The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-03-02
THE TWO MRS. TRAFP0RDS,
NJ A. Z. LANCASTER.
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From the n. 0. Weekly Times.
| There was only one reason for MOI
proceeding to the ceremony that was
to make Rosaltha Haworth and Elleray
/ Trafford man and wife. That reason
was that Dick Tratford, Elleray's
younger brother, a youth Of about six
teen, had not yet arrived from the city
where he was attending boarding
school. The day had come, however,
and almost the hour, and, whatever
the cause that delayed him, especially
since it was Christmas week, it was
not, of course, thought sufficient to
postpone the marriage.
The TraffOrds were a remarkably
handsome family-sO handsome that
the family group would at once have
riveted the eye of even the unobser-
Won't. Mrs. Trafford was one of those
few genuine blondes who do not fade
early and look like washed ribbons be-
fore twenty years of married life. Mr..
Trafford might have been mistaken for
a Southern gentleman, SO bronzed was
his complexion, 30 chivalric his man.
ner. Of the three children, Elleray,
the eldest, resembled the father. The
two others were a daughter, about
eighteen, named Lucy, and Dick, the
schoolboy of sixteen, just mentioned.
Both favored their mother, being
blondes of the purest hue. Lucy was
just as fresh and tender as an apricot,
and Dick was hardly one Wilt less
handsome. He was one of those beau
tiful, girlish-looking boys, who not un-
frequently make the most masculine
men, but who, during the first years of
adolescence, have the hair and eyes,
lips and complexion Of girls.
Little did Rosaltl,a Hawthorn dream
what was in store for her when it was
proposed that the bridal trip should be
modified so that Elleray might call in
the morning at the school which Dick
was attending, and learn the reason of
his delay. If she had known, would
she have consentedq We will not stop
to answer a question which, after air,
is foolish and futile, and involves
contradiction from the very nature of
things.
The wedding was over, the congrat-
ulatiOns were said, the breakfast was
eaten, the speeches were made, the
good-byes were hidden, and the new
Mr.. and Mrs. Trafford, getting into,
their carriage, commenced that life the
first year of which is said to be SO tan
taliziDg and rugged. They took their
places in the train, accomplished their
journey in safety, and in due time ar
rived in the quiet, old fashioned city
of P, where Dicks boarding school
was established. They TOOK possession
of the rooms which had been engaged
for them at the hotel, and the next
morning Elleray set off to see his
young brother, leaving Rosaltha alone.
If he had had the dimmest suspicion.
the blindest foreboding of what was to
take place, hardly think he would
have left Rosaltha's side for one mo-
ment. Just as they We're setting ont
for P, Lucy had hughingly warn
ed him of a certain former attachment
of his--a Miss Dorothy Dilworth-whO
still resided there, and who might be
disposed to be revengeful and Medea-
like toward Creusa-meaning, of
Of course, Rosaitha-nOw that she had
lost her Jason. Ellefsy had colored
violently, remembering indeed, when
he had faneied himself in love with
one of the plettiest young Quakeresses
that P could boast; but he laughed
it off, and apparently the whole affair
was forgotten.
But could he have guessed who would
have entered the private parlor where
his wife was sitting, few moments af-
ter his back was turned, hardly think
he would have risked that walk to
Dicks boardlng-school, and the anxious
inquiries he made after him. -
DR.. Stedman, the head master, q
pompously commonplace man, explain.
ed that Dick had left the school two
days before, and appeared as muci
perplexed as Elleray at the fact of hi
not having been heard from. He wa
an intensely earrulous man, and Ellie
ray found it impossible to escape fron
, him. He namely gobbled on, unit
finally Elleray tore himself away il
the middle of sentence. Arriving a
the hotel, he found that he had bee
absent two hours. He also found
letter awaiting him. Opening it, h
found it dated from his recent HON,
1t was written by Dick, was hast
scrawl, and ran thus: . "a
"I1l fix you off-you see if don't
for not waiting for me. / got too lat
for the train, and had to- wait for til
next one, and l think you all behave
5 real mean.
Your affeetionate brother,
G -1tss1s TRY go - ~ Dior ~