The farmers' vindicator., 1876-05-05

Ssh ! -sh I! Let not my father
know Of this. Did he but know how
red this poor hand is with blood, my
life would not be worth an hours pur-
chase. He /! ha ha !--he, poor man,
thinks the rats killed our child. Alas
poor Banquo Twas so we called
him. Hush II bid the hush Did
they but hear me they would send me
to nunnery. But I'll not go. Twas
there once. It runs i the blood. At
the changing Of the moon I'm very
merry; and that is what DR.. Crabtree
means by lunacy. Nov, Sir Laun-
celot, | charge ye, tell not my father
this. Get thee to Queen Guinevere,
where thy heart is, and make me rid
Of thee"
The maniac grasped at a chair, and
Sinclair fed from the room.
On the next day Jennie met the vi
sitor before he entered the house, and
with tears in her eyes begged him not
to carry her away.
"Where should l carry your he
asked.
"Ah, you know-to nunnery-to
a house I" She pressed her hands upon
her brow, and after pause added:
Il fear me | did behave unseemly.
Twas an unfortunate fit. o! let not
my father know. Do not tell the doc
tor. Dear sir, if there is pity in your
bosom, have pity on me. Marry me,
and take me away from this place.
Take me ten thousand miles away from
any nunnery or madhouse. o! kind
sir--dear Prince-will you not do it?"
"My dear lady," said Sinclair, put
ting her gently away. II will put my
answer on paper, aud send it to you"
And with that he made his escape.
On the following afternoon. Mr..
Pulsifer called Jennie into the library.
She found him pacing to and fro, with
one hand clutched in his hair, while in
the other he crushed a paper.
Papa"
"oh, the puppy! the jackanapes
the migrate !"
Papa"
."Oh! oh the white-livered rascal |"
"Dear papa, what is it all about /"
'It is about enough. Here is let
ter from Sinclair. He refuses to take
you for a wife!"
"Refuses ?"
"It amounts to that"
swell, papa, do not let that trou.
BILE you. If you dislike him as much
as | do, you would not worry about
this"
II shan't worry--not bit of it.
0, no But if he ever shows himself
mind. Let him 60.
have done my part. have kept faith
with Rob. l care for nothing more.
GO about your work Jennie"
An hour later Jennie Pulsifer was
with her true lover in the maple grove
to whom she told the story of success
Of success SO far.
Sand it shall be success to the end"
'aId Raphael. "But we must strike
while the iron is hot. Twill appeal to
your father this very evening"
30, Raphael mot so soon."
"Trust me darling. Your father
Knows my family very well and upon
ny honor, | do not believe, now that
Sinclair is out of the way, he will not
urn me off. At all events let the risk
)e mine.p
"But are you nota stranger to him ?"
"Why bless you your father has
visited me at the tavern dozen times,
md he has urged that l should visit
lin. | have not done it because |
Jared not meet you there. l feared
le might gain our secret prematurely.
But this evening will answer his in. !
itation in person."
Evening came, and Jennie received /
er lover in fear and trembling. But I
e did not give her time to consider /
nd become weak. He took her by t
he hand, and led her at once to the @
brary, determined, he said to know
is fate. a
The old gentleman was seated at the t
able, and arose as his visitor entered. |
"Mr. Pulsifer," said the daring n
outh, 81 am boldness personifed. il
erhaps you will say am audacious. a
come to ask from you the dearest n
ift in your power to bestow-the hand
your daughter" P
"But her heart-how is that, my n
oyi" h
"Her heart is mine already" Il
Jonathan Pulsifer was not surprised b
all; or if he was, he did not show
On the contrary, he seemed par
,ularly elated. 81
"My dear Walter" he said. "she is b,