The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-16
GOING TO GET MARRIED.
EFrom the London News.l

| your loss. Although my acquaintance with
/ yourself and INV late uncle was limited
! to the esrrhanas ~ IN ocrasfonal letter.
| was sincerely sorry to hear from you OF
/ his death. I also regret to learn that
| you and YOUR daughters are wholly un-
( provided Tor. As your nearest relative 1
deel some rssponslbhtiIfy III your weiIa Set
whereby you may be relieved of all anx-
I being one which il Is easier to discuss
| verbally than by letter, I have instructed
call upon you Immediately and place my
/ proposition before you. His name is Mr.
49, > ''''''''@ RALPH wEsTBRooK-
The letter 50 long expected in the little
suburban villa had come at last and in
the afternoon of the same day the maid
Of all work announced Mr.. George Chill
.You. expected me. believe he said.
Yes, answered Mrs. Durant. Let me
Introduce you to my eldest daughter, Do
ra- These are Minnie and Grace. win
you take the arm chair, Mr. Chilling
I'm sure it's very kind of you to have
fearfalllx7[she wa a Ia Nv 1o5o Vent 60 -
ily and copiously. las you imagine, I am
terribly anxious. TO think that after
keeping my own carriage. should come
MotherI'' murmured Dora in a tone Of
Mr.. chi1ingworth nnurmured condolences
1IuInbled his hat and looked at Dora IN
Most men thought her worth looking at
and he was no exception to the rule If his
face was index to his mind
Obviously he was unused to women and
little frightened at them.
The proposal I am to submit to you
is this, he said. Ralph Westbrook is a
prosperous gentleman farmer as I dare
say you know; also he is young a bach
elor and quite alone, and for some time
has Ionged for companionshi p-for 4 home
IN a wider sense than that afforded by
the walls and furniture. TO put it in
plain words, he wants a wife
"A Few months ago he received with the
portraits of yourself and family, a pho
tograph of Miss Dora here and2v-eIi he
Nar Sin la Of
perhaps you think but you must remen1-
Der his great loneliness and let that be
Now come to the point If Miss Dora
M 9 consent 70 marry him., OF course
rangement that seemed best to her as to
the comfort of her mother and sisters.
am about to return to the colony and
age. ana On her arrival she couid stsv
with friends until the wedding
Travel thousands of miles TO marry
man have never scent" faltered the girl
you should feel honoredNhattered' You
viii have a kind husband am sure
Ralph must be kind. You will be pro-
vlded 1or al your life and ! shall be re-
not dream of refusing"
worth slowly, fif Miss Dora has a decided
friend would be the last man to wish her
inclination forced in any way. and no
od Of assistfnsg Won ali / NAV safely ada
if she consented he would be devoted to
her and spare no pains to recornpense her
for trusting her life TO him
Mother, do you want me to go ~ Would
the future p
.'Of course it would Dora
Then. said the girl with a curious
hard note in her voice, since my mother
can do without me, I will go. VIII you
tell my cousin or shall p
II will. There is no need for you to
write answered Chillingworth- He will
be very glad"
The voyage was all but over, and the
girl who was on her way to unknown
lover and the man who was his friend
stood the deck together.
I'm a few hours we shall land" she
''shaH You Be sogry2'. he asked ''Have
Il wish they could last forever" she
cried passiOnately.
Dora if YOU were going out to me in
stead Of him would you mind SO very
much2"
ct would be paradise" she said
She began to sob quietly. despairinRly I
shadow of a friendly cloud
the man Dora was a brute to mas
querade 50 long, but I wanted to see you,
to study you-to be sure I had won, not |
bought, my wife am Raj phi Westbroolz. |
You are coming to me-