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DORA'S LOVERS.
'Dr. Chandler,' said his wife, timidly,
ns she !o?>kod a cross the break fast-table
aud observed a pause in his rending.
?Well, Mary,' he responded, laying
his book open before him.
'I don't think Dora is at all well.'
'Then make some of your teas for her.
and dnii't trouble tno about it.'
'It is not thar; she gridves too much
for Robort!;' und Mrs. ChiudVr furtive
ly wiped away a tear
'I will eticdurase nothing of that
kimi ; it is h'ef duty to submit to the
will ^i' I'rox iilcnce,' he replied, not
recognizing ill Iii? udditional severity
the enp'e disobedience that Dorn showed
l>y grief.
'Hut she can't help it ; she has tin
"nppet'te, artd is so pale and thin. Oh,
Horace, if we. .should (ose her t-??? !' And
Mrs Chandler was so much overcome
that she h id open roe ?Urse to her
pocket hanki-rchi'd.
Dr. (.?bundle? looke? at her a moment
in silence, astonished at the double
ni'sdomeniior' of using his Christian
name, and the uuulloWed weakness of
tciirs
?Mitry.' he said, resuming his book
'when }ou tire iu a proper frame of
inititl we will continue theconversation
Mrs. ' 'handler, left to hers df and th
hair n tytiipi'iitty'ol the coffeu pot. soon
put aside her teirs. au I sat as quiet and
meek as before, with the uddition o
two red rings nh-tut her eyes. Dr.
Chandler did not notice her until Iii?
cup was empty, and is lie passed it in
he said.
'You nie probably blame lor Dora's
li>\v epftits. the had better do more
I work in t he sehn d '
! 'That will not h !|> it.' r 'plied M rs.
Clittiidlur, with niivt-u I spirit 'One
wouhl think \?ui were never young.'
'U.-i fuluesa ie the b e: rt>.e for sor
i
uw.
'It may fur old p opl ? Jikc u * ;
but diversion i? I?. tter for Dora,' repli. <i
Mrs. Chandler, daring to speak plainly \
lor t e -ake id' her child
At tint! iimineut Don entered the '
room with a flowerpot in her bind.!
Her we<fj, listless air pained her
tathcr^ though he give n> ?'gu, but
kept his eyes <>n the letter which his
wile had ha tided to him. lie was the
i autocrat iu his lit mil \. an 1 thcreiorc his
wile and daughter wcro im! surprise 1 to
hear hiui say, as he folded the letter,
'Du:u, will \eu Le ready logo to New
York to-morrow V
A gleam ol pleasure flushed in Dora's
facet
To sec Ella Marshall, lather? lean
go next weck.' ^
'Very well ; make your preparations.
I .will find sotiie one to attend you. It
will do y< u good;' and he majestically
h it the room.
*I did not think he would let tue go,'
said Dora, as she trimmed and watered
her plants.
' Your lather is very judicious.'
'I believe you did it, mother dear,
and gave him the eredit. Well, 1 thu.ik
you both.'
Dr. (.'handler was pus6>r i a New
England town, ami his naturally sober
nature hud hardened into u doclriini
mould that held even those who loved
him at u distance As u young man he
h id been poor nml repressed, and now
? I. . v i em, m*\f\ f ???!.?. t\r\ in iV% r\ In ll, .%i- ? ??*??" ? V "
stern law of duty, with no exceptjon of
mercy, Was the C>de of his hopse ami
life. Mrs ('handler w.is a mil I. timid
Woman, whom the year*' even lt ir.ll?
turuttcl gray. Dr. Chandler had told
her to marry him. rath r than asked her
consent, ami she hud yielded lit las the
mine obt'die cc throughout i heir a dd d
life. They had ni l ma y chi.drcil in
i he ? hurch y; i d. ami Mrs t'miiidlc) h ,d
-town ?| ter and whiter, im.I Dr.
Chandler more rigid, for his-was o<lu in
....-i natures winch griel can not soft 3 u,
until only Hubert, a v.illul, aotiv boy,
and Dora, tw gentle j wistful girl, wer?
lote. N'? hun Uoboi't uttuilied manhood,
hu having oj.eiiiy U.s'ii.-imud thechurcii,
tor whioh hi* fuller wished to lit him,
Dr. t'h.ind cr gave him u Smull sum he
hud saved, ami sent In in to (ierm.iuy tu
study Will) ii Im) fierce fcoliiig he
said to liittl.se 11, -Had tlie.othors llVed
theie wod il have been three to educate,
and u w Hubert t!mll hu.te what would
have been divnbd among the three.'
All went en. very well, u til one
bright, crisp October day? Ddra never
forgot .t?came the news that the -on
uu?2 brother was dead. Dr. Uliuiidiur
never resisted the blow a inouieut. No '
nno knew how his hopes wem dashed,
or what his sorrow Was, but his manner
of 'kissing the rod' was very unpleasant
to Dora nod her mother. Mrs. Chuud
lcr became n silent shadow in the house,
'und the lieht was gone out of Don's
life. Her brother hud been the world
to her. IIo had been her playmate;
and later her hero. Hor life was so
circumscribed in the quiet town that
his letters from (he places she had read
of, and loved to think about, bad opened
a new sphere to her. Her da ly hum
drum dut'u-h were intolerable to her, now
that be 'w mid not come back, and she
fuded visibly. It Was to him alone she
had poured out her hopes and uspiru
tious. and now the ti le was turned back
upon hor. and she was being crushed
beneath the burdon.
It was at this crisis tout Eibl Mar
shall, a distant cousin iu New York,
invited her to m ike a visit, and that Dr
Chandler, with eyes opened by bis wife,
accepted the proposition as his own. a id
sent her. A worthy deacon who was
tuning down took birr in chat go. ami the
fame cveuintr she was r.-iplinously re
ceived by Ella, ami born i into -i warm
bright mo tu'. As Dora looked at the
pretty pictures while she warmed her
??hilled lingers by the cheerful open fuv,
and loll the influence of the scene?all
soft lines, no angles?the load seemed
to lift I'roin her be n t, and rest to eouio
to her t roublcd spirit.
Ella was chatting iu the must lively
in inner as she removed her wraps,
oflVring a hundred things, und adtuiriu.
Dora Irom head to foot
?Do you know. Dora, l Ii e your hair
0 much; thai pi iin c dl dl 'raven blat k'
shows the shape ol yu r be.el s-> well,
and th?s cloak j tsl suits your .-lender
figure. N w LM louk like u goose iu it
? see! and Elia threw it over her o v n
plump shoulders, and straiglttcued her
short figure to its utmost height.
I n Cis way she rattled nu. am\tsing
Dora, tti.d fin illy leading her into the
same live y ralk
Dora was a genuine lover of music,
am! hud b. en carefully instructed, ami
Ella's grand pi.iuu w.isa great d eliuht.
."besonn fiiuuil her way to it. and, cn
t'nely absorbed, wa" tenderly playing
snatches from ihi musters. A gculic
Math im i with the child bung over ihc
instrument, and Dora's pile face, full oi
feeling, was a hot inapt reiTtx of it.
When the lust notes died away, and she
si. wly turned from the instrument, she
was surprised to see u gcuticmuu sitting
by Elia. He seemed a part of the music,
so fair, and courtooU3 in his bow; and
wheu he caught her eye she felt us if
she hnd kuowu him before.
'Mr. Kleiner, Dora?I moan Miss
(Jhandler. Hov beautifully you played
that!'
'I thought wo wore aTone' DWa re
1 lied, uluspiog her bands m rvousl) .
'I l<oj,o I did not disturb you; my on
jovmeut was almost beyond thuuks,' said
Mr. Kleiner.
The couveriiition was much mi mu-i ?.
and Dora felt glad to listen, and si rang ??
I) comforted as by ib? sounds of nature
which she loved, for the music hud made
her sad. Cir the course of the evening
it transpired'that he was a German, mid
that was another link to Dora?any otic
who came from the country where hi I
biother bud died.
'Don't you '.ike him. Dora:?.' ufcki 1 Ell i
Lft'w j.., I..; ? .1 , t1
did; but there is a melancholy about him
1 want yen to jie.ee. He i- u it ti bi
moody, but it strikes me bis niii-.taeho
(ho >p- the wr >ug v iy for a perfectly bap.
py min.
?1 like him.'replied Dora, simply.
?1 wauled you l > meet him,' said Ella,
?I r 1 like and admire you both. Oh.
h iw is your father? 1 was so rude as
lo b?get to ask about him, an 1 pip ?
gave mo h terrible lo ig message to him.'
Iu the influence of Ella's cheerful
home, ami lliu e instant v.unity an 1 int i
rest of New York life, th i coin* ci no
again to Don's fate, and happiness to
her heart. .Mr. Kleine called uftaii
ami a roll ill* imw music was generally
laid on im- piano for Dora. He even
tempted her to slug, and insisted mi
helping her with her Herman. The\
rend the Mine looks and talked about
them, and Uiio irtfClo??fly I) -ra found Her
sei ires ing Ins opi iinii, und looking for
Ins advice. He always had a. flower,
i. owe vor simple, in his button hol?, und
one evening laid a teams,-: IniJ on the
new music by Dora's side.
?dust a flower, Miss, Chandler; the
grov es ii?d'valleys ltij the same offering
at your foot.'
Dura looked .up jtrVu? r? bmile; but
meeting his cyeH*.dcop rnd calm like a
shady pool with \m rofluctiou of some
thing that made u^'r henti bound, looked
down again in confusion.
After that Doraatub hardly ever with
out flowers; and wldfti Mr. Kleiner could
not come for sevciiSrdays, beautiful has
ket, stund, or bou.p.tet would speak for
biui. Tho young Julies had invitations
to he ir all tho pQi&l niusic given in tbe
city, and the da?s passed bo quickly und
pleasantly that the'Knie came for Dora's
return before she wt}b nwnrc of it.
'Come again, dear,' said Ella in part
tup;. 'Mr. Kleiner ?nd I will be quite
unconBolabl?.'
It was enrly sptfug when Dora rcturii
ed home, and her fetitc Mgor nud light
spirits would have driven Mrs. Chaudlc
ati apt text in the aftccc.is of tho expert
moot, with plenty of illustration lor a
curtain lecture, had V.ie been one of' that
elan. Eut she was (VOtent to Pee the
itiiprovcuieiit, and lAiictly observe its
efleel on her hosbuifu. When t' c voting
summer had spread :l\ wealth <>/ beauty
.:'?.;;t m i k"iri_r Diritpe*rb:iik often of rhe
sweet !! 'W rv ui '-s Miners site had receiv
ed, one id Ella's lively letters set hoi
oven lifo in a whirl, j
?Ah. you rogue, du yon know wh it is
goto:* to happen? I do believe you are
inlt to make sum ? im lv very happy.
Our fri. nil (how lohpr.w4.il you part
nership?^ \J r. Kleiuei[tHtpiiu'4 to Sum
uicnoii tod iy. l'oui Jjbhcngrin is oil
the Way with his while . >?va:is D o t
a^k htm any qtlvali&f? or beware, for I
have gr >vvn very uqi.tioiis Intel?*. Don't
\oii reineiuber llu o, we had hist
winter? I know ho>v .your checks burned,
and they will ag du
T f ?Let nie know the full particu
lars, there's a dear.'
1?. ta laughed and Vta-dipd and kept*
j the letter to herself; only telling h i
mother that Ella hoitJ .Jut love. !>ut
the blind boy had itijpspictoti that the
laet that her hat ucixU itj bo ret ti turned
bad s'-met hing ti> d '?? 1
Dora jdayed the o..JrT, r,l clllVi ::,:i:r l
on the follov. ing Sunday, when she turn- j
td alter service to e?hiposo herself for I
I the sermon, she cuooiiiltcrcd a 1? ?k of
recognition and pleasure tis.t prcveutel i
I her from healing the text. Kivd lien j
I Kleiner's.eyes had liven on her I'ruin the
; i :m ? he entered th uhurt It. and he seem
ed to lind his worship tl?crc for he never
I removed them until (he chsing volutt j
i tarv Was (uiishcdatid s!;e :.;o-e !?> leave
'i I e\ in? I at the doOrj he was introduced
to hi r pal -tils, and, b. iit;^ a stranger,
wa . according to Dr. Chaudlcr's custom,
iuvitcd Jo dinner.
lie seemed to Gad the parsonage rooms,
very i nth tug, for ho was often there,
and treated Dr. and Mrs. Chandler with
a respect and attention thai much grtti.
Iii ?4 them. lie brought a letter of iu
i rod net ion from Mr. Marshall reeoui
mending him highly, and Mrs.Chandler
always made the w*ay 8month l<>r him
atol 1 ii ra to take the walks he eoustai t.
ly proposed. In oitc <?! these, on a line
.June alien.u, ho Quietly 1 d her to a
favor.te huuut by tiie side of u mossy
basin. And while tho sliini tiering
branches overhead east.
"Doubles ??f tlicir leaves in shadow
Oa Iiis shilling Uuir and lace,''
hr> spoke n.itiiy till l'brav? l\ of life' A
silence full upon thipii, when he sprang
to his feet, and holding out hi.-: bauds,
said.
'.Dotra, I lovo you! Will you be my
?iV . A f3!>|l
D la. gave one started UpWiild gh llt'e.
md with her head turned aside slowlv
put on* her h url-. Tlvy Wore held iu
a (it in grasp lor a mntlicut, ami (hen cov
ered with hia.^ea nun! th y fairly .ictued
to blush.
"Doia," lie said, you have boon my
life's drcaiiL 1 Lit it when 1 lirst saw
you.'
At that moment .\ shadow swept over
the - un. and he dropped her hands and \
Iu nod iiguiust t he if. <:.
?J'aiiing, I ought u t to accept yotii
sweet answer, (IjpughjbG dear tu lue" ? h
made a movement toward her, but with
an evident oflbrt restriiiied himself-?
?until 1 tell you of a cloud in mv lifo,
like t hat rtb >ve CM now.'
Dora looked up with perfect trust in
dier. eye?, and he continued, with quick
breath.
?I see by your face it can make no
dillureueu ; hot 1 must show you my
Itlc, as you h;>\e Hi) heart.'
Dora rose" and inno to him but ho
raised his hand.
?Eisten HWCtji me. Oh, my hcaitu
desire, h,,xv your eyes ar>j! I have
taken a lluuiuu lifo, though I strove nut
? m do 80.'
Dora pave a fluttered 'rsigh> b?t cJamc
hearer, and luid his head oo his should
er. ^IIc drew his arm tightly about her,
but insiaotlj dropped it.
'No, darling; let 'roe sec your faco,.
Two years ago I was a student at Heidel
berg.' Dura clasped his arm tightly,
and her eyes expanded- 'At orte" of our
convivial student meetings too much
wine v.us taken for some of the stranger
students, and harsh words jMissed be
twuon me und one (?filtern.' Doru turned
white. Are you ill? I will uut tell
you now.',
'ics, yes; goon.' she said, breathless
iy- ;^ ;
He rapidly continued : 'In aa angry
moment ho challenged me, and our tem
per was such that we arranged the meet
ing immediately*. 1 chose the usual
wen pen, a feWUrd j but he, apparently a
hcudutroug fellow, would not accept, but
insisted ou pistols, in a moment my
better fceliltgS regained their sway, nnd
l deplored the quarrel, and tried to
hiakc amends, but nothing would do but
the encounter. Then, determined that
;i Ii !!.. .v-itiiiii bhiHiid not buffer for my
lollyj 1 raised my pist'd to fire in the
uir. This rim seconds, also excited, por
>? ived, and would ? ? ? ? t permit. Thus
forced into the situation*, I 0K*d(l)cIdw,
and wounded my antagonist iu the leg.
I olten called :tt his lodging, left fruit
and wine during bid iliuess, but he
would never see mo. nnd before he could
leave his room I was otrjig?u . to be ab
seut for a few days. \\ beu J returned,
my ii;-t inquiry was for him, and, to my
surprise and horror, learned that he had
di< 'I from the elTeOts of the w inn 1 '
Dora hung upon him. und swayed as
if she umuUl have fallen.
'Darling, I huvu friglftuucd ytiu?'
.She shook her head, and signed for.
him to go i u. {Supporting hur in both
his arms, he l.unietMy said,
'I lingered several immths to see
whether any a ;\h& Woujvj be taV.eii. aurj
theft iet't (Ter many, Slid shut! never sa
t?i u.'
11.11118?' itske.t Dora, hoarsely. '
?He was called Herr Hubert. Was
an American, I think.'
?"? hat WJIS he like?' \v\ DoM,
struggling from his arms.
'Tall-, d<rk b'rbwrf hair, eyes of two
colois. i never shall forget bow he I
looked '.htt evening.' he sail, looking at
her with troubled surprise.
'When was it '.'' grtsped Dora, in a
scarcely audible whisper.
?September.'
'It was my brother!' she said, with a
terrible cry, and dropped on the grass
at his feet.
He looked at her a moment, stunned,
as if be bad smitfen her, bent over her.
and, with a groan,- turned and reeled
iiway to an old tree, where ho stood
motionless. After a time she arose and
moved homeward. He came to her,
ban.led her, her hat and walked by her
side
?Dora, speak to me !' he cried, as they
left the wo ?1.
She hardly n >ti >ed him, und how they
found th. ir way home, with the glories
of the sunset before them, neither know
lie hit her at the gate, and spent the
night by bi? open window with us little
life and outward sign as ? Statue, though
his face of :?goi>y Would have made a
stone cry aloud,,
Dora went to Her room with the ex
. ...... .. i\ in .in tune, ii s tc it mI said
iie.iit-a -he her trouble woul 1 h.iv s b sen
better described. Sho read 11 ?bort's last
letter, placed and replace I the trinkets
she h.id ;ts meuioiifncs, vveepitig and
wringing her hands, with her black hair
streaming about her like a storm-cloud
She look the last bouquet Frederick
uid given hor. kissed and fondled it,
and crumbling its f.elel. fragrant leaves,
threw them nut on the night 'Oh, my
brother! oh*, my lover !? she sobbed anil
and cried, crouching ill the window cur- \
tains, ami lying with her face buried in '
tlie pillows mi hor bed. l'i>r all th it
Hubert bad beetl'tO'heC' I'lvdo-i iek bad
' cell much in re. How the beauty ol
I ha world had unfolded sinee she knew
im! bow life hud opened, before her!
What a gift she had in his love ! h ?w
pure and ; tivng to do -he felt with bis
eyu ujM.n. h?t !. A ii owcr injw. 5h<t
COllld li'tit think steadily, e.xeej!>she
knew thai they inuit part*
In the morning she Soli toe weak to
leave her room, and hardly knew Uie
hreukfust hour had oonfe, when her ,
mother knocked at the door. Hike one
faraway sho bid her enter, and Mrs.
t handler heard it all without u question
or comment, nnd when Dora finished,
and exclaimed, "Oh; mother^ tfuhi snail
wc do? she took Dora in her arms, aAd
said:
iWMjfo?i child J Oh/taj t?ijttsi
son 1"
Dora dared not look un or (fpeak; but
after a moment Mrs. Chandler said :
"lie will come to day, and I will see
him. Your father must know nothing
of this."
Then she put Dora to bed, and upi^e
her drink a cup of colTee, telling her
lather that she had a headache Dora
yielded tt It li weary oubmtonion. Ilei
gentle, timid mother seemed strong to
do and bear; tdic had taken the whole
burden-, and Dora, against her usual cus
torn, was ptisVive. She knew how: her
mother had loved Hebert, aud what her
grief must be, but not a sign appeared
in lace or voice.
Before the moruiug was far advanced
Dora heard the gate shut, and as her
mother did not return the knew thnt
1/rederiek was there. She waited what
seemed un interminable time* and then
obeying a voice within that cried to see
him once again, dressed aud went down
to the pallor. Sirs. Chjudier had met
him, und with?ul u word of blame, dis
missed htm. She said ahc did not for
give him. for site had no:hing to forgive;
that the disastrous tusult of the net was
nut his fault, hut that he could uot
marry Dora. One thing she asked,
which wan all he could do, and he must
not rclu80. No Word of ties shoulil
ever pass to another mortal It v.-ashut
justice to hit!}, and Was her will, the lit
tle woman said, iu a tone of authority. ?
lie asked the privilege of bidding Dora '
good-by, and for tin ins ant his wan,
suffering lace, with its great want iu the
eyes, moved her. hut she had absolutely
refused, when Dor.? eulered.
'Dora V he erried ; 'have you come to
me again? Dot she waved him back.
?Will you nut give me your baud lu
parting:' y ^ ?,
She tuhwa Froin bint and hew hor
hand out behind her.
'.Nut sol1 he cried ; ant? catching her
in his arms, s!i i "drud kisses on her face
and lips. -.My love! my love! thus 1
claim you. i do not ask to hi forgiven,
for you tire mine,'
Dura, hardly knowing what she did,
clung to him, and lie, turning to the
astonished mother, ?said,
?Mrs. Chandler, she is my wife ; and
though 1 never soo her ngain, no other
woman shall R'll that place.' Ari l lay
ing Dora on the sofa, he was gone while
his 'Lehe wohl' still raug in her cars.
In the long weeks and mouths that
followed, that parting v;ns the only com
fort Dora had. Dr. Chund4er asked' for
Mr. Kleiner, for he had become a favor
ite, and then dismissed the mutter. The
secret and her grief wore Dora out. She
struggled bravely, Cried' to absorb her
self In her duties, did twice as much as
formerly, but faded day by day. II er
mother's anxious car detected a cough,
and before long her father noticed her
failing health. In his usual authorita
tive manner ho d -ei led un another visit
to IS I la Marshall. Dora shrank from
this, und'openly demurred^ She had no
lack of invitations, for Ella sent con
stant appeals. In her last letter she
said:
?Dora, what is the matter with your
Loh engt in? Have you asked him
questions? llu did not d?mn ??ar ??
uuiii l'tie iast ot August, and now ho i.
more interestingly melancholy than ever
Untie has introduced i d dig'it'ui friend
? Mr. Armstrong. Do c ?ine dow n and
see them both-, and your io"otod ohudl,
?Ella.'
Dr. Chandler would hear no objection
to his plat). It had done Dora good be
im a ; slu must ?0; an 1 she did. Prode
rick called before lie knew she was* there,
and when their eyes inet. Dora left the
loom iii ljaste, for she could nut hear his
earnest gnae He had so ehany :<\ in
those moiitlirr, ntrd her rebellious heart so j
quickly req> . ndul, that it was loug be
fore she w.is couipOsca enough to rjuiain
iu his prcaence. His friend was? lively ;
clever man, with a wonderful beard fill 1
over hi- lace. He hud keen eyes, that'
seemed to see cvon through walls, and :
Dora's Confusion and Frederick's sadness
did not escape his no'ice. lie was
Frederick'sconstnnt companion, and they J
wore evidently much attached; They
IkuI met in the summer, and had oceu
mutually nttmctod.
Klla liked Mr. Armstrong, but when
ho began to pay pointed attention to
Dora, pave a little sigh and stood aside.
The more Dora retired?for sho could
not bear to hear words of love from
another man?tlit mure pressing Mr.
? ? ?'??'-1 I f , ?< ??? * '> ?? 1
Armstrong became. - Ho was dsvoted to
horj and when he detected ta? J0f?*( jltf*
tweepDoraapd Frcdcriok? and besom
cd to t-oe them all??he Waas wore
mnrry. Airy ctdoeas cm the part of
?ither delighted hin, tad fee fo*feed Dora,
to accept his attentions or be potilittdr
rude. He made every effort toscoDora
alone, wlpeh she nvoide?!, and one after
noon, after skillful manceuvring.suecccd
ed, aUd *oflered" httifWelf Irl 'the* rfottf' raj.
turo?s manner. Dora relnsM !"MWt
would not hear his pleading, and at ^
bo ob bluiill?d. f ; 4 V!
'1 love you,?have loved^uJiou^; (afco
mn as your brother'.' eapght her m his
arms and kissed her. Dora indignantly
struggled free. 4Ah., my little sister,
don't you kuow me?Robert, yetir, bro'
thcr?' Dora looked long and earnestly
iu his face. 'Brandy, boy, when will
you conic home?' he quoted softly.. .
'It is !. it is !' cried Dora^thrpwjnpAe^
arms about his neck.
When her first glad surprise was over
he told her the story o( his disappear
ance. He had fought the duel with
Kleiner?been woandcu\ 'Did you ever
notice uiy lameness V How well I have
concealed it!' \\t was very ill. The'
physician ordered'him to be removed
from Heidelberg. In his absence ilia
report was circulated that he waStAead,
apt) knowing hia father's severity?*"*Yoti
kn^w he particularly threatened' Wfr
anathema if I fought a duel'?he deter
mined ..i tuktl advantage ol it and travel
a while b.tore he returned. '??Wbcu be
thought of bis folly and unkiudtfeSS
to those , at home he was ashamed to
come back, aud had lingered longer still,
lie knew Kleiucr when he met him, and
had just ma le up bis mind to face all
and return home, when Ella told ilia
that Dora was coming down."' lie staid to*
see her, his beard beiug a ^complete
disguise, soon . perceived that she and
Kleiner wete iu some heart trouble,
fhruicd this littie plan, aud^had; i5 ttoi
succeeded ?
Dora, though too happy to blame hip*,
tuld the story of their love* aud separa
tion, and he was more angry wttli JtyLmy '
self lor the thoughtless wrong ha had
[ done than she could be. tjj
In the midst of their conversation, as
they sat with their arms about each.1
other, the servant annouucod Mr. Klein -
er He v. as turning back when h p savr.
them in t!:at attitude, When Dora cried
'Mr. Kleiner, this is. Robert, ray
brother ! He is not dead1/
Frederick looked Robert over from
head to'foot, aud then opening his arms,
said, i. ... . ,
'Dora!' ? . ? ~ i . . i v At \
She sprang Coward1 htmj and Robert
left the room, though it was minutes
beforo they were aware of it. j ^u
It was just such anotbor day atftn'o'
one on which Dora had heard of Robert's
supposed death . that the f b&\\a ijf?g*
cheerily in the staid New England town,
aud white marriage favors Hashed in iu
quiet streets. Tho pro ligal bad rciu^p^;
ed, a uew son was to be received, a^ud^
Dr. Chandler, for once- practicing thp,
kindly precepts which bo so stcrc,(y
preached, had killed the fatted galf* atyjj
made merry with his friends. The suh"
euu'el lmt be too bright or the fioWers
too gay; aud if Robert and Ella lingered,
rather long in the mrouligbji P^L^ife:
?? ? 1 "".'.!'.: ?:'..? .-.v.udi?g party W??n'
joyous within, .no one noticed it but
themselves; and Dora, as she kissed her
friend good-night, saw her secret rc
flectcd in the-glass which love had;BUV
iuto her own hands. ,
' 'I I ' ' i ?li Uli
Rather a hard jokn" is told on one v,oF
the ink- siiugcrs in attendance at the
Cress Convention in Atlauta. Ascertain'
editor who wasn't celebrated f?ir his
cleanliuess'of person, woro ir roee-budi
iu bis button hole at the banquet,
and t->jk great pridb in! showing it. Hs
approached tSyot.ng lady and sftid:4,IifcV
this \\>t'c l,t;?l beautif'd twwhiclk? sW
answered affirmatively.- He theo asked'
her if she could "imagine howitcahio
there V' l ue Iad^vturna>l?i up hor noso
and s '.id, "1 suppose, bir, that it.gq&w
there." ,;taiyo.!
The editor went-home. ......;(fM 07 btal
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