Litchfield enquirer., 1880-12-30

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b;s child r. a,,a s;sahe,sd lie ,si,..s
That IN The event 81 her nat connlv;ng nil,
the terms If th.. will she sl,onld have only
an llo,p er... 81 i've hundred ,,,,,,.a ,,..sr
d,lriny tr life hnr that the ,,.,,..r, !, sld
h settled III. ,,ar cl,ildren - 10 8, 49,, Il,
| then, af,er i,sr ,ist, Hard az Ills arrar.,s'
ment was for 4 loved and only ch;ld to n. 3
| clEled from, hpiug nist reese Of her nronrfv
| fot fpur wears after abe beca ne III ace .n,,ss
| shd married with her guardians consent IN de
/ matn time, Lam certain myself thst il would
ha5 3 IA harder If Dibie,l could have man.
| ana ID but he was evidently not abls i, con-
| vince the father that after twenty Eve wears
| of age a woman's fortune might NOT he safely
| left to her own discretion. Everybody was of
course surprised at the will but as there were
| no relatives to interfere. no question was rails.
ed and as soon as the funeral was over. Dib
| den took the child home with him.
Il must now pass over space of five wears.
! The child of fifteen had grown into a heauti
! full girl of twenty and sweeter and kinder
never breathed. Now John. il Won won't
laugh at an old man getting enthusiastic about
| girl Young enough to be his grandchild.
will describe her to YOU She had a clear.
| frank. opeu face-a face that to look at once
! on
| on it. Her fair. golden hair Sometimes seem
| ed like glory round it. as the RAYS of the ann
| danced ON its luxuriant folds. and the nleao
/ ant smile that she greeted one with mada ono
| feel that if the term angel cn,d he annIied IN
mortal it might he TO her Her nose waa
straight and small. and her eves-Jobn T
never saw such colored ewes ON a fair nerson-
| they were dark violet. with long lashes
There! you're laughing at me .. 7 shall tell Won
| M more ah,nt her eYcept tn gov Clio ,r.s . .
good as she was beautiful To din n;hdan
Justice he dealt very fairly with her ae fsr 90
edncation went M exnense was srar 90, =.
she had the hest maste,s for everything Rnt
she was never nermitted tn 90 into soc;a,v
| To he sure he ,,sed tn have some femala 70,
atiyes of his own or of Mrs Dihden,o from
tima To t;me 70 s,ov Of h,s l,.,,a v;,Ia +, D.
tom hut a. neither he nor h;s wife was uar,,
4 well connactad !, ia donh,ful whe,har .t,..;.
SOCIETY was any advantage 10 his ward ' Ona
IF the few yonng man Che eu.r 90 ~ ,,,os D;t
l. denis eon now ahout thirty voors ~ &C 80 80,
as in 70 uorad fa,o,. =: o, ys ~ aso, anu
| tween Char;no Cross .nd tho RI go o =.
rnde and coarse in ,nannar o. I'm 81 a'u 90. 40
nleasant in countenonca Mo- hsl ha o, uu
Tho clevernesS of his fothor ~ a,"i, -, e
h;o moral ond neroop.l dafio;sno;as WI W III
| COW he Woo ahnt Tho onlv ooona;nt.,oa ~ -
ms,a sax that sha hot ,,asa ha ,.,as az w. VIC
iv ono onenIv ctnowledvad f,r s,'a w. h.S 1n
! wond.,rt,I how ,,at,,ro ossa,,s i a.s "a
| -another that no one knew Of Int herseif ND
| him to whom she had snrrendered oil 10 ~
fec,;on Of a nnre and lnv;no heort Ia o. ~
hleme r., har noor 1;l ssha 60, " go. w
childhood to womanhood she heSan - feai
tive ;rksomeness of her nos;t;on ond s,,n ~
nrsllv enough attached harself o. ,ha ,0 s sas
friend she met pho had tastes a,d foa,, n ~
common with her.
1 Year after year she felt growing dislike
to her guardian and his family, who con-
tinualy reminded her of the legal authority he
4 possessed. However, she remained very
passive until the twenty first anniversary of
her birthday, when she surprised her guardian
by demanding to hear the contents of her
fathers will. At first he refused; but she In
4 sisted. i am of age to-day, Mr. Dibden. she
4 said, and my own mistress. You are now
4 only guardian of my money. | require to
4 hear the contents of my fathers will; know
you have copy H
| ION hearing it she only said: -Four years
hmOre, and walked out of the room.
About this time young Dibden commenced
annoying her with his attentions proving to
| her, what she had already suspected, that to
secure her hand and fortune for Stephen had
been the plot of the worthy pair. She did not.
however, feel any uneasiness; but from time
to time she was subjected to much that was
| trying and vexatious; until at last matters
were brought to crisis by Stephen Dibden
offering marriage-teiling her at the same
| time he hoped to be able to get his fathers
| consent She stared at him some seconds be-
fore she replied, and then said: Marry you!
get your fathers consent! Are you mad,
MIR. Dibden? You forget your place : and
she walked calmly out OF the room
cat this time. she had not actually engaged
herself I'M, doubtless the circnmo,o noo g.
cjpitated matters for the first time after th;s
that she met Georye Hamilton she told h;,, -
her annoyance and then hnrot inc 80
Now Jobn if NICE GIRL ~ rhou, nv" ,o ,' nna
Maid a little reonJar aitention Int ~ ,.hnaa
MIN, vo,, ,vera mt ou;te certain s,aaaui.,
hurst into tears 40 she ,alIs von Of ber ,.",hias
and. 80 to sneak throws herself nm vonr ,ro
teci;nn ubat do vo,, ,b;nk vo,, ,,:,,,'i, ~
WHY III Nf. hOuuH d,,
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vour hand and hesrt an the snnt and , uea
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centsS SnGeorna Han,;l,o,, ,ra',, haa, We A. o.:
lodoiugs thai evening 80 hsnnv od In - IN, lls
snnsd h"sh. nd If Ci.rs ELL, as Mug '"e
I'm, 7 have not ,nld rn' who coou.o
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a ia.'''on was 81, we" s., nc was Diouens mead
s,a,s h " a Se ' a.,;o,'a o -: "a: ne nau
Se.aa oo ,,,t as; "s =" s;a pupn ~ ano1her
h;s fe,,, o a ;' ." ~ pen'!eesllip was up
n,s la'ne' .': anu u. nau loe Tue means 10
p ines us p'oesslon, ana was inaeed
. nn. UPON LUIS uls own resources London IS
,;vs ~ aS ,ha pae0 ,o' al nones! man TO
llve without .he means OF paying his way,
a Al, 81 lia e iouno ana accordingly he
w. aoh :: the nrst c'eFksn'P tnat onereJ, which
n mas ~ VI. o,nce Vi Dloaen, hnoiiYs and
na,u.,a :. sie hun'hcent salary OF ninety
i poun Us, ayca'' no"ever,t5 they soon fonnd
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