The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-10

me of the trouble which had come be-
tween her sister and happiness.
1T was Eugh's grand-uncle, my.
dear, just such young spark as he
who has been upsetting us all The
morn. In and out. in and out since
merry party of lads and lassies. And
those who were as thick as thieves
always. IF ne came when we were
out, or we had to go out before the
Dalhinton folk came, we wad leave
| a letter in ''the post" as we called it.
Yon nook in the mantel shelf yonder
and mony a plan for junketing or
what not has lain there. So Hugh and
Dorothy grew up with never word OF
marriage between them; maybe they
found the counting time so pleasant
that they Were 10th to end it. Doro-
thy. too, had many lovers and was
not to be Melted or bridled any more
than she is now. Well, I mind once,
| it was her birthday, which is but a
found them together in tire parlor. A
bonny pair; he in mis- laced coat and
she lin her white jaconet The sun
streaming through the window, the
air full O. perfume. He was singing,
'Dorothea, Dorothea,' as cam in
and he had given her posy ring.
Ayei my dearie-its strange how this
aud world hanks back at times
An that was the end O. 1t all, as
far as 1 know. 1t was yeomanry
week and every house full. Bellies and
beaus from town and not the hinder
end of minute to spare for auld
friends. Gamma say for certain, but
it's likely they had words--they were
aye having them and making friends
next day. There was a spark frae
England WI soft tongue and Dali
hinton was taronged wi titled ladies.
Anyhow Hugh came no more to
Halfaden that week and though I've
seen Dorothy's eyes turn to the post,
seeking a letter mony time, there
never came a line.
'"T'was the last ball to close the
junkettngs and ] was kept at nome
the dawn, but wi the dark of night
in her face. Did ye see Hugh 1
asked thinking it best to be bold
Aye she said, BUT he didn't see me.
His eyes were for Lady Charlotte, not
praised they can do veal enough wi
out him.
Next week the news came that the
lad was off to the wars and within
a month he was killed at Waterloo.
Waes' me, folk talk of it as a glor
ious day but 1 mind when the whole
country side was full o. woe. And
was safe at home a babe in his
nurses arms, when half the sisters I
knew wept for some dear one. After
that Dorothy laughed at one and all
o her suitors and would oft say to
me, that d lass who trusted anything
but a mans plighted word was a fool
for her pains, and for all She knew
they might break that as well, seeing
twas net SO precious as heart"
L looked across the copper beecIles
of the dew to where the smoke of
Dalhfntan showed blue against the
hillside, when she mad finished and
said in my heart that come what may
[ could never believe my Hugh, capa-
BILE of such cruelty And yet the cur
ious coincidence which linked my fate
with that past tragedy struck chill
Ito my heart. Aun't Dorothy must have
sent back the ring and verses to her
lover possibly TOO late to reach him.
and the pitiful little packet had lain
all these years unopened till Hugh
found it, and gave it to me.
When, as a mute apology I took
AuHt Dorothy's tea in to her room
ttat afternoon she turned on me with
strange abTuptness.
You'll find the watch on the table,
child, | didn't send Il after ali. No
one shall say I married anything. So
you can give it back to him If he
comes
eff he comes?" The idea made me
smile; OF course ne would come.