Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-08-13
who happen to come along.''

who happen to come along.'
''Oh aunt ~ exclaimed her niece; she
looked like prince"
"a prince l'-with sort OF scorn.
"Your head is turned by that trashy poet.
ry you read. A prince A likely story
In shabby clothes and nibbling crust
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
dollar to call his own, with my consent
and it ever you marry without my consent
you make a liar of your mother in hel
grave.''
"Aunt, have told you again and
again." said Dorothy, firmly but gently
shat never would. have not forgotten
my mothers last commands"
"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'll can go and
come by myself, thank heaven there s
Arthur Brown, and he has 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 I feel as though mean, mean.
wouldn't like to hurt his feelings
''Bah ~ retorted the grim maiden.
l"Men have no feelings. And as for know
ing him long time, 1 think you we known
him quite long enough"
''But if he had thousand dollars, in.
stead of Abner Brown % questioned Dol.
ly, with more spirit than she had yet
shown.
That would be in his favor, certainly.
But he hasn't and never will have, with
that old father and mother depending upon
him. A thousand dollars indeed! Where
would lie get it The sooner you forget
Daniel Howell and the sooner Daniel
Howell puts you out of his head, the bet
ter"
"There's no need for you to talk SO loud,
aunt said the little girl, Indignantly; and
then, startled by the look of malicious
triumph on her aunt's face, Dorothy look
ed around, just in time to receive fare
well bow from Daniel Howell as he turned
from the door.
"ae heard me-" said Miss Cross, ssI'm
glad he did; twill save trouble.''
sob, Aunt Lorinda, how can you be SO
cruel2" said poor Dolly, bursting into
tears.
A year and half passed away, during
which, owing to his frequent absence and
Miss Lorinda's watchful care. Dolly and
her lover had met but three or four times.
"It's hard,s 'said tn young man, on the
last Of these occasions, "to know that !
can not ask your aunt for your hand be-
cause have not a thousand dollars of my
own, when know that there is plenty of
room and love and everything for you at
the old stone cottage. Oh, Dolly, I'd make
you my wife this moment''
''Dan,'' interrupted the girl, with dewy
eyes, lit isn't her anger-though feel
that 1t would be most ungrateful in me to
provoke it-but the promise. my mother
made for me on her death bed. And if it
had not been for that promise, Dan, you
must remember, l should have been the
inmate IAN orphan asylum. and we would
never have met" Adding, the sunshine
coming back again, s'Don't you see how
much worse things could have been2"
"You are right. my darling, as you al
ways are." said Dan; "but think-it may
be years before have the bond.'"
81 can wait, Dan. Yes'-with mis-
chievous little laugh-''I can wait until I
am as old as Aunt Lorinda."
"God forbid love!'' he said, catching her
in his arms and kissing her sweet lips
"And now good bye; am going away
again tomorrow, 10 be gone can not tell
how long. Oh, Dolly, heaven speed the
time when little wife shall be waiting
with the old father and mother at the stone
cottage to welcome me home!''
She raised herself on tiptoe, clasped his
face between her two tiny hands, gazed in
to his eyes with wealth Of tenderness in
her own, and said, "Who knows? Good
fortune may at this very moment be on it's
way to u.s."
And the very next day, January Sd, 1880,
as Dorothy, with crimson shawl thrown
over her head, was out in the garden scat
tering crumbs on the snow for the spar
rows, she heard the jingling of sleigh-bells
and Farmer Beers came down the lane
with a sled-load of wood. ''Mornin', Miss
Dorothy !, he called, as he reined up at the
back gate. 'Here's letter for you. They
thought it might be important, at the Of
flee, and SO. KNOWN how keerful be, and
that was comm this way, they asked me
to fetch it to you" And the old man
tossed the letter over the hedge, into the
girls outstretched hands, and drove off.
"a letter for mel' said Dolly, in tones
of great amazement. ''WhY, I never re-
ceived a letter before in all my life!''
Then she turned it about, and inspected
it curiously. The envelope was common
large yellow one. and bore the printed adj
dress of law firm in an adjoining city, as
well as her own address, written in plain
legal hand. "Who can it be from?" won
dered Dolly; and then opened it. to find
her question but partly answered. A sheet
of blue paper and smaller envelope were
enclosed. The paper contained, in the
same hand which addressed the letter,
these lines:
Mss Dorothy Waldo:
"DEAR MADAM-We send you the ac-
companying check in compliance with or
ders receiving to that effect from q client
In Europe whose interests in this country
we represent. Please acknowledge RECENT.
~ our obedient servants,
FIND & PROVE.
January /, $780,"