The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-06-23
Five minutes afterwards the cry

u was
''Mr. Allen. do have some Of tina
puddun our Lisbeth made H."
Z Upon this occasion the miller was n
2 rebui'ed by his smiling wife, who said
+ Do try il cousin Allen; for ou
liisbeth, though . lady, i able So b
:, domestic
Tine pastry in question had com
5 out in the cOnfectioner's cart from
, Canterbrigge
At last that twenty-pOund lump q
= cheese which usually finishes an inso
lent dinner came upon the table
= Pressed to eat of the cheese, Mr. Al
len eheerily said, so yes-lOts o
r cheese, Cousin Simekin. In fOr
penny in for a pound"
Quite cOmformably with the man
ners up at AptOn Court, the miller
7 wife rose and led the way out, follow
ed by her daughter, leaving the thre'
r men face to face.
J The port was OH the table-the mill
er's time had come. His guests wcrt
t lighting cigars-he had taken a Ions
e pipe:
! ''SIr. Allen, your friend says AS Ia
knows all"
: "All, miller-for L suppose we arr
coming to business"
"With thee leave. Mr.. Allen. Die
it come on thee with Il start wheI
5 thee heard twas | was thee creditor ,
: mot much. / knew that the mon.
ey had been had-and il was owing tC
! some one. You're the man. So mucl
the better for you"
} Can thee pay it back? ~
mot l."
'4f Sir Allen died could you pay il
back 30
ss1'hat would depend. Sir Allen fol
twenty years has not spent One-fourth
of his income, therefore if he left me
his personal, as he must leave his
real estate, / could readily pay Off the
pOsf-OJis."
aHey-but will he leave zee the
cash ~
"No-I think not ~
At this point Captain John, who
was but slightly interested in this con-
Versation, and who WAS looking about
saw door move which led into side
room.
The miller's wife and daughter were
listening.
"Cousin Allen," continued the mill
er, "Pll speak TO thee plain art en-
gagged TO be married >"
al believe / am," with a laugh /;
"bnt what of that?"
"Can thee get out of il ,"
"What, the promise ~
"Yes-can thee send her to the right
about ??''
"Any man could do such a thing
few would"
"I'll garrant thee from the lawyers
II will, if the'lt take thy cousin Lis
beth, and thee shalt have every one of
thy sinnatures back, and not owe me
a farden, and I'll 'lOwance thee twice
what Sir Allen do"
! For moment there was silence, and
then Mr.. Allen with n great laugh
SAID
"Captain Jack, what say yOu?"
| "Hey," cried the miller, Captain
Jack will say yes, as sure as there's
fifty sovereigns to fifty-pound note,
or hundred sovereigns to five twen-
ty-pound notes-wOn't thee Captain?"
go yes" said the Captain. "YOu
must marry some one, Allen, and it
mustn't be poor wife. Why not
marry your cousin Lisbeth ,"
"BrayvO," said the miller, striking
his thigh.
Mr.. Allen laughed, took swig at
the wine before him, and said, "But /
must get out OF my engagement first"
"Never mind her." urged the farm
er. 'Think of thy cousin, Allen, who
is pretty enOw, and likely enOw."
When Mrs. Simekin sent to let them
know some tea was waiting for them,
the miller whispered to the captain as
they went out of the room
'"That hundred is thine, Captain
but l did ma say when IwOuld pay it.
Thou shalt have it when they are man
and wife,
al am much Obliged" said the cap
tain.
An hour afterwards the miller had
taken the captain to try his billiard
table, and the miller's wife finding
something to do, Mr.. Allen and Lis
beth were left alone.
$50 you are engaged" she said,
suddenly.
-s'NVhy, how do you know that?'
''You told papa so-and he told
mer'
'Told yOu, Lisbeth?"
"Yes-fOr knew all about it."
"AboIt what?"
"Why, the plan to marry us twO.'
"And would you have me-"
YES"
Upon so short an acquaintance"
Eyes"
''But you know that lam engaged"
"You can't marry us both, Cousin !
Allen and dare say Pm richer than
she is"
"She has no money whatever"
"Then of course you wouldn't mar
ry her"
at could be DONE"
"And you would be wretched for |
ever. If now you choose me-yOu
would be rich at once"
''NO-for should still owe your
father the money"
She laughed.
"I'd see fair play-he shOuln't claim
a farthing. NO-if you marry me
for my money I'd see you had it. Fair
plays jewel"
She laughed again.
In the next hour much was said
things not pleasant to put upon
record, because they We're heartless.
He was INSCRIPTIONS enough, and
her tone of mind and behavior made
him worse
'pII manage it," she said, "and dad
will never trouble you for the loans"
At this point the miller appeared,
and, Stimulating annoyance, told Mr..
Allen that his horse and his friends
hay got loose and were in the wood,
out of which To drive them they
might want couple of hours.
"I'll send boy on n cart-hOrse if
thee like to barracks, explaining how
tits"
at matters very little" replied Mr..
Allen; 1--WE will excuse ourselves, my
friend and /, when we reach the gar
rison.u
An hour afterwards, Lisbeth herself
was helping to saddle her horse. She
was elopin@ TO secure Allen, first,
from the danger of being discovered
by his father, secondly that she might
at II blow overcome her rival.
The miller, his wife and daughter
were quite in cOllusiOn as far as the
went.
4 quarter of an hour after the mil
ler's two saddled-hOrses had quilted
the mill stables, carrying Off Mr.. AL
lcH anu I1lSDcJllJ lnc llillltF, uhONllS
up and down the house,
leaving his guest TO amuse himself as
best he could, the miscr sees a paper
on the ground.
He picks it up, looks at it, starts,
and then runs Off to his strong box.
For a moment he RACES, then his
anger changes to laughing admiration.
'WifeI" he cries, "wife" And as
she comes bustling into the room, he
says, sour girl-what n chip of the
Did block she be. She have stole
that be, tdEen-all the deeds signed
by Master Allen. Hers clever wO-
man. Her was 'fraid that l would
na' keep my word, and she stole a
march on me. Faith-she's our
The miller's wife smiled, but said
nothing, for she was thinking of the
she was about to have.
For twenty long years-during which
ler freedom had lasted, freedom from
The thTall of her family's head-for
twenty years she had nurtured her
hatred of the fancied humiliatiOns :
'he had endured. Truth to tell, she .
lad but suffered the grievance of be- /
NO DOOR And her revenge took this