The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-25

Ilnlended to "drOp IN" that evening. FO
a wonder the Doctor rememb bered Lh,
fact, and the "Lawlor girls" were ar
ray ed to receive their guest.
| Dolly, in half an hour, decided tha
she liked the newcomer very much III
deed, and that be would make a yer,
nice brother when he fell in love will
Julia and married her, as of course i
was his manifest destiny to do.
"VOr Julia really is lovely" though
unseltish little Dolly, land when ne
hears her sing he must lose his heart.'
Apparently the singing was as power
ful u magnet as Dolly supposed it would
be, for scarcely "a day or evening PASSED
that MIR. Bardel did not drop IN. Ton
lLaWlor, the Doctors nephew and stu.
dent, declared Bardell to be first-ra G
fellow, and was always bringing him t.
tea. Then the garden OF the BardelI
Place, as summer came on, offered mosi
tempting 0pportunitle for the presontu-
tion Of bouquets TO tue fair ladies at Or.
| Lawlor's. fo be sure, Thomas BardeIG
did not know that julla's share always
adorned the parlor, while Dolly cries
over hers in her own room, and some,
times pressed ner rosy lips upon The card
! OF the uonof.
| Silly little DOllyl
| 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 upsetting ali the orderly ar
!rangemeuts Of Dully's wOlk-b0X in bi.
| abstraction.
! Was not the picnic on the BardeIl
grounds, to which all the friends tar ana
near had been invited, solely the result
| OF Jullas wish 10 see The place?
| That picnic!
! Somehow il impressed iteeIf upon
| Dolly'S mnd that Thomas Bardell was
cont templating proposal on that June
day, when Ae was TO play host to all the
people OF Rusntown.
Sue could not have told why she
| thought So, nor Why she resolved to ask
"palra" for permission to visit her aunt
| in New York u few weeks. "JusC 10
| give them u chance to be alone," she
| tnou ght, and wondered what maze her
nearL throb SO very painfully at thu
| uea.
Sne made Julia look like an exquisite
pIctu e, by wreathins field daisies un-
der the rim OF her cAlp nat, and Iasten-
ing her SOFT WniLe lace at the throat
with bunch Of The same flowers.
Then she dressed her. elf rather hasti-
ly, having curled her sisters hair, anu
L,
She near0 notnlng OF a dismayed eX
ciamuuOn III his latuer's study OF:
"but bless my soul, Bardell, l can't
spare her! Sac is my right hand and
eyes! She is houseKeeper and cUmpAn-
ion and eYerythngl | thought it was
The other one you Were-'
And here the blunuerIug, kind-hearted
father stopped, Aesitatod, anu finally
said:
"Well-welI, if she loves you, l will
not say nay, though l don't know what
shall DO when you take her away"
Then Thomas Bardell discovered that
1t was luiiy Time Tor him to 60 home ana
receive his invited guest 8, anu he dc.
parted, not seeing the girls, ana leaving
Lne doctor i'll dire dismay.
"Dear me--uear me-" he kept mutter-
ing; why couldn't ne have 1aIlen il
love with the other onG?'
W hen the LaWlOr carryall, driven by
Cousin Tom, drove into the avenue OF
Bardell Place, Thomas Bar, ell, stand
ing upon the porch to receive MS guests.
thought his eyes had never rested upCn
u lOVelier vision than the daisy-Wreutned d
face OF Julia LaWlor. The preLtiest pi k
tinge came to her cheeks as she accept d
his help III leaving the carriage and nIs
arm to the house.
Dolly jumped out, "anyhow," as Tom
Lawlor sai4, and there was not the
faIntest color upon her white cheeks.
though she talked aud laughed gaiiy
enough.
But after the luncheon was over.
Dolly found an opportunity to escape
alone, and stroiled over to rustic seat
overlooking a pretty lake, and COM
pletely hidden by tall lilac bushes
II
clasped, she was looking straight be-
fore her, thinking, when Thomas Bar.
dell, who had watched her flight also
strolled down the pain that led to the
rustic seat.
Dolly was thinking.
''1t is lovely here, and the house Is
splendid. Julia ought TO be very havpy
but / wished she cared more for MIN.
III she looks forward 10 is the splend0r
and freedom from money care. But
perhaps that is best. l don't care about
money, SO it must be best tor me TO stay
at home and make it cheerful and COM
iortable lor papa. Juua says | must
come often to make her long Visits, bul
l don't think l can. l wonder--n
And here little Dolly's hands clasped
each other in tighter grasp, and her
very lips grew white as she wondered if
it was very wicked for her to teel such
an enyious longing to have, not tie
wealth, but the love of her future BROTH
er-in-laW.
"1'll soon conquer it," she thought.
miserably, "when i's all settled. 1t Is
this waiting that tries me"
She was not TO walt much longer. for
the pushes parted near her, and present.
Iy Mr.. Bardeil startled her by saving:
care you dreaming, Miss Dolly ~
She blusned and smiled, answering:
81 was little tired, and came down
here to rest"
81 am very tired, let me rest, too" he
said, taking seat beside her. IL think
This is Lne preVtiest spot on the
grounds"
"Yes," Dolly said, family, wishing he
would go away before sue began to cry.
''The mouse sadly wants one addition"
said Mr. Bardeli, looking straight before
him across the lake.
alt seemed 10 me perfect" Dolly forced
herself to say.
'Perhaps it is only in my eyes the de-
fciency exists, but think il wants til
presence of gentle, loving woman, and
L know that L want WIFE there. Will
you come to brighten it, Dollyi Viii
you trust your happiness to me, believ.
ing l will make it the first thought OF
my lifef Dolly, don't cry, dear; your
father gave me permission to speak to
you."
Then came some five minutas of uuiat