Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

the best thing that could happen. No
one could see Dolly and doubt that this
was the only man she had loved. His
calm, intense character impressed her,
his great talents awei her, and her
pretty innocent pride in her
manly lover. her meekness and quiet
ness, were most promising symptoms Of
happiness in her married life.
Dear mother was 30 serenely happy,
/ was very fond of my new brother: he
was such power for good and peace
in our home that we never had been so
contented before. Frank wrote freely
to Us. manly. patient letters, full of un-
selfish interest in all around him. His
| sorrow had sweetened. not embittered,
| his character He had set himself to
alleviate his anguish by doing good,
and his first act on reaching his desti-
/ nation hail been to use his keen COM
mcrcial gifts for the welSre of the
widow and children of an officer of the
army, aud. at the cost of time, talent
| and energy. TO rescue her small fortune
from unsafe hands and invest il profit
/ ably. His letters were filled with SINH
lar incidents. naturally and simply told,
and our affection increased for this
truly brave man.
Dolly's gOdmother took it into her
head that 1t was her godchild's duty to
| pay her n farewell visit before her mar
rage. Though, rs she had never troub-
| led herself much about us, we were
rather startled at this demand; we all
thought il would be best TO accept the
Invita- on-for my sister was not look
ing well land il was settled that she
should 60 and spend n month with the
old lady in her lovely north country
home Mr.. Dacre was pressed To go as
often rs his professional engagements
would permit; so Dolly left Us in pretty
good spirits. in charge of the elderly
/ servant who was our substitute for a
regular ladies'-maid.
She wrote 10 tell US how she was en-
/ ioying the repOse and beauty of tho
country. MIR. Dacre had managed to
| run down from Saturday till Monday at
the end of the first week. and had, of
course. made n great impression, but
was afraid he could not come again-a
long case vas pending ut Westminster.
The letter which followed this give in
is integrity:
HtGuw1pp. July 9.-DEAREsT kitty. I
hope you will got this in time 90 send my hat
| A
/ Tor n ght visit e. Lady Milliccnt North. Such
n charming woman-a widow about twenty
cigdt years Oid. She persuaded Mrs. LLOYD TO
| let her have me for week or two: and as
her dHuEnteriu-luw. n conf -med invalid
was coming To- spend just that time with her
my godWUthcr WIS glad TO get me out of the
/ way, know. ] can't write mt ch. for the post
/ lc1vCs here at eight. and we drop our latest
/ letters INTO the hall box as W. gO into dinner
cNpc the gong every mifutc. This place
| u lovely and the new Bnrutot--Sir Charles
i III
DOLLY.
felt uneasy concerning this letter
| was sorry Dolly should have left her
| godmOtter's quiet home to visit n CAV
/ Young widow Just as she was SOLDERING
down and growing such n thoughtful
little love. 10 might unsettle her again
To pass a fortnight in "a country-house
with fascinating Baronet. and knew
Jack Dacre would never permit. never
| pardon, the smallest suspicion of firt-
/ ing. lie had pardOned her detection in
I Franks case, tor Frank himself had
/ pleaded ciOmcntly, saying that she was
! very young, So naturally aaectionate.
/ But mamma and felt sure that not for
one hour would he permit the slightest
approach To disloyalty to his deep
tenderness for his girlish betrothed.
Neither her youth. her love of fun. nor
her merry heart would plead one atom
, in her favor; so | read this letter with n
heavy heart. My answer was rs fol-
! lows:
DEAREST Dolby: Your letter reached me
/ IN time to have the box sent to Highwood.
You will receive 10 soon after this reaches
/ you. Write very fully. for your letter was
| tnutnlzinR. Send me "a full description OF
every one. for you have reused my curiosity
Rs "a ''Sir Charles" who is "thc dearest-''
The rest of my letter contained home
news. and / need not transcribe il.
But Dolly's answer l will transcribe -
''Iou ask me for n description of
every body. darling. Lady Millicent is
/ very beautiful, very clever. and de-
yO,edly attached to this Sir Charles;
but feel sure her heart is buried in the
grave of her noble husband. send her
Z photo. so need waste no words in de-
scrb.ng her.
"Sir charles Ia very fascinating. though I
Tear 10y dC-CrirtiOn my not pred sposc you
~ hi' favo'; but you beg me IA be particular.
\ W" o. shp. aud scout, hns very fine head,
\ Tut rather thin light hair. fine eyes, good
/ ut"uth b u no. much OF n nose-in fact, IL Is
I uli tip-Vcry nice hands and feet. H. t. 4
. be icv, ~ talented, but does not employ
\ hts { 4. seldom talks, never reads. l. little
/ fond ot eating. In spite Of these drawbacks.
b h l. very charming. and al the girls far AN /
/ near make a great zeal OF hin. Of course,
\ he D. r.ch. H. likes Lady Miiliccnt 10 live in
/ tue house. She has complete iniiuenc, over
/ HIM
was much relieved after reading this
letter. ieit SD easy in my mind that
told Dolly how feared for her.
"But, | wrote. "of course YOU never
could really admire fat little man,
who ncveR reads or talks. and with n
nose all tip, and who cares for nothing
but eating
II turned out that the most unfortu-
nate that | could have done was To- con-
/ fc~s nv fears % my provoking sister.
! She answered me 10y vchemently de-
I ClariDg that Sir Charles was the most
I lovable fellow she had met for a long
/ time. aud really was so excited that i
/ posted a letter At once.
You distress mo- Dolly. you know Mr..
Dacre would novcr forgive you II he saw
\ oh. pray do think before you madly risk the
/ loss ~ hls love, for that viii follow the very
hour he los IDS high opinion OF youi"
This Is how Dolly answered my ten
der appeal; =
What occurring little thing you are ret
/ ting, Kitty 4 am very much attached 70 Sir
Chuics: and. n Jack + ever so angry. I can't
bc.ph" ..
Thus fllppantly the letter ran on.
was really angry aud distressed. but
resolved to try no more lectures; they
clearly made matters worse. So, the
next time wrote, gavc full descrip-
ton of a day we had spent in court.
hearing Mr.. Dacre plead. described
his dgniiied appearance. his easy,
graceful gestures-above all, dwelt on
the beauty of his nose.
Dolly answered.:
| such an idol of u nose!''
And then she continued. rs usual,
about Sic Charles. rs
Meanwhile Mr.. .Dacre seemed quite
happy. and said he had his daily letters
from Dolly as regularly as when she was
with Mrs. Lloyd. Was my beloved sis
ter growing dcceitful? anWN-
kept all this from my mother; but
grew more and more wretched over
Il M"R"H LM.MA