Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-04-01

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whisper, as the porter called MI
Holly back for difcctions.a az'
"He has Something to do witl
the opera, Isthink," said Dolly
Then CAME the shrick Of the
whistle at the station. On
thundered the train.
s.s.sAil infor London r. yelled a
voice. 9isa asas 'sos - = 'e'''A'' : y" Z {.
-s@Good-bye, Tom" " said Dolly,
'E'Gootl-bye,," said /, but
stared at NJ He,lN 0
"Y QUILL be left, Tom" " sale
Dolly .'4slsr.llI I. a. & s,s'll'' ,,.
| / hurried away. / found a
seat. Thrust my head out of
the window. Dolly twas walk
ing away on Mr.. ,HolIy's arm,
and his head was very close to
her 's---yery. = 7 made a fool of
myseffnext day." :" 4 wrote Dolly
an indignant letter. She wrote
me asgspirited answer. I de-
mandedr ans explanation, qassato
how she came to know Holly in
the next letter and before my
answer calpc to tlis, old AIRS.
Brusle walked .yiatoI eRb place,
with her shopping bag in hand
one morning. 'Ad' ~ "''''' ''a' !, y :.
81 Want YOU TO take me to
some nice shop, Tom" she said,
''if YOU can spare an hour or SO.
| am going to buy d black sffk
for Dolly and She told me to tell
You all ab0utsit, as you. seemed
to be upset. ''ss ,,'s'.'s'4r .sss 2 TEE .s
l asked the permission ncces-
sary, and called IL c;,b.f Once
Within it, the old lady began.
's"You see, Dolly will need to.
be dressed handsomely, She
starts next month. It's settled,
you know, between her and
Hollvs;'o !ian gIinga 8. sssrsog oi &1s
@Settlcd '?". I said. 4's5 &,
Eyes" said the old lady, "f
knew you'd be pleased with the
good news. She was singing IN
the choir, and heihappened to go
their to- church, and he asked
an introduction anqpgot il, aad
called next day. 5os ..s ~ -: ,s:.'-,la - - 2
"ItIs very stiehieif very, but
She wonltllft engage herself to
him without orS consent, and
it's such a.afine. thing that we
can't refusc. SO we consented
She'll feel homcsick, no. doubt.
awayifrom us; but we mustn't
thinksofa that, try net to-" and
then the old lady put5h Kerr.
chief 10 her eyes. ..,si - -.
she t9ld you1to tell me ?" I
said. - -
"Oh, yes said the old lady.
Ny heart was on fire, my
blood, WAS boiling; bnt I made
no sign.
"You stay in the city all
night, dent yeu ~ asked.
She said she would, aud gave
me the number ef her stopping
place. After the shopping was
over Z went home and foolxfro
my trunk a little parcel Of let
tcrs, a lock of hair, a ribbon
heaven knows what trashy bits
Of love treasure--put them in a
large business envelope, and
walked ovepAto the old 4ady's|
with them.
"Tell Dolly that / sent that,
and wish her all the happiness
that she deserves" said |. The
old lady heard no sarcasm in my
voice.
-.T VIII, Tom,' she b said, "and
do come and, see,usspona We'll
be lonely without Dolly"
So it wassoYer pHdIthe thing
that was most terrible to dream
of had fallen OH me. And Doh
ly wrote no letter and made no
sign. 1t wasasfthoughrshe was
dead, and She was dead TO me.
Of course ] made no confdants,
and 1 worked as ilarda as ever.
The work of a wholesale WOODEN
house does not slacken because
A clerk is crossed in love or jilt-
ed. Bales and boxes, and bum
dies went out and came in all
thesarae, and what diditSmat-
ter if l looked pale and lost my
so that i did my figur-l
ing and writing and all the rest
correctly? But one day as |
looked up from a box | had
been marking, | saw sight
that made me sick with rage.
Holly, and no one else, with his
light side swhiskcrs and glossy
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES should
ers. : He was talking TO my un-I
Gle, and appeared TO be onsinti-i
mate terms with him. In a few
minutes he saw me, and, putting
up his eye-ghss, he bowed. l
made no bow in. return. Then
he came across the room. =
"a ''Idon't think it's-mistake, ;"
said he, 81 met you at the sta
ton with Miss Brusle."