Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-08-24
self" so says the voice of the press the

SELF" SO says the voice of the press the
following day.
1t does not tell, for it does not know,
what it was that lent such more than
usual fire and vigor to the speakers ut
terances; but we who are behind the
scenes can say that it was the radiant
expression OF SURPRISED gladness that
looked out of Daisy's blue orbs.
AS Mr.. Nelson and his daughter issue
from the hall, some one comes towards
Daisy with outstretched hand, and the
exclamation:
''How glad l am to see YOU, Miss
Nelson! 1t is an unexpected, and there-
fore all the more welcome surprise. I
read your familiar name amongst the
list of arrivals published in the papers.
but did not know whetherit were real
ly my old friend or not.'
The bright color bathes Daisy's face
at the unaffected pleasure in his tones,
and she answers frankly and simply, as
she places her small gloved hand in bis:
Il, too, am very glad to meet you"
Then, turning to her father, who by
this time has recognized to his infinite
wonderment in the celebrated orator
the young man he met five years ago in
the country, she says: Papa, this is
Mr.. Haughton-you surely remember
him.
After that every evening that Mr..
Haughton's engagements allow him to
call his own finds him at Daisy's side,
and after little everything is explained.
and she learns how it was that he had
allowed her, though loving her passion
ately, to go out of his life without a
word or question, and how he, whom
her father had looked upon as detri-
mental, was in reality heir to a large
fortune. and even then engaged in the
scientific pursuits which afterward made
his name noted. His health for the time
having suffered from over application
to study, he had come to his uncle's-
his mothers brother s-to recruit, know
ing the benefit fresh air and outdoor ex-
ercise does both to the brain and body.
A month goes by, and one afternoon
Mr.. Nelson concludes an all-important
conversation by saying: ~
Il hope, Mr.. Haughton, that now you
are to be my son-in-law, you will let by
cones be bygones, and bear me no NAL
ice for the past. / thought l was act
ing for the best. Ny daughter was my
all, and considered you not desira-
BILE match for her. l trust you will par
don me for my frankness when l assure
you how proudly and gladly 1 now re-
sign her to you. When intimated to
you that there was another suitor in the
case did deceive you in the word
only in the letter-for there was one,
rich, and with fine prospects, who for
some time had looked upon Daisy with
the same feelings as yourself; though
the truth was, and / knew it, she re-
garded him with utter Indifference
Steven took the old gentleman's prof
fered hand.
II can certainly condone the past"
he answered, 'in view of the Joyous
future which you have opened before
me in giving me the right to WOO for
my own your dear daughter
And so, not long after, the merry
bells ring out, and the sun. streaming
through the stained-g glass church-win-
dows, falls like a radiant benediction
upon the bowed heads of Steven Haugh-
ton and his newly-made bride.
And their prospect is of the happiest;
for the love that could keep true,
though lost to sight" for five long
Years, will surely never falter through
the varied experiences of the welded
existence whose fairy portals they are
so hopefully and trustingly entering.