The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-06-10

out beneath my so,nbreo, he caught Inc
by the hand exclalming: /
I'VE have met before. sir how glad |
am to see you' +
And then, without explanation, he
drew me to the door-wa in which stood
a ma,ronly bu, still beautiful woman.
"See Dora said he, lis not this our
old friend e.
At the word Dora" | started, and
there before me, sure enough, stood the
Dora of thirty years previous, suli re-
tanning many OF her charms, but with
the marks of time, notwithstanding, i'm
pressed upon her features.
You may well believe our reunion
was most pleasant; and after dinner was
| over, aud we were out enjoying the sea-
! breeze, the whole story was told me.
will no, give you the details OF 1t 1t
was loag, but the main features 0! II were
about what had surmsed. Dora was
the only child of her wealthy father; her
mother died when she was mere chlld /,
old Angeline had remalnt d with her
father in the capacity OF house keeper,
and bad, while Dora was away at school
acquired as is generally the case, com
plete influence over hun. Dora was
woed and won by poor clerk the la
: ther would not listen 10 1t, an eiopcment
was the consequence and the old man
IN his rage broke up house keeping, aud
) taking old Angeline with hun, he started
for the South. Dora followed him with
5 her husband although she knew he would
, not see her, and although he had always
, been harsh and unkind to her, yet she
/ knew he was III the last stages oi con-
r sumption, and she determined if posi-
;. bic, TO be with him when he died. A
the time of his death, they had been fol-
lowing him about month from place tt
r place, keeping concealed from him, ane
\ eluding even the keen eyes Of Angelina
# When Dora appeared in the room, 1t was
q only because the man servant, who ha'
- been with her father, and who, as yo'
remember, left sAc room when l entered
Il had observed their arrival and had KIND
. ly gone to her aud informed her that he
j, father could no, 1--we an hour she wa
:. entering the rootu to make one last etioi
- at reconciliation, when my voice reading
- the fearful words OF her fathers curse
, caused the ou,crv and announcement -
90 Her husband, who followed her III, toun
\ the old man dead, Dora in a swoon, m
ID senseless, and old Ange'lne IN vain try
,r lug 10 put the many pieces OF the WI
I together, ravlng like bedlamite. ii
- and the man servant put the old man
orI BODY into the bed took Dora to her room
$. and while the servant kept guard ov,
At Angeline, he took me home III carriag'
a The res, you know.
a, have only 10 add that, when wal
~ der north, either alone or with my wi
, or family, We always stop at the house
ly our kind friends. They have spen, OF
cr winter with us at the South, and we e
Id pect them again In the coming season.
ly And the young gentleman who stndi'
nd law under my instruction, and who nc
,r. practices law with my name on the s's
with MS (as senior partner, although
at does all the buslness,) is Dora,s son al
- from certain conscious looks and brig
ut. blushing on my pretty daughters che
ne when he calls, imagine he may pos
nv bly be mine, too. But OF this, Ham
res, assured Il shall not curse her il 5
pv, marrles hun.