The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-06-06

maiden, with tesr-stsined face,
came 10 nay side.
Walt IA going away she said.
Indeed"
"Yes, and he says Pm q wicked
i!rt,n with choking sob Il thought
I would ask you about it."
about what ~
"Our getting married. You know
papa told me / wss to marry you ages
and ages ago"
Yes"
"And I knew it Wa all right IL he
said 60 But Walt says you must be
q mUfi II you want = wife who is all
f the time thinking q somebody else"
I "And you know / can't help it,
T Walt has been my friend ever since
. We were always together. And when
be was in Europe papa wouldn't let
[ us write 10 each other, but l kissed
I his picture every night and morning
aud wore his hair in q locket, and
7 thought Of him all the time. And he
I says you won't ike ii after we are
10 aTried."
"Well, not exactly" said dryly.
"YOu'll have to stop thinking OF him
then"
al don't believe / ever can. And so
/ thought I'd tell you, and perhaps
perhaps you will tell papa We don't
care about being married after all.
don't think could ever be sedste and
grave like al old lady, and Of course
ought to be Il | sm TO be an old mans
wife"
"Of course"
"And / am 50 rude and hOrrid, / |
know 1 am not like nice city girls, /
and / am altogether hateful, but Walt |
don't care"
/ rather agree with Walt as she
stood in shy confusion before me, her /
Dyes still misty, her sweet lips culver
ing. It was sore wrench to give
her up, but was not quite All idiot,
and l said, grsvely:
"But your father ~
ayes, / know he'll make = real
storm. But then his storms don't last
long, aud maybe you would tell him
that you have changed your mind.
You have, haven't you ?''
ayes; the last half hour has quite
changed my matrimonial views"
could not help smiling, and the
next moment two arms enclrcled my
neck, q warm kiss fell upon my
cheek, and Mamie cried:
HYOu are q perfect darling, per-
feet darling, sid ! shall love you dear
ly all my life"
So when lost her love l gained it.
She fitted away presently, ,:and gave
myself q good mental shaking up,
and concluded my FOOLS paradise
would soon have vanished II 1 had I
to make an "Old lRdyn {
1ut OF Mamie. {
Johns wrath was loud and violent. {
He exhausted all the Vituperative
language In the dictionary, and then /
Iat down, painting and furious.
"COme, now" / said, "What is the
objection to young Bruce? Is he c
poor 2n I
mo confound him! He inherits !
his grsndfather's property, besides /
What his father will probably leave 3
lim,n n
"Is he immoral ," I
81 never heard So" q
"What does all him, then ." =
"NOthing, but have set my heart g
IN Nannie's marrying you" T
"Well, you see she has set her heart n
n another direction, and / strongly =
,bject to q wife who il in love with 4
else." /
"What on earth sent the puppy .
lome ?" a
"LOve for Mamie, | imagine. a
JOme, John, You won't be my father d
n-law, for / will not marry Mamie a
you are ever so tyrsnnlcal, but we G
an jog along as usual, the best OF I
I" q n
l pointed out of the window as n
poke. On the garden walk, shaded i
" a great OAK tree, Walter Bruce q
TODD, looking down at Mamie with q
eyes. Her beautiful face, r.
II dimpled with smiles and bushes, h
vas lifted up to meet his gaze, and /,
10Th her little hands were fast prison. n
d i'm his strong ones.
John looked. His face sOftened, a.
lis eyes grew misty, and presently he Il
aid: E
"How happy she is, Lawrence" b
"And we Will not cloud her happi- n
ess, JOHN" [ answered. "This is ID
light and fitting. Mamie is too n
ginE gigEtt ttPe HaB aB tHS1T t6 an Toid Becgmber log
Ike me-" S
So when, half fearful, the lovers r,
anne in, they met only words Of af- G.
sctiOn, and NSnnie's face lost moth b
ng OF its sunshine. b
She was the I6veliest OF brides few Il
months later, and were the diamond u
arure had ordered for my bride at 81
Ter wedding. And she is the most %
little matron imaginable, c
With all her old freaks merged into RI
cheerfulness, and her hus- d
and is a proud, happy man, while o
IN Uncle Lawrence to The children o
nd the warm friend of the whole q
amily. d