The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-17
v5VOEAIHA o DAYTON, o. SATURDAY. FERR
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
HgH ROBINSON,
PUBLTsirER AND PROPRIETOR.
CAPTAIN DICKS LADY LOVE.

mnSh hiilrleu hlm. tnyself am Il plain
Miie Woni9n, ~ fapas ficc goes, with very
little that can think of to recommend me: :
and Dick, oh he is such handsome fellow,
and had always had the reputation ofbcing
such Dig flirt before he became acquainted
with me Whatever he could see about me
| 70 prove 80 attractlve--he who had been a
Zion among ladies'" who shone IN society
II could not quite understand; SO when
| he offered me his hand In marriage. |
| thought II only prudence to speak sober
WORD 10 hini-alid assure you took great
credit to,myself for Il at the time, when /
wanted nothing but TO throw myseif into
his arms and rest against his brohd breast
In perfece peace, without question. But
Aunt Julia (who has had experiences, and
whose heart Is so large and warnl) warned
me once so earnestly, against the risk |
| might run, with my impulsiye disposition.
thas l7-ln short, said this to Dick:
~ on know that love, oh, l lbye yon--
with All my heart. There Is no one IN this
world for me, save you, and never will be.
But darling, don't think me foolish, viii
your lam 30 plain, and have no accom-
piishmepts whatever; neither play ihe
plano, nor sing. nor dance, nor any Of those
things; and | don't know what should
make me love you at all; and am half
afraid you will tire of me sometimcs-men
do such things, Dick--and then | should
get fearfhlly jealous of you, and make YOU
miserable, and be miserable myself"
Dick laughed the heartiest, best natured
Iaugb at this long speech. and drew me to
his heart, and pressed his lips to mine with
one OF his own fond kisses, that made me
shut my eyes. I...,i,5- .,.. r.. f7Yf HlI
"Ifyou had owned ono of those pretty
faces that catch the worlds eve aud ilfasten,
It, Josie, he said, 81 should not hive cho-
sen you for mine. Such faces win do to fiirt
but not when you're married, Richard"
/ put In tlmidly. $40 7iyI
"No, certainly not" said he; I've done
enough ofthat sort OF thingto last me. 4
think, for the rest Of my natural life. Now
4 want u tgjfc," toh, what meaning he mt
into that World TO nestle In my heart. and
make me happy. I don't ant to marry
pict9re, for my friends to admire | want q
comfortabie little woman, with warm, true
heart and pair OF brown eyes into which
anglook and see more beauty thousand
fold than ever ballroom belle wore on a
f1nely moulded face. \ shall be very hanDv.
Josie, with that plain little face OF Yours,
TO me-" W
"But If you-if I-that is, If any one
should make that ugly Jealousy get into my
Then said Richard, soberly, you have
only this to do; TO open your heart hefhrc
me with perfect frankness; 1t may he an
effort TO do 50 under some ciTcumstances
but, Josle, you must do II, IL you would |
avoid the evil you fear | know your
proneness to jealousy but IL give you no |
reason 70 be jealous of me, 1t Is plain that
you never can be Jealous after an explana-
tlOn. ~ ttt ivy iiiNtN"t |
That IL the conversation we had as
nearly as can recOllect ii and will say
for Richard, that up to---but no mat
ter; mean TO make q clean breast of IL. |
as warning TO toeverybody. Women are so
easily cheated. ,shsr7 arf rHH' L
lpretty,il never should have had moments
confidence In him. Ira Seeley did that
when he was paying attention" to me
and when knew that he told falsehood,
could ever believe him againl ji Ha
MY dear Miss Josie" Ira Seeley said,
"how can you do yourself such injustice ?
Plainl II is preposterous! You are the
most beautiful woman In Rosslyn, let others
say what they will.r -
Mr.. Seeley." said I, ''after this CONVEX
sation, Il 10 impossible that our present re-
lations should exist longer. i mean no of /
fence; only wish 10 be frank with you /; |
am. your friend and well-wisher, but your
visits to me must cease after to-day"
That was before knew Richard Herk
ness at all, yOiiunderstand. hlf ~
hlchards company was. all raised, and
the regiment was about to go into camp at
the time OF our marriage, We had spent
one blissfh week together when they
marched away. He was Captain of Com
pany ID, yon know. and he said ID stood for
Deathless Devotion, and more than that, II
STOOD Tor DICK. 5 u5HI fHI
but 1t stands for Danger, too said silly
little a. -h dtD1 ,I
"fes," said he, afor Danger Dlsarmed
ana DUTY Done,and Dom be Down-hearted,
Darling