The sun., 1900-08-09
JN. WILMINGTON, DELAwARE THURSDAY, AITGUsT g. 500

the least idca pf ever doing anything
50 improper. 1t might seem to her that
her older sisters had had fair chance,
and that they were unconscionably long
III getting ont of the way, but still she
was patient and willing to wait.
Indeed. Dorothy was very closely
looked after by her mother and her
older sisters, and little opportunity was
ever given her even remotely to contem-
| plate the idea of marriage. 1t was not
until last fall that anything in the guse
| of Il man was allowed to approach with
in hailing distance. Then she was given
the privilege of receiving some circum-
spect calls from neighboring young
man named Harry Lambert. He's
one of the best young fellows i'll town,
only u year or two older than Dorothy
and altogether desirable i'll every way.
During the fall he was accustomed to
drop around Sunday evening and spend
an hour with Dorothy ON the front porch
or sitting on bench under tree on the
lawn. Her mother approved though
the older sisters were accustomed to
sneer and to question the propriety of
the proceedings.
Though you must not gather that the
older girls had no attention-far from it.
Mr.. Edward Edgewater has been regu-
larly paving court to Elizabeth, the old
est, for ID number Of years. Mr.. William
Jackson has been doing the same by
Ruth, the second daughter ! don't
know why. hut the progress Of MeSsrs.
Edgewuter and jackson has been OK
cecdingly slow. They have called with
clocklike regularity every Sunday even
ing. but the Joyous wedding bells have
refused TO riug.
so during the fall things ran on MS
| have indicnted each of the Young men
finding happiness in the company of the
lady of his choice every Sunday evening.
But with approach Of cold weather the
prospects for Dorothy changed. The
porch or tile lawn were all very well
under the soft influence of the harvest
moon--pcrhaps preferable to any other
place-hut the allstere November moon
is another thing. Right here | ought to
mention that the widows house, though
comfortable. is far from large. 1t ac-
comodated Elizabeth and Ruth very
pleasantly for courting purposes. but
there was really no place for another.
So thore was nothing for Dorothy but
to throw herself on the generosity of
the others. and beg them to share with
her. since Sunday evening was the only
time that Harry could conveniently call.
She went to Elizabeth first and laid the
case before her, and asked for the use
of the parlor occasionally-perhap
once a month. The older girl proved
colder than the November moon. She
replied in effect that she was in the
habit of entertaining Mr.. Edgewater in
the parlor each Sunday evening and
that she had no intention of giving it
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dresses. Hardly! Dorothy had better
go back to her dolls.
Poor Dorothy wiped her eyes and
sought Ruth. This lady was dunn
founded. The idea. She was accus-
toned to see Mr.. Jackson in the dining
room each Sunday evening. and she
thought she saw herself giving it up to
Il mink who ought to be wearing her
hair in a long braid. Oh, yes. Dorothy
had better 90 back to her dolls.
Dorothy had quiet little cry, then
she bcthought her of Maggie. The
kitchen was not just the place to re-
ceive Harry, but-any port in a storm;
so she sought out Maggie. "rhe loikes
of that! Well, | never! And me in the
habit of receiving Afliccr Donovan here
livery Sunday noight, with the consint
of the missus. And him proper young
man, and on this beat, and that his only
noight off. Indadc, Oi'll not! Oi'll give
notice first! It's a wonder that Miss
Dorothy don't so back to her dolls."
Poor Dorothy! She retired to her
own room and had II good cry. Fate
was against her. there was no hope. 1t
was Saturday; the evening paper pro
dicted cold wave. There was a little
touch Of snow on the ground the next
morning. Dorothy cried some more
This was really all there was left for
her to do.
But that evening Harry came. He
had feared the worst, and was provided
with his winter overcoat and a pair Of
heavy goloshes. Dorothy put on her
winter cloak and took her muff and to-
sether they spent an hour tramping
briskly up and down the path beside the
house. Their teeth chattered consider
ably, but they managed to carry on a
conversation, and to some purpose, as
appeared subsequently. At the end of
the hour Harry said goodnight at the
front steps, passed out the gate sneezed
furously three times and hurried home.
THE next afternoon Dorothy and
Harry called at my house. Harry asked
me to marry them then and there.
Dorothy told their story, and explained
that they had not intended to be mar
ried for a couple of years, mainly out
of regard for the feelings of her sisters,
but that now there was nothing for them
but to he married. or give each other up.
So I married them.
"The marriage, heard, produced
some excitement in the widows house
hold. Elizabeth and Ruth are reported
to have said things, especially when
they got note from Dorothy while
away on a little three-day wedding
tour, asking them please to look after
her dolls, and see that they were fed
regularly and put to bed at seven
O'Clock. Messrs. Edgewater and Jack
son were also said to have been render
cd Thoughtful by the occurance; and
when l met Officer Donovan on his beat
the next day / noticed he seemed pre-
occupied. So if you haven't forgotten
my moral you see where it comes in. BE
generous. At least, don't be too sell
fish"
Sewer Lien on Property.
During the transfer of the dwelling