The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-16
CAUGHT IN THE RAIN;
OR, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE 1T.


hazel eyes that ever looked up to the
clouds in that way
When Mile came to a large, white
farm house, she very gladly, and rather
| nastlly-tor Just then there was heavy
peal of thunder-opened the gate, and
went up the flower bordered path to the
house, and as another peal of thunder
was heard, accompanied by vivid flash
II lightning, Mile en- cred without cere-
mony. She took iii alta glance the con-
tents of the room plainly but neatly fur
nlshed-the cane seated chairs, the
chinlZ covered sofa, the bookcase filled
with books and sheet music; the violin
| III It's case Ill the corner, the vase of fadel.
| flowers, and the ornaments On the man
tel. There was no one there, but she
| heard Il childish vice In the next room,
and again Knocked. A dark-eyed girl OF
ten or eleven years opened The door.
Mile explained why she was there
| With the ease anu good manners OF one
much older, the child babe her welcome,
placed a chair near the stove and took
| Mlllie's dripping hat and shawl.
| was just beginning to get dinner;
that was the reason | didn't hear you
knock. L will ne long time before the
iii wcT is over and you must stay with
us tn dIuneI 1t will be ready by she
time Ben comes; but that will not be tor
an hour
g Els dinniell be weddy when Benny
tums )" lisped and laughed little girl OF
three year. ~
The older child, whose name was Het-
ty, resumed: ~
:" can't get very good dinner; amt
quite old enough, but Ben says do nice
Ily. He puts II ON for MT, and 1 see to II.
But he does not allow me to take off ket-
ties, for fear will burn or scald myself;
but think am large enough to do that.
L like to have everything ready for him
when he comes in tired and hungry |
can't make any biscuit wish l could.
| for Ben he likes them ever SO much but
Martha who comes in to make bread for
rs, says she will teach me-" o
"Where is your mother?" asked Mile
Of little Eva, when Hetty was out OF the
room. St. III
1--WE is got no mudder but Ben, the
little one lisped.
When Hetty got back Mile said:
Now j have got nicely warmed, and
my dress will dry just rs well at work as
sitting still; so | will he Up you get din
ner IT you like / will make some bis
cut, and we will have dinner in very
short time" aa
Mile was delighted. Ben would be
glad. Might she 10 k on and learn how
Mile was young, frank and gay, and
she ami the children soon became very
we'll acquainted over the biscuit. She
laid presently, trying potato with
fork
"The potatoes are done. l will pour
the water off so, and then put them Oh
to dry That VIII make them mealy.
In few minutes we will peel them and
then dinner will be ready except taking
it up" s{
The dinner seemed very meagre to little
Hetty as she ian over the items in her
mind--potatoes, peas, pork, biscuit, but
ter, cucumbers, milk, and water. She
had wanted to make tea for her visitor,
but she declined decidedly. The poor
child said apologeticaliy:
g When father and mother were living,
we used to have good many things for
dinner, ard Martha, our hired girl, used
to get them all; but when they died,
and Squire Johns said he had bought
mortgage on our farm, and that we had
got to pay every cent the day it was due,
or lose everything, We had to do without
9 good many things, and we are very poor
now, and Ben Is afraid we can't have
enough to pay it, and they all say We
may look for no mercy from Squire
Johns, for he is very hard to the poor,
and he has always wanted chr farm, be-
cause it joins some Of his own land wnere
he wants to build I heard all about it
when one of the neighbors was talking
with our Ben though he did not want me
to know about it" as
Mile had listened to this with . Gu
rious mix ure of feelings, for Squire Johns
was declared lover Of hers, and though
she had not yet accepted him, she bad
been pleased with his attentions, and had
certainly given him encouragement
Moreover, he wa: TO receive his final an
swer in three days from that time, and
she was not sure that the answer reserved
and laid away for that time was " no.
True, Mile was not IN love with him,
bat she had waited so long for that ecstat
ic state of feelings she had read and heard
SO much about, thought she was not capa-
BILE of love, and to like any one was as
much as she could expect. But she Ger
tainly liked Squire Johns as well if not
better than any one, and his love must
certainly BE dislnterested. for he could
not know that-but now Mile stopped
Gould he not' Might he have not found
out in some wayf 1.-THE story was true,
would such man be likely to marry a
poor girl? For Mile Warner was
really an heiress in a small way. She
was sole inheritor ola small, unincumber
ed farm from her father, and five thous-
and dollars in bank stock. But the farm
was two h,nd rod rn,lao sa,nth &C kh;s