Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-06

Minnie Morris looking up into her
lovers face with eyes which expressed
n lifeaud death esrnestue<&
Why who on earth told you. pet7
Never mind who told me. Dick Is
il true
Well he did make sone suggestion
Of the kind: bat ! don't know that the
lady would have me Everyone ism, a.
easy to please as you. little one
-Oh. Dick she Rroaned II
couldn't give you up. ! think. unless I
was sure il wa for your happiness
Could roo give ne rP ~ air. he
asked han,eringiy; but her reply was
quite serious
YES could. and would IL I was con
WINGED IL was for yOur good the little
woman Sait- with such an expression
Of resolution in her faee a. convinced
DSck that she was quite QuixOtic
enough TO make the sacrifice
And how am I to convince o that
] would be happier engaged 10 Miss
Haekett@- Dick asked. scratching his
head. with a droll expression of per
Ps=xity-
- A~1E. NVAT EdAIFE II uETFE
forgive you IL he finds out not only that
you on tzke Miss Haekett, but tina,
you will take me
Il haven't broken il to him vet
Dick answered lightly I'm an IN
selfish fellow. and like to keepmy little
trouble To myself as long As / can
As he spoke he lifted his little
trouble clean of the ground with the
arm which was round her waist. aud
set her then gently down Her little
ness and lightneSs had for him n charm
Complementary to that which his great
size and strength had for her.
Hell hear Of it and disinherit you.
Dick
Il don't think 81 Nv father IS no,
always like wha, you see OF him Be
fore he fell in Unexpectedly for the
property he WAS the most generous o.
men; but his Sudden riches. which
made him socially. ruined him moral
" He became suspicious cynical and
mi>eriv. with however. the strznxe,s
occasional reversious TO his old xener-
Gus self Now. II caught him in one
Of these lucid intervals and confessed
our engagement 10 him then | believe
he'd not only approve Of IL but give us
n hump SUM down for cur emigration
plan
But he won't hear Of il frm you.
DIX Gilbert viii tell him
Gilbert He doe<n-t know Of Il him
self
Yes he does he told Ms. Jackson
of il
~PHew. He'll certainly put a spoke
in my wheel IN that case Dick ex-
claimed with insoppressible nee
I'D better be beforehand with him.
Minnie. and make n clean breast of il
at once to mr. father he added
When however. Dick hurried home
10 make this confession 70 his father ne
found that his brother Gilbert had been
beforehand with him
80 sir. his father cried. the mo-
msnt he entered the study. and before
he could ever open his lips 80 sir.
I'm 10 congratulate you upon your en-
gaxement q Miss Morris Very GOOD,
very good, shall be glad 10 make
precisely the same settlement in her
- aAA&A a kA&AAAL~EN ~ AAAF II ~
had married Mss Haekett~
Here Dick s.ammered zmzxedlv It's
really exceedingly good Of you. father
Not at all sir not at all I prom
tsed 20 settle on you n fortune equal 70
Miss H&ekett's. and now l promise 10
settle On yOu n fortune equal To Miss
Morris That's fair. sir. I hope. he
added with n harsh ~szr4onic laugh
Hardly. sir Dick replied bitterly.
1T i neither generous nor Just to help
only those who need no help
Its Christian anyway. which Is bet
ter than being generous or Just He
that hath to him shall be given. and he
that hath not from him shall be taken
that which he seemeth TO have Eh7-
Its hardly the moral of the parable
of the prodisal. sir Like him I came
to ask you for q sum TO start US
Not a penny. Not a penny, Not q
penny cried the old man furiously.
IF you choose to take your own way
you make you own way
Very we'll sir And Dick turned
abruptly on his heel and quilted ii.
room
II was = terrible blow 20 him. since
he was some thousands in debt aud
had been brought up in the idlenes
and h~elpleSsness of n man with xrez.
expectations He hurried OF. rather
weakly and selfshly. IL must De con
fessed. 70 eonfde the whole trouble
debts and ALTO Minnie. Great was
his surprise and relief 70 fnd that she
took, cow when the blow had fallen.
the cheerful view he had failed 70 make
her axe when il was merely impending.
1t viii be all righ. Diek. dear. You'll
see, SIZE treasured him brightly, over
and over again. TIL size succeeded IN
injecting hir with this h~opefulnes~
Indeed. she seemed IN zl-os. hyster-
teally high spirits> and I~zughinzly in
sisted upon branding him as her very
oSn By cutting away 20 the very
soOts a lock Of his hair. She kissed. too.
the little bald spot she had nade-the
6rt kiss she had given him but no, the
last For when he rose az last and
late. TO take his leave. she followed
him anexfrM thu Hnnr ard rh~-u - -