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to. amuse him with in his child
hood, years and years before ther
was a Dorothy Lyme.
i In her own wing things wer
made to look trife more cheering
and her lightest wish in the way Q
books, music and delicate byouteri
had been gratified. And on be
last birthday a grand piano ha,
been sent down from her affection
ate guardian, Martin
And so Dorothy had lived on
thinking her own thoughts, dream
ing her own dreams, and conjurin,
up such delicious fancies as come tt
such imaginative young ladie
placed like Dorothy.
This calm, uneventful existence
could not continue through count
less ages. Not that either. Of 'thes'
happy people longed for or required
q change, but changes come fas
enough, all the same, be the fac
pleasant or otherwise.
The change appeared first il
Martin Jane noticed it after a lit
tie time and spoke Of it, then Do
rothy, who kept silent, wondering
4 shouldn'tb be surprised if you
guardian had settled OH some wo
man to be his wife at least, Doro
thy, and meant to bring her here
before. we know it, you and l.
Shouldn't your And Dorothy
looked placidly from the window
why not? Mr.. Lorford was no
a man to do things hurriedly, ane
she was certain that his choice
would prove an excellent one after
all this time
"A man may take his own time
and not be a full twenty years
about it, either said Jane, dryly
meaning that a man of forty hae
no right to make fool of himself
whatever others might do, or he
wonld himself have done the
twenty years before, which is con
s;derabiv stronger argument on the
aide Of 1oo;c than sentiment.
Feor;ng q that Mrs. Bowles. who
w;alded immense influence owe,
master and man at the sCrofts,
shonld discourage ber guardian
from bringing home a mistress
where she had been sole arbiter fol
so MANY wears. Dorothy touched
The matter delicately. with gloves
on elr' and wondered What could have
turnod az GOOD : woman az Jane
from nleasant wavs and soured her
q aoa;nst a1I mankind
s:Jane IS at heart a good woman,
and would have made an honest
man q good Wife Martin had said.
Had she e not made a good wife for
her husband. Jane. the best creature
j;vino. Dorothy could not believe
+b;.
sJane's lot was rather hard on
her, he had continued. touching
the little brown hand which lay
within his reach half caressingly.
Robert Bowles. the only man she
ever loved. was killed suddenly
while on horseback one day, a
month before the day set for their
morr;aoe She monrned for him
90 q viz shonld and finally called
herself by his name among us here,
though out in the world she is sim
nlv Jane Denham.'
poor Jane!'
And tender-hearted Dorothy
went that night and cried softly on
tho house-l:eener's pillow as she
slent. smoothing out the lint white
locks white LONG before they
should have been in the natural
course Of tbings-thinking of how
she should have died in such case
at once.
Jane's buovant spirit had indeed
hoen nn;te I;Iled: she was never
tn he The same. and we cannot die,
wben wa wish and we must 90 on
for onr allotted time. drinking tea
and wearing cotton gowns. as she
wonld cav
She had fal1er into q wav of
LOOKING for trouble beforehand
aftar tIe manner Of manv good
noon1o Ualv;no IN blindlv over the
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