav
do, s motto
1 Heaven forbnl! 1 he cried. “Your
mother is a good woman, Martin; as simple
aH a dove. You ought to think of her before
vou consign us an to sname. 1 can qmt 1
^ ryVittle jy tittle where where 1 1 1 , lie i“down down , L to l , tlie° die. , - I 1
hav ?“ ot 'T* aH a h usbaad aa 1
''kbt liuto been; but . I could , , not face - her
D
utter she knows this. Poor Mary! Mv
f still to break her heart tt. ; „ -
0 rmc over
] hcn 1 am ° U yonr f>C#pa * Roat * 1
Bai bald.
“ You aro ray son,” he answered, “and re
ligion itself teaches us that the sins of the
a - .-ited on the children. I leave
the matter iu your hands, llut only nn
swer one ciues'tiou; Could you show your
face among your own friends if this were
known?”
j knew very well I could not. Mv
father a fraudulent steward of Julia's
dro * rt ; Then f areweU fore ver to all
thftt . , lad ,, ! a,le "V h fe , bapPy ’ ... T° We f°
proud taunlv-proud . of . our rank, and of r
our pure blood; above all of our honor,
which had never been tarnftAed by a
breath. 1 could not yet bf” to believe
'ftorm yAtaa lost r im c TI' shame f g^ tb| 4 coaid
was not so to he
meet my eye. I saw there was** no escape
from it—I must many Julia.
“ Wen, I said . at last, “as you say, the
matter . hands and I must
is tit my now,
make the best of it. Good-night, sir. '
Without a light I went up to my own
room, where the moon that had shone upon
me iu my last night’s ride, was gleaming
brightly through the window. I intended
to reflect and deliberate, bnt I was worn
out. I flung down on the bed, but
1 coma not mvo rematnea awake lor a sm
gle moment. 1 fell into a deep sleep which
l^tad till morning.
CHAPTER XXI. V ,. T
two letters.
Wi ;en I awoke my k,Lg poor mother was sit
thlf , begid( , nu>> Ioo very ill and sor
row f„[ She had slipped a pillow under
head, and thrown a shawl across me.
1 *, ;, ot up * W ith a bewildred brain, and a gen
e 8e SI , o£ ^lamity, which I could not
> s,l “vour jonr father fill r has has
u<m tllls t Jffornmg s boat to I.e
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KJT ' '
bed last night?”
■ \,. V01 nnud the’note, mother,” I answered, as I
turo open which was carefully
„ ea i e a with my father's private seal. He
had written it immediately after I left him.
U:*» .’• -
51 v ^ N l»morioiv mornlna 1 shall run
OV !• to Jersev tor a few , mys. until this sad
business vom-s is settled. 1 cannot bear
(o im-ot > ur t hanMod face. You mako no
n!mw>»m*.» to<- vour lather. Half mv <*v
per.sp> i ; nave •.■eon Jiirurreu ‘_ in eoucatinir ”; a ^„ vour ,;
f, (i (ii; _ h( ,. Ihj t v( n
n: ,.. as vour father, that, to any one
ol8P . ii„t in these days parents receive little
honor from their children. When all is set
tied, write to me at 1 rinoe’S Hotel. Itrests
upon you ' whether 1 ever see Guernsey
again. Vor "fetched father.
G _ :;i I _ see it? asked , “^Tj. my mother, hold
mg . out her hand. -
“ lt No « - alaat 4, . e ' c J ‘‘’; a se voa “ ,a ^j kuow 4 ^JLjS? « lrer6 Woula J , 1 j
’
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,
““"Capfcdu j Carev's „ow,” man brought taking a letter it
trom ulia j ust sho sank
M k ®‘* he saiJ there was
Her evelids were still red from weeping.
a ud her voice t'.riteieU as if she might
break oat i do sobs any moment. I took
tlu , letter t’ron: her. bn: I did not open tt.
-y W o>t to bo alone tomdit?” she
H -oh. Marin! if vou cau change
and save us Ml from this great
;, doit t’ormv-nke'"
-:j C1U ] will." i ILlowered; “but every
thing is vi:y bird upon me, mother.”
3 c cotri't i; t guess how hard, and if I
eo.rid hi !p t she should never know. Now
1 v, l'r. y awake the enormity of my
fatm ' ' s d"i-honesty and his extreme ego¬
tism weighed he :vdy upon fairer me. light I than coulu I
i. t v ew ius .• ot: .uc! iu a
had den iu ray a:m/e .. i nt the night be¬
toi 1 crew t> ;; k r ts I dwelt ujH'upf.
Aral now n w off to Jersey, shirking tii ■
dis.igie K uences of h;s own de
lu v. I knew how he would spend
hi? tht-re. Jersey is vo retreat for the
l'v niteat.
As soon a: iiiT. mc ■»th; r was gone I opened
It t an;
M in: l knew all now. •To
ha nos h::s n w u s >ke to m *
.: r v nud unexj t tediv tbs ai er
liv. s. „vl not bear to : near an word.
But nr w I am cam, and I £an th nk it a*! ovei
juife quietly. infatuation, Martin. Johanna , says
It is an
him v «ur •« .twin, war water, yonr fiancee,
. yon have known all ycur life, and loveri,
l am quite 1 aura of that, with a very true affec
iun It’vexes in
me to write about that person
»i.v connection with yourself. Emma spoke
or tier in her last letter trom Sark; not at an
in reference to you, however, rlie is to coin
pietel. of a lower f iass that it would never
enter Emma's bead that you could see any
tains in her. She sad there was a rumor
afloat that iardif was about to marry the
slid you bad I oen attondtns. ami that every
body iu the island regretted it. She s.tid it
woull Le a mesalliance for him, Taidif:
What, then, would it be lor you. a liobrce?
No: it ;S adelu-ton on intatuatlon, which
will quickly pass away. I cannot believe you
are so weak a- to be taken in by mere pretti
*cter, no name. "c-re you free you could
no: marry her. There is a mystery about
ber, and mystery usually means shame. A
^havi! £et^?“h^
Three tim".-, since the week you were there
j„ March. What is that compared to the
years wc have spent together.* it is iiupos
s ido that in your heart o. hearts you should
love her more ti an me.
1 have heeu trying to thinkwnatyou would
do if all is broken oir between us. Wecou.d
t k hj secret In Guernsey, an!
everybody would blame you. 1 will not ask
you to think of my mortification at hem a
jilted, for peep e would call it that. I could
outlive thar. nut n hat arc 3 011 to Jo/ >vc
cannot go on a ram as we use 1 to do. I must
speak plainly about it. lour practice is not
sufficient to maintain the faini y in a proper
position for the Dobrees; and if J go to live
alone at tho new horse, as I must do, what
is to become of uiy uncle an 1 aunt? \ have
^iZdf/^s'mtledC2^:2^
\ ow everything will b -unsettled again.
I d.d not intend to say anything about my
self; but oh, Martin: you do not know the
blank that It will be to me. 1 have been sc
happy since you asked me to be your wife, live
It was .-o plea-ant to think that I should
i;!! an
lnarI . ie(I woman. Vou think that perhaps
Johanna is happy single' Sho is content
?ood women ought to be content; but I toil
you 1 would gladly exchange her content
meat for Aunt Tobree s troubles, with her
pirido and iiapp.ne^s in you. 1 have seen her
troubles cl »arly, and l say, Martin, I would
give all Johanna s ca’m, colorless peace for
her delight in her Live son.
Then I cannot up the thought of our
nome, just hnished and so pretty, it was so
pleasant thisafternooiL, beiore you came in
w.tli your dreadful thunderbolt. 1 wag
thinking what a >rood wife I would be to you,
“n,i how, m my ov.-u b„„-c, 1 s.W<l never
be tempted into these tiresome tempers you
have seen iu tne sometimes. Jt was your
lather often who made mo angry, mid l vis
lt<«l it upon you, beoauar you arc so good
•'-•“'P* roJ - 1 hat was foolish of me. Yon
»ul<l not know how much I love you. how
my life is I mind up m you. or you woull
'T’V'T , thm k it P root right ', a ’ ain9t to toll , ‘ mt you all this 8ark now, -
though it is not m my nature to make pro
lessons ami demonstration! of my love.
Hunk ot me, ot yourselt, ot your poor
'iiuther. You wore never ?e fish and you
8ttn do noble things. I do not say ,t would
oe noble to marry me. but it would beano
Die thin? to conquer an isnoble passion.
How could Martin Dobree fall in love with
* a unknown adventuress.
t | mt t | lis !u , 8 let awakened', , n a dream of folly from
which you have I will not ask
you to own it. That you come at all will be
a sign to me that you wish It forgotten and
blotted out between us, as if it had never
•»«>•. With true, deep , , love for . .. Martin, . , bo
you,
Hove me still your affectionate Julia.
1 Pondered over Julia’s letter as I
- d There word
waa 11()t a of re .
Mntmeat iu it . It wa8 fuU of affectionate
i„„7 ht f ,, Bnt wliat reasoning
, ,'T? , T t „ nnBi, ,jl’ ,n ,T W ‘
r,,, r , f „ 1 u r
’
. . ,
8 t,Vtho™#™,
A x strange 0 therefore!
I had scarcely had leisure to thiuk oi
Olivia -----------------„ in the hurry and anxiety of the last
twenty-four hours. But isut now now “that that person
In fn Sark,” Sark,” the the “unknown “unknown adventuress,” adventuress,” pre- prs
sent d herself very vividly to my mind.
Know her! I felt as if I knew eveiv tone
„f face, her voice 1 longed and every know expression of her
vet to them more inti
n ,atelv. The Lote she had written to me a
tV*v weeks ac»o I could repent word for
word, and the kandwiitmg seemed far
more familiar to mo even than Julia’s.
Thc-re was no doubt my love for her was
' el J a i tt 'f ont fn ”» *>»’ affection for Julia;
md if it was an infatu . it tm, it was the
sweetest, most t-x aiisite iutatxation that
C ° ' ° Ver ,M>SS<!SS
I™ " nvrr.e.l ,
—. - - —
A Sportive Frenchman.
-
A Frenchman was lately traveling in
the . United States, and having an eye to
i, us i n ess, was investigating our instill
*—ments, and commercial en
terpmes.
Among them he was introduced to the
jolly Western pastime called poker—a
new game to him. Nevertheless, he
proved to be an apt scholar, and wat
-on “bluffing” with courage quite as
tonidling.
monsieur, Monsieur however no wever, wn " t-nit an easy c.t.v KO0S»
10 l >lU ‘lc, and, ;i natural COIl.^e
quence. iu a ?liort time win a heavy
- -er. He n was much •. disgusted, j , 1 and ,, 7 m- ,
formed ills friends:
“I play more—w’at you can „
no no
r .is?’’ pushing ” his can - backward and
, '* raaM ZU V' U ,.,-i 4, ‘ .. ! )okal i...:.... r ,, ,
' ’'
"' sl > more to he* zy name ot pokaire
,u "'-V
No amount of ( assurance of . better ,
luck wou d swerve him, and he was
most sensitive to any remade suggestive
of the game.
Ihe fire one day a Iris would
not burn. Calling a sow ,ut he insisted:
,, Z™' ^ ^ “ U *“
The servant rep’ving. *•¥»*, sir. I will
riveit a good stirm'g ni> -.villi ihe poker,”
w ., g frightened our o It - u*:*s bv having
tUe j French,urn f nm flv m’“ a a - t and push 1
-
,ilal ‘ >Ut “’JCeremom ot y. vei me
">” u ,aSC, *‘ * 11 v ”'- v '' ' kl ' :e ’ ' m
will cut vour throat off cl tss t > your
head.’
: he ?*errant dul not encounter
iim until the foil »\vmg ui iruinr, wli-n,
*n>t iu the be-s; of huin**r,iie euquired ihe
v:iv to ttie breakf ist r * »m.
*‘Zis ze wav to z 4 breakfast ?” be ask
d
No, si:; that ,1 oar is to an arte
'I'm. I'his w ay ple-s * *
The Fre Snviii was f ir;*‘UA
“Mon Di u ! ”
muse. 1 ask t mat 1
ill;a, find you s ty you 4
i-k for z * i
U\ * aate-ro >m. I v Vs* ni
in
He i v
a r mgtuy conx c : til •
'm-iic.i paid tn r? -to* to
than to an_" ot.ier b aaci '3.
rnfn^m»«tA 1 Af iehiiriiidpr
A . . Southern , JJa- ^
man was canvassing in
and addressed a man sitting friend.” in front of it.
‘•Good-morning »° iny
<•«.• '* -.norn.n. mornV
‘•Fine day.”
“Wal, nuthin’ extra.”
“How are time? with you? ’
“Poor, stranger, blame poor.”
“What’s the matter?” '
cq, UD » "“Ut he .• s so so dang d i .on 0 „. an t l v nam a i n 't
£0- none to sell neither.
“I am canvassing for-”
“Don’t waat no hail insurance.”
oRnt but this “ llb isn’t lsn 1 innuwr l n =Utance Ot nf any anr itinu, kind
it .
is
“Got all the fruit trees I want.”
“Yes but I'm not a tree agent if you
hadn’t This is something that I'm sure
jou will like to nave join name
“Xeier sign no papers to strangers.”
“Of course, but let me exp am. We
are trying toraise money to erect a monu
ment to the homestead law, and——
“Is it dead, pardner?”
i.\ *j 0 ’ the } idea is to erect an imposing ‘
Rf t >b t m feet hi „ h in the cente r
o! a a o„.,rter quartet se se. tion tion of ol tlie tne land land to to nor per
petuate the memory of the uatcld bene
fits ms OI of lhc ’ U0 homestead ,me leau law.” ld "’
“Yes, l ealkilate they are untold. I
don’t hear much ’b nit ’em in these parts. ”
“Whit! don’t you think you have de
rived great benelitsfrom the homestead?”
“Not that I knows of.”
“Butit was free land to you.”
“No ’twan’t.”
<*\Vhv not v
“H :d t r iiv- on it nn* wo.k it an’
’most starve ter death.’
“There was no use in starving.” m'self
“Might's well starve ast’ kill
wonvii.
“Nn nec.l ol eithei But yo 1 COU.d
“ 0t haVC Wlt “° Ut thC laW *
“Didn’t want none.”
“What made you take any then?”
“Cos some dang fool like you said it
was nice.
“But it has given you a free home.”
“Had one before.”
“Then you haven’t enjoyed life on
your homestead?”
“No; frie’ct r death in ther winter
an’ blow ’way in ther summer.”
“But you can sell your land.”
“Don’t want ter beat any other dang
fooV ,
“I ,r Ron 1 t bvl.evc i. i:„,.„v„, JOU i;i.„ hkc f, fanning. n nhm n
"Oil, tarnnnsall right ^iicn ver where live
in a civ’ii/e 1 country—n place
there's arv c trees where a feller kin chop,
, o“ ^ b - v^onnlly • er “ a coon-why ‘ ' •>>
stra “p r > th , f e a J“ . , 1 a ‘® on In thls . huU
country, and yer know it.
“Where did you live formerly?”
« M5f . h v ® Rn ’ North’rn .Mich’wan." s'"'
“Then , , t . anything for
you can give me
the monument?”
“Not a dunged cent. But I’ll tell yrr,
f f , >’<’- ... 1 8 et . U . P „ a col.coi ot__. n ter i. build a „
syhim fer cus erl tools that come out
,u 8 ai ’ 01 snoot squ.t Is, u ti<.p Wr bat, ei
Y'.int bee trees, er git eny slip’ry elm, er
ec a hoop pole for a year, er ever hear
y coon for the lull blame’rl summer, why,
r ii f q,; n .p„ wuth of a & "-ood lioss
V.teWne LstClLn, (DaUta\ (.Ua.iata) Bell l>uL
___
Code ill the Lime-kiln . . .... Club. ,,, ,
Prof( , SiSOr IJurwcII madeIdV Cavendish, a late
[„. I°-al a l member member mrnte ms debut QeDJioyinquir byinquir
° 4 u b
jibe was insulted, r and he challenged
the insul ar, would the club stand by
him?
“What would you challenge him to
do?” asked the piesident. field of honah,
“To meet me on the
jah.” gah.”
“'IVh'it fur ? ”
<<T„ fio-bt- 1 S ‘L ”
Oh, I sec, A\cll, Bruader fSvpnrli mvendl.h, h
my advice to you am to keep off the Held
°f honah. lou llgu ;e,' teet all wet,
ta’r yer coat-tails oa the bushes, and
probably be run oil by the farmer's
brindled dog. When a man sasses mc,
a „d does it to be mean, I’ze gwine to let
drive fur his nose with my bunch of fives.
])at‘s code ’nuff fur anybody, ail’ you kin
bit him on the sidewalk as well as to go
off to some field of liornih Let us now
adjourn fur one week. ’—tree Press.
---
Proof Positive.
“Reform, si;-, is the watchword of the
hour. Every city department needs r,
organizing.” efficient. I think.
“The police U arc very the!.
“ Xot f sir. They neglect
duty shamefully.” •
“Mention instance, ’
an
“Id one single ward down town theii
ara~>J&t>t players cn the. accord eon.”
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