The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-10-18
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getting there tonight, heard of the
landslip only an hour ago, and know
that the road is completely blocked,
You must let me arrange this matter for
YOU. 1 think must be speaking to Mrs.
Newton's niece, Miss Nayton2"
"You buye guessed rightly" and Dor
othy Nayton looked mp eagerly, delighted
to find any one to whom she was known,
if only by name.
just at that minute horse was heard
galloping up the dark road, and presently
q man came hurrying into the station.
'Is there Young lady here for Priar-
ton2' he asked.
Dorothy went forward, eagerly.
"If you please, miss, here's a note from
Mrs. Newton I've been for hours get
ting here; 1 had to ride twelve miles
round for the roads are blocked and the
floods are out"
My DEAREST CHILD: am in great dis
tress. The road between bere and the
smtion has been blocked by Tremendous
landslip; so it is impossible t. send the
carriage to meet you. / have, therefore,
forwarded note to my great friend,
Hugh Lambert, asking him to send for
you and give you and your maid shelter
for the night, till we see what is to be
done. He is the only neiehbor on that
side of the landslip, and is so charming
You need not mind going to him; it is
indeed the only thing to be done. In
great haste, your loYing aunt,
MARY NEWTON.
The coachman had also given Hugh
Lambert a note.
Lambert glanced at the contents, and
then turned to Dorothy.
"Your aunt has kindly trusted you to
me, so now you won't mind accompany
ing me home, will you?" be asked.
Dorothy was very tired and was thank
iul to reach the house and be handed
over to the care of the housekeeper.
The next morning Dorothy was down
for $50 breakfast and was shown into o
bright little morning-room. Mr.. Lam
bert met her, and was so kind and anx-
ious to make her happy and at home
that she very soon found herself talking
to him as if she had known him for years, |
instead of his being an acquaintance Of
few hours only.
1t very soon struck Hugh Lambert that |
she was different from most of the girls
he had met, and she interested him &C.
cordingly, He found the road would lie
impossible for some days; so he wrote to
Mrs. Newton, begging her to let Dorothy
remain with him instead of returning
home. The girl felt supremely happy;
be was so kind to her; such an agreeable
companion in every way, that she thor
oughly enjoyed his society.
A fortnight went by and the road was
pronounced perfectly safe; even the
floods had subsided. So Hugh had no
excuse for OBTAINING his fair guest longer
and, though very reluctant to part with
her, he drove her over to PrairatoN.
She was standing in the hall as he left
that night after dinner, and held out
her hand to say goodbye.
Il can't thank you enough for all
your Kindness she SAID softly,
"Nay, ny child, I cannot tell you
what pleasure it has been to me; but
perhaps you will know some day." he
replied, and she went up stairs wonder
ing what he meant.
Hugh Lambert felt as if something
thing bright had come into his life since
he had known Dorothy. She was SO
| quaint ana naive in speech, new and
fresh in her ideas and theories, so free
and unaffected in manner, and yet so
womanly withal, that during those few
days they had spent together she had
completely won his heart. How he
longed in the evening for the sound of
her voice singing to him "The Land O.
the Lea" or "Auld Robin Gray"
And Dorothy began to watch for his
coming, and, if by chance something
detained him at home how long the day
seemed and how uninteresting everything
was. At first she justified it to herself
by the thoughts of her friendship to him
"a friendship which had ripened quick
ly in the peculiarAcircumstnnces of their
meeting; but little by little as time
passed and she had been at Priorton
nearly three months, it dawned upon the
girl that the feeling she entertained for
Hugh Lambert was something more than
mere friendship.
! While gathering primroses one swee.
spring afternoon, Dorothy heard a step
crushing the dead leaves and saw Hugh
coming toward her.
Il want to speak to You little" he
said. "Will you walk with me little?'
Pseseutly be turned sharply aud took
both her hands, and looked more in
earnest than she had ever seen him look.
81 can't stand this any longer" he
cried out. Il must know my fate one
way or the other. If you cannot love
me in return will go away and meyer
worry you any more. Am l to 60, Dor
othy?'
$50, oh. mol" she gasped out, hardly
able to realize what he was saying, only
feeling that she could not breathe,
Not long afterwards there wasa happy
wedding at the dear old home, and then
Dorlohy came back 10 brighten up the
old house at Layton.
A man who works beyond the sur
face of things, though he may be wrong