The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-11-17

she liked the new conner very much in
i deed and that he would make very nice
brother when he fell in love with Julia
ard married her, as of course it was his
manifest destiny to do.
| "For Julia really is lovely" thought
unselfsh little Dolly, and when he
hears her sing he must lose his heart"
Apparently the singing was as power
| full magnet as Dolly supposed it would
| be, for scarcely day or evening passed
that Mr. Bardell did not drop in. Tom
LawIor the Doctors nephew and student,
declared Bardell to be first-rate fellow,
and was always bringing him to tea.
Then the garden of the Bardell Place, as
summer came on, effeeed most tempting
opportunities for the presentation of bou-
quets to the fair ladies at DIR Lawlor's.
To be sure, Thomas Bardell did not know
that Julia's share always adorned the
parlor, while Dolly cries over hers in
her own room, and sometimes pressed
| her rosy lips upon the card of the donor.
Silly little Dolly!
For she knew Mr.. Bardell was falling
deeper and deeper in love with Julia.
Did he not fairly haunt the house? Did
he not listen entranced when Julia sung.
even unsetting all the orderly arrange
ments of Dolly's work-box in his alb
straction.
Was not the picnic on the Bardell
grounds, to which all the friends far and
near had been invited, solely the result of
Julia's wish to see the place?
That picnic?.
Somehow it impressed itself upon
nn1I1ytc
contemplating proposal on that June
day, when he was to play host to all the
people of Rushtown.
She could not have told why she
thought SO, nor why she resolved to ask
papa" to visit her aunt in New York a
few weeks. Just to give them chance
to be alone, she thought, and wondered
what made her heart throb so very pain
fully at the idea
She made Julia look like a exquisite
picture, by wreathing field daisies under
the rim eff her chip hat, and fastening
her soft white lace at the throat with a
! bunch or the same flowers.
Then she dressed herself rather hastily,
having curled her sisters hair, and other
wise made a Cinderella of herself
N-iiC lN<iib liOLuiilS VI Il Ca
clamation in her fathers study Of
But bless my soul, Bardell, / can't
spare her. She is my right hand and
eyes, She is housekeeper and companion
and-everything. l thought it was the
other one you we're"
And here the laundering, kind-hearted
father stopped, hesitated, and finally said
Well-well, if she loves you, | will
not say no, though don't know what |
shall do when you take her away"
| Then Thomas B ardell discovered that
it was fully time for him to go home and
and receive his invited guests, and he de-
/ parted, not seeing the girls, and leaving
/ the doctor in dire dismay.
" Dear me-dear me" he kept mutter.
ing; why couldn't he have fallen in
love with the other one|'
When the Lawlor carryall, driven by
Cousin Tom, drove into the avenue OF
Bardell place, Thomas Bardell, standing
upon the porch to receive his guests
| thought his eyes had never rested upon
a lovelier vision than than the daisy
wreathed-face of Julia Lawlor. The
prettiest pink tinge came to her cheeks
as she accepted his help in leaving the
carriage and his arm to the house.
Dolly jumped out, anyhow" as Tom
! Lawlor said, and there was not the faint.
est color upon her white cheeks, though
! she talked and laughed and laughed
gaily enough.
/ But after the luncheon was over,
Dolly found an opportunity to escape
alone, and strolled over to rustic seat
overlooking pretty lake, and complete,
/ ly hidden by tall lilac bushes Here
with her useful little hands idly clasped,
she was looking straight before her
thinking, when Thomas Bardell, who
had watched her flight, also strolled
down the path that led to the rustic seat
Dolly was thinking.
" 1t is lovely here, and the house is
splendid. Julia ought to be very happy
but | wished she cared more for him
All she looks forward to is the splendol
and freedom from money care. But per
haps that is best. / don't care about
money, so it must be best for me to stay
at home and make it cheerful and com
Portable for papa. Julia says | mus
come often to make long visits, but
don't think | can. | wonder"
And her little Dolly's hands claspeC
each other in tighter grasp, and heI
very lips grew white as she wondered i
it was very wicked for her to feel such
an envious longing to have, not the
wealth, but the love of her future broth
er-in-law.
"Il soon conquer it." she thought
miserably, when it is all settled. 1t il
this waiting that tries me-"
She was not to wait much longer, fo
the bushes parted near her, and present
ly Mr. Bardell startled her by saying:
e Are you dreaming, Miss Dolly%
She blushed and smiled, answering:
g was little tired, and came down
. here to rest"
g am very tired, let me rest too" h,
said, seating himself beside her. "Thi
is the prettiest spot on the grounds"
Yes" Dolly said, family, wishing h,
would go away before she began to cry
"The house sadly wants one addition,
said Mr.. Bardell, looking straight befor,
| him.
1T seemed to me to be perfect" Dolly
| forced herself to say.
Perhaps it is only in my eyes the de-
| ficiency exists, but | think it wants the
presence of a gentle, loving woman, and
know that | want a wife there VIII
you come to brighten it, Dolly? VIII
you trust your happiness to me, believ.
ing | will make it the first thought oil
my life? Dolly, don't cry, dear; your
father gave me permission to speak to
YOU"