The Arizona sentinel., 1890-01-11

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Miss Dora Dwight, GA her -hirtietl
...-.-. received the first Ioyc-latteI
-.r ..r--lC fr-r offer of marriage
100 noaueu INTO the dormitory of the
Physicians Orphans Home'-not, as
may be supposed. a home for the or.
phanS doctors have made, but for the
children of deceased medical men. Miss
Dwight was matron there, and at the
moment was changing the pillow-cases
before the wash.
Il suppose it's about Johnny Gilroy
and his swelled knee" said the serv-
ant. Doctor Emory seems to think ii
wusS.''
Miss Dwight, however, waited until
the girl was gone before she opened the
note. Then, not greatly to her surprise,
she read the words:
MY DEAR DORA-You have known me since
You were q baby. Do you like me well
enough to marry me? OF course, you and
have given up romance long ago. 1 have
had two wives. You must be thirty-two or
thcee. [''Just thirty" said Dora to herself;
she is sixty nine."l You will greatly inn
prove your position by marrying me, and 1
always liked you. Please meet me in the
garden after hours. / hope to find you un-
der the willows. Yours, hopefully,
b. EMORY.
1t was not love-letter calculated to
fiaatcr the heart of woman of any age
At first she said: Il will refuse him. :"
Then she remembered how good and
kindly he was. Il will accept him, :"
said she, ''but no romance shall be in
my talk with him. He shall find me
like a stone. He shall have the sort of
wife he wants"
Vt was early when the door-bell
changed, and a foot crossed the long
passage, and ceasing to echo on the
painted floor struck the stones. Earlier
than she expected him, but she was
ready for him under the willows in the
-. aa E.ad Jo fnd you here.' said a
a.eE. Old voice. -I thought sou would
be -.us-..- c4s.s. Ia, 10 what ] asked
bat aa, rot quite sure-not quite. No.
You nave read my note careful1v2 Nos2
wei. imagine that I say to You again
..aat T wrote. await your answer with
anxiety"
She looked at him, and he saw that
she smiled in an odd, embarrassed way.
'Wil you marry me, my dear?" he
added. Il see l must make it easier for
you to speak"
cit acaS little hard to begin" she
said.
The usual reason moves me-" he
said. I'm in love with you. l think it
best to marry again, and know no one
like you-no one. I've had two wives
before, l admit. However, neither of
them complained of me, believe.
have a very nice home, and, really, it
will be q very much better position for
you than being matron of an institution.
You do it admirably, but l hate to see
you here. Your father was older than
/, but we were great friends. l think
he would advise you to say yes
She put her hand upon his arm.
Il am a very practical woman," she
said. IF / marry you 1 forfeit good
position that may be mine for lifc-an
Independent position. 1t is dangerous"
my dear, you'll have half of all that
is mine; and I'm not poor"
You don't think me young, know"
she answered. ''Who thinks a woman
young at thirty? But you have four
sons, hard, business men, older than L.
They'll not approve of the match
They are not at home; it can't mat
5er,'' said DR.. Emory.
But, said Miss Dwight, with cruel |
iistinctness, 1.-The trouble will come
when you die. You have made a mis-
Jake; you are older than poor father.
IL you leave me widow, your sons will
make every effort to take every thing
from me; / shall be left with nothing,
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