The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04

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1t turned out that the most unfortun-
ate thing L could have done was to con-
fess my fears to my provoking sister.
She answered me vohemently declaring
that Sir Charles was the most lovable
fellow she had met for a long time, and
really was so excited that l posted q let
ter TO her at once.
"Yo1 distress me, Dolly. You know
Nh. Uacre would never forgive you If
he saw your letters. l hide then even
from mother. Oh, pray do think before
you madly risk the loss of his love, for
that will follow the very hour he loses
his high opinion of your
This is how Dollie answered my
tender appeal:
What a lecturing little thing you
are getting, Kitty! I am very much
attached to Sir Charles; and, if Jack is
ever so angry, I can't help IT,"
Thus fippantly the letter ran on:
/ was really angry and distressed, but
resolved to try no more lectures; they
clearly made matters worse. So, the
next time, 1 gave a full description of a
day we had spent in court, hearing Mr..
Dacre plead. l described his digniied
appearance, his easy, graceful gestures
above all, I dwelt on the beauty OF
his nose.
Dolly answered.
II am quite shocked at you, Kitty, to
make such an idol of a noser
And then she continued, as usual,
about Sir Charles.
Meanwhile Mr.. Dacre seemed quite
happy, and said he had his daily letters
from Dolly as regularly as when she
was with Mrs. Lloyd. Vas my be-
loved sister growing deceitful?
[ kept all this from my mother; but
I grew more and more wretched over
Dolly's letters. A picnic would be "glo-
rious,, for Sir Charles was going. She
had spent the whole morning, quietly
with Sir Charles" Once he was indis-
posed, and she had ''nursed him, played
for him, sung to him"
Well, L could do nothing nor Ire
solved to say not another WORD about
him to any one else. / began to dislike
the very sound of his name, or rather
the sight of it; and, when Dolly declared
/ should like him as much as every one
else did, / made up my mind that l
hated him. l wrote n more tender
appeal, which / said was my last.
Every Tuesday mother and / had
Dolly's letters, but N day there was
none by my breakfast plate as usual.
Mother read hers.
Dolly says she has written to you,"
she observed presently. "How can it
be that you have not received it?"
Mistakes Of the postofice are so rare,
we could not but suppose she had omit
ted to post it. BY the next delivery,
however, / received a letter from Mr..
Dacre. containing an enclosure which
turned out to be a letter to me from
Dolly. A few lines from him ran thus:
DEAL KITTY had read too muchof the
inclosed before i discovered the mistake. If
you receive 4 letter from Dolly before this
reaches you, you will have discovered she has
missent the letters. / shall run down to High
wood without loss of time.
/ had not received any letter then,
but By the second country delivery
came one directed to Jack at once. The
letter he had read began thus:
'Al you say is useless, my darling. / love
Sir Charles deyotedly, and ne has this day de-
clared he loves me. You ask me, Does he
know I am engaged! told him a gentleman
was coming to see me; bat he seemedlittle con-
cerned at this piece of information
So far Mr. Dacre had read and the
mine was sprung.
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despairing, into an easy chair. / was
resolved to hide from my mother till
Mr.. Dacre had seen Dolly. / hunted
up Bradshaw, and found that q train
started about four o'clock that would
convey me to Highwood by 1850. If
Dolly wrote me at once / should get
her letter by Thursday; but of course /
should hear from Jack on Wednesday.
i dreaded every ring, every postman's
knock. ALI day Wednesday passed and
no letter arrived from my sister and
her lover
On Thursday morning / ran down
when / heard the usual welcome sound.
On the table lay a thick letter addressed
in Dolly's handwriting. / ran up to
and gave her the one I found in
closed in it for her; then / sat down to
read mine, after certifying myself with
a cup Of coffee. I must give every word
of it:
lyon areJwell aware that q catastro-
phe has happened throughmy Needless
ness. The best thing will be for me to
describe fully the whole consequences
OF that misfortune, On our returnsfrom
the garden party on Tuesday found a
telegram awaiting me from Jack-sShall
be with You by 7:55. OF course this
awoke no fear in my mind, for + knew
Jack might run down at any moment
the trains permit. Lady Milicent sent
me off at once TO be dressed by her ar
tist-maid. What she made of me you
must have seen me to believe, Kitty. I
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