The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-11-28
)AY NOON, NOVEMBER %, 1889.

All ha.r.
Their ven, int the p4rlor where b"
s.eod awaiting u. lie came mp 70 NJ,
AID took both my hsni- esgsr.g.
"Oh. Richard. Richard; faltered.
He dre~ M up ciose ~ hin. an ki-sfd
ny ip-, cheeks and hair.
And Won thought me married AL thee
Fear- YVB thought could forget yYu
Il fDUr li,t.e week- On, he, f.. Het'y
Is thls your fatth. your .ovr And got
you'd not even let me explain.
AID he held me oil and looked in my
do"ncsst face repr9achfully.
Bu, the paper came 10 your hand
sridug. and the name VA the sane
How wa ! 20 know; | said raising my
syes 70 his.
Il sent .etser with It explaining all
and telling yen ho~ met my cousin who
aad been Two YEAR abroad. and how
vent 10 the wedding, and how his fo.Es
opposed it all. a. they wished him u
marry some one who could bring him a
fortune
But l did not open it, and did not
Snow
on, Hetty Hetty." he said again
"hy can't people have more faith N
those they love, they are not 80 plenty that
aside. God only knows what YOU and
have .uifcred in al these year.
And he drew me up 20 him again.
Come. cpme," said Auntie Barrier,
who entered the room with Be-sie; din
ner viii be stone cold If you two people
don't act ike ordinary mortals, and sit
down aud eat
And so, with much laughter and talk
ing we ga hered a,ound the vel filed
fablc Then there YVES a sudden hush as
Richard asked the Divine blessing on the
little family and then We ate the hap
piest. merriest dinner that ever sat
Down to.
Richard explained everything 70 Us.
How he aud his cou!-n were named for
their grandfather. and had been brought
10 ike BROTHER How people called hin
"Dick" TO distinguish him from his cou
sin Richard How Dicks father and
mother had both die ;. and he had gone
to live with his uncle in Boston
The past three years Dick hal been
10 Europe, and hal returned hut three
week. ago. Il va. then that his uncle
had told him how sorry he was, and how,
unknown to anyone. he had been search
ing for his son and dsughteriu-lsw.
Dick then told him that un.il four years
since he had corresponded regularly with
his cou>iG, but that the correspondence
suddenly ceased.
Here Bessie interrupted and told how
her husband had lost his situation. ami
they went from Chicago to San Francisco
were they remsined year Then the!
returned TO Chicago, and for two years
lived very quietly until her husband ;
death. VIII, she came to Boston
My uncle and | went to Chicago TO
dnd you, but it must have been while
you were in California. said Dck.
poor Richard they told me Las, week Of
his death for | went directly west in
hopes of finding you. All | could learn
was that you had gone to Boston. !
came at once. and found you had been to
nav old place of business, where you had
luckily left your address. | Immediately
called at the place, only to find you had
gone asked the sharp v.saged female
who came to the door, where you were
living: She answered tartly, That she
guess mebby Mis- Farnsworth had come
into fortiu as she went from here in
4 kerridge' | was in despair, and turn
ed almost discouraged when she called
after me, .Mebby the man who took her
trunk away could tell yer She gave
NE his address. and | learned from him
your address, and here ! am.
And he came over to Bessie. sad kissed
her with bro'herly fondness.
And papa Fsrnsworth really wants to
see mc;" she cried eagerly.
Yes, dear; and a for Aunt Mary, she
was beside herself with joy when / told
her this morning had found Y u
BY and by auntie declared she must
take uap. and then in moment or two
Bessie slipped out of the room. Pretty
soon the children missed their mother and
followed her. and RiChsrd and | were
left alone.
We sat little while in silence. each of
Us engaged in doing some rapid thiukiug,
for all the past come before US yiyidly.
"Hetty," he said at length, coming
over and sitting beside me, don't you
think We had hest forget the past, and
thinking that this day is the one we in
tended ten years ago.
,Oh Richard, am SO unworthy" |
burst forth.
Not unworthy, darling, only YOU
made very grieyous mistake, that came
near wreckng both our lives. If you
think you eau trust M, ii you think you
can be happy, we will forget the past,
and will devote my life to making
yours hsppy. Shall |, Hctty?'
IF you want me, Dick looking shyly
~ at him.
Wan: Won: Oh, my larliug. nv dar-
ling, and was nearly smothered with
his passionate kisses.
l freed myself from him, snd went to
the window. and looked up in the sky
He came after me, and placed his arm
around ne.
"Oh, Dick. Dick do love you 80.
God is very, very good to me- said,
my eyes full of glad tears.
God willing, your whole life shall be
perpetual Thanksgiving" he said, sol
EMMY.
Aud reached up both nv arms, and
drew his strong. brave face down to mine
and kissed his bearded lips.
"Dlck dear. dear Dlck "