The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-25
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81 suppose Unjust call. Eleven o'clock
| The old gentlem IN said L was not tt
| stand upon ceremony. SO Pll run down
! to-day. 1t is diamally lonesome hoIe
and somebody said the Lawlor girll
were the bellies of the place. Who was
1t told me that julia Lawlor WAS the
| belle of RushtOwu, and that Dolly was
The incest lit lie thing III the world? pl
90 down and prove he assertion
| All this III soliloquy, as Mr.. Thomas
| bIrdell donnGd his daiutiest walking
dress, drew on his lavender kids, put
on his gl0sslest silk hat over mis- crop OF
curling hair, and surveying his haAd.
some, laultlessly y-attlIed sell in Lhe long
mirror, sailed forth.
Rushtow was collection of county
seats, ii mile from a pupulous borough
and the Bardell Place was one OF Tue
most stately OF tle many superb houses
| OF which IL was COM l,OSed, IuOMaS Bar,
dell, my hero, was the nephew OF the
| late owner of the Bardeli Place, and On
| The death of that gentleman mad inher-
| tied his entire property, 81 eatly TO his
own amazement, Mr.. JuIus Barde!l, de-
| ceased, having Quarreled with every re-
Iution he mad III the world, and an.
nOunced his intention Of leaving every
dollar to charity.
That he did not, but relenting, made e
Will i'll his nepheN's iaVor, brOuglt MI
Thomas Bardell from IL college Ia Ger
many, where he was finishing his edu-
cation, to RushtoWn.
lie WAS st"eAty-iour, an orphan, hand
On an n flH
Vate fortune before his uncle's death,
That he was unspoiled, modest, ana one
who held all women as little lower than
the angels, may be attributed to the fact
that he had a mother vino was a true
Christian LADY, who loved him, and
whose death, when he had Just attained
manhoous was the heaviest sorrow OF his
lie.
RushtoWn was an uneXplored coun-
try TO my hero, but DR.. La wler being The
only physician III the place, his resi-
aence was easily found.
The hail door stood open, the parIor
door was also stretched inyitingly wide,
and after VainIy waiting for The ring to
be answered., Mr.. Bardell stepped ni-
side the Vestlbule.
A voice nigh above his head, and in
the parior, called:
"Tom, Is that youW
The speaker, Dolly LawIor, whose
name, be 1t here recorded, was Mabel,
but who mad been called Dolly from her
cradle, being at the top of Il high step
ladder, scrUbbing The paint over a
French window, heard voice say:
cit is Tom, certainly"
"Hand me my soap, that's a good fell
low," said Dolly, from the lofty perch
where sne was seated, facing tie back
windows; you know / am afraid to
look uoWh OF turn around Oh the ladder,
l am so sure to get giddy."
"Where Is the soup" came in a voice
muf1ed by laughing.
"Close doWu by the ladder, where it
has just dropped. Don't dare to laurh
at me, sir, for am in the depths of a.
Fiction. Papa has invited tie heir to
that splendid Bardell Place to drop in
without ceremony. Did you ever, and
" e just III the middle OF spi ing cleaning ?
so L left Jane to finish up stairs, ana
came down myself to make the parlor
decent. There goes my brush! Hand il
up; Luat's dear"
The brush was handed up, Dolly not
daring TO take her eyes from level, al
ready ieellhg her head spinning with
gidulness.
house Will look mean enough alter Bar
dell Pace, but we can Ue clean" she
continued, scrubbing vigorously at the
paint. land you know, I0m, he is sure
70 fail i'll love with Julia, and it is such
splendid chance lOr her, poor dear.
She does 50 hate our economies, She
has gone over now to Mrs. simpsons TO
finish her blue muslin, and she can't
help clean, because it will spoil her
hands, and they are SO pretty. Julia is
lovely in blue, because her skin is 30
fair, if her hair and e, es are dark. She
will just be perfect Wnel she is rich.
Tom. hope she Will nave him, and
papa and l can jog along forever. We
DON'T mind cheap things as poor Julia
does. There! That paint can't De winter.
Pm coming down, and you can move The
ladder over 10 The other window for me,
Tom"
But, cautiously decending the ladder,
Dolly only caught tieetlng glimpse Of a
tall figure out at the garden gate.
"Weil," she said, tugging at the heavy
.adaer, "Il Tom was ill such hurry that
le could not move the ladder, he Nigh
1t least have waited TO say good morn
ng."
Then, being the sWeetest-tempered of
" otNSht '10Noh 'AoiS q P"oS"OJ PlSbbJ
girl, Dolly assembled the ladder again,
IND soon forgot Toms rudeness in the ab-
'orbing duties she had undertaken.
In the meantime Mr. Thomas Bardell, |
haking with laughter, wended his way |
lomeWard, inwardly determining to |
make his next call AT Dr. Lawlor's when !
MISS Dolly was less engrossed in the |
ask OF cleaning paint and tine difficulty |
II maintaining her equilibrium.
"FOr that must have been Miss Dolly,
vita the natty little boots, aud PINK cal |
co dress. She had lovely brown hair,
,uough / could not see her face"
lhe next call made by the neir of the |
Bardoil Place found the parlor shining |
WIN cleanliness, Miss Julia Lawlor, q |