San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-05
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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.
"How wet your clothes are! You must
have ridden all night"
Il did," Nicholas answered, with
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 faItercd.
"My father has responded Nicholas,
indicating with Il wave of his hand that
words would not 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.
"Iou'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 Ike YOU. You had faith in me,
| and you saved me. Compared with you,
what are they all: HenCeforth 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.
| seemed to hear her every mile of the
| way. I'm AN exile from home,' and all
that, YOU know. All, no, no." he amend
| ed. quickly, as DOSia SObbed aloud. "ltOw
could | say that, my dearest and best:
You are my home. Dosia, Dosia, look
at me with your heavenly eyes; say you
love me: say YOU believe in me-
And DoSia looked at 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 saint cried Nicholas, with
smile of reyereut admiration.
Il am going to find you some of my
fathers clotnes," said Dosia.
Good wife! You are better than any
fortune" Nicholas declared; and lie
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, hyt She was by no means de-
void Of yv;co Of heart. That this mar
| riage was a wretChpd business, miser-
able bIundcr, 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 to take care of the foolish young
couple. She had 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.
Hes next do to a fool, | deem. 50
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, hell
be laid up agin with that stole in his
lung. If faint his lung, Ieastwi,e twas
mighty close. Hit would he a mercy O
the Lawd, an a Judgement, if he was to
drap off student. an spite the colonel to
conversions; 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 a-goin' to stir up poun' cake. 1t
don't seem proper, nur cordin' to nature,
not to have somethin' to give feature
to matrimOny.'
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