Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-11-19
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dearest friend, llo was a tall, hand
s0nia nan, scarcely more than iva
or ihnse and thirty, with large blue
ewes, aud hair of a wsvy, broWnlsA
gold
"Raslerl 80, CARL | shall never
b. easier, until lilo ani all its Pangs
have passed away from me. II u
merely quesIiunoT minutes with
me naw."
Oxford hold u glass IT dark color
ed liquii IA his igiend : lips; ho
dsank few drops, nnd seemed 10
revive little
rYou will not forget Carllg You
will never lot her miss a father =
tender raro-my poor, lil'io or
phaned girll'
"iIaye not. pledged my solemn
word Ia you, Mark =
No. bnt swear il Swear to me
the Ethel shall never want for u
home, aud u protecting arm, while
you liyol'
IL swear IL
For one instant a look of inclT.'
blc peace hoyorcd over tho white
face, as ifit were tho shadow of
some er.pinioncd dove andso,
with his hands folded on his breast,
Mark Lytiloton died
lsmy papa bcttcrT
The uhild's soft voice at the door,
pleading for entrance, reused Colo
mel Oxford. as he knclt on the floor
with his face buried in tho pillows
beside his friends dead face. How
should hc tell her? Great hoavensl
how should ho break TO her tho It'd
ings that she was IN orphanS
IIc led her away from the door.
"Bnt want TO SEQ papa
"Not now, Ethel"
"lIe is worsep'
She stopped abruptly--a tall, un-
gainly child of ton, with big black
eyes and swarthy hair hanging
down her back in tangled curls-
and looked wildly up into tho pity
ing face.
"Tcll mel Why don't you speak
to nc? Oh, know know-he
is dead !"
She broke away from Colonel Or
ford's OBTAINING hand, and hid her
face am ong the sofa cushions, with
u cry such as some bcrcaved wild
animal might utter.
"Oh, my papa my papa"
And CARL Oxford went silently
away, feeling that solitude was best
70. the poor little tortured heart
"Idon't know what on earth IN
20 do with her."
Truly it was rather a perpleXinS
question for the young widower Oh
two-and-thrty.
II cant take her with mo to Nal
ia, she's too little. | can t send her
to Orford Hall, to molder away
with an antcdiluvian house-kcepe?
and half dozen sleepy servants. l
cant deposit her in u bank vanlt
with my titledeods and Indian
bonds How on earth can l dis
posc other? What do people gen
orally do with girls ton years old ?
Ethel !'so'
She came to his side like an obc-
dent kitten.
"What would you like to do with
yonrsclf for the next two or three
years ?" :.
5Ir you please, sir, I should like
to 90 to school" "
CARL Orfnrd brought his. hand
down on his knee with resound-
ing energy. asa. -, ), :.
1.-THE very thing! Why didn't it
occur to mic before? Yes, Ethel, you
shall 90 to school !!
And by the very first, train the
next morning, Colonel Oxford was
speeding away into the "rur"l dis
tricts" ID inquire into the relative
merits of French scminaries and
English establishments. The little
black eyed girl had been sore
weight on his mental system, and
lit was no small relief TO be able,
some two weeks afterwards, TO de-
liver her formally into the Keeping
of Madame do la Vanier g
"Good-bye, Ethel ! he said, stoo2-
ING to kiss her.. BE q good girl,
and study all you can etu
But Ethel turned her swarthy
cheek away,
4 don't like . kiss big tall me"
10 "a very v wise conclusion, iEyou 4
only adhere to it through liio?
said CARL, with a little grimace.
And ward and guardian parted
for eight long years.
The blue jane heaven was spread-
| ing its serene canopy over the thou,
sand spires of the great city; and
CARL Oxford, walking up and down
the hotel parlor, almost ehaied al
being shut up In the metropolis al
such a season as this. aa
I,oucht to be at Oxford Hall,
he soliloaujzed. sit must be love
/ lv there now-thc lawn all silvercd
over with daisies, the honey suck
( les filing the air with spice, and
The little trout stream, with lis
shadoved pools aud rustic bridge
| wonder if this strange feeling Is
/ home,sickness2 Ethel is there. toe
my little swarihy ward, with heI
I tangled curls, and big black eyes
I Ysll.,I snpp0sc the diet OF board
ing.scllool couldn't last for. ever
Bnt how she must astonish the oia
house keeper, with her indelsend
ent waves and her old- original no
items. Ycs; must go 10 OTfo9rd
bui, not before have laid my fai'
n Esther Howard's feet. Ny bean
tifni. dark eyed queer : Even 80
lhavsgalwavs fansic4 her royal Jew
I5sh 5,ame-sake 10 ioOk npon-h;'il
var,sc- black. and riPplei ike