Smyrna times., 1892-05-18
alarm at the dilemma in which sb

found herself. ""i0" 81
we came here, as you know oh.
sald, with very little money. nrenareC
r 20 De gracIously met, and our denend
ehGe robbed of its sting by a cordia
! WeIcome. Our reception was anv,
) thlng but hatter, and had our mrs.
0een less gaunt, we would never bave
lelC the station in your brothers. com.
Pany. But the misery of the first faw
DAYS was as nothing to the anxietv ot
.he last month, for Mr.. Smith is rnSdI,,
IN love with Mabel, and she has crow,
very fond of him. [ have haen o. ~
wits end to keep them within bonn5yS
until your return, for I couId NOT r;0Is
your displeasure. Well 7 remenobor
your parting injunction: Bear in
m, IInu, MRS. Hermann, you are not to
80" 80" ni"oei 10 conceive any foolish
Lo hoIlons concerning my brother.
Lo'e cCner views for her. | tried To
oe IaiIh1ul to your commands and
mally." i'''iou us
While Mrs. Meade was mvstifvipg
Ine goVerness by her laughing a knock
upon the door announced the arrival
vi houney, who, ignoring the presence
u mrs. hermann, first embraced then
oegan to upbraid his sister for destroy.
ing MS peace of mind. Mrs. Meade still |
laughed and asked: ''''i
Where is Mabel that she doas not !
come and greet me ?"
rOr answer, the young girl elided
toward her, springing into her omen
S!t, anu bursting into tears. Mr.
Iulth ehVIed his sister, and wished
plilSeI1 in her place. Mrs. Meade
nelu her ward at arms length anJ
said: ''0n at MI smith,
What do you two mean ? You ora
III ioVe with each other all tbron,h
my own planning, and instead of
oaa.g olnauAlng me Tor bringingyou together
Ohe uporalds, and the other s6on,o,.I
me with tears. Now be manly RI
new ana tell Mabel in words that Won :
she will say p "iu sec "hat l
5H1ouhey Smith needed no second !
oluuing, although he was almost nora1 .
yZeu with astonishmeut and iov as ba J.
1egah 1et TO see through his sisters rneo =
9hy, sweet Mabel blushinglv nlacej =
Ier mana IN his as he advanced uith .
ne aIi-lmportant question in his avos .
OF ne could not speak. so great y."I ' =
lis happiness. % great was o
Mrs. Hermann declared that NJ, .
Ieade was the most n,,stnriY., iD WI >, u
'.oman, when she fairly nndonl9,oI ~ a
i"s;a, "i - ne1 e deliberately planned the h,
bout this result. Oiiue
y, ~ ,T course there was an engagement 81 ~
Ut Ut MRS Meade would not listen TO =, =,
ny y, proposals for hasty marriage oi
maoel must go back to Europe to o.
her studies, aud Rodney must af
alT patient y, for," she added imDres. iiL
very loVe,s transformation is Dreat 80
y. ~ ami: man OF tive-and-thirty wears who ~,
- lIVeu Tor himself alone. has nnch ~
unuo ana to learn before he can he pPF
~ ~ y mated TO bright, inexperienced mi
n nHouney submitted to this with toler. ~ ~
ne grace. So, while Mabel was gain PC pc
knowledge, he faithfully battled n - Gu
Iicoihe selhShness, striving to he ~,
Oie in thought and deed. sr'
oue uay, not long ago, on the decl 90,
Gu incoming steamer party of three tnr
lles looked among the waitinG ~, ~.
'"u ior one dearer to two of tbam9 w.; W.
in al the world beside. That ona oNi'
IS Rodney Smith-not the saI6sb
'rtal VINO had chafed uu,ler bic ~, ~
e, but a chanel oSv t"o years be- in i
/ become banSoLHiI inIL whose name tur
where the wolf o,u so Woru IN fami- jew
oi, :. Tue uoor. Who can picture the LOST 0.
se59 "d Side' through the surging twe tUSe
wa @ 70 the spot where stood his e"oI s"J
set M MABEL, grown into serious won. et". eaUl
Trs. Meade,s Mot ,5, has
en- Mabel stood % happily, for ereC
g her life and its hopes into the Sole oone
ping OF Rodney Smith, all witnesses e' Glea
! that "a IN this instance Cupid had t5ai ngG
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