The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-17
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Out i'm the Rain.

Out i'm the Rain.
Sprinklel shower rain! night down
on Millie Warmers tasteful little hat and
graceful shoulders, unprotected save by
thin shawl, Notwithstanding the beseeching
glance of the prettiest pair of hazel eyes
that ever looked up to cloud that way.
When Millie came to large farmhouse,
she very gladly, and rather hastily-for just
then there was heavy peal OF thunder
opened the gate and went up the flower
bordered path to the house and knocked
for admittance. Nobody answered, and as
another peal of thunder was heard, accom-
panied by vivid flash of tightening, Mil
lie entered without ceremony. She took in
at glance the contents of the room she
came to, a large square room, plainly but
neatly furnished-the cane seated chairs,
the chintz-covered lounge, bookcase filled
with books and sheet music; the violin in
its case in the corner, the vase OF faded
flowers, and the ornaments on the mantle.
There was no one there, but she heard
childish voice in the room, and again knock
ed. A lark-eyed girl of ten or eleven years,
opened the door,
Millie explained why she was there. win
the ease and good manners OF one much Oh
der. the child babe her welcome, placed a
chair near the stove and took Miles drip
ping hat and shawl.
u was just beginning to get dinner, that
was the reason l didn't hear you knock
It will be long time before the shower is
over, and you must stay Win US 10 dinner:
1t will be ready by the time Ben comes but
that Will not De 1or an hour. :.
"Es, dinnleh be weddy when Ben tums"
lisped anu iaugned iittie cniid Oh tnree
years --.-...-
Inc older cniid' whose name was Hetty'
rssuMeuM
ica9 get very goou ui9nel' / am
qulIe olo enough ou. Den says | uo nicely:
ne PuIs II on Ior me, ana see 70 II. put
ne goes nor a,lIW me 10 take s on tne ketlieSi
40: rear l VIII ouln or scai9 lnysen' puS l
.ntnA am ia.se cnousl " oo mat hSe
" nave ever 1lius reauy Ior nun Mneh ne
ZONES ~ tiieu anu hany' eau I, NAM
puiscuit-misn couiu, luz Den hhes tneli
eFet 30 mucni Det Maftna VINO comes IN
W naAe Dleau ior US says sne VIII 'eacl'
me-:
Mnere your moI4er asked Miiiie OF
jug ii''i' n'" WHICH, LIEU! was ou' vi 'iie
roUM 80, .,.
We = gos ho huuuer Dut Dell the htlie
on1 nSpeu; ,cu:.,
a mnen 10y Iane paeA, MIME salo,
Eon .nan nave eot nicely warmea anu
ia: y uteS9 WIN uiy as wen a. SorA as slsIlns
ssln' ~ WIN neip you ger GUNNER; IL you
na M ulhiei lea9y ~ . very snort ume,
ae'ty was uehgn'eu Den "ouia De
Si a:,,;a mign' sue iooA oi anu learn now
e was youpg, anu lranh, anu gay,
euu sne anu ane onliuisn scon oecane very
We ~ uain.ou o'ei tne pisIultc one saio
PS o., uylng potato Win 10TH
ne pota.oss are gone. l VIII pour the
MAJ Masel oT 80, tnen put lnem on again 70 dry.
Ina' WI ma u, tlein meaiy. In Jew min
u.sS VIC WIN peel tnem, ana tnen dnner
va" M. De Oh Ieauy except taxing II up.
u:.t ne u.nher SCENTED very meagre 10 nttie
.ss % sne iau osel .ne !tei,is IN her lhlno,
o'e'o11, Peas, pun, p,sceit, putter' cucuih-
20 ~ "a 80 one nau "an1ea 70 MAKE
Sa a IT. ,.o, O oS:, sue aeoineI ueci-
COLI. ' pun 'ni'u Saio app0iosc'i-
aWIben father and uothor ,vo,o o,;uo u.o
rsed 70 b.Ts ooJ ,anu, I, We C.. a,ae We
90 NJ. ahoe sSGu 49, many suanSs ior sumner
all. bnt wSeu tbau d;sd .n useS I teul
sa;d he h"unht ;o 49,, Gnu sIte Donns
tbot No ho5 800 - 49, 50, -. .h a..
waS dne 90 ioso 1870 y I II h M tay ~
without oood m.ny th;5ns We a na9 70 ~ ~
yerv moor nov and Ron ;a sfr.;d Nc v" oo ai
have enouob to nav If and thew ALI SOW We
NAV look far NO mercy from Son;re Jobns
for he is verv hard man to The moor and
he has alvavs wonted onr forn, boc.H,sa =
ioins some of b;s own land where he ,.ants
to build heard all about + uban ono % o :,
the ne;ohbors was taIk;ng With Ren tbonnh
he didn't want me to know abont #
Mile had listened to This with a cnrious
s l1sure u ieelng, Ior squire Jonns was a
ueeiaIeu ioser ol ners, ana though sne mad
NOT accepted MIN, she had been pleased with
ms attention, and had certainly given
him encouragement. Moreover, he was to re-
ceive his final answer in three DAYS from
that time, and she was not sure the answer
reserved and laid away for the time was
GnoD Time Millie vas NOT in Love WITH
him bnt She had waited 90 Lone IN ro;n Co.
that ac.tot;o stoto Of faa,;Uo. p lo ,'r ~.
and heard so. mncb ahont that sbe was not un.
can.bIe of love and that to lie "n - nU.
wss ss much os che oo,,I I ao,aot by. o oho
cert.;nlv 1;Sad SUI ' Gohn e s Sne
800 " 49, quno 'onns as wen as II lot
t D;l ' Ia aay que, an9 sis ioSe mus GER
I sa,nly ue aisln1eles,su :,, ior ne couia MOI
hao" tia, s1:1. now Miii,e s.oPpea Oouio
ne notf Mignt ne NOT nave Iound ONT IN
such man be likely to marry poor girll
For Miihe Warner was really an heiress in a
small way. She was sole inheritor of a
smaA unencumbered farm from her father,
and tve thousand dollars in bank stock.
But the farm was two hundred miles south
of this town, where she was visiting a cou-
sin, and nobody knew of it: and DURING her
T;ssss che bad helped her cousin in her work
q she had always heiped her mo1nef ~nens
sne was At home-capable, industrious little
siI M Una. sae was.
me s.oly agreea WIN tnings ina, she mad
nealu nin ~ al, pus oniy nih.eo at, ana
even mat tne hsAs momene was smoothed
oVet, Ior squire johns was rlcn ana lnnu-