The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-15
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the winter with me?"
Mr.. Lloyd looked up from his paper
with an indulgent smile at his little
dark-eyed daughter. eyes, Dolly, you
can do as you like about it.''
"Thanks, papa. Now, if you'll do
one thing more, L shall feel perfectly
THAT'S very good thing to be, Pm
sure. What is the important service L
am to rendel2''
"Glve me some money to get some
pretty things for Allie. You know she
is not rich as am, and then, too, she
has no idea how any one ought to dress
III town."
AS Dolly spoke vision rose before
the wealthy bankers eyes.
A slight pale girl, with dark. gray,
earnest eyes, was moving quietly about
the farmhouse in the mountains, helping
her mother in caring for the comfort of
the city boarders she had taken for the
summer into her home. AS faultlessly
neat in her attire as the stately lily Of
fashionable life that "toils not" ard as
striking i'll her pure, pale loveliness as
the field flower from which the Savior's
gers had been familiar with every detail
OF housework, from it's lowliest phase
Of scrubbing and dish-washing up to
the tiaky ple-paste, or delicious "queen
OF puddings," or the many tempting
combinations Of goodies" requisite to
form the dessert which was to follow
the delicious dinner Of chickens (either
roasted. boiled, or tricaSseed), and
tlanked by home raised vegetables.
1T is kindly nature III my little girl
that prompts her to make this REQUEST"
he said, after a moments thought. L
fear Miss Allis would look and feel out
OF place i'll such fine feathers as Dolly
wears -
II don't mean to test her that way,
papa" burst in Dolly eagerly. You
may not believe it, but I have too great
sense OF fitness to buy anything very
gay in color. Will you do it?'
Another thing to take into consider
alton is this-wLl Miss Allie accept
such favors2 1t would he Il shame il
she wouldn't when She nursed me
through that long illness last summer.
really believe she saved my life, papa. :"
''Y ou are very good special pleader,
Dolly. Your dear mother was just 80.
She could always persuade me into her
way OF thinking, and it always proved
the right one, tOo.'
Tears filled the girls dark eyes at this
GiiiisiOn To tiio dear one vino mad been
sleeping under the daisies for 50 many
years. l hope to grow more and more
like her," she sad softly; "for then
you will love me more and more.''
The father turned and busted himself
with the papers OH his writing-desk. A
strong man ever struggles against dis
play OF emotion, and Mr.. Lloyed could
q To
OF his early manhood still dwelt within
his faithful heart, and shut out all
thoughts OF replacing it by any later at
lection, excepting THAI drawn out by
their child. After time he drew forth
his cheque-book and wrote some figures
Oh one Of tho pieces OF paper which,
signed by his well-knOwn name. was
equivalent to so much gold.
~Will that answer, daughter?" he
said, holding 1T toward her.
Dolly glanced at it and threw her
arms about her fathers neck. Oh, you
dear, generous papa, L can do wonders
with That amount, and I'll tell you how
Pm going to manage. 1t will be The week
before the new year before she can
come, and l must give her time to make
any preparations She may wish to; 80 |
won't invite her until then. shall en-
gage madame to make her dresses that
week, and I'll obtain her measure sur
Ieptitlo'lsly. Then New Years Day
she can say u word against not re-
1. ceiving her share OF presents--for you
Z know l have them III quantiUies-t,lld
II she does make any demur, shall
, pull such a woe-begolle face that she'll
yield at once. She never could resist
my coaxing. Now, goodbye I'll leave
you to read your paper i'll peace, and
III run ana wrlLe my letter." The
letter WAS written and received, and
the country home was at once made The
scene OF All unusual hustle OF pre- ara
ton; for Allies mother insisted upon
her accepting Dolly's invitation.
Will not give III detail DOlly's argu-
ments, but VIII merely say she carried
The day according to her declared usual
fashion and that it thus came about
/ that the gentlemen who called at the
Lloyds' stately mansion on the New
Years Day following the week of Al
lle's stay, were greeted with the sight
OF VISION OF peerless loveliness. 1t
was the young mountain-glrl's pure,
statuesque face rising out OF a finn OF