Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-11-21


very much in love with Allie. She nay
stand The best chance win yous sish radis
Jew, aftsf ell. Lisa
"Neasssssi Alice b % "a naldl 4
very nice cid maid, - ~ euse; but, then,
ne6edy likes % ed naid, you knew"
Alice e0iled q shs termed 70 The mirror
70 arrange her hair. The smile was eHqui-
sitsIy sweet whom she did smile. which vas
mot often nov. Bat to her syes the fass
locked Oh asd faded and worn she kusw
that he wesld scarcely recognise b hse the
gay, rosy checked ysung gial hs bed sees
nitesn yeass age.
NJ. Tssnhoim called q Mr. Haydsn's
only day Or two after HE arrival. Alice
dreaded 10 meet him, - eoe kDow nov
much. Do not think her foolish. A woman
knows hsw 70 prize her bssuty, since II %
her passport 70 fame, s6esotines 70 ieissd- |
ship: always, always y levs.
Tsenhel4 Mt 81 viii warm sspsss- |
stems Of pleasure, and hsll bss haeds -
long that Line declared, aftsrWard. she was
Jealous. He he'd ehaogsd greatly Tor the
better. he he'd been . very fair aan-nsw
be 80 broussd and reddeeed, sad his maB-
nsrs had that Undesirable pslish which
only travel asd aoeeeiosiea With The world
at large cas give.
The girls were charmed with him and
Liza. whs IVES The bssuty Of The family,
made up her mind in good earnest % win
him. Do not blame the girl. She had bssn
brought up % most girls new-a- days are
brought up-to believe that marrisge 10 the
end and ain Of . woman's life. She dsvot-
ed herself entirely 70 Mr.. Trenholm; study.
ing HE tastes and spinisns and leavioe
h. k~l
upon her for mere than two yssss, sut In
the cold.
How delighted il 10 that hs hasn't any
children |" cried Miss Lina-rsfsrring Of
course to Mr.. Trsnholm-"children ere
he.rid unless they ore dressed 10 white and
have on clean pinaforss And then they
are always wanting bread and nelassss TO
plaster their faces with. and are always
tsasiog sonsbsdy = tell then stories, and
they are regular nuisance any way"
To all which Alice mechanically agreed
at the same time that she had No definite
idea Of what Lima was talking abeut.
Ii certainly seemed that Trenholm found
some powerful attraction at the Haydsa
mansion, for be kept eeming day after day,
and people bsgea . gossip. OF course il
was Miss Lima, they ell said. She was %
beautiful, and would erscs % we'll The fiss
new house he Vas building On BsauvisW
Hill. And Line heard these eossiping 70
marks sometimes, cad was delighted.
Trsahelm drove the Hayden gisls over t.
the Hin frequently. and they criticised asd
suggested improvemsnts. and adnirsd
every thing excessively. The work went
forward rapidly. The house weuld BE-
rsadyfsr occupancy By the middle Of Juss.
Mrs. Hayden Wao naturally . little curl
Gus to know who was . b the mistress Of
the seld mansion, and she put . few peint-
ID questions to NJ. Trsnholo. He pasrisd
them lsughisgly, but she gathered from HE
half evasive answers that the mistress was
already decided upon. he was NOT quite
csrtsin that abe would come, but be hoped
%, and hs wanted Mrs. Hayden TO use her
influence in his faver. And then he shock
the ladv's hand and departed.
| Mrs. Hayden, from that hour, locked up
on him a. her sea in-law. and said SEINE
thing to that effect 70 Mr. Hsydsn, who ad
vised here not TO count chickens before they
were Matched. He Was . tough old fellow
bound up in his ledger and day books,
and taking little thought OF anything
outside Of the hide aud leather business,
in which he was engaged.
Lima would be an ornament 10 any mans
home I" said Mrs. Hayden.
Linaf So it's Lima, is IT." going on
with his adding up columns on columns Of
figures. Two and two are four, and six
are ten, and ten are twenty, and two %
carry. twenty-five. II it had only been
Alice, now
alice ~ said his wife contsmptususly.
"Alice 10 an old maid I"
"Psrhaps she might BE- called 90, bu.
she IL not 80 old BY three years, - Tren-
HOLM"
ooh, mans age 10 nothing Dear me.
Mr.. Hayden you have stayed here among
these old musty books and papers % long
that you are hardly sensible"
Mr.. Hayden nodded knowingly over bis
figures, - il 70 give the world in general
to understand that be might be aware Of .
thing or two which he did net make public
property.
Lima was oil delight and triumph.
We shall oil expect ysu to pass great
deal Of time with us, Alice DEAR" said she.
That aftsrn BON Mr.. Trenholm came over
in his chaise. Alice was up stairs, With .
dull dreary headache. which made her nsr-
vous and detected. She heard his voice in
the hall. and the pain in her temples grew
fierce and sharp. She closed her room door
and put her head down on the table and
cried.
~ want Miss Alice, il you please" said
Trenholm, after Ave minutes gay CONVEX
sation with Lima. ASK her to come down,
please"
Lima came up to deliver the message, and
kissed Alice before she went down.
81 sm sure he is going 70 speak about
the wedding, DEAR" said she, land knew
you will do the very best you can for me. ;"
So she sent Alice down, and remained
behind herself.
Trenholm camc forward when Alice en-
tered the room, and took her I've hands in
his. He saw that she had been weeping,
but how should he guess the cause.
" Alice" he said gently, why have 700
kept yourself away from me 10 muehf l
have hardly seen you since my return
You are always engaged. Aud nov that I
have been fortunate enough 70 see yeu,
want you to ride with me. I am going
over t. Hesthvills. and II is very delight.
full drive"
Alice stammsrsd cut some apeloey, and
said .semsthing about his taking Lima.
II want yon," he said quickly. "Thsrs
| - Vut UuoWbs ~ W. WIoP ~ oOVut yVUs
And here 10 ysur hat. Gene, my horse
does net like to wait."
And %, before Alice fairly realised what
he VAS doing. he had her in the ehaiss be-
side him. aud they were driving rapidly
dewn the shady road. Half way through
the chestnut woods the horse fell into .
walk. Lester put HE arm around Alice,
and said abruptly enough, csrtaialv:
"You have been weeping, Alice; tell me
what fory'
She colsrsd painfully and drew herself
away frem him, but she did not answer.
Twill you not tell NET"
excuse ne. Nj. Trenholm, -"
'Call me Lsstsr, just - ysu used to In old
time. And Alice. Why did you net reply
to the letter which wrote you on my arri-
val in India, and in which l asked you to
be my wife ~
because. because never received such
. letter."
"Ysu did rot?" he exclaimed eagerly
"And what il you hsdi What would have
bsen your answsry'
She did not speak but he heard the sti6sd
sob which she could net rspress, and drew
her closer to his side.