The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-06-03
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"A wig" snarled Miss Cross.
''--and the most beautiful blue eyes,"
Dolly went on, "I ever saw in all my
life. And he wasn't near the house.
And he didn't ask for anything. Oh,
do listen. aunt, while i tell you all about
it. was on my knees in the path,
picking up some currants 1 had let
fall, when / saw him, through the hole
| in the hedge Brownies calf made
the other day, coming slowly up the
lane
IF you had been looking at what you
were doing, you wouldn't have seen
him." said her grim listener.
'He didn't see me, of course" said
Dolly, "or shouldn't have looked at him
SO intently. And, oh, Aunt Lorinda,
it was just like looking at picturem
"Stuffr' said Miss Cross.
"He was so handsome, and so dusty,
and so shabby. poor fellow! And he
sat down under the old tree, took a
crust of bread out of his pocket, and
began to eat it as though he was very,
very hungry. That went to my heart. !"
| ssRubbishr' said her aunt.
"And got up softly, and ran into
the house, and cut a slice"
| "A slice! Great griefr' interrupted
Aunt Lorinda. "A piece big enough
| for the breakfast of a whole family"
.sAnd 1 buttered it."
| "You buttered it?"
| "Yes, aunt; only took the butter
that was left in the DISH"
Half pound! You go without but
ter for a week"
"And ran out again, and into the
lane, as fast as could" continued
Dorothy, apparently undismayed by
this threat, sfor fear 1 might lose cour-
age; and stopping suddenly before him,
put the bread in his hand, and said,
Il am so sorry for your and turned to
run away, when he seized my hand, and
kissed it' Miss Lorinda Cross became
rigid as marble), "and said, These are
the first kind words I've heard since l
came to this beastly country. Tell me
do said /. Dorothy Waldo he re-
peated; 1 shall never forget it, and he
raised his hat and went away. Dear
aunt, had you been in my place, would
you not have done rs l didp"
ZIP" cried Aunt Lorinda-"I carry
meals to strange men on the public
highway? 1 let foreigner who called
my country a beastly country kiss my
4
have kissed my hand"
Perhaps not" said Dolly, with a
momentary twinkle in her eyes; and
then she added, pleadingly, "But don't
be angry any longer, aunt. I'll make
another loaf of bread right away"
"But that won't bring back what
you've wasted" said her inhexible rel
ative. "a pretty wife you'd be for a
| man who hasn't dollar to call his own,
| giving away bread by the loaf and but
ter by the pound" (Miss Cross had re-
tanned at least one womanly trait-a
slight tendency to exaggeration) Ito
all the thieves and tramps who happen
to come along"
"Oh, auntr' exclaimed her niece;
"he looked like prince"
"a princeT-with snort of scorn.
"Your head is turned by that trashy
poetry you read. A prince! A likely
story-in shabby clothes, and nibbling
crusti A disguised burglar, in my
opinion. But burglar or no burglar" "
she continued, it must be confessed with
some irrelevancy, ''you shall never
marry man who hasn't a dollar to
call his own, with my consent, and il
ever you marry without my consent, you
make liar of your mother in her
| grave"
..Aunt, have told you again and
again." said Dorothy, firmly but gently.
''that never would. l have not for
gotten my mothers last commands" b"
Then don't be encouraging that
Daniel Howell to meet you every tack
and turn; and if you must have some
one to walk home from church with you
Il can go and come myself, thank
Heaven,-there's Abner Brown, and
he has a thousand dollars in the bank
..But, aunt, I've known Dan SO long
and he is away so much, that when he
is at home 1 feel as thought mean,
wouldn't like to hurt his feelings"
"Bahr' retorted the grim maiden.
"Men have no feelings. And as fol
knowing him a long time, think you've
known him quite long enough"
s.But if he had the thousand dollars
instead of Abner Brown?" questioned
Dolly, with more spirit than she haG
yet shown.
THAT would be in his favor, certainly
But he hasn't, and never will have
with that old father and mother depend
ing upon him. A thousand dollars
indeed! Where would he get it? Th,
sooner you forget Daniel Howell, ano
the sooner Daniel Howell puts you on
of his head, the better"
There's no need for you to talk 81
loud, aunt" said the little girl, in
dignantly: and then, startled by tn,
look of malicious triumph on her aunt
. face, Dorothy looked around, just in tim,
Ito receive a farewell bow from DAME
|, Howell as he turned from the door.
HE heard me-" said Miss Cross
'I'm glad he did; twill save trouble.
"Oh. Aunt Lorinda. how can you b.
SO cruel?'' said poor Dolly. burstin:
. into tears.
A year and half passed away, dur
ing which. owing to his frequent alb
sences and Miss Lorinda's watchfu
care, Dolly and her lover had met bu
three or four times. '.It's hard" sai,
. the young man, on the last of these oc
, casions, 90 to know that l cannot AS
your aunt for your hand because hav
, not a thousand dollars of my own
when know that there is plenty O
room and love and everything for yo
, at the old stone cottage. Oh. Dolly,
{ you would but brave her anger. hoy
, gladly I'd make you my wife this mo
ment ~
, "Dan," interrupted the girl, wit
dewy eyes, "it isn't her anger, thougl
: feel that it would be most ungratefu
, in me to provoke it-but the promis
my mother made for me on her death
bed. And if it had not been for tina
promise, Dan, you must remember,
: should have been the inmate of an OF
I phan asylum, and we would never hav
met" Adding, the sunshine comm
3 back again, "Don't you see how muc
: worse things could have been ?''
l "You are right, my darling, as yo
, always are" said Dan but think
/ may beyears before have the bond
: .'I can wait, Dan. Yes'-with
e mischievous little laugh can wal
E until l am rs old as Aunt Lorinda."
a sGod forbid. love r' he said, catcl