Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-03-07


and George may give her another chance.
II she goes galavantiug to Stoketon she
will get all sorts of notions in her head.
Nevertheless shant CO." said Mar
tina, 4 soft clear color rising In her clear,
pale cheek so you may as well take ad
vantage of auht's offer.
And mother at last found that it was ot
no use TO Try to persuade Martha to 90.
Her mind was made up to stay at home.
I therefore was allowed to make nv ar
rsngements for departure to Stoketnn.
viii you let me have the pearl c0lOred
silk; mother p | asked, my heart beating
high with hope.
stern look on her countenance. eft You
had married George Dodd should have
given ii 10 you as one Of your wedding
dresses as ii is. shall keep 1t for my
selt.n
actually felt halt sorry did not mar
nv George, so great was my admiration
tor the pearl colored silk.
As was whirled along in the train to
Stoketon. could not help indulgiug in
the building of several brilliant air cas-
ties. should meet my hero, OF course,
In Stoketon. had never doubted that
for al instant. In MAY | should return
home bringing him in my train. and when
mother should see him, should see the
eyes like midnight. til hair like the IA
ven's wing. the marble pallor OF the
broad brow and the naughty carriage of his
noble form, she would feel very glad that
she hadn I sacrificed her young daughter
TO PLAN. country farmer.
So brilliant were my views. and so ex-
cited did my Imagination become, that
even looked through the car to see IT my
hero was not already near me, out there
were three old men, two boys, and five
women besides myself in the car, so l
waited with the greatest Impotence my
arrival at my aunt's. My aunt Eliza
Sparks, lived in a handsome house in the
centre of the town. She was reputed to
be wealthy, and had but one child, my
cousin Paul, who was much away from
home, being liiutenant in the army, and
ordered from pillow to post at ten min
utes' notice. Aunt Eliza let that the win
ter would be lonely one to her. SO she
had sent for one OF us girls.
| was very kindly welcomed to my new
hume, and spent three weeks very pleas
antlv, without, however, meeting with
my ideal began TO grow uneasy. Time
was slipping by. and my hero seemed to
k ep in the background. felt as though
it would be impossible for me to return
home without diamond solitaire on my
foe finger. and a prospective marriage
ring, which should make mother acknowl-
edge that bad been in the right all
along.
II was a rainy day in The first week in
December that | put on my waterproof
cloak and ovel shoes took an umbrella in
my hand, and started Tor Butts store to
get some worsted wa. making toi-
lei set for aunt Eliza's birthday gilt-her
birthday came week before Christmas
and had found that my scarlet worsted
was all gone, SO had determined to go
after more in spite OF the weather being
so dsagreeablc.
But found The cutters swollen SO that
they were almost too wide to jump. Just
as | came in sight OF Butts store the
worst gutter of all met my view. But |
was not to be stopped in my career after
worsted. gave little spring jump
and alas stumped my toe at the same
moment and went headlong in the gut
ter my hat falling eff, my umbrella be-
ing reduced to pilable wreck. and my
clothes muddy and wet. | scrambled to
my feet just as voice fell on my ear
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