The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-06-26


kind TO your brothers aud sisters; and
remember that you shailahaye posi-
tion here If eser you shall want il
again" o. s1o1gi
"B9t Henry can't 20 tonight, moth
srp said Alice. 1i2 o.
''of course not, but he needn't work
any more.p ti 5u
nWho'H milk the COWS and feed the
chickens tonight ?p said May.
Q" v"Iwillpi said Alice, "rsther than see
Henry hardened with another job to-
day. ra r.
"YOn're a good, noble WOMAN" said
Melvin, as he started out with her to
perform .Henry's unfinished work; ''but
doubt If anyhody has thought that
Henry's pretty sister needs respite from
toll or duty during any part Of her great
trial" sI...,.
Take care, Melvin, verify believe
you're in love with that woodland
maiden, and that is why you take 50
much interest In her brother"
"Well, suppose l should be! What of
lt9n
"What, indeed except that there'd
be such buzzing around your cars at
home as you never imagined if you'd
think of bringing her here as your
wife"
"Would you object? -
"How do 1 know, when have never
seen her? fishes anything like Horny,
she's ignorant and homely and awkward
enough to make splendid match for
Patrick, but I'd feel terribly to see my
brother mate with Patrick's sister,
Bridget"
"And ! don't know that you would
have any right to object, II should
deem it necessary to my happiness to
espOuse Bridget tomorrow"
"It would he just like you to do such
thing, il you thought we were all op-
posed to it,
"Then am something like my sister
/ Al. But, really, Sis, am more deeply
/ interested in Annie Lee than any other
: girl ever met. l called to-day to see
IOToodles' sister. You know my hon
ored father is very anxious that should
find connubial attractions there. The
girl Is as insipid as skinned milk, and
will be as fat and stupid as her mother
by the time she's forty. Think of the
the future Mrs. Hastings becoming the
exact copy OF Mrs. O'Toodles, the
present"
Alice laughed heartily.
"You know, Sis, that you are often
talking Of freedom, and what you could
do IL you only were man. Iconfess to
you that ever since 1 saw Annie Lee and
knew how powerless was to aid her in
the one way which alone would satisfy
my being that have felt as helpless
and restricted as any rich mans daugh-
ter, and much more badly fettered than
any poor mans son who has attained
his majority"
81 am sure I do not seek to fetter you,
brother"
"Oh, mol" bitterly. 'You only join
/ WIN hhS Aeot VI lutul III making conf
mon cause against me-"
"Melvin, do you really wish to marry
that rustic girl whose father is in Jail,
awaiting a trial for murder, and whose
brother il, doubtless, only q trifle more
coarse and ignorant than herself?'
81 want to give Annie Lee such sd-
vantages for education and culture as
my sisters possess, and then, when she
has become their peer, it will be time to
talk Of marriage"
"You told me once that you couldn't
think OF marrying her."
81 tried to think so, Sis, but really, l
can't think Of marrying anybody else" "
'Then 1 suppose we're to have bach
elor brother on our hands for good and
all"
The chores were finished now, and the
I brother and sister returned to the house
to find that Henry had retired TO his
room. The next morning, before any Of
the household were awake, the lonely
and anxious boy was plodding his weary
way towards his home in The forest.
ITO be continued.l