The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-05-13
A NEW USE FOR WIDOWS.


in one of the smaller cities of New
York.
He was the possessor Of handsome
fortune, and he received a large salary
from his parish. He was a remarkably
handsome man, of very agreeable man
ners. He was widower. Which three
facts combined made him very interest
ing to the unmarried ladies of his con-
gregation.
But he had now been a widower for
ten years, and his three daughters had
grown to be young ladies', and were said
to be pattern housekeepers, and to be
perfectly devoted to their father; so
grim despair was gradually settling down
upon many spinster's heart, as she
saw how well satisfied with his condi-
ton the rich and handsome minister
seemed to be, and the avalanche of
slippers and dressing gowns and en-
broidered dressing cases which poured
in upon him, was growing lighter year
by year, and the demands among the
unmarried ladies for interviews, for the
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growing fewer and fewer.
AS to his daughters they had almost
forgotten that the fear of step-mother
had ever darkened their young lives. 1t
was only when they went to see Aunt
Leighton that their serenity was dis
turbed. Aunt Kizzy was very old
lady, their fathers aunt, and she was,
as Dolly Dillaway said, an "inveterate
croaker." She seemed to consider that
her great age gave her "the spirit of
prophecy" and she was always tore
telling, with great solemnity, events
that were about to happen.
Over and over again they heard,
sooner or later, Harrison Dillaway is
sure to marry again, / feel 1t in my
bones ~ Moreover she didn't need the
spirit of prophecy to tell her that he
wasn't the man to hold his own against
a designing woman he always thought
women were angels, and a smart one
could make him think the moon was
made of green cheese Smart as he was
about some things, boy and man, Harri-
son was easily taken in
That afternoon DR.. Dillaway an
nounced to his daughters that he pro-
posed to take a vacation. This was
something altogether new. DR.. Dilla-
ways church was never closed, and the
summer months, when most of his
parishioners were absent, he usually de-
voted to ministering to the poor. Ex-
cepting to attend conventions, or for
business affairs, his daughters had never
known him to leave home.
I" But it is almost October now, papa,
and everybody has come home!" re-
monstrated his daughters. "You ought
to have gone with us in the summer"
81 didn't feel the need of vacation
then, and do now," said the Rev. DR..
81 shall be absent a month, and DIR.
Johnson will supply my pulpit. / shall
go west - possibly to Lake Superior.
And as to the rest of his plans the Doc
tor was rather reticent.
His daughters packed his wardrobe
with careful hands, and gazed sor-
rowfully after the train that bore him
from them.
If believed in presentiments /
should certainly think something was
going to happen to papa. feel some
thing in my bones !" said Dolly.
"You had better go and talk it over
with Aunt Kizzy ~ said 10, scornfully.
And Dolly said no more about her "pre-
sentiment" She even forgot it herself,
before she went to bed that night; but
perhaps Mr.. Frank Rhodes coming had
something to do with that. He did not
come very often of late, since Dolly had
coolly informed him that though she
was foolish enough to like him little,
she never meant to make such sacri-
fee of herself as to marry him; love
didn't last, but the things that gratified
ones pride did. "For my part" said
this abominable Dolly, CT mean to
have
ga house to bide in,
A coach for to ride In,
And iunkeys to tend me,
Wherever CO."
And naturally, the young mans
pride took fire at this, and he sternly
resolved to think no more of such a
heartless, mercenary girl as Dolly. He
also sternly resolved not to go TO see her
again, but, in spite of all his resolutions,
Dolly's pretty face was magnet that
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