The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-02-12

III tHls evening II possible. 4 our
faithfully,
| l.. RAYMOND.
| Poor girl, he muttered; she put,
me out OF patience sometimes, bu
she's a good creature. Bridget, Sc,
tha, this goes TO Miss Usher as 500,
las Willy comes from school. I'm II
. grea. hurry. And he huddled Iii,
papers into an envelope, and was of
with a bang OF the door, leaving tn,
! no,e in Bridgsl's custody. Tbs ;re
scription lay upon the tloor, where i
had Iallen unpreceived.
Miss Usher, sitting III her parlol
by her bright fire, pale, deJeclcd
wrapped i'll shawl, was not httl.
amazed when, two hours later, the
mIss!ve was put into her hauds.-
DR.. Raymond had written her notes
before, halt professional, halt friend
! ~, but tins was something uneXaln
Piled. Silver doves, II smlrking Gu
pid, with one pink wing aud one
bluc one, roses, egiant,nes, aud what
not round the edges, these flower,
lines enclosed
! ooh say not 1t is wrong 10 love,
10 love, TO worship the.:
The sea yearns for the stars above,
The stars look on the sea.
The hot moon woos the scented guile,
Ihe parcheI flower the dew
Their love, their longing does not fail
And why should mino Tor ycu2
''l.ike bird all spent with wandering,
All weary must | roam,
Uull le my restless wing
In the dear nest Of Home,
Bui what were home without thy face,
fairest love OF mine'
Then deign that humble home TO grace,
And bless your Valentine
IL was really not so bad--consiu.
ering that but eighteen sho:t sum
ners had passed over Bobs head
and that tor some time back his
restless wing had been iuried ia the
large dry-goods shop round the
co,ner, winch we hoped some day 10
adorn as partner. Whether Tie
doctor would have admired IL as ad
dressed 10 k!l,y-thaL baby, as he
called ber--ls questionable. But
Miss Ushcr quito ylowed as she read.
The lutte confusion OF pronouns III
the first verse escaped her notice al
together. She read and re.read, and
then turned TO the more prosaic
second page.
Not exactly mej,cine-- o that fun.
ny man! Much better suited 10 the
season OF tho year Oh d! very much?
Dear, dear What could 1t u,ean /?
But there was no doubt about that
It could mean Que thug! Lonely /!
Yes, indeed. Dear. delicate little
Miss Usher had often felt, but there
seemed no help tor it. There was
nobody III particular she wished to
have ilve with her, and no one TO
marry suited to her taste. DR.. Ray.
mond, TO be surc-he was SO super
ior-so good; but then she had never
though. ho would marry aYain--he
WAS SO devoted to his first Wlte.-
Aud thinking how fond she had once
been OF that vito, and how fond she
still was ot that little Kitty and
VIII, and what lonely lilo it was,
after all, tor 4 man 10 try TO keep
house tor himself, Miss Usher felt
her cheeks flushing, aud glow and
stir coming into her heart, which
quite tnads her forget how i'll she
had iaucled herself just before.
That same becoming flush lit her
checks aS she made her tullut tor tho
evening alter the brisk walk recon
meuded, which hid sent her home
with an appetite for her simple diu-
uer. What with the little cap OF
muslin aud blue ribbons Oh her head,
aud III. dainty apron, aud the bit OF
work i'll her fingers, aud bright fire,
and all, she was a PLEASANT picture,
the doctor thought, when he came in
an hour later; and, what Is more, he
said so.
We'll! This looks cheerful. Wo.
men certainly have knack Of max.
lug rooms cosy which men never
get. Now, found out at once that
IL was growing cold as | tat in my
office, und don't think you have
felt i, ut all III this snug little bower
of yours. And how are you %.
night?
The doctor was shaking hands all
the time he said this. He had that
warm, cordial way with him which IL
SO valuable TO physician; but some
how tonight it seemed more marked
than usual. Miss Usher withdrew
her fingers with little twitter.
1ako this chair, doctor; il is
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