Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-04

Htr aai boIur- % the frat gentleman
r- ta- .u-.ty. ls. living beneath lis
bro. s..- root all 90 his rXf,srs.. haH
Ftt Betrayed t.at BROTHERS, tr1zft
Could -ubiuu. br more vliel And ret
and E.t. ]. DIS mother. intense a.
IS I#E anaa.f.re. of bis deed vranf
r .HH pt..-htI iur h. Nj la.a
s-.-4 and tuJu~t iu its par Esg.
Hug.H y.t spar. him rrtrlbufioa ANS
81. SIS ! ro..i lut that even tt saa
.w SO MF r-.r >hnuid t0ucl h.a.
caua.t Erpul-e tie woman whom ha
i ..E.I 3 N.I not speak ta Hsr
al. ta~ ruined the lives Of both - n5e
.eE~- lut Vet. in a man1er. slf +
sIsr,I to mr.
Sha paused The tears We're running
down my checks. and though she rsulf
not see tE.m she felt them m5l.feu. ID.
thc beautiful hands against which {
had teulerly pressed my face
Dear little cirlr7 she murmursd
di~er-agiuE oUy hand and str0k iuz usv
hair cares>iu-iy. Yours Is the hrsf
overt manifestation ~ sympathy
have ever received. Dorothy. AMI n fs
welcome TO me beyond expression.
For few moments we remained
thus silent. hut linked closely ta-
gethrr through the bond % common
emotion. Pr, >eutly she started ana
drew herself suddenly aloof from a..
rs ii Kidding herself of n temptation
~Oh. how selfish ! am she cried
How wrapped In my own ezofisu
still. Notwithstanding the lesson have
received, n j. ~ myself and mr. own
sorrows and gricfs nave been p~atin-
this ball-hcur. II ls for my own mfSer-
able and iusfly-iuiicted sugerin-s tai
| have been seeking 20 arouse your
compassion and pity. IL Is nv own
self-abnegation | have permitted You
70 laud as the means OF bringing hack
that wretched girl 20 the home OF
which she was so incOnsiderate aud
careless a mistress And yet-w what
am ], what are my anguish and woe.
what are my wrongs and wretched
ness. what my clsmency and mercy,
compared with my son Darracotf his
heroic endurance and noble forbear-
ancei oh, little Dorothy. you thought
me fulsOme In my praise Of him that
day when l told you he was modelled
on heroic lines! / knew you did. and
also OWNED the disappolntmcnt you
experienced upon seeing him for the
first time. IL is true. In appearance
he may fall short OF girlish ideal. but
live with him. watch his daily life.
penetrate beneath the outer crust of
reserve and apparent indifference IN.
der which extreme sensitiveness seeks
10 shelter itself. and you will discover
a character that cannot fail 10 arouse
the enthusiasm OF your earnest nature.
aud. once comprehending the wonder
tul depths, the splendid magnanimity.
the glorious unselhshness Of that
character. you'll no longer wonder
that of all the inen I have ever known.
/ hold ia highest esteem and profound
est vencration him whose love ] would
sacrifice my own life 10 gain. now that
TO gain IL is too late-my noble and
dearly beloved son. DarracOtt"
She was very greatly moved. and !
feared the effect upon her OF such ser
ious emotion. Therefore ] determined
to withdraw. and 30 allow her TO re-
cover her self-control In most earnest
phrases | thanked her for n confidence
which had cost her so much. and raised
her hand to kiss II. but she fOrsstalled
my intention by drawing me down and
pressing me closely. arfectionately. 70
her heart, kissing me several times
upon lips and cheek and brow. Then.
releasing me. she motloned me 10 leave
her. and avcrting her face. covered 10
piteously with her slender white hands.
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