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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1889)
rat was BnoBE: ,7rnff with wme signs of asperity, to the manner alluding, M , f . an 0flBVM-atfi(i th MU1 . u i, a name cau -" " l well Se t eoMdeidto length on thenar. 'oddlTg j.ih Sh9 w Placed, all thronth ,ble .P0" 1. which they evidently bo much to,ir "wi not venture to aaeert whether i'jib" UvliaU'"1)1 fron the lly fly Ul JfaiMtia. T,o tvtib Uw Oak 11 " moDoloDonily m uui. To ti n bV1Dg '.v.i,i,v:b il,! .t(aiioD of the many bolt- aititc io the larrouDdicg country, t n;.,i,ui u t4rtl doc to the quiet, peaceful .1...- I, J iW ho td cUc-d to be thrown VMli l6ll.i litU md putlybemwthe r41 Ul fuf ln n Iwge u to auw a ruh M tt.n,ft Our ul MtUl WuM nill enjoyed iLeif lee IfctttU dff the CTWB, CfMT pUin, and muvii!!t. U ltr. th-r would itiil them- t, . , (4 1 1 nl cp the trJley rod p&tt the i in i ii f4 ! l tst in hkh Itaiie WiUon bad & In 4 M ft;cfr teur jued the place .iLt.l i iL f.f th nil vhrm he hiwl Imrced to li it il ft ht!e MWi blue eyet would til :lh Uvi u ha lUcjjiti writ twk to that sum . 1 i cf it e lr"iVf hi! rVtnA fwtriA Wttann f tl tfit u,l lut l a, itl LkJ wjtteuM the ti- iti ftvi luriM t:i truly trewL rv,'(. tu, li Mul( thfir tiari io freely lUt tl.i j,Ui t tcxz.c i.iacihit emlirmsing. At l'uit tt tw;j. re vlfxl the tut c.( Mr. Hwdall ku l4i nlwL itffitj then Lot i lmlfl. They Ufu i. d.k-uN ll irt eirttly. They had . - , . rvW, wuujjti prior io li a ttJ t t;nM to Hirry thtt the lf tiitf f. M..-rt-rf t) h ,u todlwehu Ilk fefcaa uWlu u u mm iuui wuhedtocike U U w.!r. it l w,WLly U nglt for him to S v t t.rtt Lt -a 4 f.. . . . i : ii-wutny pre-1 JMrreathei- ister'e welfare. A1, Mortimer was BtrncK wuu MwuiUUi0u lU0 . . u- err hftfitowed upon Mabel had been . . nn umiiflement, and m consideration Til debt of gratitude he jnstly owed her. What oust be eay-what musi uui then, what George Watson bad told hi- a short time before his departure- - 1 I fl. .11. If n U. a n h I J Perhaps George was ngnt, aner an, u u.u0Wum M0 no reason why he should not marry her, especial. ly iince people had made tnemseiyes uuay wuu uo matter. He sat silent and with bowed head whUe these thoughts were revolving tnemseives in ms mino. Suddenly rising from his chair, while a bewildered expression was visible on us nanasome iace, uo Dluu " It shall be as your sister prefers, Harry. If she thinks she can love me well enough to become my wife, it shall be so," and with that he took his hat and left the room. Harry lost no time in hastening to his father with this piece of intelligence, after which Mabel was soon lummoned to their presence. It may be as well to add here that the old man Randall had an eye ever open to pecuniary advantages, in which he fancied he saw Mortimer Gray a desirable parti, while at the same time he did not fail to take into consideration the youth, education and genial disposition of the young man whom he hal already selected for his son-in-law. Motioning his daughter to a seat beside him, he said - thai mnr name is being freely used in connection with that of Mortimer Gray? If you are not, 1 can assure you that such is the fact. Well, to be as brief as possible, Mortimer love you, and wishes to make you his wife." "Oh, father! You are surely not in earnest! He carci little or nothing for me. His love died with Deaaie Watson every one knows that," Mabel said, evidently much surprised. M That's all bosh, child 1 A good-looking fellow like Mortimer is not going to spend his life in senti mental grieving for a girl who has passed to another sphere of existence, however much he may have loved her. ItreiU with yon, Mabel, to say whether yoa fill be his wife or not" u Much as I esteem Mortimer Gray, it would rocg for me to marry him," the girl said, thinking