Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-05-04
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mUde9ty. ihi~ was III his way III so
cirtv more thar in trade: he was
afraid of vnn,c,. NOR. than men,
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OF l"'2 i''5' ''ii'' nv nay, | h''
heart upon loN"iy Young lazy whose
Sweetness was like her name. which
MAS Violet. He had often called
unnn her. and resolved again and
a.rnin that he would make her an Of
fer OF hi, heart and hand. but a7
often that heart failed him. Through
in, whole evening he would sit and
.,;,,n man her star
Whose purity and DISTANCE make ii fair,
and come AWAY without making any
nrnmress in his init At las. he be-
ramr aIarmrd by fine fact that the
Jashin" C,utniu Latham. of one Of
the SoiInd Steamers. was 1ften at the
hou,e when he called to see his
charmer. the charming Violet AT
last he could not bear the suspense
uny longer. and he ventured. with
mich hpsitaury and awkwarlness.
but with do or die determination, to
ask her if She would he his. With
rcu,arkabl. coo;nr,s. she replied:
"You shnuld have SPOKEN long ago.
Mr. Prtrrkin: | have been engaged
to CAPTAIN Latham for some time
past. and We are to he married shortly.
am sorry f. di,a,lDoint Won, but We
will be rs good friends as ever, and
Won must come to see me lust the
same. Tie CAPTAIN will always be
Glad to have vour company"
Pc;crkin went away scrrowful.
But a brighter dav soon dawncd. for
within three months after they were
married the captain fell off the
steamer in Il for ON the Sound and
WAS drowned. Now Prtcrkin took
heart. He would have the widow.
4 year of mourning wore slowly
AWAY He kept his eve ON the widow.
Int wouId MOI insult the memory of
the dead by proposing until decrnt
interval hau nassrd The wear ended.
and he hid his heart AGAIN at the
Ilttl. feet Of Violet She heard hin,
uuirtlv. and uuirtIv remarked "NIy
jrnr Prtcr!,in. am sorry to disan
mint Won aUniu h1t for tbn last s,x
months hayr henn enrarnI to DIR
ZONES II was h,rJ to make nm my
mind bctw.rn linn and his friend the
handsome I,awv,.r Erirht but DR.
Jones was 50 GOOD to me while | WA,
sick in tho winter oftnr nv husband
death tina, | promised him | would
h. his nj tho end of the ynor"
So moor Prtnrkin retired onco
more. thr widow Latham becomo
. Mrs DR. .,onrs and so rona;nnJ
while fine discounted prtorkin wished
. the doctor MIGHT fake enonrh of his
own Mills to make an end If him
Time passed on. Petcrkin was
watkins down Broadway nno daw
while NOT very far ahead Of him he
saw two men. one Of whom he knew
/ tn no tbis b,tnJ DR. Jnnns 4 Iar,,o
( flat stone was beino hoi.ted f. Tho
coming Of n now buil1inc. tbc rome
rave away. if fell and instantly killed
tho two mon p,torl,;n roco 70 tbc
emergency of the moment For the
dead bo conld he of no avail He
thoughts were ON the widow Ho
turned. he ran. he flaw to ber abode
When she entered the room where he
awaited her he began.
"Nv dear Mrs Jones. I bring Won