The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-11

! " touched the hntel-and said, with
strong emphasis, ''I'll bet my ultimate
| picayune the colonel amt consentin'."
''Never you mind the colonel" said
| Nicholas, shortly. Il must see Dosia.'
Dosia had heard his voice: she came
out into the little entry that divided the
rooms, and stood there, pale and trem-
bling.
"Dosia Dosia.'' cried Nicholas. wild
| ly, as he pushed past the demorahzed
spinster; and the next instant she was
in his arms.
"Dosia," said Miss White, hoarsely,
you're a cawnsistent member of the
Methods chuch. an so fur 10th ez |
know, you amt had nsire a fall from
grace; eff you say hits true that We air
married, ez he tells-beside Cousin Man
| dy's bed O death-I'll believe it.
at is true" said Dosia, with smiles
and tears and bushes.
Miss White picked up her broom and
went to sweeping off the porch. She
made two comments mentally, one in
reference to Dosia's mother. the other 10
| Dosia' s father: "She must a-turned plum
fool befo' she died." and, ''he's got em
to tote, l see."
| Nicholas and Dosia sat down on the
! long wooden bench that constituted the
only furnishing of the little passage.
Miss White. glancing over her shoulder,
saw them there, and she immediately
slammed the front door.
you've been in the rain" said Dosia,
accustomed all her life to consider others.
Chow wet your clothes are! You must
have ridden all night.
Il did," Nicholas answered, with a
| dark frown; then, with burst of bitter
laughter: "Have you any clothes, Dosia?
don't know that have any, unless I've
left few scattering about Sunrise plan
tation that may lay claim to-"
"Your father has?''-Dosia faltered.
"My father has responded Nicholas,
indicating with wave of his hand that
words would rot express the sentence
passed upon him.
Dosia sat silent and stunned, clinging
to his arm; for herself it did not matter;
but for Nicholas-it seemed at the mo-
ment more than she could bear.
MY whole fortune said Nicholas,
with covert bitterness, consists in my
horse and my watch; We'll sell these,
Dosia, and defy the world"
Il have done you great wrong" she
whispered.
you've done yourself a great wrong,
it may be, dear heart said Nicholas.
"But at least we have each other. Oh,
Dosia! Dosia! my wife! If they only
knew you, Dosia, my saint! There is
nobody like you. You had faith in me,
and you saved me. Compared with you,
what are they all? Henceferth live only
for you. Missy, Missy alone he fall
tered. ''Poor little sister! she has not
cast me off How she cried to me, through
the rainy darkness, to take her with me!
1 seemed to hear her every mile of the
way! I'm AN exile from home,' and all
that, you know. All, no, nor he amend
ed, quickly, as Dosia sobbed aloud. ''How
could 1 say that, my dearest and best?
You are my home. Dosia, Dosia, look
at me with your heavenly eyes; say'you
IOfO ulo, 6dJ you DcAlCN 2 III lhC.
And Dosia looked him. She did not
speak, but she smiled through her tears;
and then she drew away from him and
rose.
''You are going to pray over the stu
alton Dosia, you know you are; my
beautiful saintI' cried Nicholas, with a
smile of revereut admiration.
Il am going to find you some of my
fathers clothes" said Dosia.
Good wife! You are better than any
fortune" Nicholas declared; and he
laughed. He was very happy, in spite
of the situation"
Miss White had finished sweeping and
left the porch. She had no grace Of
manner, but she was by no means de-
void of grace of heart That this mar
riagg was a wretcheo business, miser-
able blunder, was an opinion fire would
not melt out of her; nevertheless, she
had no thought of refusing Job Furnival,
when the time should come, and she was
entirely willing to spend herself in help
ing 50 take care of the foolish young
couple She bad slammed the door, not
in wrath, but solely by way of giving
them to understand that she meant to
leave them untrammeled enjoyment of
their Fools Paradise; and she now con-
siderately avoided returning to the house
to put away her broom, but went round
to the kitchen to get Nicholas a cup of
coffee.
He's next do to a fool, deem,"
grumbled she; but that amt no reason
why he should perish unto my hans; n
if he don't git somethin' hot inside him,
after that ride all night in the rain, he'll
be laid up agin with that stole in his
lung. If faint his lung, leastwise twas
mighty close. Hit would be mercy o.
the Lawd. an a Judgement, if he was to
drap off student, an spite the colonel 10
conversion; but faint none o my bust
ness to hurry his end by goin' beginst
my lights to neglect him
So Miss White made Nicholas drink
the coffee scalding hot, and then she de-
parted to spread the news. that being the
sole satisfaction she could derive from
the event.
Two hours later she returned in better
heart. "Dosia," she said, cheerfully.
I'm a7goin to stir up poun' cake. 1t
don't seem proper, nur 'cOrdin' to nature,
not to have somethin' to give a feature
to matrimony."
CHAPTER XII.
COMPLIMENTS PASS.
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