Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-11-02

landscape painters name was Elem
ing, that he was young. goodlooking
and clever, lived Ill Edinburgh, was
quite a gentleman and not at all the
kind Of man that Aunt Cecilia seemed
to imagine.
Being Informed that Dollie had been
forbidden to go there, Mrs. Mainwar-
ing advised her sister to assure herself
that Dollie had understood and was
obeying this order. This Mrs. Carnegie
dld, and then once more gave her whole
mind to Sir Philip and EVE. Why did
he not propose? The day of his de-
parture was drawing very near.
1t came two days earlier than had
been anticipated. A rich old bachelor
uncle of Sir Philip, who was then in
Sunderlandshire, dispatched this tele-
gram to him:
Am Ill and must have rest Come at
once and help me or l shall die outright.
Why are you so l5ng in arriving?"
Ten minutes after the telegram came
Sir Philip followed Mr.. Carnegie to
| the stUdy-a study in which no book
was ever opened but that which he
! had gone to fetcll-Bradshaw. Mrs.
/ Carnegie thought she knew what Sir
i Philip had gone to do and tried to be
| patient while she awaited the result.
In quarter of an hour her husband
came and said: MY dear, I have had
great surprised very great surprise
1T almost amounted to a shock
What nonsense, Charles, You must
have known what was coming"
why should I? You didn't"
Indeed, l did. ] have known for
ten days that Sir Philip wanted to
marry EVE"
But he Doesn't is Doliie.'
Even if Sir Philip did happen to be
in love with the young daughter he was
still Sir Philip; so after Mrs. Carnegie
was sufficiently recovered TO fit a new
heroine into the romance in which she
was so much interested she sent out
emissaries in search of Dollie.
No one could find her, until at last
al under gardener. being much pressed
by Mrs. Carnegie herself, said, with
evident reluctance, that Miss Dollie
might perhaps, he thought, be painting
in LadyWell wood.
To reach this wood Il corntield had to
be traversed, and just as Mrs. Carne-
gle was half across it she saw DOllie
in the distance, bidding farewell to a
gentleman with a sketching-bag Oh his
back. The unhappy lady stopped short
in horror.
"Dollie," she exclaimed, this is
shameful! [ have been trusting YOU
ali this time, and you, it seems, have
been breaking your word?"
"Oh, no. have not! l have not been
near the glen and l have never seen
Mr.. Fleming until this morning. Don't
look that way, mother; l am speaking
the truth. | was on my way to tell
you all about it,
Tell me nothing of that kind! |
want to know nothing"
But you must know, mOther-yOu
will be forced to know. Mr.. Fleming
has asked me to marry him and [ have
said / will
She Loved an Artist. =
You have! We'll, girls do stupid
things sometimes; but the sooner you
undo this the better!'
Mother" DCllie began. hut her
voice failed her.
Make no appeal TO me, DOllie. | am
sorry for you, of course, if you care;
but you won't care long. Be 4 good
girl and do your best to dismiss this
from your mind ut once and forever,
and go 10 your room now and write
and tell that man that you intend to
do so''
Where is Dollie?" asked Mr.. Carne
gle when he and Sir Philip came.
She was here few minutes ago but
she has been sketching in the sun and
il has been too much for her. She had
to go to bed with frightfully bad
headache"
Then I shall not see her unless |
stay till tomorrow" said Sir Philip,
after expressing much sympathy.
''Oh, you must not do that-you
must not offend your uncle: besides,
Dollie may not be well enough to see
you tomorrow"
| Sir Philip departed and Mr.. ana Mrs.
! Carnegie repaired to the study to write
! to Mr. Fleming.
Their daughter, they said, might have
! been temporarily led away by perSua-
sion, but now saw, Is any one with
any judgment must see, that marriage
with him was out of the question.
! They inclosed a letter from her which
would inform of the true state Of her
feelings, and trusted that he would see
the propriety of leaving the neighbor-
hood at once.
But can you get her to write that
letter." asked Mr.. Carnegie.
ooh, yes replied his wife, and went
to Dollie's room, which she did not
leave until she had succeeded.
He wrote to her, but his letter was
returned by Mr.. Carnegie unopened.
Fleming became desperate, and being
powerless in other ways, called the
wisdom of the serpent to his aid and
wrote: Il find it so hard to believe
that your daughters mind can have
changed so suddenly thE+ 1 entreat
YOU to let me see her alone for ten
minutes. If you permit this, and she
then speaks as she has written, l give
YOU my word of honor as a gentleman
to accept her decision as final and to
leave this place at once"
W. great reluctance Mr.. Carnegie
replied: ''Since you refuse to believe
the truth and insist on giving my