The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-16
In the first week of our ACQUAINTANCE

link of ring that ever was worn, one would
hink the earth should have been sown as
thick with them as was the field of Canine
after the slaughter of Carthagienan knights.
But not one of the answers so much as limited
at violet of sapphircs with diamond cen
ter
In these lonely days / saw a great deal of
my neighbor, Miss Purdy; she was one OF
those rare and blessed souls who interpret |
literally the command to love ones neigh
Dor as ones self. She and her ncicc, Kate
Purdy, lived together as lived with Aunt
Esther, and sort of fellow-feeling, from
our similar conditions, made us wondrous
kind from the first. Kate was a sparkling
brunette, who made love to everybody,
''malc or female, jew and Gentle, bond or
frce-"--it was all the same to her am
very meek looking person myself light
haired, blue-eyed, faded out-you almost
need u dark background to sec me at all
Kate and | looked well together, and
stayed together chiefly for that reason at
first, afterward for n strong and earnest
liking that lasted our lifetime. | told her
all about the ring, and showed her the an
swcrs to my advertisements and when our
talk reached low water on other matters,
we always fell back ON speculation about
those two lovers and the sapphire ring
Kate was disposed to treat it more highly
than could find it in my heart to do. She
thought it far too pretty to hide its light in
a bureau drawer, and after time wore
it, thinking that in that way it might be
possibly seen and claimed by its owner.
We had become very intimate in the girls
fashion before introduced Kate to my
DOCTOR" as | called him in my heart. They
''took kindly" to each other, but she did not
IA, ,,iln l,n lion RI nT him
as had seen her do with all other men.
"Why don't you make love to DIR. Gill
morc!" asked her at last. "Iouarc nat
urally fisher Of men, and the prcysis very
scarce at Dovccotcs.'
Firstly" said Kate, "bccausc you al
ready have him in your own net, and unless
all signs fail, you will soon land him. Sec
ondly, he is too fcarfully old and grave. l
don't mean that he has lived any great num-
Der of years, but he is one of those who was
born forty years old, and that would
make him at this present time thrcc-scorc-
and-tcn."
My world was wcll.nigh empty Of kith
and kin when Aunt Esther died, but was
not near so doleful as l ought to have been.
had very little money, but had youth
| aud hope, and there was--thc doctor.
Kate Purdy had been helping me to set the
house in order after the dreadful hustle that
follows the vanishing of a familiar face.
At night-fall she left me alone for an hour
or two; was then, as Kate and | had tact
tly supposed, reading il in ono another
ewes, that 'my doctor" came to see me.
Il am afraid you are going to be very
lonely here" he said after the first greet
ings were over
but shall not be here | am going tc
| live with the Purdcys"
"Arc you quite sure they want YOU"
,''Thoy say So
1ssDoubtlcss they feel in that way now
but their hearts are warmed by the sight o
you affiiction. You had far better como
home to me"
He held out his arms, with Il gesture tina
belied the calmless ofhis words hut woul,
not see it.
"lIow can be sure that you want me !:
edo not say it,
Eyes, and so did the Purdys. 1t may b.
your heart is warmed by loneliness"
''What is the use of fencing, when low,
you and you love me!"
GLOW do you know that?'
because you have been so careful no
to show even decent regard for me.
you had not loved me, you would have beer
more cordial"
80, wiser than Solomon,"I said but
saw his arms put out to me at that moment
and forgot what o'clock it was until Kate
opening the hall door made me draw ava
from "my DOCTOR
Kate made lively talk for few minutes
but had little response from her audience
''My dear turtle doves,,' she said at last
laying one hand on mine looking hard a
my friend, 81 see how it is with you 70,
have reached the point where two is com
pany and three is a crowd"
''No, we have passed it," said the doc
or.
"And Esther is going to marry you?"
'sYou have said it."
"Then wish you joy with all my heart
By the way, did you bring the engagement
ring with your"
, ."Of course not"
''You need not look so irate. Som
,, men are so certain of their happiness tina
they buy the ring beforehand VIII
don't you use this one that came to Esthe
out of the gate post?" said Kate, draw
ing from her finger the sapphire rinl
which she then wore.
at would be bad Cmen," | said shrink
ing away from it; land suppose some on
would claim it after al? ~
81 did not think of that, you could hay
another made like it. Nothing could h
3 pretticr for an engagement ring"
t ''If DR.. Gilmore likes it, | am sure
have no objection, said at last, for theI
was tinge of romance in giving the rim
a happy ending after being spurned by il
first owner
DIR. Gilmore did not like it, and put il q
my finger before Kate went off, with SON
, good advice about not sitting up lat,
g which met the fate of most good advice
sn<<, har I,aJ ;,, In
e hours oyont the twal, and sh woke il
=. stantly.
t "This is a good example to set before
# young and innocent Maiden" she T.
!, marked,
n sob, Kate, said in the usual gushiI
= fashion, 81 am so happy, can't belle,
i it,"
sob, well, l can. Nobody comes
it bed at this time o night unless somethir
+ awful has happened"
y 81 wonder he did not fall in love wi,
| you, Kate"
$50 do |, but some men have no tast
o you know. They are to be ptied, not
d be blamed. Besides, MS have said bcfor
y he is too aged for me- He'll bc cent
rion' when you are in your prime"
" Kate refused to talk all night, as | won
: gladly have had her, and did catch
nun vi wv Vi siCcp iuii Vi happy
was nearly alone in he world, al
a there was no earthly reason for delayir
" the marriage except for the wedding ga
IS ments.
Z. Dovecotes were wonderfully hcaltl
= just at this time, but the doctors carria,
k (he had discarded the old narrow sulky al
y replaced it with buggy might be SCI
+ going at full speed along the avenue oft,
II enough for a patient at the point Of deaf
e We were married and went into the v
n liage, to live in the very house in which
5, had first taken possession as its owner.
&c The former neighbor, who had seen II
1t an old maid in her prophetic soul, sale
a $50 you took the doctor, after ALL
At If this were all ordinary and well co
ID Quoted story, it ought to end here; b
1t being true story, my life did not at on
come to an end, like that of most heroine
+, with marriage.