Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-10-04

your smiles for his goal, he would win bot
Iame and fortune, poor as he Is = Fiddle
Sticks, Lucilla ! man who has common
sense would always wait until he had fai
commencement before he proposed to an,
glrl. Praise Of your beauty. The lowell
est creature he ever saw . Exaggeration
my dear You are not PLAIN, but such fat
tery Is absurd. Must hear from you o.
die = Dear, dear-how absurd -
And Mr.. Richmond dropped the first let.
ter, and took up another.
"Ihe same stuff be commented al
hope you don't believe a word he saws. A
PLAIN, earnest, upright sort Of man would
never 60 into such rhapsodies, [ am sure
Alb now, in number three he calls Won an
angel .' lie Is romantic. upon nv word
And what is all this?''
Those who would forbid me tn see vop
can ma no iault with me but my poverty.
an! honest-I am earnest in my efforts.
am by birth gentleman, and | love YOU
gold, Lucilla.'
i" Great heavens, what impertnence to
d" / don't remember Frcd's saying any
thing OF that kind" replied poor little
Luci!la. '' He never knew you would OBJ
jcct."
Mr.. Richmond shook his head. frowned,
and read on in silence until the last sheet lay
under his hand. Then, with an ejaculation
rage, he started to his feet.
" Infamous - be cried '' III 20 to him
tins in5taut-l'n horsewhip him I'll
il murder bin As for you, by Joye, II
send you to a convent. El0pe-clope with A
music teacher. I'm ashamed to call you nv
daughter Where's my hat? GIVE me nv
boots. Here, John. cali a cab -"
But here LGcilla caught one arm and Mrs.
Richmond the otLor.
Oh, p2pa, you are crazy said LucIlla.
- Frederick never proposed such a thing
Let me see the letter Oh, papa, this is |
not Fred's-up0n my word it is not. Do |
look, papa II Is dated twenty wears back. |
and Frederick s name is not Charles Papa. |
these-are your lOye-lettcrs TO mamma, writ |
ten long ago. Her name is Lucilla. YOU
know
M Richmond sat down IN his arm chair
IN silence, very rcd in the face.
How did this Cccur2 he said sternlv
ard little Mrs. Richmond. retreating into a
ejTaer. with her handkerchief to her ewes.
,obbel
" dll 1t on purpose g" and paused. as
though size expected a sudden Judgment.
But, hearing nothing, she dared at last to
-iso and creep up to her husband timidly.
' You know, Charles, - she sad, ..its so
ong ago since, and thought You might not
xaetly remember-how you fell in love with
ne at first sight, how papa and mamma OBJ
ected, and how at last We ran away together:
nd 1t seemed t. me that if We could bring it
il hack plainly 70 YCu as il was then, we !
light let dear Lucilla marry the man she {
.kos. who Is good, if lie is not rich. | did {
ot need 1t to be brought back any palmer
lysclf; women have moro time to remem-
CT, you know. And we've been very happy 1
ave We not? '
And certainly Mr. R.chmoud could not I
eny that. So Lucila. feeling that her in
ares;s might safely be left IN her mothers d
eePing, slipped out Of the room, and heard q
be result Of the little rGse next morning. 1t
'as favorable to the young music-teacher, c
'ho bad really only been sentimental. and 2
ad nos gone half So far as IN elopement c
nd, ID due course Of time, the two were
larrled with all the p1mp and grandeur c
lhttng thcnuptials oi a wealthy merchants !
aughtcE, with tie perfect approi alton Of :
ucilla ia.her, ana TO the great Joy Of 2
uciiia's mamma, who Justly believed that I
er little ruse had brought about all her Z
'ughIcT's happiness. @