Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-06
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nniI As pas1sd a picture from the table be. lore him with his left hand. \ .l1t.
 Clszles skkrted at it as if fascinated,
 1hex8 up0n the finger was the glorious di amend De had found in the muff. ssHarry'f xinEr Herscalled Maggie's delight in ita recovery. and the fnitials ssM. B. to H.B.' ..zlasaEat Blake to Harry Baldwin, soi
 Fss nozasas tha vhssls slls m room g, grew V darl s and usns inso E sIrssl. Air he must have orsEzanEIe.,o E 5. a1 a st4a59 s H01 he got h5lns Iae never kne W, but Inc morning light creeping in, found him in the seat lle had taken, dazed and bewil- dered the night before. io sssfN 3
 Hom h6 had loved her and all the time shs vs@ the afinanced wife of another. Ooqueffy all her winning ways. False hood all her half admitted preferences.
 sEalsei hoN9 He had never asked her love. IL was too recent an acquaintance For that He had sought apparently but a friends place and that had been frankly accorded to him. Well, it was anover; he would 60 away somewhere and try to for get her. He wondered in a vague way if the caEseaof his money was upon him; If the prospect of his great wealth had tempt cd Maggie to forget her absent lover for a time, and if she would have welded his fortune if Henry Baldwin had remained away. giving him a divided, preoccupied heart for the full devotion of his own. Be- fore night, Mrs. Crayton, the landlady, was astonished at thedeparture of her handsome young boaffer ''bag and bag gage. as she expressed it, paying up to the full quarter the rooms were engaged for, like gentl tleman as he was. ."a u sR
 Spring passed, summer and autumn. Winter was drawing her white mantle over the fields and hedges, Christmas beauties were being displayed in the windows, when one evening Mr. Blake announced to his familyS'sI met young Markham on the street, ,to-dayr' ssasas sla.sss- boa. sraa
 Every body present looked up, except ing Maggie, who looked down." As =. And what do you think he is doing? He has taken that great house of his un- cle's and is turning it into an Industrial School, on the model of one he saw abroad, for he has been abroad since we saw him, and means to put his entire legacy into the fund to support it, presenting the whole to the city for Christmas gift.
 "Don Quix0tep said Mrs. Baldwin. 'is
 "Well, don't know about that We are all aware that the money was made by usury and extortion and various harsh meanss that is a fact. Now the young fel- low told me to-day that it was left to him as curse. and he thinks this is the best way to tlrn it into a blessing. I must say I agreeEN with him" .as5 Hte sz5e5 el- .
 But he has nnt left himself lfyfng?'' qaeried the old lady?
 ''Not out of that money. His father left him something, and he means to open an office at once. and begin the practice of law, bis profession. By the way, I inyi- ted him to the wedding on Christmas eve. He accepted with positive ecstacy. never saw mans face brightenyup go in all my life as his did on that invitation.
 Brighten up! I should say so, indeed for the invitation was , .tssS sa
 "You must certainly como to Bells wed. ding on Christmas Eve She is to make Baldwin happy man on that occasion,s and will be glad to see you amongst the guests, iYou know hinted something of 1t to y0u last winter" sc-.s@
 But before the wedding day, Charles made a amUrning cell s-As first maggfe de- clared she would never see him or speak to him again, after the. rude, abrupt way in which he had gone abroad, but at last she consented to go down. Mamma and Belle were So busy in making preparations for the wedding. that there was really no one else to see the visitor. b-st
 What Charles said to make all clear scarcely kn0ws but he learned that heart he coveted was all biz own, though pride had covered up the fact
 .':It was the ring that deceived me, Maggie. .s pleaded the lover, when she scolded him for his mssfAkos Tt was in your muff." r fy1- 1e7s !
 Ne1s may not sister do an errand for another slsterY vas only carrying it home to Belle." l
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 well, Mable Blake to Henry Baldwin" p.s oella." --s l,--asID -
 There vas gay wedding on Christmas Eve, and he ne iittle Dridsmaid wore new ring. while upon water, mate to one worn by the bridegroom.
 Tine stones were left to the girls by an aunt" aid Mr. Blake, ''to be set for ring for their hus- lands if they ever had them. You will find one n0re in Maggies possession, but Belle has had her duplicate set fora guard to her wedding ring"
 ..EOur such stones as thesel" cried Charles.
 '1es, they were left by royalty to an ancestress h ours set as earrings, but they have been reset ssfore this and will, Itrust long be worn in their
 'And next Christmas Eve may give Maggie a ing to wear under guard like Beiie's?" 'c
 -WheT Only year to become juageia
 let 1t IS so understood in the family. Already nysterious drpwers, and when Charles pays visits the industrial school, already well filled and in gctive operation little figure at his side is often 'olnted out as Mf. W 5fkhains betrothed.
 Sancho, lebsbnsfy in conclusion, highly ap- lroves 'is eAster's choice. o Fs
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