Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-07-12

Il remember said.
Shes very well, and in little
lutter, of COARSE said be i sup.
pose you've had lettersF
Excuse me, Pm needed else
where I said. aud dashed away.
An hour after, my uncle coming g
across me, said:
so you know Holly, Tom? He's
not a bad fellow, though a bit OF a
puppy. He's made good deal of
money In the theatrical line; man
ager and all that, you know. Mar.
ried a sort of cousin of my wi;e's
two years ago.
Is he a married manp
'Oh, yes, why notP
uncle Harold;' SAID I, you must
let me run up to Hampton tonight.
l must co.
'What is the matter, Tomp said
my unc'e.
Il c,n't tell you,' said 1, but l
must co.
'Then you must said my uncle;
but if it wasn't you, you'd never
come back. Don't be longer than
you eau help, as it is.'
Il Travelled on the night train,
and reached t, e dear little brown
cottage when its windows were
golden In the sunrise. Tie old lady
was getting breakfast. Dolly was
milking; her father at work in the
garden. 1t was a sweet picture.
aud | had come to turn its joy into
sorrow; but better that than to let
worse sorrow come.
You, TOmP cried Mrs. Brusle.
Why, TomP cried the old lady; so
you thought you'd see our girl Ull
after all2 You know she starts to.
morrow
Dolly diu not look at me, but !
saw her face flush crimson.
'I'm sorry to say that | have come
down to bring bad news said |.
Bad newsl said Mr.. Brusle.
''m sorry for that, my boyi What
is itP
1T affects YOU, Sir SAID I; mot
me. | come only because worse
would happen If | W ere silent, and
| beg you to believe that | am
sctuated by no spnit of revenge,
You may not credit me, but | wish
that any other man bad this to DO
Mr.. Holly is, and has been for two
years, a married man.
l turned my face away from
Dolly as | uttered these words,
and dropped it upon the hanG that
rested on the vine trellis. | ex
pected to hear her scream, but my
news did not seem to produce as
great an effect as | expected.
looked up again; all eyes were
fixed upon me.
'Ah!' said the old man.
Welll' said the old lady.
Go on, Tom,' said Dolly.
His wife is a cousin Of the lady
my uncle married. said l. If yOu
don't believe me. can offer proc
of the fact. He is married.
'Ot q rse I knew that,' sale
Dolly. lis wife is quite a cele
brated contralto.'
knew that be was marriedp Salt
II. 81 don't understand YOU
Its a great deal nicer for Dolly,
said Mrs. Brusle. Mrs. holly ant
she will travel together. But, y
J deall perhaps Mrs. Holly isn't nice
Is that llF
| stared from one to the other
Mrs. Brus,e,' SAID l, what die
ou tell me when yOu came dow
New York? AS l understand you
that Dolly was engaged to Mr.
Brusle and that you were buylnI
the wedding dress
Gracious mep cried the old lady
, Nothing of the Sort
S Did you think that, TomV erie
Dolly. 1 asked her to explain.
'Oh, dear me! why, Tom, J nav
engaged to travel with him as on
of n quartet be has just formed. 1
e foreign gentleman and our tenor a
church, Mr.. Motley, and Mrs. Holl
and /; and I shall make a grea
deal of money, aud-Oh, Tom
why that's you sent back IN
letters
| opened my arms, and Doll
3 ran into them without thinking ,
s the old folks.
5 You see how it is slr,' | said
q Mr.. Brusle. Pm not Iich, but
y love Dolly; and If she'll take me a
y am | shall be the happiest fello'
g under the sun. Aud Tor Heaven
sake, Dolly, don't mind breakln
p your engagement with that fellow