The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-06

not express open admiration for til,
daughter of the retired merchant.
Long before my advent, anddurine tn,
hoxrs he acted as secretary to Mr.. Weay
er he was thrown often into Dolly's fas
ciaating presence. as such was her devo
tion to her father it was seldom she re
mained long away from his side, Away.
expressing the deepest interest in what
ever concerned him. Thus the youpz
people frequently met, and step by stcI
tacit understanding was established
and although no word of love was inter
changed, they read in each others eve.
enough 10 satisfy themselves of the neve,
dying passion that existed between them
But there came time when the ser
vices Of the secretary were no longe,
needed, and there was no longer an ex.
cuse for Errincourt's visits.
Then came the anxious hours that for.
ever have, and fsrever will disturb the
current Of true love. There is, however
nothing SO inventive as this same tende,
passion. In this case. as in thousands of
similar character, the woman was frs,
to discover q soothing remedy. Dolly
pretty, madcap Dolly-was not behind
her sisters in this inventive faculty, while
], poor innocent, was the silent instru.
ment In her hands 10 further her w6.
mans purpose.
Among the places my master often fle.
quented was the shop Of fashionable
hairdreaser.
Soon after my entrance into the Weav.
er mansion, I saw and became tsmilia,
with George Errincourt, and am quite
Sure that suspected the existence of the
love that sprang up between them, before
the two lovers did themselves; for soon
after I came, pretty Dolly used me often
times fur shield to hide her b,ushes and
sly glances from her watchful guardian
and ere long, to my astonishment and
alarm, I detected the fact that the little
hand which toyed with my silken Inning,
was using my interior for strangely
contraband purpose.
This caused me to he continually on
the watch. I soon began to understand
when Mr.. Weaver entered the hairdress-
ers establishment why one of the assist.
ants was on the alert. aud always read ? tc
seize me and give me careful brushing
and as soon as this was done set me down
near to the seat occupied by George Er.
:incourt, who also took great interest
in me, handling Inc with & mag
ined) loving tenderness.
But everything earthly must come to
an end
The finest beaver ever made, no mat
ter how carefully it may be treated, in
the course of time will grow rusty and
need ironing. In spite of the seauleua
notice given by the officious assistant,
and even pretty Miss Dolly herself, /
began to show the ravages of usage.
My master at last observed this, and one
morning heard him mutter:
II must have my beaver renovated"
This was some time after our first con.
nection. The very next evening, instead
of going as usual to the hair dresser's, he
sought first class batter and stated the
case.
The halter turned me over and owe,
with his huge hands, and finally SAID to
my owner:
'.rhis beaver is too large for you ehe''
"No!" replied Mr. Weaver, in surprise,
''Why do you ask2''
"Simply," returned the workman, ebe-
cause you put paper in the inside.''
"Paperv echoed the merchant. "Pa.
per, did you sayG You mistake"
The halter with some difficulty ran h,s
broad finger under the lining and drew
forth neat-looking misslve.
"Dont you call this paper?" holding
the note to view.
Mr.. Weaver had not been the success
full man OF business without learning to
control sudden emotion. He reached
and took the paper as he said, carciessly
"Ah, I see! That's all right! 1t
slipped there by accident. My hat is
none too large"
He was prudent enough to wait until
he was safe from interruption in his
own apartments before he examined the
mysterious note. Placing his glasses
upon his nose, he opened it and read
aloud:
"DAKLING GEORGE: Do not be down
hearted, dear, my father is good and GEN
erous, and We must tell him openly of
our love. When he finds you love me
for myself and not the odious fortune
which kept you so long from declaring
your true sentiments and that We intend
to make his old days happy, am sure
lie will consent to our union. lie must
know all. am tired OF this c,audestinc
correspondence, and cannot tecl happy
in carrying on any deception. Knowing
how tondly he loves me, and how i'm.
piicitly he trusts me. Besides, l have
almost ruined Els fine beaver pretending
to brush it while slipped our letters in
and out of the lining. Yours,
"DoL1y."
Ny master dropped the note and eat
with clasped hands, absorbed in thought.
At last he perused the missive once more,
then smiled as he replaced it within my
lining.
The cunning little jade2" he muir
INJURED; "WhO but Dolly woald have re
sorted to such means to carry On q court
shipf''
He pau.e&a a moment, then resumed
with sigh:
''I've been expecting something of the
kind-well, it might he worser' Again
he smiled. "But through 1t all she is
loyal to me, and her conscience hurts her
tor decsiving ner father. Hem! I'll
watch the novel correspondence until
find if Enincourt is not after my money,
and that his love for my little madcaP is
sincere, then" here he laughed. "Used
papa's beaver! But it 10 . capital jokei
I'll see; and if =,
He did not conclude the sentence, for
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