The Republican journal., 1870-09-29
OUGHT / NOT TO HAVE DONE 1T?


and "bira- K-mor;ll people whowould have
allied It cruel and criminal act, yet | can
l'l help Te@rctin% that did not do it,
G"uii II any court OF Justice, in view OF my
extreme pruVocaton, would have found me
unity cd anything worse than Iustifable, TEN
paIlIY insanity and am confident that all
i-rili-lnnded men, after hearing the story OF
n> wrongs, VIII fully agree with me that |
oa4hl ." A.ve done ii
! admit that Dick Farrell saved my life,
Wbcn ! came near getting lost in an Alpine
h@ admit that he was OF great service to
liir during oar subsequent Journey TO Rome
! admit that his audacity led to our acquaint-
a1sr' With the pretty Americans, Mrs Scott
aud tcr charming daughter. whom we met
I'd thr CatacombS. But Dick was only a
PAINTER and although Mrs. Scott was a Wild
'W- he must have seen that my heart was
~'i upon Miss Susie. For my part, | am
iUlll Pa >uadcd that ought to have done it
We had prevailed upon the ladies to make
ISL ~ 81 Peters In order to make the
'.cuI~lrn partake somewhat of the nature of
ri"niV. il was agreed that we should take
'tf lunch with III and eat it on the immense
i''"l "i The church In order TO make sure
'i 'turng Susie Toy myself, prevailed up
"l Mr- Scott Ice invite the Rev Leonidas VI
.illt-Y. who Wa~ then in Rome, 10 accom-
l4ny a.; mlrndin" to nvei@le that worthy
ditlnc lat" acting "a an escort to the widow
! hrt'r Thought what would become Of Dick
Of thn~ lrii without Il lady companion, nor
"en my suspicious aroused by the sarcastic
-nlllr with which he praised my lorehought
.A inl iiium the clergyman.
~ :n accident should happen-if You
.h"lll break Your neck, for example" he
remarked III would he so handy to have a
clergyman ready
line dav appointed ior the picnic. of course
arrived Never shall FORGET the sensations
NiA which assembled the long, winding, in
cluel plane which lead. up TO the roof Of the
church had determined TO offer myself to
,-l>lc in 1ile course of the dav. and. 1houob
/ had no doubt rs To the result, vet the novel
j. .ud importance of the step was about to
ft,,. made me somewhat nervous | had
1r'. au underlined and wholly unacknowl-
DICED feeling that She WAS not, after all. pre-
l~rlN Tho ~'tlt at wife for me. She knew alb
~olulrv nothing OF business. and was about
ignorant ot the duties pertaining to the
position ion which intended her as a oirl
Gould well be. Nevertheless, had SO strong
% ttnc1 for the gay little butterfly that felt
She impo~~ihiity of existence apart from her.
lar veal or for woe She held my fate in her
hands. and determined that those dear LITTLE
brands should he mine. come what mjoht
Before We had our lunch we were ia as
c.nd Ihc dome At this stage of affairs
+lcc'cdcd in placing the widow in CHARGE of
tie" clergyman, and. with Susie, began the
s~'eut eat the countless stairs. Dick, however,
followed 50 closely behind ,.,-in order as
he pretended, to keep Susie from falling
That could find no opportunity to ask her
lir' Question which was on my lips At last
W' ie.t He'd the lantern. and only the great
copper hall remained To be explored As
NfS. Scott declined TO enter the ball, | wait
81 with Susie until her mother had gone ont
lp"n The outer gallery, Vanly hoping that
10" long sought -tor moment had arrived
bnt scarcely had her mother disappeared
rs ben the Young lady announced the inten-
hon Of climbing into the ball, whereupon the
ii'iouS Dick ran up the ladder to assist her
When they had both succeeded in enterin~
that sitting den-where no man of sense
ever willingly placed himsell-shc cried out
that no one else was TO come up on any ac
count for she was afraid that the bali would
break loose under any additional weight. Il
Wa tins forced 10 stay at the foot of the lad
der while they remained in the hall, engaged
during what seemed TO me an ntolerable
length at time an animated conversation
conducted IN tone so low that could not
hear 2 single word that was said.
When they finally descended, Susie's face