Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-05-25


saving. as he clasped her little
hand, his kindly eyes beamlng
good.naturedlS upon her; "Anntie
is quite of the same mind, so you
see you.have only to gracefully ac-
ouiesce and I shall think You the
dearest, best professor ever knew"
Patter, patter fell the rain'drops,
and Dolly glanced ruefully al her
lawn dress, so spotless in ita fresh
ness. Then she explained rather
pettishly it must be confessed;
"Mercy! There's that horrid old
umbrella again. The next moment
known voice had accosted
her with:
"This is an unexpected pleasure,
Miss DnttOn ?"
"Mr. StuartU calculated Dolly,
glancing aghast at the antIquated
umbrella.
"Well, it is rather an ancient af.
fair,D remarked he gravely, his
glance following hers, "Dut its
stout old covering has saYed me
many n wetting. Don't you think
Won would be drier under itW
Without a word Dolly took Mr..
Stuart's profered arm and walked
demurely along at his side to the
shelter of a shed, where he propos'
ed that they should wait until the
shower was over, as it was raining
quite heavily.
"Miss Dutton," he began, smil-
ing at the little figure beside him,
81 have good news to tell"
eyes," she answered, rather tim
idly
"What would you say if told
YOU that some good fairy has placed
at my disposal the sum of five hun
dred dollars, to purchase a prac.
tice.r
"Vhy! who could it bei0 she
murmured, without once glanclng
in his direction.
"Well, to tell the truth, | sus-
pect'-here a half-trightened look
gathered IN Dolly's eyes, but died
slowly away as he added-"Proies-
sor Dorland. In fact, when | ac-
cused him of it, he looked so con-
fused that any lingering doubt !
might have had disappeared"
"And-and you will use itT'
stammered Dolly.
eyes, from such a man as the
professor I can accept favor. lie
has been my friend for years. a
debt to HIM loses its sting, and
know can repay him IN the fu-
ture. God bless his kindness, for
now | can speak the words that ]
have so longed to do. Miss Dut'
ton, Dolly-my darling! | love
you very dearly, can dare
hope, that when / have a homo
fitting tor you, that ! may return
to claim the love of my wifeP
"Oh, Jack :" was the sobbIng re-
plv, as Dolly bowed her head upon
his arm, 81 don't want any home
love you just the same without
And so beneath "that dreadful
umbrella" Dolly listened to loves
sweet tale, utterly obivious to the
fact that her future husbands trOws
ers were carefully turned Hp at the
bottoms. No wonder love is repre-
sented blind.
Three years have passed since
that, and Dolly is now a happy
wife, and auntie's heart rejOlces il
the fact that she is great aunt to {
wee Dorothy. John has paid bach
the five hundred, but is still una
ware that it was to Dolly's gener
GUS thoughtfulness that he oweC
his lucrative practice, although
Professor DOrland threatens to in
form him ere long. In Dolly'l
pretty home perhaps there is NJ
article she prizes more highly thai
an antiquated umbrella, for, sale
she to Jack:
"It was under it, you know, tina
you asked me to be your wife, an'
| wouldn't have anything happeI
to it for a good deal.'
And what was Jacks reply, you
want to know. Well, really now
Dolly never told me, but | have
strong suspicion that he took hi
loving little wife in his arms anC