The Republican journal., 1873-10-30

| .'hee W liit -olltl w tottti't tilS W. ! Ni4l
of words which She was sure would follow
her answer.
Once safely in her room-onc corner Of
sat down to think She had often before
been in the same train of thought, name
! ". her dependence on her relatives. But
| had She thought on the other side, She
might have discovered that they were ts
much dependent on her as she on them
| She had thought what might be her situa-
| ton in case of their death The little farm
wa all they had, and that was not valuable
barely sufficient for their maintenance, !,
not a rich inheritance, truly. But she had
4 richer. And rs she thought of her robust
health, cheerful heart and willing hands,
the poorhonse looked very far in the dis
| lance
"Well, don't care" She said aloud, a
| she gave her cnrls 4 toss "A can work, /
can 60 away if She wants me to- can
earn my own living, but | cannot marry
that money loving, selfish. sordid, hard
hearted Ambrose Yorrick, and what's
more, | won't" This was the same con
cusion She had come to before, and She
saw no reason to change il. just then
| her aunt called to her that her uncle and
Doctor Troop We're going over TO the sta
tion and She neede, Dell's help about the
dinner.
Dell rushed her curly head With her
hand lchcd the curls in net, took a
hasty look in the little mirror, and went
! down stairs.
As Doctor Troop comes in here IN ON
story it will he we'll TO tell our readers that
he was man of about thrty-tive years
| He had settled in the W WeSt years before
and was held Very high in the estimation
of his fellow citizens His profession had
thrown him into the mixture OF society
which makes up the western popnlation
and many owned their present good pros
poets To his timely words OF encourage
mrnt. He was on friendly terms with all,
! but with none more 50 than with the
| Pcrrys Perhaps Dell was the magnet Of
attraction; but if 50 no one suspected it.,
not even Dell herself. He was q courteous
! gentleman and fine scholar, and one
| might wonder why he choose to carry on
his profession among u people 50 far IN
/ terior to him in native refinement as the
majority of his ncighbors We're. But he
was satisfied; and could dine with these
| humble people on their simple fare of Salt
/ meat, vegetables and corn bread with as
much heartnesS and good cheer as though
he were among the upper ten, in their
~unptuous dining rooms.
\ Del had seen nothing Of her Would-bc
\ lover, nor had the subject been alluded to
for some time, when one evening in early
/ summer She wa, surprised by visit from
him. He came in his stylish carriage.
with the team of gravs She was sitting
| at the front door engaged with book and
! did not see him mtil it was too late to re-
treat
Good evening, Miss Deli" he said, in
J his blandcSt tones. at the same time eN-
tending his hand which Del did not offer
to take. but said as She rose from her low
! seat:
Il ncle Nathan is At the barn. I'll call
/ him, and Mr. lerrick saw the pink dress
Wh~l> around the corner before he had
\ time to say i word Of remonstrance.
4 We'll she's a cute one, anyhow Won
dcrtul tact. Would make a splendid gen
rral She knows whom | came to soc.
| Foolish thing, | could lift her oul Of this
/ poverty erc'--WHyin9 his hand with Il
mighty flourish Looking still in the di-
rccion Dell had gone, he saw Mir :td
/ Mrs. Perry coming towards the house, hnt
I Dell was not with them "ShreWd rs 4
\ toN, but I'll wait, and he stepped forward
4 to Greet the old folks
Dell. after calling her uncle, had linger-
ed around the barn watching the stylish
outfit at the door. determined in her own
mind not to go near the house until it
should be zone She sat Il LONG time
thinking the thoughts that come to most
of u~ at times. wondering what her life
i,, L1rf "a world I-n
50 lmcquallv divided, and wondering most
OF all what Ambrose elrick would say to
her uncle. She thought the visit Of umuS-
ua length and must be something impor-
tanl. How long she sat there she could
not tell. but when at last She looked up
the carly stars shonc through the dusly
twilight, the Young moon was but streak
in the western sky and Ambrose crriclq
carriage was gone. She arose and walked
| slowly towards the house and entered it,
but neither her uncle nor aunt said 4 word
to her for some time, then Mr. Perry said ;
MIR Ycrricl didn't want to see me il
seems, after all At least he didn come
TO see me
He didn't say Who he came to see but
supposed ii to be You, answered Dell
~ on might treat that man decent. any
how" snapped Aunt Jeanette.
Dell felt the hot blood rise to her face
bat did not answer.
Another awkward silence, then Mr.
Perry broke ii again; ''lIe wants you,
l.arllie, wants you for his wife
"Thc yagabond What did YOU tell
him ~
II told linn YOU was free to no rs You
liked | want goin' to influence You one
way nor the other That you could stay
here a~ long rs You would, and that 5 God'-
truth, Dell"
'Thank you uncle. answered the girl
'.Alr Yerriok had my answer some time
ago. That ne should come to YOU, after
that only confirms my opinion Of the
man. and Dell rose, kissed her uncle and
aunt, and went to her room.
1t WAS some weeks after this that Mrs
Perry made u misstep and fell down the
cellar-stail.s '-l'm Killed | know am,
and them garden-sccds amt gathered vit y
said the old lady Mr.. Perry and Dell
lifted her TO her feet, but She could no
more use them than could newborn
babe ''Why don't You 90 for somcbodN,
Nathan? Go for Doctor Troop
The old man would have started then
and there. hut Dell said the first thing 10
be done was to get their patient upstairs,
and he must help. Then She herself
would ride over for Dr. Troop II can
90 50 much quicker on ''yp than You can
on Peg, and you know yon cannot ride
GyD.
The old man suffered himself to be Iii
rcctcd by Deli; indeed, any one might
have commanded and he would have obey
ed, so passive was he in that hour OF
trouble 1t is probable Mrs Perry herself
would have objected to the plan from sheer
obstinacy had She known of it, but she
had tainted.
Fleet as the wind flew Dell over the
prairie The neighbors, as they saw her
wondered what possessed that girl to al
ways ride as though the Old Nick was
after her. They wondered still more when
they saw her returning With DIR. Troop al
her side.
"A bad fall Mrs Perry, a very bad fall
but nothing serious, hope, = was the doc
tors verdict You must lie here and let
the rest wait on you. You narrowly cscap-