Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-07-15

l NlllN Just a. tut va, -ooctink eo"n e.'
growing such ,hough,fal little love. !,
might unse,,le her again to pass fort
nigh, in the eoan,ryhouse with fAscina.
ting Baronet and | knew Jack Dacrs
would never permit, never pardon the
smalle., suspicion Of flirting. lie had
pardoned her detection in Franks case,
for Prank himself had pleaded eloquen,ly,
saying ,ha, she was 30 very young, %
naturally afeciionA,e. Bat mamma and
| fclt sure that no, for one hour would
be permi, the slighes, approach 10 dis
loyalty 70 his deep tenderness for his
girlish bsfothed. Neither her youth.
her love Of fun, nor her merry hear,
woald plead one atom in her fAvor 80 ]
read ,hi. letter with heavy heart. My
answer was As follows
Dearest Dolly.-lour letter reached
me In time 10 have the box sent 10 High
wood You will receive 10 sOcn aner this
reaches you. Write very fully, for your
letter was tAntaiiIlng. send me fall de.
scrlptlon OF every one, for you have roused
my curiosity A. 20 sir Charles who u
/ 'the dearest
The rest Of my letter con,Aiaed home
news. and need not transcrite it. Bat
n1lly's ausw,r will transcrbe--
"Yoa ask me foF description Of every
boly. duliag Lsdy Milheea, !. very
beautiful. very clever, and devo,edly al
taehed % this Sir Charles ba, ! feel sure
her hear, !. buried Ia the grave q hef
noble husband send her photo, %
need waste NJ words in describing her
"Slf Charles is very fascinating. though
I fear my description may not prediPose
you 10 hi. favor bu, yoa beg me 10 b.
particular lie u .hor, and stout. has a
very foe bead. bat rather thin hshi hair,
fae eyes. cool mouth. bat no, much Of a
no.e-in iAc'. ii i all up very nice
hand. and feet IL j.. | believe, very
talented. bat doc. not employ hi. gifts.
seldom talks. nsvef roads. !. little fond
of eating. Ia spite of these dra sbaeks
be j. ,ery charming, and all the girls iar
anl near make a grca, deal o. him OF
course he Is rich Tie likes Lady MILF
cent % live in the house She has COM
p,cic inaa, nc oUr him.
wAs much relieved after fcAd,ng
this letter fcl, 30 easy Ia my mind
tha, ,o'l Dolly how ! hai feared iof
hcr
"Bai. ! wrote. "of course yoa never
eoall really admire "a, little man. who
never rcais OF talks. and with hose all
i.p. and who cares ior nothing but eat.
ing"
n tanned out thA, the mosi uui0f,a.
nate thing could have done was 20 con-
f,,s my fears % my provoking sister. She
an.wered me by vehemen,ly declaring
that SIR Charlie. wAs the mosi loyeAble
fellow she bad me, for long time. and
really was 80 excited that posted let
GO o. her a. once.
'Nou distress me. Dolly. You know
MI Dacrc would never forgive you Il be
saw your Letters. hide them even from
mother OBJ. pray DO think before you
madly f.sk the loss Of biz love. for that
vii iollow the very hour he loses bis high
opinion oi you ~
This !. how Dolly answered my tender
appeal
"Whai q lec,iring little thing you are
getting. Kitty am very much attached
% Sir Charles And. II Jack Is ever 20
angry. can't help Il.
Thus aippanily the letter ran oa.
va. really angfy and distressed, bat
resolved o. iry 40 more Lectures they
clearly made matters worse. So. the
neat time wrote. gave fall descnP-
tion % a day we had spsn, 10 court, hear
ins NJ Dasrc plead. | described hi.
dignlGcl appearances. his easy graceful
gestures above al. dSelt on the beau.
iy Of bis nose.
Dolly answered
II an quite shocked q, you, Kitty, 20
make such an idol of a nose -
And then she continued, as usual, about
Sir Charles.
Meanwhile Mr.. DAcre seemed quite
happy, Aal slii he had his daily letters
from Dolly regularly as when she was
with Mfs Lloyd Was my beloved sis
ter growing deceiiial' :
/ kept al this from my m0eher bat !
grew more aud more wrs,ehed over Dol
Is letters. A picnic would be glorious,
for Sir Charles was going. She had spent
the whole morning quietly with Sir
Charles" Oace he was indi,possi. and
she had "nursed him. played for him,
sung Coz him"
Well. could DO nothing more. ! re-
solved 10 say not another word abou,
him 10 any oas else. | began 10 dislik
the very sound Of his name, or rather the
sight Of !, and. when Dolly declared |
should ike him As much as eyerv one
else did. made up my mind ,hA, ! hat
cd him wrote one more tender appeal,
which said was my last.
Every Tuesday mother aud had Doll
ly's letters, bu, one 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 il be
that you have not received I, ,"
Mistakes by the pos, Office are 50 rare,
we could bu, suppose she had omitted to
pos, Il. by the next delivery, however,
/ / received letter from Mr. Daere, con-
tanning an inelOsure which turned Ou, TO
be letter to me from Dolly. A few lines
from him ran thus
Dear Kitty IL had read too much oi
/ the enclosed before discovered the mis-.
/ take n you receive letter from Dolly be-
| fore this reaches you, you will have discoy-
cred she has mis- sent the letters. shall run
down 70 Highwood without loss OF time "
| had no, received any letter then, but
by the second country delivery came one
directed 10 Jack al once The letter he
had read began thus;
IAN you say Is useless, my darling. |
love Sir Charles deyotedly, he has this day
declared he loves me. You ask me, Does
/ he know | am engagedi l told him gen
tleman was coming 10 see me; but he
seemed little concerned Al this piece OF in-
formation"
SO far Mr. DAcre had read, and the
mine was sprung.