The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-02-07
TOMS RICHES TAKES WINGS.

TOMS RICHES TAKES WINGS.
when Tom Broxton's two years of trav-
cl and study on the other side OF the
water had nearly expired. two letters
crossed each other on the high seas. one
was emphaucally and exclusively love
letter, ardent. effusive. persuasive. boy
1sh IL you will. He had written II to
Olivia Matthews as a concession TO his
own heart hunger. The other was as em-
phatically and exclusively a business
letter. direct, explicit, hard. convincing.
Toms guardian had mailed 1t TO him on
the very day he had dispatched his to
DIVA.
Said Thomas In his letter:
nv Darling ollie-what ! say 10 you
IN this letter 1 am quite sure is already
well known 10 you. ] love you, ana
want 10 marry you just as soon as prac-
ticable after my return 10 America
& What / mean by practicable you ana
Miss Malvina and the dressmakers VIII
best understand.
When I went TO tell you goodby dear
= few nights after you were thrown IRON
that horse you were I'm one or your ex-
q asperating moods, and went away
feeling prickly and downcast When l
you to give me some pledge that you
would wait for me- you laughed In my
face called me silly boy, and treated me
TO some OF those superior airs mat al
ways made my cheeks tngle as II tney
had been boxed.
famed out Mt you like the unmannerly
cub that I was and told you that when
next spoke 10 you Of love you would DC
reader TO. listen, all OF which goes TO
prove the .crudity you charged me with
and the need there was for me to meas
,lre myself by other standards. You were
right in everything you said to me. my
dear little monitor, and even while l.
chafed and sulked / went on loving you
tTemendously.
A few more months now, and l shall be
back at dear old Broxton Hall TO stay.
In all my wander1ngs my heart has been
etafd on IL and on you. My plans for
the future have long since crystallized IN
20 a fixed purpose. They all radiated
about, from. TO, for you. my sweet.
or course we want no drones about.Just
because my dear father left me comfort
ably provided for feel all the more inn
PEELED to emulate his industry and en-
ferprise. All my studies on this side
have been pursued with an eye single 10
become an electrician. The study has
taken an immense hold upon my fancy.
and as this Is essentially the age or cleo
tricity / expect TO do something along the
lnal purpose OF studying law, with view
OF being taken into partnership by my
Guardian, he has discouraged from the
the very beginning. Perhaps he Is right
IN saying that the bar could well dispense
with two-thirds of its number and sun
leave a good working force
Luckily my darling. we VIII not have
10 wait for business 10 be built up.
Broxton HALL is waiting for Its fair mis-
tress There are jewels and plate In It's
strong boxes. all for you, love. and the
xondest OF lovers thrown In.
You would smile. my sweet one, if i
were TO try to tell you half the visions
have indulged In OF you as mistress or
Broxton Hall. I have seen you at the
head OF the table In the breakfast room,
darling. with the roses my mother plan
ted wreathing a gorgeous background to
your pretty hair. have handed you In
20 the old family coach and taken my
eeat beside you. while the old family
horses jingled their glittering silver har-
ness with proud consciousness OF bear
ing away the loveliest. daintiest mortal
| that ever bore the name OF Broxton.
All, my sweet one. pardon the exuber-
. ance OF love slck man yearning for
. home and you. Sometime such wave
OF longing to, hold you In my arms comes
. over me that feel az IL could not
complete the term.
Olivia, wait for me, trust me. take good
care OF my beloved for me. Heaven has
seen fit 10 leave me very much alone In
my young days. All the love that might
have been diffused among father, mother.
sisters, brothers. has centered about one
small bewildering little woman, con-
centration begetting fervor. until ! won
der how my heart can contain It's long
lng without Transporting me TO your feet.
don't know that l sat down TO my
desk with this letter I'm my mind. have
been trying TO be angry with you. What's
here set down Is never absent from my
heart. i love you; J have always loved
you: shall always love you. no one but
you. You are the only woman in the
world to me, Olivia. Take good care OF
my precious one until l come TO claim
her for my very own.
You got between me and my thesis to-
day. You haunt my days: you consume
my nights. Perhaps now that have
poured out all my love, all my hopes, all
my intentions. ! can get back TO the cold
hard duties lying nearest 10 me. Thanks
be to those who went before. dear, we
will not have TO wait for anything
rharmingly Presently her little hands
begin TO count those that still divide thee
and me. Presently IL will be weeks. then
days. than hours. then miputes. and will
live again. MY sweet good night. Yours.
while life stirs the pulse OF your devoted
slave. T.B.
Olivia. reading this letter thought rap
sally she had an engagement with Mr..
Wcstover, and Clarence laid so much
stress on punctuality smiled and flush
ed softly. Homage Is sweet ~ every
daughter OF Eve. and Tom did make love
made sad havoc OF Toms ardent letter.
She tore 70 into small bits reflective
ly and slfted the bits renecuveiy