The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1882-12-29

took their departure alter spetdihg
q delightful evening the SOL said:
= What do you SAY, father T.
"Give me time, my boy, give ae
time" WAS the reply.
The nextday but one Dick started
for London. The weather was fair.
the passage prosperous one aud
lie reached his destination safe aud
soaud. He found the business in II
terrible STARE, aud had his hands
aHd mind fully occupied and a week
slipped by. One morning he re
ceived letter from his father,
portion of which ran as follows:
"Coucerning the widow, ! am
weil pleased With your choice. Size
is "a good woman-as good as beau.
tiiul. A triae too old tor you is my
only obiection.r
Another week went by and
another letter came, in which,
speaking OF the widow, the old man
said:
~ am astomshed at your extra.
Ordinary good Judgment IN such
,hatter. The more | see the lady
the better | am pleased. She is
most excellent lady in every res
pect. A lrihe too old Tor you is my
ouly Objection
"Goodn said Dick to himself 81
guess / will stay a week on my own
account, now that the business Is
cleared up, and do London. The
old gentleman seems to he well
pleased, aud | guess by the time |
ct home his only objection will
have been overcome. Not that |
care u straw tor his opinion one
way or the other, but peace is pre-.
ferable to war at any time"
Aud taking u picture from his
pocket, he embraced it most atiec.
tionately.
SO Dick remained another week,
\ and did London thoroughly. On
the day before he was to have sailed
for A0me be received another letter
from his father. saying:
:" My DEAR Boy-l never was
! more pleased with a woman in all
my life. She is an angel. | don't
wonder ut you loving her. she is
pure, honest, everything YOU imag.
inc her to be, but she eau never
marry you. IL il impossible. |
don't like to be too severe, but 1t
eau never be. Tho truth is, Dick,
she has become my wife. Don't he
. fool now, hut come home at once.
, 4 triile too old WAS my only obiec.
, liou. Your affrctiOnatt father,
RICHARD HALLIDAY
To say that Dick was enraged
= would but family describe his feel
lngs; he fairly boiled. He wrote
Immediately to his fl,hcr telling
him:
"In the future your foreign busl.
ness may 60 to the ID, aud
; your home interests, too"
, Then, after drawing u good sum
OF money, he started for the cont.
nent.
For two years he wandered from
place to place, aud at tho end OF
that time found himsef IN Paris
Here he fortunately tell in with NJ
acquaintance J." had made while IN
Londun, aud ~no had since married
aud was then doing business il
Paris.
AT his friends house one evening
he was introduced to dn American
l young lady of whom he became
: enum0red at first sight.
The young lady, Miss Julia Ken
fridge by name, was to start foI
New York in Il pw days, and, on
! hearing this, Dick engaged passage
I on the same steamer. The voyage
Ixds a pleasant one, aud before they
, arrived at Sandy Hook, Miss Julia
had promised that, with ner mo
!. theirs consent, she would become
: Dicks wife. When they reached
the city, tue young lady found a
:. carriage in waiting for her, aud
Dick, having deter mi ed not 10 en-.
{ ter bis fathers house, for the present
D at least, went direct to an obscure
: hotel.
The next day he mounted the
steps of the Madison avenue man.
, sion and RAM the bell. A servant
ushered him into the parlor, and
shortly after Miss Kentridge en-
| tered.
When they had greeted each 9TH
+. er after the usual manner of lovers,
: Julia said:
t s'lt you will excuse me for a mo.
J ment, Richard, | will go and inform
9 my mother that you have come"
Dick was sitting under a window
. looking out, and did not notice her
Return till she said:
!. "Mr. Halliday, allow me to
Dick turned ut the sound OF heI
!, voice, ready to appear ut his best
but he staggered back fairly thun
9 derstruck, for there behind hin
stood the late widow-his father,
t wife.
q Il really" he gasped, "I-thal
is, | did not"
"Of course you did not said th,
I lady helping him out. allow coult
you'll But here is your tather.'
, ayes, here am, Dick, my boy
l cried the old gentleman, rushing in
|. ".ow are you, lad, how are you n
3 They shocks hands cordially. and