Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-28


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 D.-Wsll. yon know, dear, that men do
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 D.-Yon don't know it, dear2 Y. -.g,i'
 l. Il mean. yes. ,s. sst-es fa.g f.--.4..,,,,,i r: D. Il wonder if it would make great diff. ference to you. '' '' '..'
 L.-No Of course not. Why should it ? To me! That's why he sent me away then away from home.
 D. Lilly dear! Don't you care if be is happy or no? 5l .a.1 a7 's'
 L:-How could he be happy with that hor- rid Bertha Hale?
 D.-Bertha Hale!
 l.. 1t must be one of those horrid Hales- no. dear. of course they ain't horrid-it's who am horrid and they are very good and do hope he will be happy -and that's the reason why he sent me away. I'll never for give hin never! .Hl i1.
 D.-Bertha Halei s.7s-.Y f.s.t.J v .i.i
 L-I suppose t,s Bertha unless he likes pale green eyes. If he does, it's Caroline.
 D.-But what makes you think, dear, that rom-that your guardiau-thinks of any of ihe Miss Hales ........ -.
 l. They are the only girls within miles i; and they think of him-all of them. Oh, how ne must hate me!
 D.-L.ly!
 L. On. but he must. I've mimicked Caro- ines intellectual look thousand times; you >now It like this; and Eve bridled like Der. ha. Bridled! .r, ,H a.- >,sa~
 D, (She $ 6usy, and Aer .face is turned from Lily) )-Don't you think, dear, that if he thought Of-of being married, that man of vour guartlian's time of life would be more likely to chOpse somebody who was nOt-in fact. not quite girl? E - .-- i...tr.-. .,....,.
 l.. (After q pGuse)- T don't know.
 D.-l think hear horse
 L.-It's him. mean, it's he.
 D.-Where are you going to, dear
 L. (Comes scftly to Kiss her)-I am going to write to Kitty; and to send messages to Ted lie and Regy, and
 D.-LiIy! ss a-3.,-
 L.-I don't care. l like boys. I do like mys. There! (She runs a,0ay) ...... ....
 D.-Lily! My dear Come back Please Lily! Lily, you must come back to see your guardian. (Here Tom Raymond comes in. ) Oh, Mr. Raymond, oh ...
 T.-Mr. Raymond!
 D.-Tom! You startled me so.
 TIA pretty time to begin calling me MT. Raymond. It has been Tom and Dorothy for
 D.-Not quite thirty! No. I think not luite-nnt quite
 Tits long time. Have you heard from Lily! Sue hasn't written to me for two days You don't think she IS i'll?
 D.-She IS quite well. Dear child I nev- CT saw her les,king better. .,.. sas 4.i. !
 T.-Saw heri What do yon mean?
 D.-Oh, TOmi Please don't look 30 fierce l do hope you are not angry with the dear ci,Ild for coming hack. ..tss ....ar fr
 T.-Child! Oh yes. by the bye, of course you mean Lily and she's here then? Here In the house?
 D.>-Yes She is writing a letter to Katie Arinstr 'ng. It seems that the Blakes have humps in the family, and
 T.-Munps! Good heavens! Lily. didn't % there, did she?
 D.-No. She came straight to me instead P T.-Ah! That's all right.
 D.-Shall l send for her?
 T.-No. Not yet. want to speak to you first -.a
 D.-To me-? .a.. .a5t. -...... T. live something on my mind. want a woman's advice. l want to talk Oyo0, Doru! thy. It's about something of great importance t0 me. Can you spare lie . few minutes Will you listen to n,e Dorothy ? He takes her hand a 8 af faae' -tr ,-.
 D-Yes, Tom. 5r f- .s. IT
 TT want your candid opinion. Am too old to be married?
 D. (After e pause)-N Tom.
 T.-Are you sure? l never thought of my age till lately. know Pin strong and fairly active; and Ive walked and ridden this col:n. try day after day and year after year without stopping to think how old was. It's a con. founded ridiculous thing for man tO sit down and think how old he is! feel like 8 con founded fool. ....-.., ......
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 TT do I've had plenty to do without sitting down to pull out my gray hairs. I've neen busy man what with being my own bailiff, and farming good bit of my own iand. I've never had time to be much of 8 Iady's man. That's what want to talk to you about. 5 -..a
 D. Yes, Tom2 .-..-s. ....... ...J.,
 T.-Sone men understand women. never did. I've always wondered about them. When was boy, wOman's handkerchief or gloves left in an empty room was enough to make me awkward. My voice used to crack when l spoke to them though I was loud en 'ugh-niost likely deal too loud -on the cr'cket-ground or in the hunting field. And yet. dn you know, Dorothy. suspect was 8 r'mantic fellow all the time. I'm half afraid Im a romantic fellow still. I must be confounded old idiot-but that isn't to the I''luS Oh'y "0ib yVu tO uINtCtSL0uu tunG ku'w nothing about women. I was afraid of Them 80 long that the fear became 8 habit; shall never get over it. Now want you to tell me some things. First, are you quite sure that Pm not too old to be married?
 D.-Yes, Tom. am quite sure
 T.-And not too rough Ithink must he noisy. never thought about il ttill-I've been practicing at home. Eve been shutting doors tb,sasnf n1xs shooting -bOOts directly came Tn. 1 think get on little It's hard, though, to reform at my age: and harGer tO reform the dogs. Of course, l could lu n lem into the stsble-all except Bairnie 1 don't think l could turn Balrnie out of the house she wouldn't under stand it and love the slut
 D-Tom! -.s... ...
 T.-What?
 D.-Would you mind not going gu;ts 30 near to DelIa's basket? She has been little nervous. lately; and l am afraid you may frigten her.
 T.--Delial Who's Delia9 Oh. I know. Of course, it's Pussy. Really, am awfulIy sorry, Dorothy but when get excited lcan'i help stamping about; and when get into little place like this, all Sull of jolly little things where ttiere isn't room to swing cat, ,D.-Tomi sA rs, IT,. s# ;,
 T.-What? .5F> eot.
 D.-Oh, Tom, don't speak like that.
 T.-Oh! beg your pardon. talked about swinging ayes, yes. won't say it again. beg Delias pardon. And I'll try to keep qui- ct. I'm afraid that Gm noisy i@tss1."e y' s
 D.-No, Tom. am sure you are not. l am sure you can be very gentle when you think of what you are saying .......rf .
 IT can but try Oh, then, there's anoth. CT thing. How about my clothes? Do dress like other people? never thought ab0ni clothes till--that is. my tailor always sent down what he liked: they all looked alike t., me. Now, these things that I've got on--are they the. sort of things men wear nowadayss
 D.-Really. fd,n't think have noticed-I am afraidtI don't know. Daf s@ aas a
 T.-Do they look all right ? It's con founded ridiculous thing for me to be turning about here like tailoEs dummy Is there peculiar about their2 . ft'5 s@ti 4s Do. no, Tom. think they are cesy nice fs' nt9a& s& g .AiUa..5ia4 G if544}2 Sli T.-Well, thea, there's only one thing more for me tO ask. 7 ,.st f.,... .t..
 lShe turns GacGy to stO0p 0uer Delsds basket.