Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-08
TO MARRY Again, OR NOT,
CONTINUED
LOVED HER;

FLOWED HER;
that / would rejoice i'm her presence,
would shield her as far l could from
the ills of life, till my death, and
after it, would advance her brothers
and sisters interests, make her
mother's.life easier. l told her to
take her own time to consider and
to consult her parents. l wrote Late
u night, and the next morning
the letter seemed tome too important
for my post-bag. 1 was not AFRAID
the servants or p~ost-Office people
would think il odd that L wrote 10
her, for / had often done that; but
resolved TO take the letter myself
and most il at Crossford. The Post
master there had married a parish
ioner of mine; she would be glad
TO see me; the walk was a pleasant
one and | was in a frame of mind
which demanded quick motion. l
stepped our cheerily, that bright
September morning, wondering
among other wOnderings, whether
Dorothy and l should w walk
that way as man and wife"
"Now, interrupted jack" l sup
pose We are
COMING TO THE PosTAGE-sTAMPs.
1--WE drc,r said I, 'but we must
come at them my Own way. Inc
post-ofice at CrossfOrd was a gro
GERS shop. The mistress, my friend,
Mrs. Sims, was, as L expected,
pleased with my visit.
"'Sach a pleasure, to be sure, sir,
and you looking 50 well-"fresh as
a fourteen year DID," as my good
man do say of you, sir, special. Yes
he's nicely, sir; thank you-gone to
BoXham market to look about some
pigs. There is a fine new sort they
do say, that Sir William have
brought into the country, from
Shropshire. You'll come into the
parlor, sir, and sit down. You may
well look at ali them letters. /
couldn't say how many has been
for stamps this morning; and |
hadn't one till half all hour agone.
Master Charlie, too, he have been
for some. They left their letters,
and / said I'd see to stamping them,
and that l will surely.
"'IH do it for you,' said 1. Il
/ see you want to put away these
goods; ami 1t will amuse me while
L talk to YOU"
$50, Notwithstanding resistance
on her part, 1 began. 1 daresay
there were between thirty and forty
of them, and l was getting rather
tired when | came to the last. l
had really not looked at the ad-
dresses of the others. j could not
have told where one of them was
going; but this ONE
"NNas to Miss Dalton,
FROM YOUR SOM"
exclaimed Jack.
at was, indeed" / replied; "and
| cannot attempt to describe my
feelings. l believe that 4 was for
some seconds unconscious; the
ground seemed gone from under
my feet. My own son was deceiv-
ing me; and l could not conjecture
how far Dorothy was involved.
The one miserable consolation was
that my own letter remained safe
in my pocket. / conclude that my
countenance had changed, for when
l rOse to go, as l did Immediately,
Mrs. Sims entreated me to have
some brandy, saying she vas sure
that the smell of the nasty dips
had upset me; but what could she
dO?' People must live, and she
must sell what there was a demand
for
"You need not be told with what
different feelings 1 walked home;
the entire aspect of life was changed
for.me. Dorothy::was ~irretrevably
lost, and hanging ove me was the
disagreeable necessity for an ex-
PLANTATION with Charles. As far as
my observation reached, he had
not only shown no preference for
Dorothy, but paid less attention
than, in my opinion, she had a
right to expect from him. 1t an
noysd me exceedingly to become
aware that / was all
UTTER STRANGER TO MY sons IN
NER LIFE;
/ thought him more than usually ST.
lent at dinner, but then i was con-
strained and heavy hearted. AS
soon as the servant was gone, /
said: Pray, Charles, do you con-
slider me an inquisitive man"
"~'Certainly not he replied. mo
man less so, l should say
" Have / ever 1 demanded,
shown any distrust of you, or any
disposition to hamper you by unnec-
essary exercise of parental au-
thority?'
"He looked amazed, and answer
ed: NO, sir; l have always felt,
when comparing my position with
other mems, that 1 was singularly
fortunate in my father
4" That's well. ! have the less
difficulty, then, in putting a ques-
ton to you. What's the meaning
of a letter addressed by you to Dor
othy, which, without blame being
due to anybody, i saw this morning
at Crossford postoffice"
Surprise, displeasure, and a sort
of doggedness were i'm the counte-
nance; he turned away from me,
and some seconds-they seemed to
me minutes-passed before he said:
lit would never have occurred to me