Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-08
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home and read to her. I am 80
sorryln
''Well, if you are sorry." he added,
''I'm at least thankful for that. But
want to know that-thst it's all right,
anyhow; then guess l can stand it.
I've been in love with you ever since /
saw you, Molly, and want to marry
you. There, that's plain. OF course
L can't marry you now. 1 haven't any
thing to get married on, but L shall
have. You'll see. I'll work for it and
it won't be long, Molly"
For he knew, with one happy glance
at her face. that the lovelIest girl in the
world was his own
And he hardly knew when the por-
tiere parted and Mrs. Crowell's stern
countenance protruded itself and Molly
was swept away.
1t was not because he had much hope
OF seeing her that he fingered in the
parlor after breakfast next morning,
for Mrs. Crowell had not been at the
breakfast table, and neither had Molly,
and he was moderately certain that
former was indisposed and that Molly
was with her.
He waited few minutes before GO
Ing to the Office, though, to think over
night from inability to think of any
thing else. But he WAS by no means
ready to stop thinking.
He was surprised and overJoysd.
therefore, when the curtains parted
and Molly came in, with a little ex-
clamatlon of gladness at the sight OF
him.
He sprang to neet her, and then
gaZed at her in alarm.
What is 1t. Molly2 What have
you been crying aboutr" he ques
toned.
Molly sat down on the sofa and
pulled him to her side. Her eyes were
redeemed.
Mrs. Crowell,'' she said gently,
didn't you know-has nobody told
your She is dead; she had an apoplec.
tic stroke soon after L left her last
night. and died at this morning.
didn't know till after she was gone"
Molly's soft lips Quivered.
Phil was silent. He could not con-
scientiously say that he was grief
stricken at Mrs, Crowell's death. 1t
was all he could do to repress a thrill
of something like relief. But he re-
spected Molly's pretty sorrow and soft
hearted tears and he pressed her
hand.
And, this, L don't know how to
tell it can hardly believe it yet--but
her lawyer called this moIning-some-
body telephOned-and he says, l don't
know 1t can be true, but she left me
some money, Phil. OF course, she left
1t nearly all to that library she was so
Interested in, but he says that s., 900,
Phil, comes to me. Can you believe
itp And doesn't it disprove all that
people thought of her, PhIlP"
Phil was daZed.
''It does seem to alter the case," he
admitted, bewilderedly. 81 don't
know that 1t recalls the fact of her
temper and her treatment OF every
body
Don't, Philip Molly pleaded. "Let's
forget 1t; try, for my sake and hersl
Why, think what we can do with ALI
that, rnll, almost more money than l
ever heard OFF, We won't have TO
wait to get married, will we?'' she
said, shyly. ''For, of course, it's yours,
| too.''
You darlingl'' cried Phil, in rap
| tuTe. ''Don't you deserve It all?''
"And Phil, f." she said, "do you know
l think it was all for the best somehow?
If she hadn't made you desperate last
night you wouldn't have proposed to
me; and then you might have been too
proud to when you knew l had the
money. Don't you think there was a
Providence in it?''
And Phil kissed her and said he
did.