The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-10-12

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enoed no delays from switching off for
passing trains, there being ample
stretches of double track along the line.
Here an old angler, sitting next to me,
began to rig up his line. He was going
for founders, he said, and proposed to
commence operations at the railroad
bridge and travel downward to the
mouth Of the inlet.
"Why, / can come down here and
fish all day, and the very best fishing at
that, too, for fifty cents the round trip.
Don't that beat allan said he. ,,-,--.lg
He was about to give me an account
of what little fighters and biters snap
ping-mackerel were, when we arrived at
the depot on the main avenue in the city
by the sea.
+" Carriage, siri Carriage!" greeted
me from dozendrivers, which first put
it into my head that carriage was the
very thing / wanted. About the horses
I found myself particular. So, after
taking somewhat critical look at the
several teams, I at last selected pair Of
spanking bays. -is74. .--i
"Drive to the Hotel H." said,
as I entered the carriage. -..-.
Just then it occurred to me that / had
| not been particular about the price of
| the driver. What was the matter that
should feel so much like a harum-scarum
boy againp Was it the salt air or the
ocean breezeP For the life of me /
couldn't divine, neither did I have any
specified object in going to the Hotel
H, unless might find Jack there
Heaven forbidden maybe somebody
else / knew. 40 .-.-.,-- .- ..-...,s
"No," (" replied the clerk to my inqui-
- Asa 1ofk
suddenly last evening"
"Is Mrs. A. stopping ut this
housep'' ~ l....t4.ss adJ -ls-.s.r., .l.t-r
eyes, sir.n -.--,,--. .-lf.
"Will you have the kindness to send
up my cardP''
The card was promtly sent up by the
clerk, and I soon had the inestimable
pleasure of being seated by the girl 1
had loved when boy-a girl no longer
now, but mature and lovely widow (;
and how very thankful I felt was a
boy no longer, like that harum-
Jack, but steady and stalwart man.
"How very kind it was of you to
come down at this time, Mr.. Jones, 4"
she said.
"Hardly 50 kind as such q very great
] pleasure to myself, Mrs. A." said 1 /;
"but I have so little leisure, and-excuse
mel took the very great liberty of
! hiring carriage at the door; won't
YOU take drive about with me and
show me somewhat of the placer I am
altogether q stranger down here,
| though the railroad makes 1t so very
near"
And the lovely widow, acquiescing,
soon had herself in readiness; and be-
meath the friendly shade of an interven-
ing Aeecy cloud we soon were driving
1 along the broad avenues and past scores
of beautiful cottages in the queen city
on the beach.
"I am so utterly lonely without her,
dear friend,'' said she, signing as we
were gazing upon the sublime prospect
of sky and ocean.
Without whoP" I asked.
"Why, my ward, Mr.. Jones. My
poor dear husbands only daughter.
How could you askPn .r,.,...
sis she drownedP" I was about to
exclaim, when the widow continued:
"And to think of her running away
to be married without even farewell
Oh, OH it's too much" s....ss b..
"Don't cry, my DEAR" / said, sym.
pathizingly; |" it's no great matter.
Young people will do such things.
wish we had done so, too, dear Alicia
twenty years ago." st ero,acl,fFa ,sll
| "Oht Mr.. J-o-n-e-si" ,/ =
SCI sympathize with you deeply"
said, earnestly and trembling; but you
really must forgive me for being more
interested in yourself than in YOU
ward.n s7- a=.-e
Nor did she resist my taking her little
hand and pressing it warmly. The roal
of the surf drowned our sweet conyers,
from all but ourselves, while q lonely
4 part of the beautiful beach presented me
the opportunity to declare that from my
early boyhood days she only had beer
the idol Of my heart. Need /, deal
reader-as the novelists express tiff
the curtain from the delightful secrec,
of what we saidP VIII it not be enough
to tell you that before the sun haC
reached the meridian at noon the dea
Alicia was my own; that with all tn
eloquenoe of which L. am possessed,
had pursuaded the dear girl to agree +
an early day, and that everything
seemed propitiousP ,a..is..
On returning to the city I found let
ter from Jack, dated at Niagara Falls
| in which he stated that he had uHex
/ pectedly been called away on busines
of the greatest importance, though whs
it could be at such place, save som
wildcat scheme for utilizing its water
> power, / could not for the life of IN
make out. was glad, however, tbs
] he was away, and thus left me free fror
1 any impertinent remarks. .t
. 1t was lovely Fourth of July thz
q Alicia and were made one. I though
1 it but due to my partner to apprize hil
of the event, which did, after the weS
(; ding, through brief telegram. A fe
j. days afterward, while on our bridal tou
r 1 received the following very startlin
9 and impertinent, yet, on mature col
> sideration, very satisfactory letter:
r DEAR POP: am delighted with you, tn
you should have taken such q very wise ste
', and one that makes us so near and dear to oi
u another. And then, mon pere, being partner
we can settle amicably, without any HttRe>
!. over the estate. Mamie sends her -sl
II mamma and papa Accept my e. love
p ances, dear sir, that shall nr-,n NEST ass
!, | SON. 'S - uuti
o. Blessed be the tie Tat hind.
, In partnership our Kindred yn;nds
Afectionately, -T.cr