Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-01

nents. at Mr.. Heddegan, she
ed. ."Him they used to call David
egan before be got his money"
And who is the Mr. Heddegan they used
20 call Davidg'
AN old bacbelorat Hugh Town St Mary's,
with no relations Whatever, who lives about
n stones throw from father's. When was q
child he used to take me on his knee and say
he'll marry mesonle day. Now am woman
the lest has turned earnest, and he is anxious
to do il And father and mother says can't
do better than have HIM
i'He's well Off
ssYas-bss the richest man we know-as q
friend and neshbor.'
.How much older did YOU say he was than
yourselff - =
81 didn't say. Twenty years at least"
"And an unpleasant man in the bargain,
perhaps
-. W. -4rrIs not unpleasant
iyyeu child all can say is that I'd resist
apv srcb engagement if its not palatable
IA ve You are comfortable here, in my
littja bonsp hope. Al the parish like We,
"A I've never been so cheerful since my hus-
ss,a,scft me to wear his wings as I've been
III yAes my lodEar
The srSSpl mistress assured her iandiady
it she eoffSS return the sentiment But
re comes fs>perplexity, she SAID Il
,,ont like keeping School All, you are sur
prised-you didn't suspect it. That's because
I've concealed my feeling Well, l simply
hate school don't care for children-they
are unpleasant troublesome little things,
Ewhem nothing would dellsht so much as to
$ear that you had fallen down dead Yet
s%nld even nut up with them if it was not for
q tbraa u,Onths hafnro 10
vfsitT didnt sleep soundly. And the COM
fnitteeI, ~ council are always changing the
cosie-sso that you don't know what to teach
Il what to leave untaught l think father
Rind mother are right. They say l shall
YER excel as school mistress II dislike
te work so, aud that therefore ought toget
settled by marrying Mr.. Heddegan Be-
tween us two, like him better than school;
but don't like him quite so much as to wish
to marry him"
81 These conversations, once begun, were con-
Nled from day to day, till at length the
ssung girls elderly friend and landlady
tsy~u er opinion on the side OF Miss
Trey thens sarents. All things considered,
sue heclareu, 'E' uncertainty of the school,
the aDor bapt'9ls natural dislike for teach
ing, IL would be Is we'll to take what fate
ohered and make u best of matters by we'd
ding her iathers otus'ghbor and prosperous
q friend
~ The Easter holidays came round. and Ban
@# tista went to spend them as USUAL in her ma
I tive isle, going by train as far as She could
3 and crossing by packet from Penzance.
When she returned in the middle of April her
e face wore IA more settled aspect.
~ "Nelli' said the eSpactant of Mrs. WAGE
Il have agreed to have him as my hus-
hand,' said Baptsta, in an off hand way.
1872 -en knows if it win be for the best or
mot. But I have ssre--l to, do it, and so the
matter is settled.n
Mrs. WAGE commented her; but Baptista
did not care to dwell On the subject; so that
alinsloh 70 1t was very infrequent between
- them. Nevertheless. among other things
she repeated to the widow from time tc
time in monoSvllabc remarks that the wed
ding was really impending; that it was ar
4 ranged for the summer, and that she had
given notice of leaving the school at the
August holidays. Later on she announced
more specifically that her marriage was t.
take place Immediately after her return
home at the beginning Of the month afora
said
she now corresponded regularly with Mr.
Heddegnn. Her letters from him were seen.
at least on the outside and in part within, by
Mrs WAGE. Had she read more of their in
terlors than the occasional sentences shown
. 6EZ BBaptista She would have perceived tina
scratchy, rusty handwriting of Miss Trew
then's betrothed conveyed little more mat
ter than details of their future housekeeping
and his preparation for the same, with in
Vulnerable my dears' sprinkled in discon
nectedly, to show the depth of his affection
= without the Inconvenience of syntax