The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-12
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
n. H. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. J.
MILDRED GRANT.



Mr.. Reeves sat by the fire in the Identical
lodgings he had taken on first arriving n
London. AS lie eXpeeted,f he had seen
nothing of the Carlton family.3i They did
not come TO town, and he was debarred by
his promise from seeking intercoasd with
Mildred. Now and then. he read Mis-,
Grants name as having been present al
such and such country ball or archery
meeting, and his trust In her was so Inn
plicit That these announcements simply In
tcrested him without costing him a pnng
Considering Mildred's youth, such conf
dencc may seem strange, but Edward
Reeves was so little used to the ways of the
world, and the ways of the women. as to be
still In such matters as unsophisticated as a
boy. He had grown sparer and graver In
these years. How hard had been his stug-
gle with poverty he alone knew. but he had
f0ughtbrayely, and luck seemed now Just on
the turn. In the first place the book was ac-
tually published. and, although as yet it met
with no special welcome from the public ID
had been very favOrally reviewed by sey-
eral leading periodicals. One of these crit
iques he was now about, pipe In mouth. to
read. lie felt very proud and glad, and MS
he took the paper IN his hand he fancied
how Mildred might be reading it. with tears
OF pleasure In her eyes. perhaps at that very
time. lie toyed for n minute or two with
his impatience. glancing up and down the
paper; suddenly he changed colOrsa MARI
riage announcement caught his eye HIu
".on the 10Th inst, at the Parish Church. Cba,ev
Bridge Yorkshire, Sir Edward CiGorl Baronef
e Mildred only daughter oi tao late Richard
Grant, ESD OF Chaley Hall" = =
A mist passed across Edward Reeves
sight; his fice was very white. and he sat
quite motionless. Presentlybe quietly laid
aside the paper, and shielded bis eyes with
his hand low God help met, escape
from his lips; had it been a shrek it would
not have told more plainly Of acute pain.
lie sat So IN thought or prayer, or perhaps
only in suffering, for about half an hour
then he rose and fetched his desk. He took
out first little paper packet, opened It, and
let Mildred's bright hair curl round his
flnger. If he hadJ put his thoughts into
words he would have said that she who
had been the star, of hislife was indeed TOO
bright for him, that 1t was perhaps well tor
her that She had been untrue He raised
the hair for an instant to his lips, and then
dropped 1t gently into the fire. where the
flames spring up cracking to meet it; next
he burnt the few scraps he had Of her writ
ing, and lastly opened his blottingt book.
and wrote rs follows:
Dsdr Sir-i have reconsi,icied my decision, anil
II You VIII allow me 90 change lny mind I shall
be happy b accompany yOn son to Pan for tbe
winter winter and prepare him for oxford can, bo
ready 10 start any day neat week thaJmay suit
you. 1 am dear Sir yours truly. ~ - fFsf
EDWARD REEVE
The notr was finished, aud Edward Reeve
went out and posted Il, Returning hc
smoked for IN hour or two so energctically
that the room was in cloud, and then he
Went to bed, aud drew the clothes oyerhis
head. and cried like child afrr
SWELL Mr.. Reeve, I've found ont who
those people are, and what's more, I've seen
them
The speaker, n lad of seventeen, with n
frank English face. delicate skin, now
suifnsed with color, and curly hair, met and
Joined his tutor. Edward Reeve. as he turned
into the Place Royal Pau, on his way to the
Hotel dc France. They did not live there,
but came every day from their lodgings TO
dino nt the table d'liote for the sake of So
ciabilty. Gilberto Blakc's curiosity had
been aroused by Telegram received bv
Monsieur Gardcre, ordering rooms tor an
English family who woulJ arrive nj Pan
in the afternoon and, lacking any other OBJ
ject for walk, he had strolled through the
park TO the station to meet the only train
from Paris, and as IL seems, had hadh Gu
rlosity gratihed by q sight Of tlIc party
They're bride aud bridegroom ihbney-
incoming, Mr.. Reeye--the COURIER told me.
for idst t6s Stg aot gaise it n9insyhoonins snPpcss
something about step father coming"
"YOu'l want dozen mOthers-in-law Ia
look after you and your wife when yonr.
times comes Cor rhoneymooning. If Won 30 ON
as you are now, said Mr.. Reeve fokinply Il
,'as live, ! believe you've been playing at
mo. havntn laughed the boy; shut Tll
tell you what did do. meant 10 have
come back in the bus. but il was full, so
ran all the way and got back in time % see
them get out. Tho bride was so pretty,
aud they are not going To stay, so Il was NV
only way TO make sure of having another
look at her, but I've not had time 10 cool
yet l.a au.".s
The most idiOtic proceedings,n began