Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-12-02
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loves the man whose wife she would glad
" be-
'.Agatha. do you know what you are
saying?" he cried. at is not possible
you could mean this
''Can you think ] should saw il without
meaning it?''
''You are installing pity for love-
mo; have said that / love you and
now you must decide for yourself whether
you will believe it or not
And / am bound in Justice to say that if
ever Agatha Stotford came near loving
any one, it was in that moment The
fervor Of his speech had moved her, and
then she was grateful to him for crafty
ing her hearts desire. and affordin2 her
the opportunity to make an effect.
Singleton was anxious to 20 to Mr..
Stortford at once, but Agatha begged him
to leave that to her. And that night. az
ter her lover was gone, when the hall
door had been barred against all visitors,
and Mr.. StOtford was smoking a massive
meerschaum which always made its APP
pearance at that hour, Agatha came be-
hind his chair and rested her hand on his
shoulder, while she said:
Papa, dear, I want something from
YOU
my dear, I'm not surprised TO hear
that. How many new dresses il it this
time %
Its not dresses. What / want is your
consent to my engagement.
"YoCr engagement to be married ~
What other engagement could pos
sibly mean?''
"What! You mean to saw" cried Mr..
Stotford, fairly astonshed now and re-
garding the smoke from his pipe as if he
had some sli ght hope of finding therein n
solution of his difiicuty-"You mean to
say that some fellow is in love with You
and You are in love with him."
Eyes. that is what | mean"
well. it can't be Edmunds; and il can
hardly be yonng Claymore'"
NO
Then, who is it?'
ut is Mr.. Singleton"
What That poor. hump-backed
young fellow?''
1T is George Singleton"
My dear child" said Mr. Stotford, /
gravely, ''this is indeed n more serious
matter than conceived
But it would be unnecessary to repeat /.
all the fathers arguments on this occasion. |
We'll. my dear, wont oppose you.
have seen so much trouble in the world |
from interference that if YOU can really !
love this poor fellow Iwont stand between
him and his chance of happiness
THANK you, dear, thank YOU" Agatha !
said warmly and then she kissed her faith /
er.
The next day the news spread like wild |
fire, Mrs. Liddell drove out to see if it !
were true and, when she heard il was,
embraced Agatha and mIrmured some
thing about Aurora Leigh. OF course, |
there were not wanting those who felt
bound to demonstrate and asked Agatha !
very emphatically if she knew what she
was doing. When she assured them that |
she did they shook their heads solemnly |
and expressed their hopes that her nobili |
ty would be rewarded.
On the whole, Agatha was not mt all
disappointed. She had produced quite as
startling an effect as she had anticipated. |
Men who had never noticed her before be-
gan to come around her She went among
them by the name of st. Agatha.
Agatha liked being seen out with her
lover. II was perpetual advertisement
TO the world of her nobility.
But alas. that wonders live but nine
days! Our elopcmcnts. our marriages,
our sudden deaths-who can pause for
long discussion of them? We all know
how charming is the existence of convale-
scence: but - soon as we get n good APP
petite for our dinners. we are rubbed off
the sick list. Our irritablity, which was
so lately hailed with JOY rs a sign ot her
recovery. is set down now rs genuine i'll
temper. and is considered all the more I'M
grateful in one whom illness had So long
made candidate for household forbear-
ance. There is no pedestal on which we
are allowed To stand for long. unless we
are made of stone. Like the rest, Miss
Stotiord had to come down from hers
IL was 4 depressing day for her when she
found that people had quietly accepted the
fact Of her engagement aud had ceased to
praise or pity her Tor it. Even Singleton
himself had ceased to question the reality
of his own happiness and was actually be-
ginning 10 make plans for the future and
growing eager to have the marriage-day
fixed
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