Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-12-27
A Lesson to Lovers.


heard" said young Dr. Newberry
grsvely, 1.-The great bane of the happi-
ness of lovers whether engaged or
married, is lack of perfect frankness
and confidence between them. Should
any thing arise TO excite doubt or jeal.
ousy in either party. an explanation
should be at once sought and given,
and thus frequently much trouble and
unhappiness be avoided"
81 perfectly agree with YOU" re.
piled Josie Chase. looking up brightly.
''And so there will never he any dan
ger of our misunderstanding each 9TH
er. will there!'
II hope not, darling" he replied.
And then there was some little
ccstatic demonstration. such as youth
full lovers are privileged to indulge in
when alone.
They had been bat three days en-
gagged. and had known each other not
quite three months-Only since the
young doctor bad come to Woodleigh
TO commence practice.
Josie was the belle of the town, aud
it had not been without Il struggle that
the Dung doctor had won her in face
of richer and, as some people consid-
cred. more desirable sutors.
She was very pretty and clever, and
full of warm-hearted and generous i'm.
pulses, and also, if the DOCTORS land
lady was TO be credited. somewhat
fond of having her own way.
Seeing she's an only child" said
Mrs. Larrimer, who had five grown
daughters of her own, "she's we'll nigh
spoiled TO death. Her ma lets her
have her own way, and though her pa
sometimes worries about her odd do
ings, she generally manages to bring
him round IN the end.
"She such flirtp' exclaimed Miss
Blossom Larrimer, who. though tho
eldest of the cluster of five sisters. still
langushed ungathered upon the par
ent stem. why l couldn't tell the
men she has led on to propose, aud
then discarded. It's dreadfuly heart
= less and cruel" she added with
sympathetic sigh.
'Oh, Won had better leave the Doc
tor TO find out all that for himself"
giggled Miss Gay, the youngest of the
five. "Only Doctor. you mustn't
blame us for letting you he caught in
mau.trap. We've warned you. He,
he!
The last one," said Mrs. Larrimer,
solemnly, "was that wild young fell
low, Jack Ripley, whom they turned
4 out OF Rattlcpan college for white
washing the presidents horse and
other lawless dongs. He used to visit
Miss Josephine while he was here at
the college, about two years ago. and
lust before you came to Woodleigh he
was back again and the two were
thicker than ever. Some folks thought
IL would be match. but it seems her
pa interfered and sent him Off l must
say she changes mighty easy from one
to another. I'd be sorry to have one
of my girls act like thatm
These accounts at first set the Doc
tor to thinking n little; but he was not
to be frightened from his wooing, and
in his happiness as an accepted lover
he forgot all tho warnings and croak-
ings of the Larrimer family.
He knew that his Josie was little
coquettish-a little vain it might be-
as what pretty woman is notP But
4 that she was either heartless or tickle
I he would not believe.
And 1t was not until farther conf
Dental revelations from the indefatig-
able Mrs Larrimer that an uneasy
feeling of doubt and perplexity began
to lake possession of his mind.
"Ahem1' said the lady, as she hand
ed hun a second cup of tea, when one
/. evening he had come rather late from
a professional CALL 80 Jack Ripley
is back again in Woodlegh. What do
you think of him, DIR. NewberryP"
IL have not had the pleasure of
meeting him"
MOP Dear mel that seems strange
when-when you are both so much at
the Chases'. He was there yesterday,
and again this morning and this even
ing. As they live nearly opposite us,
some of us couldn't help seeing him
90 in and out But. of course you We
heard Miss Josie mention him"
No; the Doctor had not heard any
one mention Jack Ripley. And he
thought it rather strange that il that
gentleman had really como again a.
wooing Miss Josephine Chase. she
should have permitted him to pay her
these visits-she was his affianced
wife.
AS usual. when be was not profess
y sionally engaged. he went after tea to
see Josie. 1t was warm moonlight
summer night; the parlor was unoccu-
pied and close. the Doctor. while watt
ing for his betrothed. took his seat at
n side window-a window which open
ed upon the pretty garden. and through
which came n soft. refreshing breeze
laden with the perfume of roses.
In fact just beneath this window
was what josie called her rose arbor
"a trellis covered with a running
rose bush. where only last night he
had sat with her in the moonlight and