Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-05
DORA'S LESSON.
Summer 5 come
Inter Ocean
BY PERCY TAYLOR.

Dora Senterdine was right quite
right. Sac knew she was, or she Gers
tainly would not have kept on repeat
ing that declaration over and over to
herself, as the cars bore her swiftly
along on her solitary journey.
OF course she was right. She had
only showed a proper spirit in doing
as she had, and any one who knew
the circumstances would uphold her
in her course. She was not a child to
be ordered about and be kept in lead
ing strings. and she had endured it
long enough. 1t would do Roger good
(strange what q choking came to her
throat as she thought of him now tAat
the distance between them was grow
ing momentarily greater) it would DO
him good to see that she was determln
ed and able TO assert her Own lndivld-
uality and will about something. She
had submitted quietly far too long ale
ready, and he would see now that She
meant to do so no longer.
How fast the train was going She
wondered how many miles an hour it
was making. If Roger were with her
he would be able 10 tell her, for he was
always able and willing to answer her
many questions, but Roger was not
here. On the contrary Roger was far
behind, and she was here alone for the
express purpose Of leaving him far be-
hind
She looked at her watch With q
weary little sigh. Ten minutes of
two. She had been on her way two
hours already. Surprising, by any
accident Roger had come home from
the Office early, and found her note
upon the dressing table IN his room.
She wondered if he would telegraph
after her, and then dismissed the
thought with a SCOrnful little smile.
He would be TOO proud and too angry
to do that, she knew; he would SIM
ply let ner go her own way in silence
and would send no weird, and stretch
forth no hand, 10 bring her back.
And il was better so. She had cnos-
her own course, not deliberately il
was true, for she had taken this step
Ia q fit OF anger, but taken 1t was.
and now she would go straight ahead
and take the consequences.
They would be glad TO see her at
home she knew They had been arg
ing 9er 10 visit them for long time,
and she knew that they would wei
come her gladly. She vas little uH-
certain how they would feel when
they learned that she had given uI
the experiment Ct married life and
come home to stay, Her mother sure
ly would uphold her, for it was hei
mothers uuwise and unreas0Hing in
diligence which was chiefly to blame
for the fac; that her pretty daughter
Dora had grown TO years of woman
hood with the impetuous, Ill. discipllu
ed disposition of spoiled child. He
mother would surely take her side o
the question, bat her father--
Dora drew her cloak around her
little more closely, and looked d.cd
edly uncomfortable, as she thought o
the grave, kiudly-eyed man who's
friend Roger Senteraiue had beer
long before he was his daughter
husband.
Her father would look at the mat
ter very differently she knew; he wa
a man always. and he was just mar
AWAY ,, auO nc NbutN want W NhHNi
stand the affair thoroughly before h
decided in favor Of either, but still
Dora had confidence enough in he
own powers Of cajolery to feel quit
sure that even though her fathe
might not thoroughly irdorse he
conduct he would Aot openly blam
or reproach her, ana that he most Ger
tainly would never make her feel il
any way that she was no, as welcom
and as well beloved, As in the glrlisi
days before she left his home for on
OF her own.
Her own home How proud anC
happy Dora had been IN those frs
days before the novelty OF being sol
mistress Of the pretty house whlcl
Roger had bought and furnished $