Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-12-18
Mrs. Colonel CftlGrOG.

Mrs. Colonel CllthrrOe,' And
with the utterAucr of those words
he brown eyes seemed to laugh al
their own reflection 10 the mirror,
and aS the preltii curved lips
n rtrd thy showed he perfect
teeth. Do | lOok IC Johu? Do II
For am trn,ely anxious as TO
the effect which III III Drpduce on
your flcods aud ntighhOrs.'
1h gray barred h"rdsome hns-
,and shook his head with smile.
III rdly, am afraid Rose. A
coSua observer would be more
lkel, to think YOU we're young
lad, spending Ih- holidays with
her gral d alher. Fortunately !
however, tue residents i'll these
parts know who you are. 1 ex
pect hey So i'll mus er pretty strong
At church this morning to get a
good stare at you.
Rose CltherOe took her hus'
baud's arm rs they paased through
the gateway of The Pnor>. The
Colonel had inherited the property
from an uncle, not long before his
marriage.
It looks more matronly to take
our arm, john she SAID, laugh
ing. Bat then her mood changed,
and she looked grave, adding:
Il do really feel nervous. [ don't
want these people who have known
ou all your life to say 1 am too
Young and too glddy: and too al
together unworthy to be your Wife
Do you think they will be pleln'
diced against me by my apperancel
| chose a bonnet aud this long
sealskin coat because they M Ike
me older than hat aud jacket
'DOu't be anxious, child,' aud
TIE Colonel pressed the hand
Ghlch rested on his arm. unless
people are hopeIessy stupid and
short sighted they must see at a
glance that you are the most
charming of young women and
am the most fortunate OF men, anC
blessed altogether beyond my
| de- e>eris. But whether they think
aud whatever they say, the fact re
mains that we are entirely salts
6ed with each other
lam more than satisfied anc
Rose spoke emphaticAlly. Il offer
wonder why such happiness shoul(
come to me when so many women
are miserabll married.
1t was rather a romantic little
story, as things 90 in these prosa''
, times, that story of how RoS'
D,sart became Ms. Colone
Clitheroe when she was eightte'
aud he was fort, six.
} Bose declared that she hat
beeu in love with bin all her life
Certainly at two years Old she ha'
O5en in the habit of assuring hin
'Rosie'll marry you when she's big
whereupOu be always answered
All right, little woman, II! wal
tor YOU
Tue chlld's passionate devotion
to the handsome officer VAS quiz
al amusement to her parents. B I
when his regiment was ordered o
10 India, and they saw tbe littl
face grow white aud thin, an
heard her heartbrOken sobs, the
laughed no longer. Even after sh
ceased to cry for 'R lsle's Colonel
she never forgot him.
The pretty baby had grown to
tall, slim girl of thirteen whe
r these TWO friends met again. b
d that time Rose Dysart was a pup
at a small and and select bOar'
lug schoOlin the environs OF Pari
and on one or the frequent visl
which her father and mother pal
or to their darling. they came, |
y chance, across Colonel Cllthero
ne " no also was spending a few da!
10 the gay capital.
'How Is RosIei Has sbeforgott'
mcP were among his first que
tiOns.
| Mrs. D. sart laughed.
'Kose is at school at Nenill
Come with us this afternoon, al
- then judge tor yourself wheth
nd you have been forgotten
The girl had not grown stiff q