The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-05-19

regarding him in the drawing room atar ~,
causing Dolly to halt between the das;,.o ~
defend him holly, and sense of nlaas,,ra
that some one besides herself has srfyored
from his GOODNESS. Mrs. Dalton mallss a
pretext for calling Dolly aside.
Excellent, my lover she cries. IN h;ob
good humor, pressing the girls arm .sHe
is enraged beyond measure. He scorcelv
took his eyes oil you Go on and prosnerr'
Thus stimulated, Dolly does 90 on and
prospsrs exceedingly. When Mr.. Iascelles
and Dick approach simultaneously ne de-
votes her whole attention to the latter and
has scarcely word for the formar who
presently retires in tragic dudgeon and
leans against the wall looking like Hamlet.
Lord Byron, or any other blighted beino in
the sulls.
In reality, Dick is the person most n he
pitied, although his face is alipbt with
smiles, and his heart aglow with antic;na.
tions Of possessing a lovely woman and
satisfying the debtors who, metapbor;caly
| speaking, take him by the throat, crying:
PAY me what thou owest." Innocent crea-
ture that he is, he suspects no treachery,
nor dreams that milkwhite bosom nalpi-
tates for the 'infernal young prign over the
way. Dolly will play billiards and lawn
tennis with him on the morrow; in the aft
erno0n they are to ride together; and, as he
sits smoking after the ladies have retired
he reflects on the most approved method
Of asking a certain question
Up to this moment Clement Lascelles has
no: seen any necessity for putting his fate
to the touch, because he had been abso' Ute
-
first time he has rival-a rival thy sFsss.
crossing by leaps and bounds in h lady
| favor-he sees that something must De
done. He can not have been befoed. She
| loves him or-or he, the adept reading
the secrets of souls, must forOnceiaye been
deluded. Perish the thought
With gloomy brow and statelstep he re-
tires from the smoking-room az seeks the
solitude Of his chamber, bat NC his couch.
The dawn has long broken erAe courts re
pose.
marian ~ cries Dolly, fe' hours later,
bursting into her friend's rom while that
lady-no early riser at the Jest Of times
still nestles among he, pillps, 'read thls''
and she seats herselfon theoed in state Of
great excitement, whilst .drs. Dalton Ian
guidly peruses the letter thrust into her
hands.
II call it great imoeItinence," she re-
marks returning to Dolly.
"Impertinencen with vide-open eyes.
"Certainlyr' md Mr.. Dalton, taking it
back, quotes from it:
Though car not pretend to offer you the
one great passiorof lift-sad passages beyond
| the ken Of othr mort.ls have furnished the
pure luster with once surrounded my soul as
| with halo-ye, il you will take heart weary
| with the sorrows of the ages, dimmed by the
darkling doubt; with which an intimate knowl-
edge of humanity clou6s the spirit, take me to
your tender breast and ct me find shelter there
from LIES gnefs and iisappointments. What
recompense heart blishted as mine has been
! can bestow will striVeto make to your angehc
! sympathy and goodness
''Is it not beautiful cries Dolly, in an
ecstasy. "Iwonder what he means! sup
pose some horrid woman threw him over
| once?"
81 think it is exceedingly impertinent and
| l hope you will resent it."
crescent itn' almost shrieks Dolly. "Why,
| it is decarationn'
Get me my blotting book off that table, y
| commands Mrs Dalton, resolutely. snow"
she says, beginning to write, you will an
swer it in this way, or / wash my hands Of
you, and tomorrow he will have reduced
you 10 aplect misery asalh' IA
one writes hnrrledly 1or rev -;
ana theh, win heisn'eneo 00i0i'
80. 81 ~ NJ roa,,os1 bovo roooves ,,orr
neiancboiv Letter and am trnIy sorrv Tor All
Won seem to have suffered. But, for nv part
| look upon the world as a very pleasant place,
and have made up my mind to enjoy myself as
much as possible; so as 1 could not console
you ana you WIN the IDEAS you express YOU'D
make me miserable, mink you nau uluon pei,
s lUo1 ior yonp e"nnoee Won nsan me
tn understand that vo, have been nncb more N
love with some one else than YOU are with me
which, to say the least, is not very fattering
No! must have an undivided heart, or none a
all. Your sincere friend, D. s."
There is desperate fight between Mrs
Dalton and Dolly before the latter can b
persuaded to copy and forward what sh(
considers heartless and flippant missive
In the end Marian triumphs, Mr.. Lacelle'
does not appear to breakfast, and Dolly
thought her soul quakes within her, laugh
and talks to Dick.
Later in themornine. when they are play
ing lawn-tennis, Clement Lascelles, feelin
much smaller thanhe has ever done in hi
life, seeks counsel from Mrs. Dalton. Wit
an angelic smile she alternately pricks hin
with daggers and makes him gulp dow
bowls of noiSon. INIT she doAs him an eY
| cellent turn by taking a good deal of tn