Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1886-11-05
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FORGIVEN.

W hen | was Young fellow | liveC
on fathers farm down there in Con
nectlcnt. You've seen the place. The
church was near the tavern, and be-
hind tie church was the parsonage
and there lived Dominic Wheeler and
his daughter Do ". On Saturday, al
ter | had my supper, | used to dres;
myself and tell nv mother that
meant 10 call on Dominic Wheeler's
folks. Mother general V answered tha,
| couldn't do better, that the dominic
conversation was sure to be improving
and that Doll was not "hitytity, like
some gals she could mention"
Father would add: And a pretty
little critter. TOO And armed with
parental authority would go to the
parsonage.
1t was good time to go, for the
sermon had TO be finished, as general
thing on that evening, and Dolly and
| bad delightful long talks in tho {
solitary moments, and one evening |
proposed to Dolly and she accepted
me. The domInlc gave US his bless
ing, father and mother said they could
not have chosen daughter. in law to
suit them better. aud all they asked
was that We should wait IA little while.
My daughter is not Il years yet,
said the dominic. Iou must not be
IN Il hurry II take her from me-
Wait two wears and YOU will be
three and twenty, aud I'll give you
the river farm and build you a house, y
said father.
Our course of true love seemed to
be running very smooth indeed, and |
would have staked my life and soul, a
pretty heavy stake, on my constancy,
bat comr how, think Satan thought
We were too happy, and laid trap for
me.
DR.. Robins widow, managing wo.
man with big house, WAS in the hab-
1t of taking summer boarders, and ev.
cry year lot cf city strangers wan
dered about the place from June to
September.
Wen DJlly and | had Teen engaged
atout year and half, the widow
had thirty boarders in her house. and
Ike and Edwin and all the male help
slept in the barn.
There was one young lady there, a
Miss Sallie Gray, so pretty that every
one who saw her was talking of her.
And | was introduced to her. Some
women have a way of making u man
act against his better judgment She
was one OF them. did not mtan to
tlirt with her, but did. | did not
mean to meet her in shady lanes, and
the quiet wood paths, but we met.
She knew suppose Ike Robins had
told herr about my engagement, and
she teast-L me about being afraid of my
sweetheart.
Such good, prlm little thing
she would say. lis she dreadfully
shocked at me? Does she think am
a fllrt: Do she pray fo- me in
meetings
| fe!t angry, but yet was piqued
into proving myself free to do AS |
llkei. At II little evening" party, to
which We were asked, | danced five
dances with her, aud when, at last my
conscience smote me, and | went to
look for Dolly, | found she had gone
home.
''She said her pa wanted her," said
Mrs. Robins; "but | tell you plainly,
James Gardner, | don't believe 1t and
for my part don't see what people
can find to admire in that impudent
New York girl. If my lilly behaved
like her, Id shut her up on bread and
water until she reformed'
| hurried away. but the parsonage
was shut up when | got there, and
spent an hour walking up and down
before the house staring at the dar k
windows.
The time seemed very long until the
next evening, and | weht over to the
parsonage very early; but Dolly was
not there.
"She's gone to spend the evening
somew here" j" said the dominic, kindly.
suppose she forgot to leave word for
you to come for her. She isn't very
we'll, either; a cold suppose. | know
| generally caught cold at "a party
when | was young and attended such
entertainments. hope she'll be care
full. Her poor mother died of con-
sumption.
My heart gave "a great leap.
l thought of Dolly i'll, dying, even
dend and I went ont into tho E;toho,