The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-29

como to ask We after David. W. The shawl
had slipped from her head. and lay loose.
upon her shoulders and she stoo d before
him with her sad face, her pretty hair
all tossed and her eyes big with aunshed;
tears---a touching suppllcant.
iWill ye no tell mo wheer he is? I'dj
not ask It'd not trouble 70, but I've
bin waltin' wacfu' while. itEseems, and
I'm wearyin' for news o him Ss3
# The little man looked at her. Gu riously.
""Ah, moo mind me,.-This to himself.
t'You're the lass as Is Sthinkin' o. marry
In hm?'' "
Were promised, the girl answered
simply 3s5 Ssf III @33 Il III
"Weel,'' the other remarked, "as ~
said afore, ye're a good plucked SEurl =
Then, in a tone in which, despite the cyni-
blended. Gin he max you & as good a
husband as he mad son to me, yell 5ha'
made q maist remarkable match, my
DEAR 81
Maggie fired in a moment.
"a good feyther makes a good son, &
she answered almost 8'pertly; and then,
with infinite tenderness, land I'm prnyin,
a good wlfe'll make a good husband. pss
He smiled sconingly.3 4? 5; VI ~
Tim feared thatrsno& helpIGy much
he said.
But the girl never needed this last
sheer. SO set was She on her purpose. She
| had heard of the one tender place in the
heart Of this little man with the tired
| face and knocking tongue, and she 4resoly-
ed to attain her end appealing to u.
3,'io' loved a, lass yoIsel aimee, Mr..
| MADAM, she said. 3'"H Loo would yo'' lla.
| felt had she gone away and left yo,1
Yo'd ha bin mad yo' know 30 would,
i And, Mr.. Madam, II love the lad yer
wife loved ''a She was kneeling at his
! feet now with both hands on his knees
4 looking up al him. K Her sad face and
! aniverlng lips pleaded for her more elo-
| quently than any words, f,s t5 "a 81;
The little man was 3yislbly touched, e 3s
i 8"Ay,ay lass, that's eliDu sn, he SAID
/ trying to avoid those big beseechine
eyes which would not be avoided
(""1Vil We no toll nj? she pleaded.
~ Gamma tell sc, lass. for why, 4 dlnnas
ken, he answered ENORMOUSLY. In4truth
he was moved to the heart by hei
misery, III! e B.
The girls last hopes were dashed I. i lsht
had played her last card Ban Id failed, shf
4 had chung with the feryor Of despair
TO this last resource, and noWs i VA = TORI
from her, She had honed and now the 2,
4 was no hope. In tile anguish Of her dis
appointment she remembered that th.'
was the man who. by his peTsis ten cruel
4 ty, had driven her love into ex tle,s
She rose to her feet and = TODD back, i;
Nor ken. nor carel she cried bitter
4 Is, AZ "a 81 ts
At the words all the sonness fed from
i the liltleynan's face b ti
A ike do me a wrang,R lass 3es do Indeed, /
! he said, looking up at her THAN assllm
/ ed righteousness which had she know
him better would have warned her 9 ne
ware. Gin kent Where the lad was 4 Z
be the VARY first ttoE let yo'l, ana ~
lie chuckied at his wit and rubbed HI
knees, regardless of the con tempt = blaz
Ing inathe girls face.
y Gamma tell w where q. lis now, BY
ye'd aiblns care to hear o. when say
IN last. He turned his cha IN the ps..s
to address her, Twas, like so: wa
stun'in this VARY chair n was, asleep
] when he crep' up behind am lep on mi