The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-29

fare OF the widow and children OF an officer
OF the army. and. at the cost Of tins, talent
and energy 20 rescue her small fortune from
unsafe hands and invest 1t profitsbly. Hi
letters were filed with similar incidents.
naturally and simply told, and our affection
increased for this truly brave man.
Dolly's grandmother took 10 into her head
that 1t Was her grandchild's duty 70 pay her
a farewell visit before marriage. Though, as
she never troubled herself much about Us,
We were rather startled at this demand; We
all thought 10 would be best To accept this in
vilation-for nv sier was not looking we'll
and IL was settled that she should go and
spend a month with the old lady Ia her
lovely north country home. Mr.. Dacrs was
pressed to go often as his professional en-
gspements wonld permit; SO Dolly left rs Ia
pretty good spirits in charge of the elderly
servant who was our substitute for = regular
ladies' maid.
she wrote to tell US how she was enjoying
the repose aud beauty of the country. Mr..
Dscre hsd mansged TO run down from Sat
urday till Monday at the end of tbs frst
week. and bad of course made a great i'm
preston, but was afraid he could not come
sgain-a long case was pending at Westmin-
ster. The letter which followed this l give
in its entirety:
HOLLYWOOD, jury 2O.-DEAREsr KITTY: I hope
you will ge: this in time 10 send my hat here in
stead of to grandmamma's- L am on a fOrtnights
visit to Lady Hilicent North. such Charming
woman-a widow about twenty-elght years old.
She persuaded Mrs; Lloyd to LET her have me Tor
frmed invalid, was coming to spend just that
time with her, my grandmother was CAD TO get
0 4Ts O6 the svss Snd 'S we fo
cur letters In the .hallb0x as we go to dinner.
expect the gong every minute Tn palace rs Is
dearest-The gong. Your own,
felt uneasy concerning this letter. was
sorry Dolly should have left her god.moth.
| er's quiet home just as she was SOLDERING down
| and growing such a thoughtful little love. Ii
| might unsettle her sgsin to pass a fortnight
| in a country home with fasciD ating baro
| net; and knew Jack Dacre would never
! permit, never pardon, the smallest suspicion
| of flirting. He had pardoned her detection
| in Franks case. but Frank himself had
| pleaded eloouentlv saying that she was very
| young, so naturally sffectionate. But mann
ma and felt sure that not FOR an hour would
| he permit the slightest approach TO disloyal
~ 10 his deep tenderness for his girlsh be.
| tIothed. Neither her youth, her love of fun,
| in her iavor; so read hisletter with 3 heavy
heart My answer was as follows:
| DEAREST DoILY-Your letter reached me in
| time 10 have the box sent to HighwoOd. You VIII
receive il soon after this reaches you. Write very
| fully. for your letter tantsizing. Sent me a
fuil description of every one for you have reused
my curiosity; AS 10 St. Charles, VINO Is THE dear
| est
news, and need not tTsnscrIOe it. Bat
| Dolly's answer l will trsnscribe
You ask me for description OF every
body, darling. Lady Millioent is very beau
tiful very clever, and deVotsdy attached to
this Sir CHARLES; but feel sure hsr heart is
buried in the grave of her devoted husband
| | send her photograph, so need no words ia
describing DER.
Sir Charles IS very fascinating, though |
fes- my description may not predispose you
| in his favor; but you peg me 70 bs psrticu.
lar. He is short and stont, has a very fine
head, but rather thin, light hair: fine eyes,
| coed mouth. but not much of Doss-in
fact ii is al tip-very nice hands aud feet.
He is, / believe. very talented bat does no:
employ bIs gifts; seldom talks never reads,
is little fond of eating. La spits OF these
| drawbacks ne is very charming, snd all tbs
girls far ard near make great deal of him.
OF course be is rich. He likes Lady Mill.
| cent 10 live in the house. She has complete
| IN f1uence over him."
was much relieved after reading this let.
ter: felt so easy in my mind that L told
Dolly how / had feared for her.
but" wrote, ''of course you never could
admire fat little man, who never reads OF
| talks, and with nose all tip, and who cares
for nothing but eating"
1t turned out that the most unfortunate
thing | could have done was to express my
fears TO my provoking sister. She answered
me vehemently declaring that Sir Charlie:
was the most lovable fellow she had met FOL
| long time. and really was so excited that
posted letter to her at once.
You distress me, Dolly. You know Mr.
Dscre would never forgive you il he saw
| your letters hide them even from mother
Oh, pray do think before you madly risk the
loss of his love, for that will follow the very
hour ne loses his high opionion OF You"
This is how Dolly answered my tender ap
| peal:
What lecturiDg little thing you are get
ting Kitty / am very much attached Il
Sir Chsrles. and il Jack is ever SO angry,
| can't help it"
Thus flippantly the letter ran on.
| was really angry and distressed, but re
solved to try no more lectures; they clearly
made matters worse. So the next time,
| gave q full description OF day we had spen
in court. hearing Mr.. Dscre plead. de
scrihed his dignifed appearance, his easy
graceful gesturts-above all, dwelt on tn
beauty of his nose.
Dolly answered.
81 am quite shocked at you Kitty, /,
make such an idol of a man"
And then she continued, as usual, abou
Sir Charles.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Dacre seemed quit
hsppy. and said be had daily letters from
Dolly as regularly when she was will
Mrs. LLOYD. Was my beloved sister growing
deceitful?
We'll, / could dc nothing more. resolved
to say lot another word about Sir Charles I,
| any one else. 7 began to dislike the yer,
sound of his name, or, rather the sight 0
it; and, when Dolly declared I should lik
him as much as every one else did l mad
up my mind that | hated him. | wrote on
more tender appeal, which l said was IN,
last.
Every Tuesday mother and l had Dolly
letters, but one day there none by m,
breakfast plate as usual. Mother read he's
Dolly says she hss written TO you,n sh
observed presently "How can it be tina
you have not received?n
Mistakes OF the postoffice are so rare v
could but suppose shs had omitted to post il
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