Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-11
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1t was only after persistent appeal
that Adah Radcliffe condescended to give
Hugh Connell her reason for refusing his
hand.
ihsn tine answer came and with il the
iaai9aats glsAat " Aes lashipe eyea ri1
--e.s isa.asos;
Since you must have my reason, 1
value my happiness too highly to en-.
trust it to the keeping OF fortune
hunter!h
His brow grew scarlet and he dropped
her hands as suddenly as il he had been
struck. One moment he stood silent,
then turning away he left the room with
bow and quiet:
Good morning, Miss Radcliffe"
With shrug OF her shoulders and q
pretty, petulsnt arch of her eyebrows she
resumed her seat, murmuring:
7 Dear mo, it's very disagreeable to be
an heiress !"
All but Miss Adah was destined to
learn that there were things more disa-
greeable than being an heiress.
Answering advertisements for gov
erness was one OF them, she thought,
when, year later, she sat in Mrs. Del.
mont'a elegant parlor, anEiously awaiting
that iady's dictum, with regard to her
goyernessing abilities.
She was not an heiress nov; only a
destitute orphan, alone in the world, for
with her fathers death had come poverty,
instead of wealth, and very few OF Miss
Rsdcllffe's dear ave hundred frisndsI'
cared to remember her now.
You look rather young" said Mrs.
belmont, playing with her cap strines
and looking as il youth were o crime.
81 aIn II" said Adah.
Nineteen that is very young" said
Mrs. belmont, "but them and Mrs. ID.
deliberated.
y Evidently, the result of her dsIibera
ton proved satisfactory, for she pres
emily announced herself willing ia on
gage Miss B., which she had meant C
DO from the first. so the next day saw
Adsh installed az governess TO Mrs. Del
mopts three unmanageahle children.
One morning, going up to the
4 school room, abe encountered a tai
young man, who stopped suddenly, ex
claiming:
"Adah Radcliffe is it possible y
Quite possible, as you see Mr.. Con
nell" she answered, rather ooldly, anc
passed him with bow.
de locked upon her with unutterabI,
tenderness in his brown eyes.
My poor darling he Inurmured. uSc
| have found you at last"
For Hugh Donneil, when he heard o
Dir. Eadciife's failure end death, hat
sought Adah, determined to oifer hi
hand and heart once more, but she wa
gone, Rnd all he could learn of her wheru
aoouts WAS that she had gone out yoy
efnessing somewhere" Aud tinre the,
he had searched in vain for Any trace o
her, until coming for few days visit {,
his aunt, Mis-. belmont, he had une.
pectedly met her.
Late that afternoon lie saw her 90 IN
into the garden, and rising quietly, fol
lowed her.
''Adah, said Hugh, turning 10 the as
tcnished damsel, "Adah, darling. bav
been seeking you all this time; than
heaven have found you at last / hay
come TO ofer my love once more; Il va
not your fortune wanted, but yourself
May have you now without ii ~ and h
possessed himself of Adams unresistinl
hands, while he looked in her eyes 10
his answer.
"Oh, Hugh ~ and her voice faltered a
she spoke, forgive me did not kno,
how loved you and thought you
foftune.seeker like the rest
30 | was, iRriingl" he answered, az b
drew her to his heart land Ihaye fonn,
my fortune row.
"0h mamma mamma ~ cried one O
The unmanngeables, running into Mrs
Delmont's boudoir, "Oousin Hugh kisse
Mics Radcliffe out in the arbor, and mad
her cry 7"
Mrs. Dslmonrs hoififed exclamation
was interrupted by the entrance Of hug
and Adah.
And haven't l right to kiss her, 70,
little infant terrible !" said Hugh she
going to Re my WIFE,"