Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-07-14

honest. am earnest in my efforts, an,
am by birth gentleman, and I love yol
from my soul. Do not let them sell 20,
for gold. Lucilla.' Great heavens wha
imper'i"ance 10 your parenlsl'
I don't resa.mber Ffsd's 80, ing any
thing Of that sort,' murmur. d poor l:ttl
Lucili. lie never knew that you wou:t
object
Mr.. Richmond shook his head. frowned
and read on in eilence Until the last shee
lay under his hand. Then. with al elcau
a,ion of rage, he started to his feet.
As for Lucilla, she began to weep q,
though the end OF all. things had came al
last, and to feel quite sure that i, papa
proved himself cruel she should die.
Six letters-six shameful pieces of de
''p'i"n. Luc,lls. said the indignant pa
rent, L am shocked that child of mine
should practice dupIici,y. Hem! let me
SEE. Number one, l believe. June, aad
this is December. Half the year you have
deceived US, Luciila, Let me e! Ab!
From the first moment he adored you ,
ehl Nonsense! People don't fall in love
in that absurd manner. It takes years of
acquaintance. with respect and attach
ment. What next? with your smiles
for his goal he would win both fame and
fortune, poor as he ISL Fiddlesticks, Lu
ella. A man who had common sense
would always wait until he had fair
commencement before he would propose
to any girl. Praise of your beauty 9TH.
loveltest creature he ever sawv Exaggera.
ton, my dear. You are not plain. bu,
such dattery is absurd Must hear from
you or die!' Dear, dear. dear, how alb
surd!'
Infamous he cried. I'll 70 to the
rascal this ins'ant-I'll horse whip him!
As for you, I'll send you to a convent!
El0pe with music teacher! I'm ashan-
ed to call yon daughter! Where's my
hat? Here. John. ca.l cab! IL
But here Lucilla caught one arm aud
Mrs. Richmond the other.
oh, papa, have you gone Graz, p said
LucilIa. Frederick never proposed such
a thing. Let me see the letter. Oh. papa.
'ei' S ys q not EFsSsoRoea aaead Tex TaEa T&sahHy il
hack-snd Freierick's name is n,
CHARLES Papa, these are your love letters
10 mamma, written 50 long ago! Her
name is Lucill., you know'
Mr.. Richmond sat down IN his arm.
hair in silence. very red in the face.
How did this occur?' he ssked st. rnly
Mrs. Richmond retreated into corne,
With her handkerchief to her eyes, sob
'ing out, I did it on purpose!' and paus-
ID rs though she expected sudden judg-
net.
But hearing nothing, she dared at last
o rise and creep up to her husband tim
dly.
You know, Oharles,' she said. its 90
Ony ago. we are both al..red a good deal,
}. d l 'hooght you might not exactly re-
member how you fell in love with me
= first sight, nd how papa and mamma
bjec'e''; and it seemed to me that il we
ou]d bring it al back plain as II was
hen, We must let Lucill. marry the man
he likes-who is nice, it he is not rich.
did not need it to be brought back any
'lainer myself-wOmen have more tim.
o remember, you know. And we have
zen very happy. have we mop
And. certainly Mr. Richmond could
ot deny th&t. So, Lucilla feeling that
er interests might safely be left in her
,other's keeping, slipped out of the
pom. and heard the result of the little
fratagem next morning. It was favora
le to the young music master, who had
OF gone half 30 far as to propose an
Oprmrnt; and in due course of time
le two were married with al the pomp
nd grandeur "efitting the nuptia's of q
1ea'thy merchants daughter, with the j,
-rfect appreciation Of Lucilla's ather
Nd 10 the great joy If Lucilla's mamma I
no justly b. lieved that her lutte strata.
em had brought about all he' daught' re- I
appine>s. Il