Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-24
repent it. You do not know these
people"
Beg pardon, do. I have been intro
duccd to them: but | have been making

! people.
beg pardon, do. I have been intro
duccd to them; but have been making
Inquiries"
"Dash your ;nquirics" l jcrkcd in.
"And my opinion is made up. | have
learned all about it. She has visted this
house for fortnight thus and has never
told mc!'
This staggered me. Well, Dick }ulli
man was clever, good fellow. Had Lucy
got tired OF her great naturc'
"COme on" again cried Jack.
And pushing me down stairs, he seized
his hat, put mine on, and VIC went down
stairs quick foot as they say in the coun
try across the water
Down stairs we went on tiptOe Why
on tiptoe I don't know; but we were ex
cited and histrionic. In we sncaked, also
on tiptoe, into tulliman's garden, and
were guil1y-being great natures, and his
trionic also-uf the objectionable mean
ness 80 often seen on the stage-ol
crouching to listen and spy behind q
thick cypress tree which adorned the
garden, and of looking through the
Wind"w.
Boxlty Down is quiet place; and
whether our ears were sharper than
usual, or the silvery tones of Lucy's re-
sonent voice pierced further than usual, !
cannot say; but there We saw Miss Bulli
man, in hat, standing up and looking
down on Lucy, who, with her hat off, was
sitting down; and we heard the latter
say; r., u,, =, ,o,+o, ,,, ,oo,
a very cruel letter; and I an afraid
must not come here again
Jack gave me a cruel drive with his el
| h<>u Il riu I lT Nt ont
again to have Just below my false ribs and
"'Tis my letter! l will unma k the hyp.
ocritc! Come on!"
l was dragged forward-how | hardly
know; hut soon found myself opposite
Lucy and Miss Bulliman, and heard Jack s
resolute and certainly offensive tones.
Il know all, Miss Spoilorth. have
heard what you have said have my wit
ness here" He threw back his great hand
in his eagerness. and knocked my hat
down with crash-I had aiken it off 20
litely to Miss Bulliman, whom | rlther
admred-and he said, fixing his large
fl rec eyes upon pretty Miss Lucy, Il have
done you forever"
Hcrcupon, Lucy, who WAS but young
and very much III love, gave great scream
and went Off" Miss Bu}li,nan went off
too, but not in dead faint; called Jack
Romilly a coward, and sang out tor her
brother Dick. In CAME Dick and his
mother, too; and without any words. soon
bv vinegar and smelling g-salt-Dick's s
chemicals were always preferred at Bulli-
mans as being so powerful brought her
to. Meanwhile aud Jack Romilly stood
like two guilty and intrlaing fools; Jack
sufEering-as he aftcrward confrssed-the
torments of place of which he has, / am
sure no experience, 1T Witnessing tho ten
der dextcrity Of Dick Bullman and the
fainting Of Lucy. When the young lady
was we'll recovered, Jack and for had
to follow that great natures lead-'thought
that we had better 60"
"No-don't" cried Katcy Hu]liman.
"We must settle accounts with you, gen
tlcmcn. Dick. stop them
Ny good Katey," said Dick, shutting
the door, II dare say that they won't 60.
What's tho row?"
"Can you fight, sir?'' said Jack, with a
great amount Of bitterness. You are a
man Of peace
"pm man Of SCIENCE" said Dick, slow
ly; mot ncccssarilya man of peace. can
| fight if l want"
"Then, sir, you must fight me. l am
an officer in Her Majesty's service You
have taken away my only hope my only
love-"
Here Lucy began TO show a white fcath-
er; that is, she cried bit, and looked at
Jack with some admiration; she knew
that it was all his love.
have done nothing of the sort" said
Dick. "Ilove Miss Lucy as I love an angel,
that's all but know that she is bound
to you and, Mr.. Romilly, AIN a gentle
man"
"And the son of an officer" whimpcred
Mrs. Bulliman.
"But if you wish me to fight for Miss
Lucy, I'm wiling" said Dick, "only let
me choose my own weapons. I'm going
in heavily for poisons. I've new salt.
Let me give you a dose, and I'll take a
dose, too; and toss up for AL emctic If
you die, III make observations on you, and
immortalize you as the first victim. That's
quite as sensible as the pistol business"
Jack looked very much like fool; so
did l. l thought we'd better go again ;
but Lucy had given one of those bright,
truthful, triumphant looks Of hers; and
Jack was on his knees, holding her hand,
and calling himself an idiot, and begging
pardon heartily.
Lucy put her soft hand on his forehead,
and looking fondly into his dark eyes, so
resplendent now said:
My dear Jack, your large nature will,
some time, comprehend my small but
clear one. You have given me q pang
but forgive you"
| "But what were you doing here, Lucy ?''
said Jack had thanked her, it seems,
in satisfactory way, with his eyes,
THAT did not know? 1t wasn't music,
wssi to"
"No," said Katey; "exccpt that Miss
Spoftorth gives me, now and then, a lesson.
She plays beautifully"
"And it was not SCIENCE said Dick
for in my laboratory, I make such an
awful smell and smoke that should choke
any woman
Then what was it?' again urged Jack
"God bless herr cried that dear Mrs.
Bulliman. "She was ai'ting me, buying
her own stores, and making bandag"s and
charpic for the wounded, and preparing
the Boxley Down box for Col. Lloyd
Lindsay and the national society in aid Of
the sick aud wounded in this dreadful
war;
"Think, Jack" said Lucy, "thnk for q
moment Of the hundreds of poor men who
lie in agony oi the wounds, tho fever,
and the pain; and ot the thousands of poor
widows! AnG shall be d soldiers wife,
.jacE!'
"Gcd bless you, and forgive nl;, lucy
But Why cried the icaious-patc,l swain,
"why did y, II not tell mc?'
"Bccausc should not lct my right
hand know what my left hand does; and
you, Jack, are my right han,;!'
=. = Its all right now! jack and
Lucy are as fond as ever; and katey-
well, Dick is M uncommoHly good fellow
and I'm so glad that | live ''NrNt door t.,
Bulliman's !'!-Once u Week.
The Raven, the Cuckoo aud the Hen,
A raven was crossing field and saw 9
cuckoo preparing soft bed behind shady
bush. That seemed very odd TO him; St,
he ercpt nearer and asked tho cuckoo what
he was making there
"a bed, as you sec" the cuckoo answer
cd, shortly.
"a bed for what?" the raven kept or
inquiring "Iou are not going to lie or
the ground? AS far as know, you u<u
ally rest in a hollow tree'
"It is not for myself" replied tho
cuckoo, but for that poor sick hen, there
you see behind the bushes. See that poor
creature he continued, weeping; &C. she
tills my soul with pity; she has not bccl
well fora long time"
"tcally, an odd kind Of n"ighborly
love. could never in tho least have cx
pccted that Of you,' the raven cried, in al
ecstacy; and the hi glt. tears ll>sltrd down
b;o Ilock r,vr, <.i,,,.!xS SIT fin, n