Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-02-11

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liz - VI - their secret well.
40 1 and Dick was al
fN'-SI the world 10 his
aSS ST. wife Dorothy.
~ During two OF
these months they
remained ;rro:d. living in me smaller
lGGns On the Riviera. seeking nc IN
-ereSt* beyond themselves. bur ieaolhS
= guiet peaceful life CT love. OF whlch
Eei:he~ bad become the least weary
Skea lh@ks leave was up and Ii was
ZiEae fo.' him 20 go back to his duty
NHV. rs the 43d were still Quartered
a Colch ester, it became Il question OF
S0Gle Importance for them 10 decide
&AF e Dorothy should take up her
atRde after This. Colchester or Us I'M
mediate Reighborhood was. OF course,
Gr impossi0ility. as her whereabouts
Z1ig4t AZ any moment be discovered,
and also Dicks real name. Dick suS-
gtS;ed that she might go 10 CheimS-
zord AID take rooms there for the
rime; tut Dorothy had stayed more
ThaH once in that sleepy little town,
zaElG L Was therefore almost as i'm
possible as Colchester itself. SO flnai-
. they agreed that there was no place
il The world like London in which TO
hide oneself and have good time all
Gre sa me. and therefore they came
back 10 town during the last week OF
Dick leave. and they took a little fiat
81 KensiRgton. just here Dorothy and
barbara could ger on very comfortably
without any servant, and yet could be
saear to good shops and a IOlerably
girely street.
I'm afraid you'll be awfully dull,
darling, ne said to her when they
Dad taken possession. and his last
evening had come. because. of course,
you won't know any one. and you are
nor at ali likely TO get to know people"
Il shall have Barbara said Doro-
xty, smiling bravely.
Yes, you'll have Barbara, but Bar
Cara won't be much company for you"
be answered Il do hate all this con-
<,sslneEt- I hate leaving you at all,
1oo ! Rate having to live, as it were,
on the sly. and I'm afraid always that
Sorns one you know or one of the fell
Scws Will be seeing you, and that they
Uay get hold of a wrong idea alto
xttner. and-and-I sometimes feel as
Is / should like 10 kill that old savage
at Ayirner's Field"
~But, Dick dear. nobody will see me,
10 in L I
Dorothy Strobe still. Remember, l
&cr't know many people in all the
world, and none of your officers know
ne az all. and if they happened 10 see
sase with you they wouldn't think any
ching Of il. Really, | wouldn't worry
skoou, that if | were you. dearest. and
"a for M being dull-why, | am never
dull I never have been used TO hav-
s1g more than one person at time
iAuntie all my life, and now you. l
ss1an get on splendidly with Barbara,
aaG / shall always be able to look for
ward 10 the days when you will be
coming home
AND shall come like bird when
ever I get the ghost of chance he
Gried, tendsrly.
And l." cried Dorothy, Jam going
o. make d study of gowns. | have al
ways been used to making my ordinary
gox1s, and | shall have lots of time,
md I am going TO begin as soon as
Hcu are gone. | am going TO make
Eyself some beautiful tea-gowns; they
,nI Il
ofhsG-snsy will make you respect
Ezt. sir,
But you don't want TO look married
and dignifed," he cried. half alarmed
Anow, and"
IL shall not be wearing a tea-gown,
1ask.- cried Dorothy, with a gay
Sangh.
'.Ah, no, no, of course not" he an
sxsred, relieved. All the same,
caSagn. did you not tell me the other
<szy that you had a cousin somewhere
- other?
oh, Esther! Yes, but She" care
esssfy, she is in Egypt"
But, my dear child, she won't be
ca Egypt always" he rejoined; and
- she comes back to London, which
este is sure to do"
by no means, Dick" interrupted
Dorothy, quietly. Esther is just as
E5xs1y to go off for the summer to New
Zealand or Finland as to come to Lon
son And she would not specially
Dk1nr me up if she did come here She
- beautiful and rich and very indie
s9sneent in her mind. but she is six
years older than | am and thinks very
tile OF family ties. In any case, sup
asing that l met her in London to-
zzoErow, she would certainly not try
HE Dry into my affairs, and even if 1
HAD your leave to tell her part of the
s,111h she is perfectly safe. | assure
-ys<s that you need never worry your
sssEs FOR a single moment about my
-eaGsin Esther