The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-04

II I offer you my heart, too, my gill
i though I'm 20 spee"hlmaker; il yol
will marry me, III do my best co bt
n q good husband"
G Goodness" said Daisy, for she
was surprised sorry, too, that she
must pam the honest man who had
just given her the highest proof Of
his regard in mans power to give.
. doctor Sinclair, please, please take
t it back, and let us be friends, we
| have always been. Why, doctor,
. you know L couldn't marry you!"
, "Daisy, your parents approve, |
know no reason why you shout
not. Sure, l am older in years,
but my heart is young and--you
shall haye your own way all your
life"
Which was saying n great deal, in
the doctors opinion.
Daisy only said, "Dear Doctor,
Bob, like you, but Hove some
body else. l nm ENGAGE to Win
throp Earle, though nobody lnows
it but just ourselves"
"Whewl said said the doctor, and
drove very fast for the nextten min
utes. Then he said, quite solemnly,
Miss Duff, I doubt whether you'll
ever marry Winthrop Earle, but
wont ms st on your marrying M
against yonr VIII, Now Wen say
no moro ab3ut it,"
WGen the result of the doctors
wooing was known, Daisey's parents
went about with an injured look,
and talked With an indignant air,
that took the pleasure out Of her
life. Time went on and on, and
they began TO make preparations
for leaving the farm.
awe shall not last l)rg after it,
wio!" Mr.. Duff would say drearily.
And she, she who had I'LL her life
yielded to Dai-y's highest wish, went
around talking of in5ratitude and
disobedience, and the folly of
making sacrifices for children, till
she really frotted herself sick. Very
sick she was, too, and between
watching her at night, and the
school Itself, Daisy was almost worn
out. Many II time she cried herself
to sleep. Many u time she awaken
ed heayy-cyod and heavy-hearted to
"take up the burden of life again.
Through it all, she remained loyal
to Winthrop Earle, living on his
short, occasional letters, scrawled
on Il drum-head or a napsack, she
supposed, and writing him long
bright ones, full of sunshine and ,
sweetness. s
Doctor Bob was all this time
kindness and delicacy itself. He :
never alluded to his rejected offer, ,
but he was more chivalous, more :
tender, more devoted than Y !,
He watched her mothers fever with !
more than professional interest, and :
displayed a lavish amount of skill. ,
He kept her father occupied, and ,
took Oft the edge of many u sharp =,
saying that was meant for Daisy.
Was it his fault or his misfortune, {
poor man, that he should bring up =
the weekly Thunderrr," one mis- ,
cradle, rainy mournfal, noyor-to-be- =
en- Saturday night? Daisey
opened it, and tao first thing to meet
her eye was "Horriblo maasaero by v
Pigwig Indians! Company c. C
cut to pieces. Every officer a
And down below IL detail t
I'd account, and in it, prominently h
named, tho death Of Lieutenant
Fare.
After that Daisey fe!t that life was
over for her. She went around Nth j,
/ dazed air for several days, absent L
minded, careless of her looks, her $
lair pushed anyway back of her u
,ars, her face pale, and Il f4r-away o
ost Look in her eyes. 1,
A week before the auction was to Il
)e, her father said to her: IL
Daughter, if young Earle had G.
ivcd, l would never have asked yon 81
he's gone, and grief wont bring n
'ack the dead marry D ctor Sin i'
lair and save our home" b
"Just as You please, father. It's a
vi n to me now" was Daisey's d
Z
A very pale bride she was, and not d
IS pretty as she used to be, said the ct
who thronged the church on o
Ter wedding-day. Doctor Bob took n
Ter off for a tour, and when she t.
ame back, pride had brought the II
ight into her eyes and the rosesin- 81
o her checks. The Daisy was gone tt
orever, but the gracious, queenly d'
roman, the digniiied Mrs. Sinclair, OF
Va. accepted III her place by most Of
eople rs an improvement. p'
OF course it was a mistake, and ~
beloved came back. Hap >,
lily, when he did, she held her child "a
n her arms, and had learned to " !.
I'VE her "guide man." Doctor Bob ~
nd kept his promise of giving her 10
er W way, and it is the royal a.
Dad to the feminine heart. One ~
Witt throb at the sight of Winthrop W
.arle, and Daisy Sinclair's heart a. a.
Tiled itself, and received him with II,
rave courtesy and kindly welcome. ~
He did not mourn hopelessly-- -
ut married in a year somebody as
Mike Daisey as possible.
Nh. and Mrs. Duff are still living "
the old place, and their daughter Gu gu
, after all, as happy as most wives %
70, though her husband is much = .
Ike "Auld Robin Grey" III
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