Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-30


nice brother when he fell in love with
Julia and married her, as of course, it
was his manifest destiny to do.
For :Inlia really is lovely tin0G hit
unselfish 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 pass
ed that Sir. Bardell did not drop ill.,
Tom Lawlor. the Doctors's nephew and
student, declared Bardell to be a first
rate fellow, and was always bringing
him to tea Then the garden OF the
Barden place, as summer came on. o!-
fered most tempting opportunities Tor
presentation OF bouquets to the fair la
dies at DR.. Lawlors'. To be sure,
Thomas Bardell did not know that Ju
lia's share always adorned the parlor,
while Dolly cried over hers in ler 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 aud deeper in love with Julia
Did he not fairly haunt the house' Did
he not listen entranced when Julia
sung, even upsetting all the orderly ar
rangements of Dolly's work box iu his
abstraction?
Was not the picnic on the Bardell
grounds to which all the friends, far and
near, have been invited, solely the re-
suit of Julia's wish to see the place.
That picnic!
Somehow it impressed itself upon
Dolly's mind that Thomas Bardell was
contemplating proposal on the 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 for permission to visit her aunt
in New York few weeks. Just to give
them chance to be alone she
thought, and wondered what made her
heart throb so painfully at the idea.
She made Julia lood like an exquisite
picture, by wreathing field daisies under
the rim other chip hat, and fastening
her soft white lace at the throat with a
bunch ofthe same flowers.
Then she dressed herself rather has
tily, having curled her sisters hair, aud
otherwise made a Cinderella of herself.
She heard nothing of dlsmayed cx-
clamation in her fathers study of:
But bless my soul, Bardeli, can't
spare her. She is my right hand and
my eyes She is house-keeper aud
companion and everything | thought
it was the other one you were--"
And here the blundering kind-heartcd
father stopped and hesitated, and fIal-
ly said:
'Well-well, if she loves you, l Will
not say nay, though | don't know what
shall do when you take her away
Then Thomas Bardell discovered tha.
it was fully time for him to 20 home
and receive his invited guests and lie
departed not seeing the girls, and leav-
ing the doctor in dire d>may.
',Dear me-dear me, he kept muttcr-
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, stand
ing upon the porch to receive his guests,
thought eyes had never rested upon
lovlier visions than the daisy wrcathed
face of Julia Lawlor. The pretticst
pink tinge came to her cheeks as she
accepted his help in leaving the carriage,
aud his arm to tbs house.
Dolly jumped out anyhow" as Tom
Lawlor said, and there was not the
faintest color upon her white cheeks,
though she talked and laughed gaily
enough.
But alter the luncheon was over,
Dolly found an opportunity to escape
alone, and strolled over to rustic seat
overlooking a pretty lake, and COM
pletely 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.
ut is lovelyhere and the house is
splendid. Julia ought to very happy.
but wished she cared more for HIM.
( All she looks forward to is the splendOr
and freedom from money care. But
perhaps that is the 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
must come often to make her long visits,
but don't think can. l wonder -"
And here little Dolly's hands clasped
each other in tight grasp, and her We
~ lips grew white as she wondered il
it was very wicked for her to feel such
An envious longing to have, not the
wealth, but the love Of her future broth
cr-in-law.
I'll soon conquer it, she thought
misererably; when it's all settled. II
is this waiting that tries me-
She was not to wait much longer. fOl
. the bushes parted near her, and present
, | ly Mr., Bardcll started her by saying: