The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-16

her ! only did 1t TO please my father,
so laughed lightly, though my heart
was well nigh breaking, and told her
thought he would survive it. She
looked at mes n moment, with world
of wonder and reprOach in her blue
eyes, then left me without even the
usual good night.
81 threw myself all dressed as was,
upon the bed, and cried long and bit
terly over my unwilling falschood to
one ! loved so entirely. 1t was many
weeks before | spoke more than pass
| ing word to Martin, though he spent
every evening at our house. He told
| his grief over and over to Emma,
whose gentle heart mourncd his hard
/ fate, though she seldom pleaded his
cause with me.
"Whilc we We're engaged Martin had
I taken popular magazine for me, and
| still received it every month. One
morning, about six weeks after | had
discarded him, sat in the parlor, read
ing the November number of the book,
which / had just received. | was
deeply buried in the cushions of Il large
arm chair, and was enjoying the
warmth of blazing fire that glowed
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| 7 Ill thn ,'oo,,,;,,,, al I,auaJ Loni
In NV choir nhsontiv corny.in, Enmo,s
boni wbich In,, in INV own Sbn lean
| nI hnr chnni, arairat MIN" and saiL
| 1nnor Nnrti, S.;iI lao hnro to.n;"ht
NoII,, No miva NO nno i,ind wnrj fnr
| hin,n WitTant - tbo,,rht nfon,,thin,,
aavn save INV "ront % iowa '' tn,. him hi " - ! onnnn5
tho ,,n1s,o5inc 1 and r,nidl,, tn,;nin,r thn
,',nas mf thn tow. lad iu.t rnod !
ri,asrtoJ n noSS.,,ro ov,rosJin,r rowrot
roYnoreo Io,, ,nI u,r;tinr IA fi,o n'ou,
o,ina tbe IorIs ..hnw hin, this +
lid tb" h,oi, ~, ! ~ lam and lnft tba
ronn, ~. NIort;n cnion,n,i,c , i, .ta,s Snrnd. nd
aJ 'JV" IN tho @ haii m az no,,,.n nvniocfnJ , ] mn
T .f,an, 'm ',r ,, noni,, did nnt oo dnv'm
~ th ,,o,.I lna,;,, I,t r',,,;,,nJ nv im
~ 'nu "t tm - 'h, ""v ';;n, ,G'',t' f .hn h
ny ,"'' i''- va -'fl'
''Di DI J had mn onportpn;tv of snaol,ing
,,o,o ,,,;ti' L,nip,i,., ,,',tii tI,n roYf ,ftnr'
@ nnnn whan I n.lSeI hnr what Mnrtin
sniL H,,,,o, nha ,hn,voL hin, tho I;na, I
had marked. she tod me ne SAID II
tho,, u r,as thn.n,,,,,,Iv indi,,nont
and when he came that night | lcceiv-
w a'' iiiI ''' @ ",,.S' "f t',i ", ~, III ~,
liu1n I "iI ~ ~ W.. .,e "a, ,idnn ;ili
uny thn ',,''"u ,", '.u 81, thrn ,,.ooi,s ,r
.'iI,, vtu, ",.I ,,1d 49, "te S1,, G,tr' ""
now told me that if did not forbid
Martins visits to the house he would,
ang nn:Onvcyed this order to him as my
dies |fd enot as my fathers. At first he
j. w;isssvery angry, and thought | Oblit-
Grated all his love for me, hcwas so
cold and distant when we chanced TO
meet.
"Onenight ! was to attend IA lecture to
| be delivered by distinguished orator.
| A neighbor, with whom | was favor
ite had obtained tickets for himself,
his wife and me-so he told me, child
and wished me to 90 with them.
When we reac. ed the lecture hall and
had taken our seats, Martin Coleman
came up and placed himself near Us.
1t was not long until he leaned over my
chair and asked my permission to wait
on me to my carriage
~ consented, and when he said good
night at the carriage door, he pressed II
n letter in my hand. which / quickly
concealed in The bosom OF my dress.
at wasy years afterward child, before
knew that Martin Coleman bought
the tickets and hired the carriage that
took me to the lecture, in order to sec
me and rive me his letter. Are You
asleep, Eiiie!n
"No, indeed, grandma; please go
op.u
"WelI, we went home, and mother
and father wanted to know all about
the lecture. and how | was pleased
with it, | said I would lust run up
stairs, nut away NV cloak, and come
bacl,.in five minutes to tell them all
about il.
~ locked nv door as soon as |
reached nv room. and sat down to
read his precious letter. can not tell
now what was in it. but 1 remember it
oli seemed very sweet and beautiful
10 me. and he .nid he would be at
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