Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - Jerome, A Poor Man
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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman >> Jerome, A Poor Man
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Jerome and Lucina sat down on the sofa under the branching
candlestick and read the letter with their heads close together. The
letter ran:
"Dear Mistress Lucina,--When this you read an old soldier will have
fought his last battle, and his heart, which has held you as kindly
as a father's, will have ceased to beat. But he prays that you will
ever, in your own true and loving heart, save a place for his memory,
and he begs you to accept as an earnest of his affection, with his
fond wishes for your happiness, the sum of twenty thousand dollars,
as specified in his last will and testament.
"And he furthermore begs that the said sum of twenty thousand dollars
be regarded by you, when you wed Jerome Edwards, in the light of a
dowry, to be employed by you both, for your mutual good and profit,
during your married life. And this with my commendation for the
wisdom of your choice, and my fervent blessing upon my foster son and
daughter.
"I am, dear Mistress Lucina, your obedient servant to command, your
devoted friend, and your affectionate foster father,
"John Lamson."
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