The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-02

tip-toe. The hammock and Phil wer
evidently there, too, for their wa curl
gray smoke and the scent of a cigar-an'
where there's smoke under tree there's
mani What should she do? She hadn'
quarreled with anybody. She wante'
Il Phil to know she was at the old spa, ant
lstill she didn't want to s'speak nrst. -
Suddenly she recollected she had hear
Phil cav once that II he should see lila.
ribbon bow in Egypt he would think O
her. It was her favorite color and sh,
! wore It nearly always. Quickly taking
i little knot from her throat, then, she tiet
it round piece Of bark and threw It Owe
the wall. A startled exclamation, fol
lowed by q rattle among the stones, and
presently an opening appeared In the wal
close beside Kathie, through which she
beheld at last the brown eyes and curly
hair of her old lover.
/ "Iknew you would come to the old
tryst, Katie Darling, ~, whispered he
through the hole; land so when the men
built this hateful monument of our ia.
Tiers enmity, I watched every day, and
saw that these stones should be movable,
that might have a sight of and a word
with you il you ever came down to the
old tree. For so bitter is the feeling be-
tween my father and yours that was
forced to promise l would never cross
over en- to your land until the feud should
be broken. I fear it is life long one. 1
wanted to see you once more before 20
away, and SO have waited here every
day to say good by"
s"Oh, Phil, is it 90 dreadfuls What
shall dor You must not 60" And then
followed q shower of tears that threatened
to spoil the pretty lilac muslin, and could
not be wiped away through chink in a
wall.
DO you care so much, Kathie? There,
l am glad it has happened. I mean be-
cause it proves to methat you have not for
gotten your old friends, for if you lad, you
know, you would not care if they were 60
ing away. Will you tell me, dear, do you
care? Do you care for me, Kathie!'
kathie came very. close to the rough
stone wall, and timid, whispered,
breathless little Eyes" floated through
the opening. Then there was longer
conversation which even the robbins in
the mulberry tree overhead heard and I'M
derstood.
Grandma Bowen wondered what on
earth it was that took Kathie out to walk
every day after dinner in the sun; and
finally her mother declared the exercise
was too much for her, for Kathie was
growing thin and pale, ate nothing, and
had no desire to 60 out in company with
the young men and girls in the neighbor-
hood. Farmer Bowen discovered the true
cause of all these symptoms, however, for
one day letter from his enemy's son
reached him explaining all. I'VE love
one another it read, land will both be
miserable and unhappy if we continue
any longer the clandestine correspondence
and courtship we have been obliged to
have recourse to by reason of the cruel
and unreasonable prohibition of our par
ents. l love Kathie, and wish to pay my
addresses openly and honorably, and ask
your consent to our marriage. Will you
not forget your enmity with the father in
accepting for your daughter his son?
After stormy little talk with Kathie
and an expostulatien with her mother,
who declared Kathie would "waste away
and die if this troubled her mind and
heart much longer" Farmer Bowen
gravely walked over to Farmer Somers'
one day, and the upshot of the matter was
q wedding and the demolition of the stone
wall
In Mrs. Philip Somers' cabinet OF curl
osities there are two odd, rough looking
stones, conc erning which, it asked, she
replies with a smile, that they came from
the walls of Babylon, while Mr.. Somers
says they actually framed the chink
through which Pyramus and Thisbe once
whispered their VOWS of love. No one
disputes their explanation, but everyone
where they obtained the curious
old relics.-N. 7. Graphic.