, 1890-06-27


aba:' lhe house. seemed rather distracted
TINT evening
As the days went on Robert Denne stin
stayed 1T Iramleigh. The simple old dea-
con, IA speaking to the minister hbOuth him,
snids 1T does seem mighty queer about
Cousin Roberts eyes. The doctors told
him he wouldn't need 70 rest them for
more than a week or sQlRBd here be isn't
able TO 20 back to Cprbridge yet; but he
does seem mighty ,cgntented here!
May changed toJune, and still he stayed.
lie acquired - great interest in walking,
and he and Dorothy used to take long ram
bles on the mountains or by the quiet lit
Tie river He told her about his past life,
his hopes and ambitions, and to this Coun-
JFg girl, who had no Interests outside of the
hitle village II seemed a II a new world
had opened
One morning when she was working in
the Kitchen, the old knocker went in such
a vigorous way that she hurried TO the
door with her apron on She found Robert
Deane there, looking pale and anxious.
She had hardly time to say Good morn
ing before he began: Il have just had a
letter saying my mother Is very sick |
must 90 home. Cousin Nathaniel is going
10 drive me to Dayton, and ! am going
right on He Il out here waiting. But /
couldn't go without seeing you. May l
write TO you. Dorothy" Dorothy very
softly and ~blush&ngly told him how sorry
she was that his mother was sick, and that
ne lAlght write to her II he wanted to.
Iheh, with an earnest lingering look and
a gentle pressure OF the hand, he was gone,
leaVlnS Dorothy In n very bewildered state
OF nina
She stayed IN tine house Tor several days,
ahu tueu she began 10 go 10 the postothce.
AZ HrsI she asked the good old postmaster
l there was any mail demurely, with a
happy' conscious little blush. Then, as
the Gays went on, and no letter came, she
"oulu ask with an anxious, nervous man
ner. Ioo ittle DorothyI although she
was raithiuI In her visits TO the postotice,
she received no letter and after a while all
the punk went out OF her lace and 1t grew
PaIe anu h"d a palmetto expression She
Always cherlshed a ialnt hope that she
shOuiu near from robert, and although
one OIL the most well to do Young men of
rranlelSh wa urgent In his proposals of
nAHS, ana the squire would gladly
uhNe weIcoheu nun as a sonln-lawr she
'oIu tnem II could never be.
~ was a orlsht June morning. Miss
DototnyI now a nice oid lady OF CO. was
picking roses on the large old cinnamon
r"se ousn ht her oack door, Although her
a.. = 80 soLehiuI Iooklng as 1t was
49, LEI 80. sne sathered May
80 90, - - Iii can LOFTY years pc
= : was sun very attractive with
AInu -, y sweet mouth ana
~ lae ~ ps thao useu 70 oloon
~ 1T ea IelnaPs II was parity her
Enan - I'M ne Hne an the eniiureh OF
80 oro'hy-Aun DO
10y - Nv no real aunt
ia "nI Ieearu anu ioVe man sne
uIu' 70 Ms was not an unhappy, lonely
Iio Whs so luh OF kindness and
niatHns o'"erS 'hat she WAS happy and
Sonueho'
rev years AFTER robert Deane had gone
married a rlch Boston girl. Only about a
year after she had read OF his death. While
prncticing Mt the hospital he had taken
some contagious disease. That WINS all sbe
knew about him. Although Mt first her
heart had been hitter toward Rohar, GOT
,s tir,a ,,ant - ~ foaIi.-. 49,
and now she thought of him in n fond
tender way as one she had loved.
This morning. as she was pickino the
roses, little Tommy Chaplin. one Of her
most devoted cavaliers, came out of the
back door and said. al left n letter on tbe
table in the sitting room for Won Ant
Dorotbv ~
,.Tr.. me-
VA" y"u' AohiihS, DOht you thlnk
your mother would like these rosesl
'NN a
and II you'll come in I'll give you one of
my ginger cookies"
So Tommy followed Miss Dorothr Z,
and she 0ave him a LARGO ronrd 49, -,
~ ,ba s+ona to- ,-hj,h n - -
40 thnt she might have sometbira - Gna
the children when they came 10 har 0
When he had gone. with n large bnrch ~
roses in one hand and a cookv done mn in
brown paper in the other. Miss Dorothy
went into the sitting room and onerad bor
rather official looking letter. There were
n letter and a note inclosed in the enyelope,
She unfolded the note and read;
s,, Inn. ,os
Miss Dorothy Field:
In rehtting the boxes OF this postonnce 1t was
necessary to take down the high baseboards be
hind me receiving box There we found this old
netSe ~ uHeoIed 20 you On aseertainins that you
sDocts'Iiv ro"rH Il j" Upwnru ne
T,--
maI "notheI ehNelope, yelIow WIN
~ "nH WIN PoStnlhrk Oh torty years De-
Vie Nlss DorothS opened IL with trem-