The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-02-15
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HANNAH'S ROMANCE.

there's some bod, come to ses YOU. You heeiu',
IN Ae Yourself any finer. I'm osrtsin you look
art enough
"Fiadlostiok.," the young lady Circulated,
conte .lp,ususiy, pat !ng the waves OF her nut
brown h,ir tsnde-iy and making faces which
ws-e crote,auely ~ Ir.yated BY teG.t.le little
mirror swinging ~. the white vail IN front OF
- dsra, plqusnt iacA
No: 1iddlssticxs--5ut DR.. Cory. AID proud
enough yol should be, miss 10 have it said shat
tia l4rse,t land owner in town, and the best
physician by all odds, should come out of his
Wv - see Won. aud wait \ mortal half hour for
your whins and prauks. You know you heard
ms ca. Won, HannsL. Why didn't you aEswsr:
Il. knows that YOU heAid me, and knows Whist
elf wilisd, disobedient girl I've had to deal
With a., these Year. But then I've always done
by you as l would by my own, if had any
nobody can say hut that have
Hannah ceased ler ende.vors TO smooth out
the orispv locks tina, crept into snus little curis
under her very fingers, and turned on the com.
Portable figure stopping up her narrow door,
with /. slight frovI. sullyng the low. white
brow.
I'm sure l never complained of anything,
Aunt Della, and nobody clse has my right to
tut as for Dr.'Cory, don't see VII, he can pos
sib!y want of me; and I'm just AZ sure he had
letter ride off after old Mrs. Downing sick with
The rheumatism, for al the good his visit will be
10 him
usanah shook on. the folds of the dove.col-
9reI dress which fitted nar handsome figure to
perfection, and conscious that she WAS looking
asr best. vent down into the best room ~ meet
terI4'-, perfectly well acquainted with the mo-
tive which had brought dgniiied, elderly DR..
Cory out OF his morning routine. and looking as
uncoa sc;5us AS girls GO with such things before
them.
Hannah Sprayue had been reared by her only
-a!a,ive. Arr aunt III An old-fashioned, substan.
u.l w,y--and a.. earnest and persistent
e:i5it nt ooen made b this r;gat-mlnd-
eli n Iron 20 crush out AL disposition to stuff
aud tw.di,e in Ham al, which derioustratel
itself at very ,ex!er age IN Mrs. Cive's pretty
n.ece, naving had it handed down very direct
.tom IannAhs dainty, girl,sh mother, who ran
away ana married Archie Sprague, after a TO.
mantle ATTACHING =. OF three months, and Of
course good never came OF such union, and
they both died disappointed in osch other, after
lew years OF doubtful happiness, and Hannah
:3crague, with her mothers fatal beauty and
A.nsy character, and all her fathers ra,hnes-,
mad soee down into the sleepy old country to
1.-Two with her stern aunt, and sweep, dust and
make pies all her days, and be told over and
over. because sh. adorsd pictures and music, and
knew ali of ''Chille Harold" word fer word,
mat she was just like her mother who had been
4 silly goose, aud much more like her father,who
was certainly both idle and wicked,
Dr. Cory was d; mn Of property and fine at
t4.amcnts-.a rich nan Of Elr3ieids, and so re-
spec.sd lie had never been married, and it was
not considered by aay one likely that he ever
w9ul. be. He Wa in reali ty scarcely middle
aged, but MS fine head nas thics!y covered with
gv!z1ed hair, and ;Lege were hard lines about
the flexible lips, and Oh, such worn and hag
gard look AZ times around the keen, gray eyes,
aad bearing such heavy impress Of time 3
'erfAcing fagers, Dr.. Cory was regar He'd by all
ycung people Is cd
Hannah Thought Of the slightly bent head (hs
habitual at.itude), and the grey locks, with her
hand on the door.knoo and she decided that if
DR.. Cory DrOpounded suy serious question to
A4r. that sAa should answer him mo" She was
young. She know that there were few girls
IL the whole country around so handsome as she.
his she know from an Unborn appreciation VI
tie beautiful, not irem mawkish vanity Of con.
Cl..
She glded into that somber room with its
-;Teen n.oreen curtains, homely red and green
ea-pet, and stiff, ungainly chairs and tables, with
grinace at destiny lor casting her lines in such
WY places.
The silent figure by the black mantel.pieco
TUNED with nervous start, aud u nav light
widening over the stroag, good face, and kindle-
lag strange fire in the anxious ey,s
The bare, unlove!y sorrow faded from MS
mind and sight; h felt TIE sunshine entering
with pretty Hannah Sprague and The reds and
gold. OF life which those wo love boar atou;
them.
~ am sorry 70 have KEEP. you waiting sir, =
t-annAa aid, demu:ely, as though she knew the
-urgeon mad como to amputate her lstlo finger
I'D she vas quite prepared.
!; wa., however. slc who welded the scapel
aow strong, muscular DR.. Cory grew faint and
weak n aer presence, and felt that her every
old. unconscious word ran his heart through
with sharp agony.
IL ,0d no. much--very little, indeed Han
-tt thought she was disappointed in his decllr
a-iou, As perhaps romantic women always ara
waen honest, practical men tell their love blunt
~, without rspturing quotations or eutrancin.
snile
- think you understand me, my dear" hi
had sd grayely holding both hsr hands.
- do 10; 1now how to Win You, Nsnaab, i
!Jl % .ot already feel that yow could so,us
times love me little in return for this one gro.
psssien Of my li!e love You. Hannah, trul,
and we'll 1t is not possible that Nm deceive
n tai.. Al my time of life men know viii
whom their hopes are in keeping. do no. tx
peot chat vow can or DO return the vshemsnco y
my feeling for you, bat shall be satisfied il yo
'sr promise to look upon rae kindly, and will
IN !Gteh. 10 try aud answer my feeling. hsv
not, perhsp., pu. the case in the beat way, bu
you comprehend rve, my dear child. Say tina
you will cndeayor 10 regard me ~ tho ma,
whom you are to love and reverence ~ you can
rot ANY o,her--your husband. l want you /
be my wife, Hannah. do no. say Immediately
can wait any reasonable time my life nv
leen one long probation"
,Dnsh was certainly in dream, out c
Sh.oA sac came with s:Art-she must find II,
answer. How long he had waited on her ~