Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-06-08
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Er.ra Ilaf Mr.. Thomas EnoNtun, our
LI-.l- s-ia.ssa.=l -N-t"Wusnian- las
T lrara >fr'ul.ly lrfurTi in an accident 10
the I-l.trlr iG-lt works Ia Kansas
Ci,y. u Witch H. lla. recvntly t-rrn
ui..,!p Eruy...l superintendent The ac-
r,,Iut ~ BIS accident a. NJ have ie-
c,..yy,i Il i.-aacs q..,r Ler" II M
EruNtHn ami shows him 90 le tie Eal-
liant >un 10 a noble gentleman. IL was
Z by yuayayuriu- lu save the life 81 an
I old. crippled employee u the works
Z Who was ct-l-t.l uu ihr top nuur, that
/ be- came near losing his own valuable
I RE-"
olivia flung the papcr down with
mean And tie whole Wide ocean De-
tween IL, Ny hove, My love-.
Miss Malyiua was sobbins helples>ly.
Olivia >prang to her feet paS>ionatciy.
Don't Let us waste time crying. Miss
Malvina. Help me 10 pack up. Help
/ me- To get ready. We will start home
tomorrow. We will 20 To him. oh. Tom.
/ Tom, Why did let you drive me away
I from your
OLIVIA, Tom BroXton drive you
away from him.
Yes. he did. he lid, | asked him
to-havr me-and lac refused. Yes, he
! did
She was wringing her hands in an
agony of fearless distress.
OLIVIA"
"Oh. please don't keep repeating my
name for all the world like Il parrot,
/ Miss Malvina.'
WHY. the boy is perfectly wrapped
up in YOU
He isn't. he isn't! He drspiSes me,
and II love him! have loved him
all my life. and-and did not know it,
| He was 81 meek and lowly that | tyr
anniZrd over him. oh. To think Of the
miles of salt water between us and
him. Who knows? SUPPOSE She
! turned white To the very lips.
Miss Malvlna, frightened at the
mcndaciously east discredit on 1t and
| It's methods.
"But. my dear Olivia, you are work
| Ing Yourself up into a perfect fever 50
! unnecessarily. Don't you know the
newspapers never tell the TRUTH They
can't afford to. They have to spread
every sensation out So thin. To make 1t
cover so much space, that you would
see right through it if they didn't color
ii up high ana smear it all over with
manufactured features. Now, | don I
doubt for Il moment that Tom BruN-
tons legs have done double duty in
that paragraph as well AS on that fire
escape"
"Ie is none the less hero, a great,
brave fellow" said ollie, Frightening
into combativeness under this comfort
Ing view Of the ease.
"Of course he is, and no one knows
it better than | do. Suppose we send
a cablegram to ask about him"
Il am going straight to him." said
Ollie, with lofty superiority to all lets
and hindranccs.
But if no vessel should be sailing
Immediately, my DEAR
"Oh. Miss Malvina, please get to
packing our trunks. You are such a
creature for pointing out obstacles"
Whether Miss Malvinas meek spirit
would have held good under this fresh
outburst of injustice will never be
known. Some one knocked at the door
of their apartment. Ollie. feverishly
anxious to be doing something, answer
ed it herself.
"You? Why
She moved back from the door, and
Clarence WestOver entered, holding d
newspaper in his hand.
Il am awfully glad to find you in.
am just back from Berlin: found lot
Of mail matter waiting for me, this
among it,"
Il know-we know" said Olivia nod
ding her head slowly.
Its about BroXton, | mean" Clar
encc said.
"YeS; we have seen it."
, WeStover's handsome face wa!
wrinkled with perpleXlty. He fount
himself in rather an awkward predica
mcnt. He had come to plead Ton
, BroXton's cause with the woman the,
had both loved.
ut is an awful pity" he said, glanc
ing at the paper he still held. "Ther,
, are not many men like Broxton in tn,
world"
, Not a single one" Miss Malvina in
terjected, with decision.
: Il thought perhaps--yOu might
!, You see. feel deucedly otlicous."
, Miss Malvina and are starting 70
America Immediately" said Ollie, witt
g., blushing dignity.
. Good! The sooner the better. Blu
a | don't know of any vessel that sail
sooner than the one | have taken pas
sage by. That goes Oh Wednesday
p This is Monday"
"You?'
| MISSIONER looked at her meditatively
A demure smile lurked in the corner
? of his mouth. How desperately in low
with this pretty little thing he ha,
| once fancied himself! But that wa
, before he had met his Clementin,
whom he had married a week befor
. in Venice
Z eyes, my wife and sail for Ame'ric
t on Wednesday," he said quietly.
r Your wife? I've had hear
|, that
v Il hope you will like her. Ollie"
0 81 know shall adore her, Clarence.
e You see," he went on maliciously
after you made up your mind tina
:. you would never, never marry any
0 body, | felt it duty | owed mysel
to fall in love with somebody else"
G Ollie treated him to one of her mos
+ patronizing mods. "You did quit