The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-10

gently touching her bright hair. "Now Va
md get rcndy. God bless you. darllnir, "
ana lac bent down and kissed her llpa.
The next day the story had been told
and hnd met with the reception Mr. Reeve
| expected. That lac. gentleman born and
bred though he was should have ,cnturci
| 10 make love 10 Mildred Grant. the hulf.
sister Of the boy to whom he WINS tntor.
was acrlme Of such magnitude na never tn
nave b"cn Imagined or provided against bv
| her mother MIS-. Carlton. Nowor,ls could
| express her Indignation und dlsmny. and
tow were wasted in the nttompt.
Mildred had pleaded u headache aud zone
to bed Immediately nftcrdlncr, aud on the
nows OF Mr. Reeves presumption bring
communicated to Mrs. Carlton, that lady
lcll herself 10 totally Incapable of tloiu,,
luslicc TO her feelings that She spared her
daughter for that night uu interview which
MiWlrd had cNropdiugiy dreaded Eut
Mr. Carlton, Mildrcd'sstcp flthcrnnd guar
dinn Wnaa sensible man, aud witil
@cntlrmln, and although he dislikcd the
ldrl or the inhriingc ns much us his wiGi
Cpild do, yet hc did not refuse io meet Mr.
Reeve mon equal terms, sud wns Willing
70 wave Tie breach OF confidence on which
ms vic Insisted 20 strongly, IN cpusidrrn-
ton ni thcir own imprudcucc ia having
allowed Mildred tu ho so much with hcr|
brolhcr's tutor. But hc represented frankly
10 MIR. Reeve that " he rcmnincd Ia the
house long enough to see Mrs Carlton
again hc would not be safe from Insult aud
npprHcd tu HIN a. q man Of honor insist
Ing ~ tho same tluc on the mct Of Mn
dtrl'F being gront hcrcss--to rivc his
proiui.o not 60 utioupt 10 spr ur rumnuui.
Cat" ~ any wuy with her until She 4houid
be- Of age
Appealed TO Ia this way Mr.. gcoyp felt
innl joe 'nuld not do olhcrwisc than pFa'nt. |
fcriihp- to lihd SOME iuint hone Of nu op- |
pO-itiuu violent aud urrasuuablc cuouob |
To Justify him ln refusing uil fcrms; M II |
Wns' however hcgNr Che required promise |
win heavy heart. subiouiug ~ n the |
words "nllcr to-morruW.' though hr |
7cnIcoly hoped 10 hc allowed 30 take leave
of Mildred.
The dog-rnrt was Mt thc door nt ,iH o'clnck
urNt morning go convey him 10 the station,
and h" was passing through the hall when
u soft whisper reached him through the
grccn- -bnilrd door of the irhOol room. "Alr.
RcrycI He turned bnol, and Mildred
-lipp~l into hts band Bit Of that gold lie
TOOK her in his arms for inbinrut nnd
i-scd her ~ he did 50 yhc Whispered "In
lpnr ycnrs.' "ln four years, my darling, on
your birthday. you shall hear from me.
,'od bless aud keep you aud he was gone
lrrd loved that man!
In spite of what lic had said. when Ed-
ward Reeve reached London H. was to pre-
pare inr a sharp struggle with poverty.
Durug the few years that had elapsed
'locc hr leit ihc lniycr.ity, hc had been
ihargcd with the cmaintcnncr of his mothcrl T,
lnd IN pprt with hat Of his sister and nl-
hou2ii he Ind been recently relieved oil
inl burden 10y thc death of the one and 4
'r marriage of the other. vet hc had ycry
~" cnsh whvrcWllh tp iill Mildrrd's nurse,
Io arrived ut the Kings Gross station nt
lpon, thoroughly Tired. for hc had been up
lclrly all ulght IhoHrst thing he did nftcrI ,
ccnrlng very small lodging lDh Mildred, Z
I you could have seen it.j WAS 10 go fo
'nu. hnu To- sleep and when hr awuLr. 70
.w great a-t"uisUunnt 10 wus six O'Clock
. the Rlcruoou
llis lnudlady huiug satisfied hcaclr by
ariuuH pcrps, that he had not diFgrnrcd
cr lodgings 10y hiring thru for suicidal
purposes, had prepared some mutton chopt
% which hc ant down with "A good appetite
'ltorNard hc opened his dD.k and lOohtd
Nrr % manuscript volume hidden thcrr;
~ lio would not take another situation psI
Htur hcWould give lessons fhr could hnd
upils, pud. " necessary, hc would dine
IWn hrcad and Clicr-r, bus hr would de-
ptc himself 10 hi literary work, and strive
y earn for himsclfa nnmo that even Nil '
reds ilicuds should not bp hshnmcd tn
ave her bear lie lighted his pipe upon ,
lis determination. and actually awokc d,
iilhiul 10 II the next morning u great
ilnR 10 say for amy human resolution. -
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