Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-10

AMI. madam. bear my by repeat,
With sas~r Hps. stDry told
Ons evening Ia an autumn ODD
-chaSies Washington coL~1nAn' Jr. tn Ippas-
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[ A LESSON TO LOVERS.
II think from all have read and heard,'
said young DR.. Sevtsrry The great oans
Of the happiness OF lovers. wnethsr engaged
Z or msfrisd, Ia lack u perfect frankness and
confidence bstvesn tssfn Should anything
arse IN excite doubt IN the mind u either
party. an explanation should he at once
sought and gwen, and thus frequently much
troabl. and unnappin-ss may bs avoided"
I II p@rfsctly agree With yoa,' responded
/ Josie Chase. looking mp brightly. Ami 50
there will never be any danger II our mis-
understanding each other. viii tnereF
IL hope not. darling be- replied
! And then there ZONE little costa le
demonstration, such youthful lovers ars
privileged u indulge IN when alone
{ They had been but TIRES day. engaged, and
had known sseh other not quite three months
only since the young doctor had come 10
+ Woodisigh 10 commence practice.
I Josie was the belle u the to~n, and 1t had
not been without struggle that the Young
doctor mai won ner in tho face Of richer and.
some people considered, more desirable
xultors
She very pretty and clever, and full of
warm hearted and generous impulses and
also II the doctors lnndiniy was to be cred
tel, some what fond u having her own way
Seeing she's All 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 Der own way, and
though her pa sometimes worries about her
odd doings, she generally manages 70 bring
him around In tine end -
She's such II fiirtr said Miss Blossom Lar
{ rimsr, who though the eldest Of the cluster
/ u five sisters, still languished ungathered
I upon the parent stem. why. | couldn't tell
the men she has lei on ~ propose and then
| discarded. It's dreadfully heartiess and
cruell' she added, with a sympathetlc sigh
'Oh. you had better leave the doctor to find
out all that Tor hims-lfi' gigglei Mss Gay,
the youngest Of the five "Only. doctor, you
mustn't blame us for letting you he caught in
a man trap We've warned you lie, hel'
The last one" said Mrs. Iarriner, sol
EMMY was that Wild young fellow, Jack
Ripley, whom they turne'l out OF Rattlepan
college for whitewashing the presidents
horse and other lawless doings He used to
visit Miss Josephine while he was here at he
college. about two years ago, and just before
you came 70 Woodleigh he was back again
and the two we're thicker than ever Some
folks thought it would be a match but her
pa ntsrfe ed and sent him of must say
she changes mighty easy from one To an
other. I'd bs sorry to have one OF my girls
act ike that
These accounts at first set the doctor to
thinking little, but he was not TO be fri ght-
eued from hts wooing, and in his happiness
az an accepted lover ne forgot all the warn
ings and croakings OF this Larrmer family
He knew that his josie was little coquet-
ti>h-a little vain 1t might be-as what pretty
woman is mott But that she was either
heartless or tickle he would not believe.
And It was not until further confidential
revelations from the ndefati able Mrs Lar
rimrr that an uneasy feeling Of doubt and
pcrplerity began to take Possession Of his
mind
] "Aheml' said that lady AS She handed him
second cup OF tea, when one evening he had
come IN rather late from "A professional call
80 Mr., Jack Ripley is back again In " God
leigh " hat do you think Of him, Or New
herryf
Il have not had the pleasure of meeting
him
Not Dear me, that seems strange when
when you are both ST. much at the Chases
lie was there yesterday and again thus morn
ing aud this evening, As they live nearly
opposite US, some VI us couldn't help seeing
HIM going in and out But, Of course, you We
heard MISS Josie mention himf
! No. the doctor had not beard any one men
ton Mr.. Jack Ripley Aud he thought 1t
rather strange that Il that gentleman had
really come again awooing Miss Josephine
/ Chase she should have permitted him TO pay
her these visits she who was his aflanced
wife
As usual. when he was not professionally
engaged. be went after tea 10 see Josie 1t
was warm moonlight summer night tue
parlor was unoccup,ed and close aud the
doctor, while waiting FOR his hctrothed, t1ok
his seat at side wlhdowa window which
opened upon the pretty garden. and through
which came a soft, refreshing bre ze, 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 talked over their plans for
future happiness
lie had noticed at the time that she ap.
pcared little absent and d,sinclined to talk
Could it have been on account of this visit
VI Mr. Jack Rpleyf And now. as the
thought occurred, ne became aware OF low
voices in the arbor Before he could rise
and move away these WORKS, in Josies voice,
slightly raised, came distinctly to his ear:
81 tell YOU, Jack, no oas suspects But
you come too often to ii, house. You must
keep away, and this must be your last visit
before
Her vuI,c sank and the rest was iuaudible
But reply rsrue IN n mans tones-low and
tender and pleading
you are sure that you will not fail me at
the last that may trust implicitly TO your
prclnisei'
Then mere murmurings; only broken SEN
tences rame 10 the ear OF the uncouseiously
spelibound listener.
What would the doctor say II he knew of
thisf'
"Why, | think he would not exactly ap-
prove, came in Josie's laughing voice. but
- long rs am unmarried have right to
consult my own Inclination. As to papa, he
viii b angry With Us, OF course. but only
for 4 time You will see him with his
benevolent face glowing With q smile Of
satisfaction while he spreads out his dear
pudgy hands and says; Bless you, my chill
dren.'r
Aud then they both laughed.
Just then a servants voice was heard
m ss Josiel You are wanted in the paror,
miss"
There sudden rustling Of the roses as
the girl sprang up
Remember, Jack, tomorrow evening at
slneciseiy Can you see the dress have OF
brown over a striped underskirti Well, it
will lie this dress and a thick brown veil
And you must be standing exactly by that
poplar tree | showed you. Good-byl You
had better leave by the garden gate instead
OF going into the house"
Then the doctor regained sufficient pres
ence Of mind to move away and seat him
self AS far as possible from the open window
Josie came in flushed, excited. and, despite
her evident effort to appear as usual, shy and
constrained
The doctor did not remain long. He felt
too shocked and wounded - know what
course to pursue in this sudden and unsx-
pecsed state Of things
he would 60 home and think it over And
the result Of his thinking was that be con-
cluded to say nothing to Josephine just now,
but 70 watch her movements the next even
ing and ind out something more definite BY
which to shape hts course
1t Was little past O'Clock the next even
ing when. watching from his office window,