Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-08-19
A MODERN MARTYR.

/ had been engaged to LOTUS fifteen
years, and when l had passed my thirty
sixth birthday the serene outlook promised
that | would be engaged to him fifteen
more. He was three years my senior,
stout, rather fair, with an ugly, charming
face, the kindest heart in the world and
strong, energetic will At least it seemed
to be energetic in every direction except
the way that led to marriage.
Not that / ever doubted the love of my
Lotus, nor his fealty, but | could not
understand why he seemed so blissfully
content in being my lover-just my lover.
No one could fill the role more perfectly,
and his devotion was so established and so
constantly apparent in even the slightest
detail that every one in Pimley, where we
had grown up together, blamed me for
LOTUS probation, and | was openly re.
preached for dilly dallying with so honest
a man and SO true a lover. | could not
consistently inform the public at large
and my censors in particular, that how
ever well deposed a woman may be she
cannot marry the man of her choice until
he asks her to name the day, and this pre-.
liminary my betrothed had studiously
avoided
Time of course brought about many
o,bar ,,,or,io,,as l., o,,r ;,,,,,,a5;ot, -
All INV hrotIars ond s;stars 800 ~ ~,
regular order until there uere Ieft ,,,;,L
nv father To,,, NV vo,ne,es+ hrothar WA IVA
MYSELF After awhile Tom ",vent on tbe
roadn for n Roston conn,ercial honse o,d
finally v,oe otrarad a chance II, a na,,, hr.,,nh
of tbe son,e concern met etarted IN Don,,or
To NV surn,ise father not only urged HE
accentance of tho offer but exnreesad a
strong desire RI 90 with him and REMAIN n
vear or two
"Dell WON'T ,vant IN le,vo t.oftrsn ho
remarked "and ANYWAY they'll he 81
before lone I sunroeo !; TIis had haa,, y
favorite s,Innositinn of fathers for a n,,r,.
Der of wears. eve could 90 bv way of chi.
capo and seq Uncle Eth and the folks It's
a trim I'VE ALWAYS longed TO token
listened To these words and felt than, nc
IL they had bean blows of a clancbed LorJ
hnt the nride hv which an onaoI en- ,,,os
strong in me rs IL is in many of the ,yorld,s
commonplace and everyday women Ib.t
nv lips to keen them from trembling as 7
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oh. how 7 loved him for tbst sneecb .sb,1t
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won stay longer 'hah year