The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-08

ton were over, and he had come home ID
u await the coming ct his majority ia tn.
Il old house with his stately grand-dame
. Gather and mother were dead wears be
!. for and, save the lady grandmother, he
, was the last OF the name,) it pleased him
now to fall in love, hotln and impetuous
]. ly, with Nanny Chappell.
Not that he ever told herso in words,
or indeed ever uttered the four letters
that carry such binding force with them.
spoken in honesty and cl~arness; not that
he meant tn do her any harm. Oh. no!
the Chappells had. generation for genera
ton, been near neighbors OF the Dares,
and in their friendly, yeoman fashion,
brought from the old country, had stood
by the great house in more than one
stormy time, srmsI s. .4v.gs .s..gf
He would do no harm to Farmer Chap
peil's daughter. no harH to this sweet
wild rose. But hs breathed on the rose
with his hot breath; he held it close To
his bosom with his straining hands; he
rif1ed its sweet Thoughts one by one, till
the soul of the flower lay bare before him.
And Nanny, Ia her trusifulHess, knowing
not tue world of lover nor of men, having
no conccalment in her honest heart, why
should she wait for formal word!
She believed his looks and his tones,
AMI they told her all that she desired to
know. Quite simply and with only the
rare art ct maidcniy reserve, she gave
herself to his care ses, met him at his APP
Dointment, walk, d with him un6 err the
stars. believing herself betrOthed to him.
though the formal yes had not pissed be-
tween them Size needed NOT the bond
IF word; he, cisven.htarted, sheltered
himself in the fact that the word had
n ,ver been spoken.
But the wild rose has a short blooming
Very quietly one day, and rs it were the
easiest ard most natural thing in the
world to- do, he reie ,sed the graceful!
sptay that mis- hand had drawn down to
him, and let the poor flower fall back
Among its fellows, pallrg and shrvellag
with the Gull of this sudden withdrawn.
IL never did her any harm, dear little
girl" hc said to friend IN shpboard, rs
they CT ssed the ocean Tor the grand tour;
a Il in rare burst of confidence for hiul.
II never forgot that l was u gentleman,
aud held her precious rs any lady; it
Was only gime we played this summer
Together, and it hurt her to have me o,
it hurt me, too. Aad never have her \
word, you know, to make her think was
in earnest; she couldn't have been de.
ceived!' t=A ~a# t|"'H
Did IL hurt Nannys Nobody ever
knew. With Il pride as great as was her
love, she buried the dull ache Of Robert
DAre's departure quite out of sight, ard
went al ut her farm duties With a fierce
energy, to mike amends for the listless
ness that overcamc her, sometimes, when
she was alone in her little chamber, under
the roof. Only the perfect health of her,
body and the erfect balance Of her spirit
Could have borne her through it all; and
though the shrewd old farmer doubtless
al ptcted why, OF late, his quiet, shy
dauS III er began with feverish energy, to
2 tn church and spelling school, ana TO
all the merry gatherings that heretofore
had sought her in vain, lie said nothing.
And Indeed he could hardly suspect
Robert Dare, SO discreet had that young
gentleman been in hs woOipS. In the
sweet early morning when the mowers
were afield, aud Mrs. Chappell busy
in her dairy-work, or la the placid twi-
light hour at the gate, while the farmer
nodded in his chair within, his cause had
sped. But when young Squire Knight of
the farm adjoining, acame on hia coGrsing
errand, too. and had his quiet mo" from
Nanny's self, then Farmer ChappeIl rous.
ed t. something like sense of the past.
He spoke bitter words Of Robert Dare,
sharper he could hardly have used had
the traitor left blighted name behind
him, instead Of c broken heart for Nanny
to bear.
And he Lofty announced to his calm,
} qui daughter that Harry Squire Knight
she should and wOuld-or-she should
see! What was there in this vague threat
that made. day after day, the peace die
on of the quiet household? Made Mrs.
Chappell, good mothorly soul shrink
} away into dull decline" and 90 out of
: life, valnly beseeching Nanny to do her
; fat hers will; and whispering with her
! atest breath, Whatever happens, daugh-
t ter this house is thine for thy home, for it
, belonged TO me?"
But when, after yenrs OF hardness aud
, sternness, the old farmer died, imp'aca ole
/, To his last hour, and the will came to be
. opened and read, then the full force OF
= "what they SHOULD see" became manifest.
Quite away from Nanny, or from any
e kith or kin, the old farmer left his broad
t acres and the tenant house on the hill,
!. "for the use Of the Agricultural College
c they talk about, if the trustees" naming
"will hold IL for the same" And to
Nancy Chappell, the house and garden
which were her mothers when married
her."
! 1t was double-edged stroke, the old
father fancied. She has despised an
Lnnoot ia rr,onr on Tho r.. oLn
. her inheritance. And her poverty apd
/ her loneliness will drive her soon to be
r Squire Knights wife,and happy woman
Far oil