The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-08-31


and married her, as of course it was his
manifest destiny to do.
"For Julia really is lovely" thought
unselfish little Dolly, " and when he
hears her sing he must lose his heart"
Apparently the singing was as power
full a magnet as Dolly supposed it would
be, for scarcely a day or evening passed
that Mr.. Bardell did not drop in. Tom
Lawlor 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, etfeeed most tempting
opportunities for the presentation of bou-
quets to the fair ladies at DR. 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
/ DOlly's mimi that Thomas Bardell was
contemplating a 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
few weeks. just to give them a chance
to be alone" she thought, and wondered
what made her heart thr0b 50 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
/ bunch or the same flowers.
( Then she dressed herself rather hastily,
having curled her sister hair, and other
wise made Cinderella of herself.
She heard nothing of a dismayed ex-
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! | thought it was the
other one you we're"
And here the laundering, kind-hearted
/ father stopped, hesitated, and finally said:
WelI-well, if she loves you, | will
not say no, though | don't know what |
shall do when you take her away"
Then Thomas Bardell discovered that
fyJl fo, i
and receive his invited guests, and he de
parted, not seeing tie 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 carryaIl, 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.
j 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 fight, also strolled
down the path that led to the rustic seat.
Dolly was thinking.
at is Elovely here, and the house is
splendid. Julia ought to be very happy,
but 1 wished she cared more for him.
All she looks forward to is the splendor
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 | must
come often to make long visits, but
don't think / can. | wonder
And her little Dolly's hands clasped
each other i'll tighter grasp, and hen
very lips grew white as she wondered il
= it was very wicked for her to feel such
an cnvious longing to have, not the
wealth, but the love of her future broth.
cr-in-law.
"Tll soon conquer it." she thought
miserably, "when it is all settled. 1t is
this waiting that tries me.
l. She was not to wait much longer, fol
the bushes parted near her, and present
ly Mr.. Bardell startled her by saying:
Are you dreaming, Miss Dolly|
! She blushed and smiled answering:
6 was little tired, and came down
2 here to rest"
. am very tired, let me rest too" he
: said, seating himself beside her. "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 addition, D
. said Mr.. Bardell, looking straight before
him.
q 1t seemed to me to beperfect, 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 vile there VIII
YOU come to brighten it, Dolly? Will
you trust your happiness to me, believ-
ing | viii make it the first thought of
my life? Dolly, don't cry, dear; your
father gave me permission to speak to
you"
Then came some five minutes of quiet
bliss for two hearts, and Dolly's tear.
were stopped by caresses. Presently Mr.
Bardell said, in answer to his lady loves
last remark:
Julia, Oh yes; she is very hand
some; but YOU see, before | saw her | was
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