Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-22
AN OLD-FASHIONED FATHER

marry"
"Ye-es," agreed Mr.. Robards, slowly.
not wishing, for certain private reasons,
to give an unqualified assent, and yet too
well acquainted with the Judge to think
of open disagreement.
Now" continued the elder man, pom
derously, Sarah, Martha and Constance
all married to please me. Dorothy, al
though she is %, is yet unmarried but |
have reason to believe that she is not
altogether Indifferent to the attentions
now being paid to her by Mr.. Winthrop,
| a man who meets with my hearty APP
prevail, a man of wealth, culture, refine
nent, and I, man OF good character. You
| know Mr.. Winthrop, William :"
! 'Ae-es, believe | have met him."
HE was formerly one Of my clients
but that was before you came into the
office. He is a very worthy man."
And you say Miss Dorothy is inclined
to-er-favor his suit"
Il believe she is not Indifferent to him.
but, of course. she is discreet and mod
est; perhaps, / may say, even diflident
She has always been a most obedient
child, and have given her to understand
that Mr., Winthrop is my choice She
will accept him when the time comes,
and he viii make her most excellent
husband. All! there she is now; Just
starting of for a walk. Dorothy! Do
rothy! Take William with you l am
sure he would rather walk with you
than sit here with me"
Miss Dorothy drew pensively near,
looking very pretty. She answered very
| demuely, her father thought shyly.
If Mr.. Richards wishes to come | am
sure | shall be glad of his company"
! Mr.. Robards expressed himself as very
willing, and the two set off together He
was junior partner in Judge Lawrence's
office, but he was ten years older than
| Miss Lawrence. For several years now
| the Judge had made him his guest for a
| fortnight at his summer residence and in
the city the Judges wife had been so
cially gracious to him when she needed
one more man at her dinner table.
Your father was just telling me his
views on the rights of parents" he OBJ
served meditatively after they had
| walked some distance in silence and had
lost themselves in the shrubbery.
Yes? Father is very conservative in
many things"
so should judge. So know, in fact,
in business matters, but | was not aware
that he was quite so conservative as his
remarks seemed to imply in domestic at
fairs"
VIII you tell me Just what he said to
you. Mr.. Robards?"
She looked at him gravely. There was
certainly earnestness, almost entreaty, in
her tones.
Il am not sure that it would be quite
right for me to do So"
III you think it wrong, of course do
not tell me, but you will permit me to
guess -
oh. of course"
He told you that he chose the hus-
bands for my three sisters?7
Yes. Was 1T not so ~
! Yes, it was He did choose them.
! They married the men that he picked
out for them. and | cannot in Justice say
| that the result was in any case unhappy.
but think the principle is wrong
You think You should choose for your
self"
Il think l should choose for myself,
Did father tell You that l was going to
marry Mr.. Winthrop"
| He said that he believed that Won
were not Indifferent to Mr.. Winthrop's
attentions; that he had given YOU to un-
derstand that Mr. Winthrop was his
choice, and that he had no reason to
think that you would disregard his
wishes in the matter"
Il am not going to marry Mr.. Win.
throp."
Il beg pardon!'
Il am not going To marry Mr.. Win.
throp. l have never disobeyed my father
IN my life. but l am rot going to marry
Mir Winthrop"
William Robards had made up his mind
mere than year before that he loved
Dorothy Lawrence. \ man well practiced
IN the concealment of emotion. he was
perfectly convinced that she had not sus
rcctcd has passion.
He was aware that the world. inchI5
ing Judge and Mrs Lawrence. would
not consider him suitable match for
Dorothy. hat be had determined 10 make
an attempt to win her, nevertheless for
he believed in his own heart that ba
could make her lust as happv a. If he
had the wealth and the social position
requisite to his eligibility in the ewes Of
the world.
When the Judge had spoken of Mr.
Winthrop he had been greatly disturbed.
now Tor a moment his heart vas LIGHT.
ened by Dorothy's determined avoTval
but in a moment it sank again. fer the
thought came to him that the reason
she 50 positively refused to marry Mr.
Winthrop was that she loved someone
else. The thought made him cold. but
ms face was grav5ly impassiye.
You'd not Mr.. Winthrop make a suit
able husband<"
IL Is not thar. I do not love him
%lou believe in love. theny"
She looked al him seriously. rerroach-
Il do not believe only; I know. But
AIR. kobards. you-yoU believe, too E? You
are not the kind Of man to treat such