The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1879-09-27
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"a vi Philip; and why should we
. be sfriendsP Old Mrs Abeinethy
told me, directly after the engagement
| Was of that: she always knew Philip
Deyereaux was selfish and mercenarY.
III should have given her a piece of nay
mind if she hadn't been old enough to
be my grandmother and hadn't meant it
kihdlytN How llnhappy 4 was when.
Nell Williams got angry with me and
| said she didn't believe that Philip ever
meant to marry me, and would never
naarrx any girl without a foftanei That
ended our friendship.
~ s 'f1YiaTSCltg r-P Plfiifp is going awayt It,
| is like 4hunder= bolt.< He is going into
business fn New YORK. Perhaps he will
make fortune !; WHO Knows? Not that
/ care for money. Mr.. Andover brought
"a q book to read to- mother, and a
n of scarlet columbines.l How /
ee could see their rich color and
d told him that ] had grown a
den interest in home missions, and
shed there was something could do
6r the poor people the Rev. Mr. Gerrish
told us about. II Your mission is already
xnarksdssouta for yot4,n he said ssY OH
kare eyes to the blind, and sunshine to
those who sit in the. shadow IalWays
think Mr.. Andoyer is a plain man till he
smiles. E -
me goodbye at the gate last night, I'M
der Jhe stars. He is going to write
leftens 1T is horribly lonesome To-day :
swhatFwodld a lifetime be without HIM ?
I've beguiled myself thinking over q
'sions. I've sold Aunt. Holyoke's ring.
1,yst
gave me two dollars for it, with which
4 I have bought lottery ticket. It doesn't
/ draw till the first of July, and then how
proud I should be to take thousand
dollars over to- the parsonage for the
cause, and how surprised AIf. AndoveT
would be! s. ...sf +8l 4. ifs
Wednesday. Very dull. Read 6 Para
] disc Lost y to- mother. Fs ssg sa
Thursday, 20.-Mr. Andover called I;
asked if had heard from Mr.. Deve-
reaux I'm afraid something has hap
pened to him.
.J7e,se 90.--A short but delightful letter
7 from Philip. He is too busy to write
nlurh oryoften. Mr.aAndoyer is going
/ to give me German lessons.
+ Juzy 5.AThe lottery ticket drew moth
4 ing. / -coitld have cried. ! built so
many castles. .Fhe very next number
/ to mine drew FIVE hundred; dollars
painted little horseshoe-G German for
get-nae-nots on a gold ground-and Mr..
/ Ashley, the stationcr, sold it for me for
five dollars. was thunder struck.
Who could Ehave thought it, worthsso
1 much? j mean to. buy ticket in the
j Royal Havarfa Lottery this time. Per
khans this is the beeiniing6d hiek. .
.Jasly 11.-Wrote to Philip. Mr. An
! dover came to give me a German lesson,
! and Hfterwafd read to mother and me
4 frbm the German authorss 4 told him,
! iust.as he was leaving, that I had heard
! from Phi lib, because he asked before.
kThought he. looked displeased or some
44.thing; perhaps he thinks I'm wanting
1 in proper spirit to correspond with
hilipssince our enlargement is broken.
u. August. Phillip is SO busy that he
i ean't find time to write often. Eve had
only three letters since he left, but he
says that mine make sunshine in a.shady
place for him. Squirrel Quits told Nell
williams that his daughter Annette,
who is visiting at Coney Island, met
Philip There atthe hop. ( pmiglad the
i poor fellow has some dixersions,nnI said
but / wasFery sorry she mentioned 1t
before Mr.. Andover and mother OF
i course ainan nilpt work day and night.
i 4xqatSt II.-Such weather is too splen-
did to enjoy alone, MT, Andover Fowed
melfp. 10 dle Artichoke river. q 1T was
like fairy land, all the boughs ofthe trees
leaning across from shore to shore, and
4 the moonlight and stars sitting through,
and painting weird shadows uponst the
i still water. Resting upon his oars, he
sang to I1Ba goifdelied which he learned
s.I,,.Ss,sd that ooorr,ed f1TGf a T,aT,f of ff7e