The western recorder., 1898-04-07

pointed day OF sailing Tor the shining
east. 1t is enough to say that after an
agonzied parting he tore himself away.
and Dorothy found herself left alone
In the pretty fiat. face to face with the
sorest trial of her life.
A week before she had written to her
cousin, Esther Brand, but she had had
no reply. That had not surprised her
much, for Esther was restless soul.
never so happy as when moving about
from place to place. Apart from that,
London is scarcely the place to look
for rich and idle people In September.
and Dorothy had addressed her letter
to her cousins bankers, knowing that
It would be the surest and probably
the quickest way OF finding her. But
when Dick was gone Dorothy began
to get very anxious for a letter from
Esther, to watch for the post, and to
wonder impatiently what Esther could
possibly have done with herself and
whether she had got her letter or not.
silence. and at last. just when Dorothy
was beginning to despair, 1t came.
Here is your letter, Miss Dorothy =
cried Barbara. hurrying into the room
with II.
oh. Barbara" Dorothy cried. ex-
citedly.
In moment she had torn 1t open
and was reading 1t aloud to Barbara.
"Oh, II is from Russia. Fancy Miss
Brand being in Russia. Barbara. and
she says:
- No. Go
you are married! can hardly be-
lieve it-indeed. since having your let
ter this morning / have been saying
to myself over and over again, "Doro-
thy Strobe is married-little Dorothy
has got married." and still do not In
the least realize 1t. So you are very
happy, OF course. and you are going to
have baby-that is almost an "of
course also. And your husband has
got good appointment In India which
he does not dare refuse. That looks
like observation-disclosures and kisses, my
dear little cousin. However. not that
money makes any real difference to
ones happiness. and so long as you
love him and he loves you. nothing else
matters, money least OF all. Bnt why.
my dear, have you waited so long be-
fore you told me OF your new ties7 /
have wondered SO often where you
we're and what had become OF you, and
about four months ago l wrote to the
old house and had your letters return
ed by a horrid young man. David
Stevenson, whom | dlsliked always be-
yond measure. He informed me that
49,, had 1af, ,rnmodlafarv offar do.r
auptie's death. and that he did not
your present address. ! felt a
little anxious about you. but eminent
ly relieved to find that you were evil
IDENTIFY not going to marry that de-
testable young man. who is. | have no
doubt. all that is good and estimable
and afiiuent. but whom. as said, !
have never liked.
"'Well. my dear child. you must let
me be godmother to the baby when 1t
comes that may spend as much
money over its corals and bells as
should have done over a wedding gift
to you. As for coming to you-my
darling child. OF course shall come
straight back, and help Barbara to
make up to you for the temporary loss
of your spouse. | gather from your
letter that he is all that is good and
kind and brave, to say nothing of be-
ing handsome and loving and true
you lucky little girl
Expect me when you see me,
dear. which will be as soon as I can
possibly get myself to London. II I
were on the other side OF the frontier
could pretty nearly nx both day and
time As IT Is. can only ray that I
will lose no time in being with you,
and l viii stick to you till see you
safe on board the P. and o. steamer.