Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-01-08

the y0ush could not have known her and
as she and Colonel Butler laughed over
the incident she said she thought 1t was
Just punishment ON her for some pro-
vinoial prejudices she had long cherished
herseli against Boston. The reception
ended as the bride and groom drove of
amidst shower Of rice and scattering
Of old shoes, throwing the latter being
custom probably kept up through the
malice Of the male sex to show how
awkward the most beautiful and graceful
women can be made to appear on the very
occasion when the gentlest sex is most
powerful, by the attempt to throw any
thing.
The most cordial and easy relations
were now established between Lutte and
the colonel, and 1t seemed the natural
thing that he should wait over another
day till Mrs, Knox, with whom Lntis was
going on TO New York was ready to start.
he also called on Lutte quite frequently
in New York during the next two months
and he preserved his manner adopted in
Boston 30 perfectly that Lutte sometimes
wondered II she had merely dreamed
that scene In whioa he had 80 passion.
ately declared his love for her. Without
dwelling much on this thought she was
delighted with his present manner and
attitude. Probably old men forget
sooner, she thought, q ref sction which
had he known II would have given posi-
tive torture to the colonel who forgetting
nothing and more In love than ever was
simply playing his part till, Frank
Broughton once married and out Of
the way, he should finally win the prize
he sought, as It is entirely possible he
would have done had Broughton been
"onoe married and ont Of the way"
Happily for the gallant colonel, perhaps,
he was never to solve the problem, for,
after ons Of his most pleasant visits to
Nav York, as he walked along Pennsyl-
van.s avenue in Washington one day he
slipped on an orange peel and the violent
wrench he gave himself in avoiding fall
caused him sgonizlng pain. he had
merely strength to call cab and name
his hotel and almost by the time he was
carried into 1t he was dead, A physioinn
summoned in haste declared that an old
wound had suddenly been reopened and
the colonel had died OF internal hemor-
rhage. There was no time for messages,
none for farewells. The man who had
dear friends In q dozen states died sur
rounded by strangers. The brave soldier
who had passed through the perils of q
score Of battles lay dead, slain probably
by the careless hand OF some thoushtless
boy. But he died filed with q fond
though baseless hope that brought him
happiness, and the failure OF which
would have brought him sorrow had he
lived. Who shall say whether or not
he was unfortunate In the petty accident
that in the midst Of peace struck him
down rs suddenly IS bullet or shell on
the battle field would have donef
The news Of the colonel's death reached
Lutte Cults through the morning paper
at breakfast next day and the shock was
sevsSe one and her grief great and un-
concealed. He had become one Of the
dearest Of her friends and she mourned
him sincerely, but hers was not the
bitterest Of ali grief, that endured In
silence, and she talked freely to her
friends of his loving kindness to her dur
ing the many years that she had known
him, frequently as almost member Of
their family and her father's most init.
mate companion. 80 perfect had been
the oolonel's assumption Of the character
he had assigned to himself that the people
with whom Lutte WAS then staying had
no suspicion that he had ever aspired to
q nearer and dearer title than that of
friend, and though they sympathizsd
with her grief and accounted 1t quite
natural they strenuously .resisted Lutie's
proposal TO 90 home, and finally prevailed
on her to abandon it. Lutte refused,
however, to continue in the round OF
gAieties in which she had bsen plunged,
and as her grief became softened by time
her dead friend and lover became q
sacred memory to her aud his character
a d conduct furnished her standards by
which TO judge other men-rarely to the
advantage Of others.
Meanwhile affairs were not standing
still in ToHgueOteague. Despite the
smount OF swearing in which old Tom
found II necessary to indulge to relieve
his indignant feelings concerning the
march OF events at Washington and the
''oowardice and double shuffllng," as he
declared 1t OF "that d. old clam in New
York whose mouth nobody seemed able
| TO prizs open," he was not negleosful Of
| the building operations he was superiu-
| tending. Both housss had been rooted
| in before the November rains began and
| thus work had gone on inside during the
winter and both were rapidly approach.
ing completion before spring opened
Barlow's original intention had been TO
erect frame house, but old Tom opposed
the idea 30 strenuously that the young
man had finally yielded his own judg.
ment and used brick at considerably
greater coat, somewhat agAinst his wishes
The house promised to be really charm
ing home, however, and Katie was so de-
lighted that she drove down frequently
to look at it and to take ianumeTable
measurements as she intended to have II
completely furnished aud ready for ocou-
patton before her wedding day. Barlow
was occupied ouos more with his academy
till the Christmas holiday when he sur.
rendered 1t to the principal OF one Of the
Wilmington public schools who had be-
come its purchaser. ThenoeioIth Barlow
was as frequent an inspector Of operations
at the house as Katie had been and the
two got all possible joy out Of that idea
occupation for lovers, building home,
and they naturally looked forward with
delight to the rapidly approaching time
when they would occupy 1t and receive
their friends there.
At the same time old Toms house had
undergone a perfect transformation under
MRrgRret's energetic direction and th'
old gentleman while looking on ant
even assisting In the direction frequently
declared his fear "that Maggie with hel
New York notions would make the plao
, 80 d. fine'' that he would have to fix nj
ga settin' room" for himself In the barn
. Despite his growing, however, he wa
secretly delighted with the idea that l
| would be "as fine . place as Rensellae
and . d. sight more comfortable" N
! effort was made to have 1t complete in al
J it's parts in time for KAtie's weddin
; which was to take place early in April
T Tom was right In saying that the plao
r was % handsome as Rensselaer,. II wa
r more so. The old stone house had bee
0 left standing In its entirety, but tn
. frame kitchen and the brick middl
q building had been swept away and . ne'
a stone building had taken their plac
J, adjoining the original one. In this ne
II building Was the hall, the new psrlor an
v dining room and to the rear the ne
q kitchen. The old house was thus n
It lieved OF all passage and stairways an
" offered ample room for . good aize
% library with = small room back Of 1t d
" signed by Margaret for any literary woI
Il she might still do and also as stud
room for young Tom, who was no
d attending Mr.. BArlow's academy whe
ia his mother hoped might remain und
10 the new management till the time can
.e for him to enter college. The psrlos
le the new portion was a fine large roo
is and II communicated with the diniI
L room by large sliding doors. 1t was VIII,
O. the family moved into this portion Of q
IN house 10 let work begin on the old bull