Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-28

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into lOwlaula lacn Wd hastily mus.
murcd "Faihcr wants me Do mlrir
him, bui WON'T llmafgy SOU. resura
and write oft va and don'tatty go long"
sho pleaded 49, She raised hor face for u
farewell kiss.
Tho next morning old Maradon said 10
his daughter with au iuquisitiye look.
"young Hinton didn't stay long last
night, did her
mo" answered Lucia, mot very
long"
"Did he nsk you to have himy' added
the old man.
"Yes. father. he dil" answered Lu.
cha. "but ! told him couldn't"
"Told him SO couldn't" screamed
the old man. 'why couldn't yer
because | don't love him" said tho
daughter, looking her father steadily In
the eye.
Love him, Lucol tell yo people
don't marry for love. They marry to
make a good thing. Whom they got the
worst Of IL its Ike any other bad bar.
gain; but young Hinton has money and,
Luce, you'd be,tor chungc your mind
and send him word that you like him
well enough. IN give YOU a good start,
and you1i find ONT that You have a
pretty rood old dad after all"
Lucia kissed her father, but replied
"No, him. can never marry him.'
The years crcpi slowly by and brought
their usual round oi bright and cloudy
days. Lucia had grown taller and
more beautiful. Her father was still NJ
grnsping rs ever. IL agree with sou,
Luce" he used 10 fny. "thcrosno special
hurry; hut YOU drop tlicm almost too
quick somotimea. Il seems 10 mo- One
day he hobblel into the room whore
Lucia f,t al work and snid in a severe.
low tone; IL henr that yon net letters
from that Ang Rowland. sit trues'
~ have received lriter5 from him -
Lucia ropliod. sand ho ia doing worry
well. understand"
IL don't care how no IL doing. That
follcr'u die plor." eruwlcd the old man.
Ho went outside and rat down ON the
garden bench. "Tll SEQ Cicely." said
he. with emily look on his face.
Ciccly was the girl who sorted aud dealt
ont the mail nj the village postoft,bc.
Not long after This Lucia ceased receiy.
ing letters with California postmarl,.
Time passed aud it was now nearly
ten years since Lucia and Angus had
stood at the garden gate md said good.
by. Old Marsdon hnd fallen into siate
OF dospondoncy 70 utterly abiect that
Lucia was sometime ON tho roint of
Welding 10 his wishes. but she Thought.
an wait awhile louger; something has
. happened or he'd mover hive broken HE
word"
ono day her father called hur to him.
He was unable 10 get about the house
now, but lay proppcd up in his chair all
day with his eyes closed. very unhappy
old man. ".Luco," said he, "rll make
short worls'of It. Tho last Investment |
made stalfod all aud lost IL was the
first timo, Luce. aud your father has
had many bargain Ia his day, but this
timo has outdone them all. In month
from now we won't have house to cover
our heads. / hoped this sickness might
hurry me on, but see it's going to give
me time, and Ill have to go to tho poor.
house. Luce, unlcas,n and tho old man
looked ut her pitifuliy, unless you save
your old dad"
an work for you!" cried Lucia.
"You shall never go to the poorhouse.'
And she was moro tender in the care OF
her father after that.
ono day Us she stood near her fayorite
bed OF flowers sadly thinking how soon
she would have 10 leave them. a yoic,
broke tho silence OF her meditntions
81 beg your pardon. but your flower.
look very pretty aud had TO stop 10 nd
miro them" and looking M Lucia saw
"A tan. well dressed gentleman stnpdin,
ut the garden gate. 81 raise grca
many flower, tnysclf" said the pontle
man, "and / always tal,o nm Interest /,
them. but 1 live in flower countr,
where they grow much mora luxurInni
ly than here"
Lucin paye n etnrtlod lool,-but no
how foolish. IL couldn't be he. Anou
Howard could never have deyeloped int
such n bnndsomo man.
~ declnre. Irco. Won don't l,noyy me.
said the gentleman with n smile.
/ "Ob Any, know Won nov for vo
sneak with yonr old voice. but YOU hny
been AWAY n long time.p
"You siopped writing. and road I'm
California pnper that Won were ma,
ried.r n,id Angus; "but recently
learned that Il was a false report. and
nm here once moro TO nsk Won To 1
mine -