Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-09
TO MARRY AGAIN, OR NOT.
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rembled a little when ] unlocked
the posf-bag on that third morning.
There was no letter for Charles, but
a note from Mrs. Dalton, asking me
10 call as soon as / could. / gave il
10 him without a remark. He put
il in his pocket, and did not read il
! in the room. Soon after breakfast i
walked TO Furzeham. Dora came
TO me in the little study, and again
i felt how changed i was. Up 10
that time Ne had held out both
hands mutually andsimuitaneously,
and ] had kissed her a. heartily
naturally as if she had been Anna
Now, nv own secret CONSCIOUSNESS
I made that impossible, and the some
thing unexpressed by me, or some
thing which ] did not fathom IN
her. held her back.
..CoIoring and looking distressed,
she gave me one hand, saying: 1T
I was very good Of you TO come 50
soon, but / thought you would"
~ made an effort to be playful,
and rejoined: You know / have
utterly spoiled you, Kitten"
1.-THE smile this evoked was q poor
pitiful spectre.
Come" Invent on; II know why
you sem for me, so you
NEED NOT WORRY YOURSELF
about how to begin Charles has
told me-"
ssOh ] am so glad. But why did
he not do SO before he wrote TO me?
IL would have saved me great I'M
happiness. j do not know if i
ought not to have kept his secret,
though j should have felt quite
guilty hiding anything, especially
such a thing, from mamma; but l
could not. The letter was taken to
her, and, of course, she has always
opened and read my letters as if
they were her own"
.-Quite right; the longer she does
so the better. Charles had no right
TO make such a request. / am sur-
prised that he did not know better"
".But i am sorry TO have done
anything d~isagreeable to any of
you am so fond Of Anna and
You have always, Arrays been 50
kind 10 me-
"'There is no harm whatever
done, Dorothy circumstances
helped you out of a difficulty, as they
often do help the innocent
"Then we We're both silent. ] saw
she wanted to go ON, but did not
know how and, for myself, ] had
a sort of fear of what / should hear
but ! helped her.
"'Well, Pussy ! asked, what
r you going TO say TO Charles"
81 DO not know (; , and she looked
miserabie.
AZ have always thought you
yer very clear in your views, and
distinct in stating Them
".Yes; j know my own mind
quite well; but - She stopped,
and seemed about to cry. Il
DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO Do
she went on.
"'DO you mean that you do not
know whether you like Charles well |
enough to accept him or not?'
40 no; but there are so many
difficulties This was said hardly
above her breath.
"|Do you mean the long engage
ment, and so on p
1sShe blushed with vexation, and
answered % dear !! no. But / am
so afraid Of hurting your feelings,
or displeasing you. do so wish it
had never happened
".But, nv dear child, what could
there be displeasing to me, or in
furious TO my feelings, In your being
attached to my SON. i think II
it would be an indirect compliment
to me-
"She hardly let me finish, but
spoke very earnestly.
Ibid YOU ever think that L.
No; YOU never can have supposed
that YOU must have been "a much
surprised as i was. If any thing of
that kind had been going on, must
have been the most deceitful cres-
ture possible; but ! am afraid of
your thinking that Charles would
not have asked me, If ! had not
encouraged him. i am sure / should
say so of any one in my cIrcum-
stances. / hope the lesson will
make HE very charitable, have
really never thought about Charles
at all II no more entered my head
that he thought about me in that
way