The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-11-05
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"Am i'll and must have rest. Come
at once and help me or shall die out
right Why are You SO long in arriv-
| ing?"
Ten minutes after the telegram
| came Sir Philip followed Mr.. Carnegie
to the study-a study III which no
| book was ever opened but that which
| Mrs. Carnegie Thought she knew
what Sir Philip had gone to do and
tried to be patient while she waited
the result.
In quarter of an hour her husband
came and said: my dear, / have
had a great surprise very great
surprise-it almost amounted to a
shock"
''What nonsense, Charles! You
must have known what was coming" :"
"Why should 1? You didn't"
Indeed, l did. ! have known for
ten days that Sir Philip wanted to
marry Evie."
But he doesn't-it is Dollie."
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 interes ed she
sent out emissaries in search of Dollie.
No one could find her, until at last
an 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 cornfield had
to be traversed, and just as Mrs. Car
negie was half across it she saw Dollie
in the distance, bidding farewell to
gentleman with slxetching-bag on
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, l have not! 1 have not
been near the glen. and have never
seen Mr.. Fleming until this morning.
Don't look that way, mother; / am
speaking the truth. l was on my
way to tell you all about it .
Tell me nothing of that kind! l
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 l will"
''You have! Well, girls do stupid
| things sometimes; but the sooner you
undo this the betterl''
Mother Dollie began, but 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
good girl and do your best to dismiss
this from your mind at once and for
ever, and go to your room now and
write and tell that man that you in
tenI to do so.''.
Where is Dollie?" asked Mr.. Car
negie when he and Sir Philip came.
''She was here a few minutes ago,
but she has been sketching in the sun,
and it has been two much for her
She had to go to bed with d fright
fully bad headache"
Then l shall not see her unless l
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.. and
Mrs, Carnegie repaired to the study to
write to Mr.. Fleming.
Their daughter, they said, might
have been temporarily led away by
pursuasion, but now saw, as any one
marriage with him was out of the
question They inclosed letter from
her which would inform him of the
true state of her feelings, and trusted
that he would see the propriety of
leaving the neighborhood at once
"But can you get her to write that
letter. asked Mr. Carnegie.
"Oh, 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 be-
ing Eowerless in other ways, called
the wisdom of the serpent to his aid
and wrote: Il find it so hard to be-
lieve that YOUR daughters mind can
have changed so suddenly that en-
treat you to let me see her alone for
ten minutes. If you permit this, and
she then speaks as she has written, j
give you my word of honor as a gen
tleman to accept her decision as final
and to leave this place at once
With great reluctance Mr.. Carnegie
replied: "Since you refuse to believe
tie truth and insist on giving my
daughter this pain, you may come to-
morrow at II, when she herself will
tell you what her wish is. You may
see her for ten minutes, but her fam
lily will be present"
All eyes were fixed on Dollie as she
came in, looking pale, i'll, and scarcely
able to stand. No one spoke-all
waited to hear the words that were
about to be said. How would that
faltering, frightened girl get through
her set speech?'
''Charles"' whispered Mrs. Carnegie,
I'VE have been fools to let him see
her! Who
do be quiet, my love-" said Mr..
Carnegie. ut can't be helped now. >
But he was sitting. watch in hand,
longing as much as she did for the ten
minutes to come to an end Fleming
was talking so seriously and Dollie lis