Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-24

lady whose great weakness was her |
fondness for. Guy, when ripple OF /
merry laughter was heard III the hall,
and, moment later, the doctor enter
ed, half dragging by one arm a slender
girlish figure, whose hands were filled |
with flowers.
''Caught in tho act, madam" ex-
planned the doctor to his wife, With a
merry twinkle in his eye. 1.-The lit
tie witch was rifling your greenhouse
in such all audacious manner That 1
donx believe there'd have been how-
er left but for me. Halo, youngster,
you down already? Oh, excuse me-"
at slight frown from Mrs. Cooper.
ssMr. Guy Fleming, Miss Dexter
che worst Young man this side OF
the Atlantic"
Miss Dexter smiled sweetly, and
held out her hand.
81 think have seen Mr.. Fleming
BEFORE" she said, archly, 'and heart
ilv endorse your statement. Guess
what I caught him doing this sum-
mer?'
"Oh, Miss Dexter, please don't tell
on me-" laughingly pleaded Guy. y!
don't care for the doctor; he knows OF
all my little peccadilloes; but Mrs.
Cooper tremblew
How lovely she looked as she stood
there in black dinner dress of some
thin, clinging material, whose very
blackness only heightened the white
ness of her beautiful bare arms and
| neck! The auburn hair, SO rich i'll its
coloring, the pure, pale, oval face, and
the great gray eyes, made tout easens-
Die which any painter would have
| loved to copy. People nowadays don't
| believe much in love at first sight, but
| people nowadays are great skeptics
about many true things, so how are
We to tell? This much, however, Wo
know: that poor Guys heart was go
ing fast-indeed, had been gone ever
since Bonnie ordered him from Gush-
| ington Seminary for flirting with some
of its pupils.
What wonder, then, that he made
the most of the doctors invitation?
One week, two weeks, three weeks
flew by. and he fingered. He read to
Bonnie. rode with Bonnie, walked
with Bonnie; in short, lived in an
| ElVStuIu VI w itUn DollitC W o. viz VII
! trail fl cure. And the good doctor and
his wife looked Oh and were satisfied.
To them, Bonnie Dexter was one OF
the rare ones of this world. Her
mother had died when she was mere
baby, and when she was but sixteen,
her father was taken away. Added to
the grief Of losing her only parent was
the loss OF all those pleasures which,
Fmoncy can give. Mr.. Dexter had
been, during his lifetime, compare
lively wealthy man, but, by one of
those sudden changes which have
swept over the country duringsthe
past few years, his fortune was taken
away, and he did not survive its loss.
Bonnie, was then !. schoolgirl at
Gushington Seminary. She went back
finished her education by the time she
was eiyh teen, and then taught, to de-
FRAY the expenses of her last two
years schooling, aud for her own sup
port.
1t was very hard for the young girl
!. to see other girls have homes and loved
ones OF their own, and her to be home
less it was very hard, too, with hei
keen love OF beauty, to have so little
: with which TO crafty her tastes
, while others with not half her beau y
obi it was very hard 10 give up hei
. 1UA II INTO Il a1lg ,ilEfGd, strict teacher
But it was a brave little spirit, and lit
one ever heard a mUrmur cross hel
lips. The sweet eyes shed many sad
tears, and the young heart achel with
its burdens, but no one knew it save
One who feels all our SORROWS, and tc
, whom Bonnie had consecrated he,
life.
Guy Fleming had heard her story
from DR.. Cooper. He recognized the
beauty of her charact ter, and loved hel
all the more for her true courage. All
my little Bonnie you were very happy
. in those days! A summer ut Briefly
was quite different from one at Gush
ingtoH, and there were very few Guy
! tloniings-at least, SO you thought.
September came, and still our hero
delayed his departure. His heart was
full OF love, his mind of doubts; anJ
we all know that these two items are
! aot at all homogeneous. OF his dc.
Fotion to Bonnie there conld be nt
soubt, but did she care for him? Ay
there was the rub.
: It was beautiful afternoon in Sep.
ember. The doctor had run down ia
New York OH some business, Mrs
cooper was taking her afternoon nap
i and Guy had gone to the village 70
L news. Bonnie dragged an easy chat
Z out on the vcranda, and prepared t
$ spend q quiet hour or 80 with 81
L Walter SCOTS Waverly. Now we al
$ know that, exciting as the latter par
I Of that book is, the beginning is espe
: sially conducive to sleep, Anyway, S
Bonnie found it. The white lid
G luivered, dropped. and at last drop
{ ped over the gray eyes, letting thei
;. long, dark fringe rest OH her fai
/, :hcck. The book slipped from he
: hands and fell to the foor-Bonni
e was fast asleep. There was no sount
j.. only the plash Of oars In the rive
Y the hum OF insects in the fields. Som
t rays OF sunlight f1ickered through tn
y thick network of vines, rested Oh tn
/. quiet figure in white, and Oh th
:; beautiful hair, turning it into kin
+ of golden halo around her head.
. Somebody mounted the verand,
n steps. Somebody saw the prett
q picture. Somebody stopped and kiss
i cd somebody, and
0 "Ah!" cried Bonnie, springing up.
' Then, seeing who it was, her fac
n was suffused with a burning blush
t and, with little cry, she sprang pas