Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-30

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'.The postmark was blurred"
clad it foreign stampf" | asked
with sudden eagerness. Cedric had gone
abroad some moths before, and had not
heard of his return.
"a foreign stamp No. Were you ex-
pecting foreign letter ?"
''No; but it is the unexpected that
always happens, you know"
"lt's awfully provoking" said Susette
"Perhaps it was only the recipes Mrs.
Clark was going to send you"
Nothing more likely hut what has
become of it 2 Its prolonged game of
hunt the thimble. &
"And surprising it's letter notiiyin-
you of the existence of first Mrs. Am
herst," put in Annie, 'or of legacy left
by your forty-ffth cousin in Australia
And the door-bell rang.
Well, after that suppose must have
accepted Mr.. Amherst. Every body be-
haved as if had. | received &C ngratula-
tions and ring, and the parish begun
repairs upon the parsonage, before |
could muster courage enough to tell Mr..
Amherst all about Cedric and my mistake,
anu uuW wash OF Ill Huit Nouii CNti
get over it, and care for anybody else,
but would do my best. And he smiled
in a sort of absent way when told HIM,
but seemed content to take me as | was,
for better or worse only it did strike me
sometimes that he was the most unde-
monstrative lover in Christendom; but |
hadn't much experience i'll lovers, and
perhaps they weren't as gushing in real
| liA as novels pictured. He used to kiss
my hand when We parted that was all.
He was very gentle, but little sad, with
a look which might mean that he was
afraid of so much happiness, or to marry
| the woman he loved wasn't all fancy had
| painted it and sometimes | thought
had perhaps done wrong to tell hin
everything about Cedric SO unreservedly
yet had only meant to be honest. But
the day was appointed, and suddenly
Cedric appeared among us, when
thought he was at the world end, ant
he and the girls decorated the little
church with white field daisies and grassei
i n the occasion. You may believe that
avoided the sight of Cedric in the interva
before the wedding as much as possible
but somehow | was always stumbling
upon him he seemed to be perpetually
at my elbow he surprised me more thar
once with traces of tears upon my face
the sound of his voice made my hear
turn and culver within me. If had dare,
to withdraw at this juncture, Pm afraiC
should have done SO; but it was to-
late and though felt like hypocrit
whenever Mr.. Amherst appeared, hi
look of sober satisfaction, which reminde,
me of those lines of Matthew Royden oil
Sir Philip Sydney:
"A full assurance given by looks,
Continual comfort in n face,
The lineaments of gospel books"
Might have taught me that all was wei
with him.
"Iou are the oldest sweethearts | eve
saw" gossipped susette. 81 wouldn'
give straw for such a lover and as TO
you, Adrienne, you resemble ghos
more than BRIDE"
In short, thousand years of purga
tory would i'll represent my suffering
during those last weeks before my wet
ding. Well, to crown the whole, Asn
Browne said Cedric must give me away
, he was the only male relative, the hea
of the family, so to speak, and he coul
do it admirably.
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avoid explanations. and. as | told