The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-09-01

about her before since her Illness. They
/ lived in such an'isoatef inhoSnii sbie mar
( neT thai very few Of their ueighbors even
1 knew Mrs ShellenbaFger was not a. we'll
a. usual. Blidy, as she caIlei herself had
/ tld'ed the old lady up in a wonderful MAN
ner
! joel Shellcnbareer sat dowe,to the dan-
/ tlly spread table. and made most hearty
an Eaeply reiI>hed meal. glancng a,kauce
/ at BlJdy meanwhile. Arson, strange TO
say. ate very little, and he watched BldIy
aSkance, too.
! This was only the beginning Of reforms
/ this darling girl instituted Eir,,, hnw
ever a. much for her oup peace Of mind
| as for Au>un 's-kuowing that mother and
I s0n were fast friends ani always OF one
| opinion-she told her secret 20 Mrs. Shei-
! enbarGer, and tairly 8heedlei the good
lady into approval lr is true that she
>houk her head at list, aud looked wen
drou~iy shocked. 1t wa> - charming 10
have those Ilttle soft hands Hltter!ng about
her, and TO see such brightness and com
fort >pflng up AROUND, that She could not,
for her own sake, hip countenancing a
much az silence could, Bldly, mysterious
appearance.
| haven't time to give particulars hut
having made a good beginning with true
lrI-h felicity, Biddy estahii he'd herself. IA
short ume completely IN the good graccs
/ Of the old map- tie had a lurking like
rcs~ to- neatne-> AMI GOOD order. and Mrs
Shetleub"r@er. poor woman. WASH Il very
ndy hOu-ekeeper Uuder the new reign
order grew out of Chaos; the mouse seemed
Ia holiday garb all the time, anl an atnos
ph'rc OF social uheeriulness peryaded eve
rynh1e.
One m0rninr, Riddy had said something
Ch" day hetore, the old man ended a grum
bling complaint OF Arson with Il never
see $50 gnod come Of eddicati0n yet If
hadn [ been for thar college business, yon
might have taken likiLg to some sensible
girl, aud she To you.
He glanced at B'day as he spoke She
turued scarlet, and cau,c near lrorpiug the
dish she was ilsi,!iDg Il was not the first
time An>on had heard ,uch iusinuailun>,
See here. a,her. be said rnguI>h y.
jn>l pirh me up Il wife, and see what vii
come OF 1t
The only girl knaw of. worth having
wouldn' t have you. | dare say-woutd you
Briil?' Joel said gr' mhIiugly, but sud-
deujy turning to the glr
Q tsun had kept Bvrtlle lover AT a tan
Ia ziug and uurylenrng distance all this
time IL was taking his revenge now
Mixing desperate effort, Biliy rallied
her confused SeuSes to say, with consdera
Llr self possession:
''ShGje, sir, it isn't meseif that'Il be
aither having J uIap Il - asked.
"DIdly, viii yon tuarry me- said An
son rr4s-..4,- ,.~f-,,,.; | I--.J
will that noS.' said 3iaig. prom ut
y putting her hand in his while old Joel
came nerr choking himself with amaze-
m..nt 1t wa ton late ~ recrde. however,
whether he had realty wished such thing
or not. a. they soon made hIm understand
he vent oUr Of doors presently, nrivateIy
fFtatiY II III, senses or not Seeing the two
standing by the wipiow in close CONVERSE
ton >obH afer he crept with the same
Ianiable intention to,va i them, under
cover Of the bushes that grew by the
house.
Now Bariie," AnSon was saying.
'aughm-ty, 'wuat i To be done next |
must lay you have managed wonderfully,
- far: hut what do yon suppose he viii
say when lie knows you're not Blddy at
al?''
Not Billy at alp" screamed Joel,
struck with a >n1len suspicion of he knew
nnt what, As b. >,arte1 out of his covert.
There stood Bjdiy. the white fill Of her
close cap a. inmyn>c a. "ver; she laughed.
Though when she >aw him, and Deliberately
taking of her cap, shook her bright cur>
around her face, anI reaching toward him
her lite head, said:
ShUre, sir, an ye wont be atEher
hating poor girl hccau>e her name l. Bar
bic Hasrrai instead Ct Blddy o Fynn?'
"You-you Professor Hal>tcads pirR''
Professor IIaI>tead i tny fasher." said
Bartie IN her Laturai voice
What's ihaf?'
Bnrbie repeated it
And you're not Irish?'
/. "NIver a bir.'
The Old man stood a moment, clouds
| gathering on hi face
''Wcll. Arson, he said. rather eauoilv.
You have our-wittcd me again; much
good mag it do You. You he5ter get
I girl home, He must want to see her by
! this tune.
YES sir" And Arson colored with
mingled anger and amazement.
B,rhie dii not change courtenance
/ ltNtNtE- In i.liuS tIdt IAti't Ht'ii "
hers again, she said Sweetly, You !
! shake hands with me, sir?
joel Shetlcnbaresr turned hack and gave
hiS hand awkwafl'y. The girl took it il
/ both of.hsrs, beniiag her bright, arch face
toward him, say ug-
/ 4 shall GONE back, sometime, sir
/ NVilfvju hz- -eAad % see me?'
| ',Jnel hummed and hawed, and STAN
! mered ont at last
| "Yr yes; come back Biddy-I meal
| Mis- O F.ynn-I mean Miss
! ''Bardie,' suggested the Cir quietly.
"Yes, come back; and the sooner tn
! better. There. AnsCn, make the mos
/ on
] -Bartie did come back, in very fey
/ weeks, too, and no. one was more glad Z
] see her thS,n o'i Joel though he was liz
tie Shy AT first OF Professor Halstead's gifi
1 Sc soon made him forget every hing say
thai she was. An~on' wife; and the way h
hinored the ,ly puSS TO sundry grants q
monay, rtfnrni>hing, repairing, etc,
couioa, begin to tell.
] 4 PsCssIAH colonel stationed at NayHnc
!! fought il fine thing to shcw how ready hi
= COMMAND we're for action bv hr0ilingtheIn Ia
hours under a fierce sun. from which littl
3 I i al