Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-26

Sac Is ,i..,aeesi practical said pe,r Dr..
Enaory TO siai~'n
THIS wis after the ne aiatron arrived and
was being drilled In iIer duties by Ms
Dwight, who calmly sid before every one:
you see I'm % Us married shortly
Once he even demonstrated, saying:
DO YOU know, pser Nellie never talksd
like that, nor my dear Maria"
..Of courss not, - said Miss Dwight But
you remarked in your offer TO me that tof
course, YOU and | bad done with romance
long ago"
DR.. Emory tried to laugh, but be was not
happy.
That afternoon he took long, long ride b.
the SEA shore, and. stabling mis- horse at the
hotel. walked down TO the beach THE sea
SON was over The caterers expected only
little chance custom 1t was . day when
driving clouds made it cool enough to be
pleasane There be sat down behind big
mound Of sand, and watched the sea, and
thought Of Maria, and how he used 50 often
to kiss the back of her neck because the two
little curls looksd 50 cunning. and how she
thought him handsome. how dear they were
10 each otberl
How long his reyerie had lasted be did not
know, when merry voices sounded in bis ear.
A mans tones, those Of two little boys, and
. woman's Surely be knew the last speaker.
He pseped from under his big Panama hat,
and saw Dora. She had brought 'ae Ellwood
boys down for a holiday. at their unclef 70
Quest, and he had come also. Dr. Emory
guessed who the gentleman was, Tor he had
had the case Of these boys laid before him,
and was looking for two orphans TO ill their
places when they should be gone, but the
presence Of Mr. En~ood gave him offense. 1T
has quit the air Of family party" he said
The boys played about, dug with their lit
tie spades and filled with white sand those
painted pals which all good picnickers buy
at the seaside They took of their shoes and
stockings and waded along the edge Of the
water The elder people seemed a. happy as
they, and how youpgl At last they sat down
very near 10 DR. Emory, with their hacks to
his sand burrow, and he saw . mans brown
band drop upon little white one and hold it
tighs Without showing himself he could
not see their faces
DO yon know why asked you to come
heref' said the owner Of the brown hand.
TO mind the children, as Sally says" re
piled the owner Of the white hand
mo, to tell you something said Brown
Hand Darling little woman, prettfest and
sweetest Of all created beings, have loved
you from the first moment | met you. DO
YOU think you would mind marrying a man
who has his fortune yet to makef Could YOU
be poor with him, and yet be happyf You
see am poor, but adore you aud I'm Relish
enough to ask YOU to do just that for my
sake, il YOU can try to love me-"
The white hand fiuttered. A soft voice
trembled.
Il should not have to try it," she sobbed.
at seems to come of itself, and as for pov-
erty, I'd rather beg with you than live with
out you and have millions. Oh don't look
happy, don't look happy, dear, when we both
must be so miserable. I'm engaged; my we'd
| ding day is SET thought l had outlived
romance, and | promised to marry an old
man Who only wants a lady at the head Of his
| house. Oh. why did you not come to me one
| day earlierf'
Silence fell DR.. Emory heard them rise
| and 60 away. In "a minute more a little boy
rushed up TO the sand mound and poked lit
| sith his spade
Here's dead man. he said "a drownded
dead man."
mo: its tipsy man, replied Billy. Let.
| pile sand on him"
l
serted uncle reckoning and they departed
on the run.
After the last train had gone cityward. an
elderly gentleman took sandwich and some
ale at the hotel before getting into his gig
| He emptied great zeal of sand out OF his
pockets did not fee the waters, and seemed
| to be, the cashier said, ''in temper" II was
DR.. Emory, He drove straight home. and
| sat dowts at his desk.
| Thank heaven, can appear TO have the
best Of her, he said spitefully. but the
next time | propose to a woman will not
tell her that romance is out of the question.
| Then he wrote:
| Miss DwIcHT-I am an old man, but find
| have mads mistake. have too much romance
| left in NE To marry you. Any pecuniary recon
| pense you desire i'll Offer: and II you like the
matron place, is again yours. LnoRy
Miss Dwight only noticed this note by pack
| ing her engagement ring in pink cotton and
sending it back. She did not want the ma.
| irons place, and she married Mr.. Ellwood
very shortly,
DIR. Emory is now counting Il girl of 16, who
VOWS she adore him, and wishes very loudly
that he were hers He likes it.-Mary Kyle
| Dallas in New York Ledger