Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-07-16
WOODSTOCK VT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1870

was very pIelty, ahh knew Just wha'
colors to choose for her toilet, TO sol
off tho llnts Of her glowing brunette
complexion,
Dots heart felt like lead In her
bosom, when one day she met The
stranger walking jaunllly by Phllp''
side. She was shortly aiIerward in'
troduced to her aud for few mo'
menls hateful spirit suggested that
she should make herself disagreeable
but she resolutely Pnt the tempta'
ton away from her. and appeared
her own nalurrl, loycablc self She
soon ceased 10 wonder NJ Philips
pleasure IN Miss Belmont society,"
She was 40 frank, aud cheerful aud
sparkling N her conversation that she
was won from her prejudice, aud they
grew to bc friends
1t was not long before Kate Bel
mont knew tue true state OF Dots
feeling toward Dram Dlnsmorc, tho
Philips name WAS M 4 sealed book
between them. Dot loved him as
dearly as ever, aud the very intensity
CT her feeling for him made hc'
strangely shy Of mentioning him to
even her dearest friend,
II was n great surprise to her when
Kate said to her one day, hali;jcsting'
ly;
"How strange that you don't like
Mr.. Dismore better! ] have taken q
grca, fancy to him but have studi'
onsly avoided being even pleasant to
him, for rumor gave him to you and
thinking him your special property, ]
DIDN'T want to play with edged tools.
But if you don't love hlm ! shall
adopt different tac,ics-tor | think
he's perfectly splendid !"
"What is meat to one is poison to
another How true those old adages
are. | don't think he cares for me. -
lie never looked at me helore | be
came rich. wish old Jared lngra'
ham had left his money to some one
else y
"Jared Insraham," said Kate mus
ingly. "Wbere have | heard that
name? Oh, ! know. | have the
dearest old friend out west, and it's
Mr love-story which that name has
brought to my mind. Something
happened to separate them when they
we're both very young, and she left all
her friends and settled ID the west.--
But she has always remained single,
and to this day is true to the memory
of her old love. Byelhe-bye, her name
is most the same AS yours. only 1t S
Dorothy Ingraham instead Of Dot"
"Why," said Dot, "my name is
Dorothy. They only call me Dot for
short"
81 wonder if you anG Miss 1ngra-
ham are related to each other. am
quite sure that Jared Ingraham' was
her lovers name. If it was the same
person doesn't it seem strange that he
should have left his money TO a young
chit like you, begging your ladyship's
pardon, instead Of to his faithful old
love u
Dots face was a study as Kate rat.
tied on 1t fairly shone.
"Kate," said she, 81 see it all |
am an interloper. Isn't it nice -
The will said, 81 give and beque:th to
my dear cousin Dorothy lngraham,"
that's all I can remember verbatim,
but that's enough. All the law terms
in th. world wouldn't make it any
palmer to me. We all thought it
strange that he should have left it to
me when he had never paid me the
slightest attention when he was alive I;
but the lawyer said that to his knowl-
edge there was no other person OF that
name, so must be the one Give me
yours friends address, and III socn
get to the trnth of the matter"
"I'll give it you, of course but first
promise me not 20 say anything about
it until you are sure"
81 will keep silence until you give
me permission to speak, said Dot.
She wrote at once to the old lady,
and in due time received reply which
confirmed her suspicious. So she I'M
mediately began to put things in train
so Miss Ingraham should receive her
rights.
A month had hardly gone by, when
much to Dots amusement DR.. Dins-
more called and requested a private
interview with her. She had noticed
his growing fonlness for Miss Bel
mont's society, aud halt-suspicioned