Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-05-24
HER FIRST OFFER.
BY CLYDE RAYMOND.

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'ahe anu orange oloS'oihs l only
WISH ne "oi,o hurry up.
iou wiz see eAc'"'liieu hate,
'ossine her curls WIN her ha"ehties'
a.. ~ no Met. " colii1 hoie an" oilef
l,n to-hlgnt l. "ouiu reluse MN
i,ei perhaps you "ouiu oeiieve me.
No", "haC PelVeIse ia.e uiu seii''
halph lra'ers .here ''ia1 very evening
oil stcn an an, erra . lernapS ~ was 1ae
sishI Oh the pretty priue III her white
yen ana orange blossoms wnlch
plo'shI ~ MS MIMI VISION VI maze
attireu, anu iil','ie MN WISH
W nasIei INC 'iiile az .he al.ar ana
|'ieuge her vows 10 MIN before the
T ,, ~,
maze was true 10 hef "oro. Ne'tleu
ny Ine laus,lhs chllieiee Vi 'ehni I.
anu ne olher eirls' she iounu II
! great ueit' easier 10 say 20 IMAM
sue han eAl'ec'eu. :,
fof d moment halpn lookeh az II
ne thonght slle col,u not mean ~. ne
nao lei. 10 sure ~ her 'oVe .haI IL caihe
IKE d stunning n'o" 10 MN.
you surely 90 ho1 mean 10 say 'lat
you doh care ior me ne exclaimed,
!" men DC recovered n senses 's"ilicieht-
y 10 sptah. WY ha'e, ! nave
'carcely looked at any other sirl since
nrst sd" !n"' ana you nave gwen me
very reason 10 tllik my ioVe was re-
n nr vow, n ta' Gan nave zone 10 80
mango your feelings ,,
you nave uone morning, halpn;-
my "oil "al' ~ W .'arr,eu' Ill
90 young W even Ihihh Vi SUCH hia''ers
u an. ,,,,r,
on are sixteen, san halph' snili-
ny Driei'lS' IT. was s,,ch reliei l"
lhd that some olheI iello" was no' 'he
anse Oh us uiScollln.ore' ana l am
"ehty-ohe' 1nouStiius Oh people mar
y al tha' age, maze. ,
"oulan T. salu hate' aeclnealy,
"h "illihe 10 wall, men, Piea"ed
taiph' oily say 'nat you Will DE
nlhe sometime DARING You Will
'roinise me tiiat mnch' won you.
The glrl shook her curly hea" again,
hough Urine less hrin y IMAM al hrsf.
II IL iiad ho' oeei ior ,he though' 0,
tlnle Mar'lh sarcastic speeches,
hlhK She Wohiu nave consulted her
cart instead Oh her Pri"e.
But pride and jennie Martin carried
ne day,
NO, she repeated, an aaded shade
deciSlon coming PACK lhto her voice
halph iravers rose ron MS CHAIR
nth an air OF offended dignity.
=" Is it possible. Miss Mallory he
ald, almost hanghtlly,. mat you have |
cen merely playing with my affections
II these months? You, whom | al |
'ays thought the truest ana best OF wo-
zen. If that is so it IS well that ]
lould learn it now, cruel rs it seems.
There was a long silence, in which |
,ate's bright cheek paled and her
cart throbbed so loudly that she could
ear IL.
Oh, why could he not see that she
id not mean to give him up forever?
If he could only understand that she
'Jected nm now merely because she
II in honor bound to do so.
Remember, Kate, ;" he continued, very
"this is the last time | shall
yer ask you. love you dearly, but !
i'll not permit even y"ll to play fast
I'd loose with my most sacred feelings.
nee more, Kate, will you be my
ne
" No, no, no. she repeated, in a low,
element tone, turning her eyes away
ON tle hahuso1ne, pltaulns face that
ade her task doubly hard. Don't ask
e, RALPH, ! cannot
" Then farewell, Miss Mallory,l will
'ver trouble youagaln.
Tie was gone, ana she felt terrible
ank in life the moment the door clos
behind him.