Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-01-17
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+, "My Dear Mr.. Dunbar:I couldn',
wait till [ saw you to tell you, for
know you will be so glad to hear tina,
you have been the means of making
two people happy, especially, 1 hope
when one off them is myself" And
she went on to say: perhaps you
haven't known that Mr.. Nevins, whom
you 50 nobly acquitted, for which
shall never cease to be grateful to you
has long been in love with me, but
papa has never liked him. But when
he heard you prove the other day what
a splendid character he had and what
a noble young man he was, he hadn't
: a word to say. So we are to be
! married next spring, just as soon as
L can get ready. Our engagement isn't
announced yet, but Will thought we
ought to tell you. You have always
been so kind to me, almost like q
brother, and"
! The note fell to the floor and Mr..
Dunbar folded his arms and looked
straight before him with an expression
of blank despair. He felt utterly help
less; nothing could be done. And this
was his triumph, he told himself bit
terly. He called himself a fool for not
seeing how things were going. But
she certainly had given him some en-
enlargement.
And then the truth flashed upon him:
if he hadn't made such a hero Of his
client and whitewashed him until his
own friends wouldn't have recognized
him, she never would have had him
in the world.
The months that followed allowed
Mr.. Dunbar little time for grieving
over his lost love. His first bright
success was rapidly followed by others,
and he found himself entering upon
an active professional career. His
clients were no longer dim phantoms
of his dreams, but living realities.
In time he exchanged his boarding
place for one more pretentious and
elegant and was pleased to discover
that his fair legal opponent, Miss
Evelyn Bates, was an inmate of his
new home. His thoughts had often re-
verted to her since that memorable
trial, but he had not seen her till they
met in the long dining hall at dinner.
Her manner in private was distin-
guished by that same dignity and ele-
gance that had impressed him so dur
ing the trial. He fastened to renew
the acquaintance and wondered that
he had never noticed before how SUI
perior she was to her other woman
friends.
The winter passed swiftly by and
Mr.. Dunbar had made good progress
in his friendship with Miss Bates.
Few evenings passed now that ne did
OF seek her society. And one lovely
evening he took her for a moonlight
drive, thing he had frequently done
Of late. Quite naturally they drifted
into retrospect and their thoughts
went back to the trial in which they
first met.
81 remember l was terribly anxious
over my first case in Grand Rapids"
Unused Miss Bates. 'And I. too,'' said
he. fer l felt, somehow, all along
that it was crisis in my Life and that
all my future happiness depended
On it,
And indeed it did do wonders for
you in your profession" she assented.
''and prosperous business man has
a right to he happy"
"Oh, yes; l am not ungrateful, but
| have learned that wealth and station
can never make me happy Without
"Without what?" innocently inquired
Miss Bates.
without you"
Dunbar found himself launched into
one of the most eloquent and earnest
pleas he ever made in his life, and in
this instance, as in the former, he
won his case.-Chicago News.