Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07
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As5%If you please. ma'am con1d email.
70 you for one minuteo" asked Nh
Locksley
= heodora Dale started from the
z oeep reverle in which she was buried
ana looked up with large, startled
eyes.
Certainly. Mrs. Locksey," said
she What is it?"
IL ABOUT the rent for the rooms
MIS- Daie, said the landlady, drawing
nersei1 up with little jerk. Two
good months you've occupied EN-
ana 1t stands TO reason. ma'am. as n
hard working widow woman. as has
only herself to look to- wants IN co.
the color of her money. No, as +
"ouia nave hurried YOU. ma'am, =
with half-relenting glance toward
lheodoras deep mourning garments,
"hlle the poor major lay i'll, nor vet
Whiie he was being buried. butt
Theodora looked panied; the deem
scarlet dyed her cheeks
i am sorry to have inconyenienced
you, Mrs. Locksiey," she said. but
l was, Of course. obliged to settle The
undertakers bill ut once, and tbat
has taken all the ready money which
had at command. | have written 10
my husbands relatives. however, and
expect remttances very shortly.
which,
Mrs. Iocksley compressed her Inns
I've heard that same thing from
my dodgers before. naam," said She.
All | can say is that l would very
much like to have the bill paid us soon
asSpossible."
II shall be paid tonight, Mrs.
Locksley. without fail" said Theodore.
her cheeks becoming even hotter than
before. And The instant the door clos
ed upon the short, stout figure of the
lundlady, she let her head fall upon
her clasped hands, and burst into
tears. tears that were almost like
distilled fire. so scalding and bitter
were they.
Theodore Dale had been married
only three months. She had been IA
schoolgirl! of fifteen at Madame Bon
merci's establishment. just out OF
Saratoga, when Major Lionel Dale saw
and admired her at the Springs. He
made some careless Inquiries about
the young beauty with the gaelic
like eyes. scarlet lips and blue-black
hair that clustered so low upon her
forehead. and learned. in an incident
al sort OF way. that she was an or
phan. training at the expense OF Ma
dame Bonmerci herself for a COVER
ness
Hang it," said Major Dale. shes
too pretty for that! III marry herr
Little Theodore Mayder. who had
scarcely left off playing With her dolls,
and was heartily sick Of Madame
Bonmarci's exactions on the one side.
and the unconscious tyranny OF the
children on the other, was half fright
ened, half pleased, when the hand
some, middle-aged major proposed
matrimony to her.
s5k But ! am so young." she pleaded,
. the carnations and lilies succeeding
each other on her cheeks
You are the pret.iest little half
bloom rosebud in the world the ma
jor made answer, CALAMITY.
Madame Bonmarci spoke word or
so of warning to her
My child" said she, beware what
you are about. He is three times
your age-he CANDLES. 1t is true that
your life now is a hard one, butt
II shall marry him" retorted Theo-
dora.
And she did,
At the end OF the three months Ma
jor Dale's fayorite horse, Meg Mcr
rites. ran away with him and killed
b!m. and Theodore, not yet sixteen
was left a widow.
Naturally encrnI, size wrote to her
& husbands relatives. whom sne Eso
@ never seen, and nov, upon THE c.l.-
Der evening, she was expecting az ~
eyer to the letter.
~ color mounted to he, face as
han2stman paused under nc: win.
7. caught the lcttc. i.an! lis
3 7a,,a cohaore it eagerly ope,
letter, re'n- nothing but MI O. .
words penciled>.o her win ,h..a
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