Show clore clores s 9 secret orro r ra 0 to bif it there was one thing more incon about dolores drummond than her name it was the generally accepted feeling among her friends that her life was blighted by a secret sorrow her name was certainly a mis nomer it was always a mystery to the uninitiated that mrs drummond wholesome handsome sensible and cheerful should have chosen dolores ae ac a fit name to be given to her pretty little blonde baugher but christened with it she was a tiny red faced mor eel with no pronounced character charac teris ls tics but in a few months she had developed into the daughter she might have been expected to be it if that mother ever regretted the dolorous name selected for her child she would have been the last one to say so and if again w th her daughter grown to womanhood she had a slightly superstitious feeling that the name had something to do with the troubles which came to her still she said not a word strangers looked a second time at dolores for pure pleasure it was not that she was a dauty but she was so wholesome and healthful and to all appearances so perfectly happy and contented with I 1 fe that it was restful to see her and why of all peo pie she should have been chosen as the victim of a secret it was hard to tell it came about in this way As dolores grew to womanhood manhood lovers came to her as they will to every at girl not so many as to some perhaps for she was what her friends called a marrying girl while she was a genera general favorite fai there nas mas never a long in e of admirers follow ing in her wake make b bit it the few who were devoted to her loved her with a serious i oi 01 e of the them was jabez marx p lofessor ot of latin and greek in the college of the town there were other lounger men who found dolores fair to gaze upon and while marx was more frequently at the house dolores was more often with the others among these was young dr die t who lived next door to the drummonds and whom dolores had known all her life matters were in this state wl en one day while dolores vas was abay a lay from home on a visit marx who was of apoplectic bu id died suddenly dolores came home tor for the funeral wept bitter tears of i egret at her treatment of this lost filand and then and there it was said made vows of eternal maidenhood it was a great surprise to every one if she had loved jabez marx she I 1 ad concealed it well but then who can read the heart of a girla no one ever advised dolores when at was known that her mind was made up still it was w as a shame and young dr dick said something of the kind one baim ary morn ing as he jumped tho the fence and into the drummonds yard the expression of his mouth 1001 ed as dolores was mak ng n e it if he had something else between his teeth but if he did no one els heard about it dolores nas as cool cooling ing mr an I 1 mrs drummond were ere to celebrate a wed ding and the relatives were coming from far and near to be present and there m would be a house ful dr did leaned against the window and dolores loo ed out with a smile again dr did s lips came together and he seemed to be saying some thing between his teeth though he made no sound for nearly ten min utes he stood without a word rord then he spoke and there was a grim look about his chin which made it 1001 more determined than dolores own dolores he said why is it that you never speak ot of marx 9 don t you think it would be better for you ive been a stubborn goose don ou thu I 1 it would relieve your pelmus a little dolores gasped it was not often that she had lost her but the pie she was holding trembled vio bently and to save it she set it down heavily upon the table she turned red and white then red again she took the pie in trembling hands and carried it to the oven he was a fine fellow continued the doctor apparently unnoticing I 1 knew him in some ways better than 5 30 01 i lid dolores I 1 remember him when he be first came here when I 1 was a little fellow then he taught me all the latin and greek I 1 know he was a good instructor he woi wot id rather bead latin and greel than eat his dinner made ou feel something the same way why I 1 could read horace by the hour with that big fellow sitting in the chair before me then that nice little house of his in the colony on the col eel lege grounds we fellows use usel I 1 to go over and see him sometimes that was vias before I 1 lost my college leading strings and coull look upon a probes sor as an ol 01 library laan man we used to smoke pipes with him the whole house was satu saturated with pipe smoke you would have made short v work ork of those p pes dolores it loot 1001 ed a as if dolores would make short work of the pies her fingers had suddenly become thumbs she overturned things needlessly her face was very red an I 1 there were tears in her eyes which might have been tears of grief they looked more like those of aggei it must be I 1 ard for you to pass the little house dolores continued the doctor and th nl that it if things had not been as they were you would be living there now perfectly happy with perhaps a little marx dick dolores eyes were blazing now b bit it the light went out leaving an expression of I 1 urt and wounded delicacy upon her face she bad had grown very white now and she sat do N n ng yo i won wont t mind telling about him after a little sa d the lector enco ir ragingly and it will really be a re lief to your feelings aou ou will III find it m would be a comfort to you to talk to some one who I 1 new him well there is a gibat deal la in the fa millar name of am one ou love his was as a goed ol 01 1 fash boned name jabez D cl the word came with almost a I 1 0 oi i know I 1 never did call him by such a name you I 1 now I 1 i lever ever w wo 0 lid ild yo yoi i know 1 I 1 I never cc lid ild never co I 1 il I 1 I 1 lores ores never co wilda lid lor a ai i ir athletic ith letic young 4 rm r M V 1 P man dr dick had made uck worl work ot of getting into the window never could dolores 7 he repeated and his voice was i ery deep and tender no said dolores slowly as sh she e 1001 ed up with a great light on her face as if a sudden revelation had come to her no dick I 1 never could dolores put her arms on tl e tible table and hid I 1 er face in them dr dick s arms were also bocc p ed dick aid qaid dolores after a min ute I 1 ve been a stubborn goose I 1 felt so sorry and it beeme I 1 to me I 1 had treated him so ba bally ily that I 1 thought I 1 thought I 1 know 3 iou ou too well deloi deloies es said the boctor ditl a face very close to I 1 ers to I 1 el eve that you ei e er really lo 10 loved ed that man and we have lost three whole hole v years the wedding anniversary celebia ton t on v w as a great success and friends and relatives came from far and near dolores looked as is pretty as a re and more i hinhle alil e her name than ever never ha hal I 1 she been so gay and lively there was to be a repetition of the marriage ceremony it seemed later in the evening for suddenly the corn com pany was sile silenced need by the strains of the wedding march in through one loor came tl e minister in his gown and down the sta rs came mr and mrs drummond and following them dolores 0 ores and dr dick dolores has on her mother mothers s wed ding gown and veil whispered one of the relatives who this woman to be married to this mana read the min ister from his book and the astonish ed guests saw that the father and mother had separated leaving the young couple in the centea and it was the hand of dolores which her father was giving to dr dick well did you evera gasped the flighty young chisin it takes do lores drummond to do things in a hurry whether it is to be an old maid mad I 1 all her life or to be married without a wedding card of a wedding present M A taft in philadelphia ledger |