Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-11-15


heart.
Apparently the singing was as
powerful a magnet as Dolly suppos-
ed it would be, for scarcely a day or
evening passed that Mr.. Bardell did
not drop in. Tom Lawlor, the
Doctors nephew and student declar-
ed Bardell to be first-rate fellow,
and was always bringing him to tea.
Then the garden of the Bardell place
as summer came on, offered most
tempting opportunities for the pre-
sentation of boquets 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 10 her
OVID 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 entran-
ced when Julia sung, even upsetting
all the orderly arrangements of Dol.
ly's work basket in his abstraction ?
Was not the picnic on the Bar
dell 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
Dolly's mind that Thomas Baldell
was contemplating proposal on
that juno 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 for permission to visit her
aunt in New York few weeks. Just
to give them chance to be ALONGSIDE
thought, and wondered what made
her heart throb so very painfully at
the idea.
She made Julia look like an ex.
quisite picture, by wreathing field
daisies, under the rim of her chip
hat, and fastening her soft white
lace at the throat with bunch of
the same flowers.
Then she dressed herself rather
hastily, having curled her sisters
bair, and otherwise made Cinder-
ella of herself.
She heard nothing of dismayed
exclamation in her fathers study of:
But bless my soul, Bardell, l can't
spare herl She is my right hand and
eyes. She is housekeeper and COM
panlon and-everything thought
it was the other one you were
And here the laundering, kind
hearted father stopped, hesitated;
and finally said:
'Well-well, if she loves you, l
will not say nay, though [ don't
say nay, don't know what |
shall do when you take her away
Then Thomas Bardell discovered
that it was time for him to GO home
and receive his invited guests, and
be departed not seeing the girls and
leaving the doctor in dire dismay.
'Dear me-dear me- he kept NUT
tering, why couldn't he have fallen
in love with the other one?
When the Lawlor carryall, driven
by cousin Tom, drove into the aven-
ne of BardelI Place, Thomas Bar
dell standing upon the poarch to
receive his guests, thought hls eyes
had never rested upon lovelier Wis
ion than the daisy wreathed face of
Julia Lawlor. The prettiest pink
tinge came to her cheeks as she &C.
cepted his help in leaving the car
riage and his arm to the house.
Dolly jumped out, "any how" as
Tom Lawlor said, and there was
not tho faintest color upon her white
cheeks, though she talked and
laughed gaily enough.
But after the luncheon was over,
Dolly found an opportunity to es-
cape alone, and strolled over 10 rus
tic seat overlooking a pretty lake,
completely 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.
cit is lovely here, and the house
is splendid. Julia ought to be very
happy, but wish che cared more for
him. All she looks forward to is the
splendor of freedom from money
care. But perhaps that is best. |
don't care about money, so it must
be best for me to stay at home and
make it cheerful and comfortable for
papa. Julia says l must come often
to make her long visits, but | don't
think | can. | wonder"
And here little Dolly's hands clasp
ed each other 10 frightened grasp,
and her very lips grew white as she
wondered if it was very wicked for
her to feel such an envious longing
to have, not the wealth, but the love
of her future brother-in-law.
"I'll soon conquer it, she thought,
miserable, "when it is all settled.
1t is this waiting that tries me-"
She was not to wait much longer,
for the bushes parted near her, and
presently Mr.. Bardell startled her by
saying
:Are you dreaming, Miss Dolly
She blushed and smiled, answer
ing
IL was little tired, and came
down here to rest"
"I am very tired. let me rest, too, T"
he said, taking seat beside her. 81
think this is the prettiest spot on
the grounds
Yes Dolly said, family, wishing
he would go away before she began
to cry.
The house sadly wants one addi-
tion,' said Mr.. Bardell, looking
straight before him across the lake.
1T seemed to me perfect Dolly
forced herself to say.
perhaps it is only in my eyes the
deficiency exists, but think it
wants the presence of gentle, low
ing woman, and [ know that | want
wifa there. Will Won come to