The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-06-23

the honest people VINO sent theii
wheat 70 b. turned into -four
Said the miller 70 his London part
neT, by my faith, Isaiah, if thus We
20 on, shall l hot be q rich man AnC
| know not why my daughter shall
not marry gentleman, as her mother
was born lady, and 80 make of me q
gentleman. | lays I'll not die with
out writing squire after my name
Nav, nv wife knows Of Il house on
the other side Of the valley, that j. a
gentleman's seat, and shall he mine
if / can make il so. 'Twould be rare
to have Sir Allen OH one side of the
valley, and his cousin, Dannis Sine
kin, Esquire, on the other, for would
have you to know that by marriage,
I'se the cousin of Sir Allen Haughton,
Of AptOn Court"
1t was about the time when the
daughter Lisebeth was fifteen years OF
age that rare news came to the miller,
that Sir Aliens sOn-youngSir Allen,
as the common people felicitously
- obtain money upon the chances of
Outliving his father and coming into
the estate
cT, that I'm in the concern, and let
him have as much As he likes upon
his good security. It's bank safe, and
We shall make a haul; old Sir Allen
cannot live many years, rs / know
/ from my wife, who had it from the
hall herself, and I've my plan, sir, my
plan"
Never had the miller seen young
/ Sir Allen since he had become a man.
At sixteen the heir had dquarrelled with
| his father, and not since had he
shown himself in the neighbOrhOod.
He was in the army, it was said,
and he was allowed two hundred
year. This was all the miller's neigh
bOrhOOd knew of the heir of all the
land in the parish.
As the next three years went on,
the miller and his wife walked more
fiercely upright than ever, and it was
noticed that she spoke almost insO-
lately 10 the Lady HaughtOn,-a weak
woman, who was quietly dropping
into the grave from sheer grief at the
loss of her son, whom her husband
had forbidden her to see.
The miller and his wife walked
more proudly than ever, because they
looked upon the land to be rs good rs
theirs.
They had their plan.
Month after month, year after year,
money at runiOus rates of interest was
advanced to young Sir Allen, so that
all the miller's money was absorbed,
and lie himself had borrowed upon
the securities he held, and upon the
lease of his mill, that he might still
more deeply involve young Sir Al
len.
So far they had never met.
BY this time Lisebeth, the daughter,
was of age to marry.
She was n fine, bold-lOOking girl,
not coy, reserved, or graceful given
to riding audaciOusly, dressing in the
extreme of fashion, and knocking off
a quick walse or 4 galop Mt the piano,
with more effect than truth.
Her face was round, her features |
sensuous and frank, her mouth some
what large, and her gray eyes gleam-
ing.
One day, at Canterbrigge, she being
in the saddle, Il cavalry officer said to |
q comrade, IA fine animal"
(Which asked the other, "the
horse or the woman ?''
Her only female companions were
those ladies who hunted, and these
she knew only in the field They /
would cut her i'll a shop.
She laughed, for the miller and his
wife had let the daughter into their
plans.
She was frank and OUtspOken with
the sons of the higher-clasS farmers,
and she would ride by their side by
the mile-nay, she had even been
known to take a cigar with one or two
of them; but she never visited their
sisters, and they never visited at the
In fact, the miller and his wife were
about the most desOlate people in
Nobody cared to visit
them. The squire and the rector
called sometimes, but they never
stopped, and even Lisebeth's school
after ore dose of a week
ut the mill, found they had had quite
enough of it, and made promises to
come again, which very heartily they
never meant to fulfill.
But the miller and his wife, and ;
their daughter, walked proudly to
church, and they knew what the fu- I
lure would bring them.
The daughter belonged to no sOci-
ETY. of young ladies, taught in no
schools, looked after no poor, and did
no household work.
Sometimes the miller's wife, when
N high good-humOr with her daugh-
er, would address her as ''my lady,"
/ process at which the mother and
laughter would laugh, when mayhap :
he miller coming in he would laugh
90, and the family would he quite
a moment. I
'Lass," says the miller one day to [
lis wife, "yOung Sir Allen and his
'egiment are come TO Canterbrigge,
md it is now time to try his mettle."
That day the miller wrote letter /
% his London partner, and two days
Ifter an answer was returned. 5
"Wife," said the miller, ''he will {
De here tomorrow with friend. Let J
here be every thing right, and do {
Tou, Lizbeth'' (this to his daughter), '
do thy hest TO be handsome and
agreeable"
The next day, in the afternoon, two
Gentlemen arrived on horseback
'hey were received at the mill with '
ii the hOnOrs, the miller, his wife ;
md daughter standing on the door
tep to welcome them. The miller (
vas dressed in his Sunday clothes, a
White cravat about his neck, while t
lis lady was arrayed i'm crimson silk, ,
nd golden ornaments to match. Lis {
'eth was resplendent in low pink
nOrie dress OverdOne with lace ]
and rich ruchings, and you {
,ould see her fine shape and her fair
skin. OF her bright brown hair she s
lad made the most, and had twinel
in some large lustrous beads, which
we're in perfect accordance with her
lyle of beauty. i
The two visitors were of similar
tature and build, and possibly they O
night have passed for brothers but S
While one was distinguished and re-
ined in look, the other appeared O
much like the ordinary cavalry Off
.er, ready for enjoyment, and not too
as to how it was obtained. /
They came unaccOmpanied, and 4
ode equally good horses. They dis n
Mounted together, and neither man b
DOked after the other a
The miller, his wife and daughter, b
D whom Sir Aliens son was perfect. a
7 unknown, looked with equal t
miles upon both gentlemen, until
he less distinguished of the two men a
aid
"Simekin, let me introduce you to y
ny friend, Captain Clark-Jack, this
the mill" o
The captain bowed, but the family,
aving now ascertained. which was r
young Sir Allen," had already al b
lOst forgotten the captains eXis-
ence. b
"INe hope you've come to stay,
Ir. Allen," said the miller's wife; b
for though / know we can't do
lings as they can do them up at the g
all, still / have some silver, and a
ou'n see the f;mily arms or it-for, W
5 you know, am second cousin of /
OurS.n
"Yes, to be sure" said the young ;;
luire. 81 had forgotten it. Have d
ou been quite well all these years ?'' u
Every well, Sir Allen-I mean Mr..
lien, but as you must be Sir Allen o
)me day, it does not matter if my Il
1ngue made a slip. This is my fC
aughter, Lisbeth, Sir Allen-I meant d
n.