The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-19
she tainted in the arms held out TO receive

she tainted In the arms held out TO receive
her.
The first words she heard on coming to
consciousness were, my poor pale little dar-
ling r. and she felt that his arms were still
about her. Then she raised herself up and
withdrew coldly.
But George had come there that night.
with special purpose he Grew Lottie down
beside him on the sofa, and in q few manly
words, asked her 10 marry him.
"You know what my salary Ia, Lottie,"
he said, ''can you marry q poor mao ~
"She did not answer very audibly, but he
understood, and pressed kiss on her white
brow, and then seeing Mrs. Lowe regarding
them sternly from the doorway, be led her
up to her with the single explanation, "My
promised wife,"
"Such pair Of fools ~ that lady said to
Major Crane 'fshe, withou. second suit
to her name, to marry that fellow, that cant
support himself And she can play the
piano, and draw, and would really make
quite lady"
''Only think" said Miss Inglesby % her
mother, Sour sewing girl il going to % mar
ried to that clerk in Shades grocery. We'll.
he IS quite handsome, but they won't have =
penny TO begin with. think Pn give her
\ that point lace collar, that isn't real. She'll
never know the difference"
! al do wonder what she'll be married in -
lisped Miss julie Inglesby do
laine or Irish poplIn ?"
"White, inevitable white" replied her sis
ter. ''Swiss muslin, with tucks, 50 charm
ingy simple, you know, and 80 cheap \"
The conversation the dsy after they we've
married was worth recording.
"Did you ever hear alyth ~ like II, IN
YOUR life ?"
''Never is a perfect romance. Just like
a fairy tale"
"And that beautiful old lady, dressed 80
elegantly, was his mother, who came from
Boston to see them married, and the young
er one was his sister,"
sand the family jewels are diamonds only
think real diamonds" !" said Miss Englesby.
in tone that denoted she was dying Of en-
w aud modification.
"And her veil was real point and such a
love Of handkerchief" said Eveline.
"WhAt was that compared to the dress.
Pearl silk that would stand alone, trimmed
with Brussels lace. Oh didn't she look
splendid. was proud Of her for my part.
81 always said she was somebody that
would make her mark in the wOIld," put in
Mrs. Lowe, "Poor, dear girl how shall
miss her. am so glad she's done % well.
And il was true, after AL, that her folks had
been rich, and she hadn't been brought %
TO work What noble girl she was, to 10
as she did. They say her husbands father
Is one Of the richest men 10 Boston. Gave
his son fifty thousand dollars to set up in
the g,ocery business, and he came out here
to learn how declare it was shame to
deceive US 50. We could have appreciated
him SO much better, If we'd have known be
had money"
George Myers and his wife went on their
way rejoicing. Lottie was prepared to see
handsome home, but the elegance Of the fa-
miy mansion on Beacon street was far be-
yond what she had anticipated. But no
amount Of grandeur could destroy the plain
republican simplicity Of their characters.
Nature had made lady OF Lottie, art could
only embgllish her. She had felt the sting
Of poverty, and was happy IN the balm wealth
could apply. But she never could forget that
she bad eaten the bread o. lite without the
wine, ard braved the biting blasts Of mis-
fortune with no ermine to protect her from
the cold. That was why the poor always
found friend IN her, and the deserving q
benefactor. 81 was a sewing girl" never
closed an aristocratic door against-Mrs.
George Myers.