The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-12-06

'Yes,' and agreed 10 bring father and
mother round on the subject. Josiah
had not been to the house since--proba-
bly, feeling very much like dog ventu
ring upon the premises Of the person
whose sheep-fold he had just pIundercd.
AS yet. neither had had the cour-
age to speak to the ruling powers on the
subject; and Hetty, feeling as if she
wished to put the ordeal off as long as
possible, at any rate to have one more
confidential talk with him ON the subject,
said:
| "Mother is going over to Aunt Ruth S
to spend the evening. and wants me to
60. But l guess 1 won't. I've been
working OF fathers shirts all day. be
sides doing the dairy work, and I'm as
tired as can be. So guess they'll have
10 90 without me. Don't come until eight
o'cle ok. l shall be through putting
things to rights then, and will let you
in.''
or course, Josiah was not too obtuse
to understand Mnt, and forget his bashfuI-
ness SO far as to petition for good bye
kiss. which was perempiorily refused Of
course. ..... -s..f .t i7
ono, slant. Do take yourself off
Think Didn't see you fdge,ing around
Sarah Jones al Deacon Badgers yester-
day evening? I've not iorgott tAot.
sif!" .. -.s-s. --sr
Now, Hetty-"
But the appeal was broken of by tan
talzng little laugh; and as he sprang for
ward to AXE a pleasant revenge on his
tormen'ress. she slipped away and ran up
the path to The house. where he saw her
wave her hand as she disappeared within
the kitchen porch; and then lie turned
from the gate, and took the road homes
ward.
The tea things had been carried out,
the table SIT back against tne wall, the
crumbs brushed from the clean home
made carpet. and He,,y's work stand
drawn up in fro3t of the blazing FIRE. A
bounti'uily piled waiter of great red apples
and plate of cracked walnuts were on
J it. in close proximity to He:tv's work
basket.
On one side of the fire sat Mrs Thom
as, IA: and fair, at peace with all the
world rocking and knitting. and refresh
/ ing herself at sundry intervals with a
bite from half eaten apple that lay on
the corner of the table and touching ev~
cry now and then i'll caressing manner
with her foot sleek, lazy looking Ca,
that purred and winked on the rug before
her. He,ty sal on the other side, sew
ing. and busy in thinking how she sho'd
tell her mother she expected visitor
She would have given the world to be
able to say. in an of~hand manner, that
she expected Mr.. Hawiey TO drop in a.
bout eight. But she recollected with a
twipge of conscience how hard she had
tried to get the old lady to accompany
her husband to aunt Ruth's, spite of he,
forewarnings of spell Of neuralg gia; how
she had also plead headache as an excuse
for not going herself. And she knew
her mother was quite sharp enough &c
draw her own differences from these facts,
and from her boing dressed with un-
usual care to spend an evening at hel
home.
II shall not dare to tell her now. She
be sure to think I wanted to get her ou
of the way so 1 might have Josiah al
by myself, and should never hear the
last of it," And like wise little puss
she was silent.
III venture my word on it, you wo'd
not have wondered at our young farm
er's desperate enihrallment ii you could
have seen lietty Thomas as She Sat Sew
ing by the fre>de that cold Nov. even
ing.
Under pretex: Of being ready to g.
to her uncle's "a thing she had no idea
Of doIng) she had. just before tea, in
dul !ed in an indiscriminate "6xing up
A neatly fitting dark calico, with the
store look still on it, fresh linen collar
and tasteful black silk npron-these were
the chief items of Hetty's toilet; but she
looked as sweet and dainty in her llalr
dress as if hours had been spent in don
ming ace and Jewels. Her rich hair OF
the darkest auburn tinge, fell in shining
folds close to her warm red cheek, ant
was caught up in very cunning net be
hind. -
Eight O'Clock and past! Mrs Thom,s
was dozing 10 her chair-her sh ,tiuw or
the opposite wall bobbiug about in gro
tesque nImicry as she nodded TO ant
fro-now crushing TIE voluminous wilt
satin bcws on her spruce cap against the
back OF her chair--nuw almost falling