The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-08-25


Carrie-elope quietly g
80, Sidney, you know | would never
marry without her consent.
And are two lives to be made mis-
cradle because she thinks matrlmony a
mistaken he asked, gravely.
= suppose SO, and Carrie S pretty
head dropped like a rose IN the ram.
sydney watched her quivering lip and
tear. stained eyelids, and said no more.
In the afternoon, when Mr.. Wilmer
drove up in his light phaeton, he
found Mrs. Grimford ready, with an
immense green umbrella to keep off
the sun, and tin case to put ferns in.
Mrs. Grimford quickly stepped in,
and Carrie, meekly following, was
nearly overwhelmed by her mother S
vOluminouS draperieS.
Il had better sit in the middle; it
will best preserve the equilibrium of
the vehicle" said Mrs. c., wedging
herself between Sydney and Carrie
with smile of great complacency.
She Immediately began discoursing on
the habits and properties of ferns
with unpausing volubility. Suddenly
she checked herself, as her eye caught
cluster Of green waving vegetation
on the crest-ike point of rock over
hanging the road.
Sydney! Sydney y she cried ;
''Stop minute. Cam you reach that
asplenium ebenuml"
lis it this, ma am - said Mr.. Will
mer, making a dive at the tall stock
Of something growing by the rock.
'sNo, no, not that-the little green
thing with the black stem
This, ma am 2" hazarded Sydney,
clutching at a fat leaved cluster of
weedy growth.
80, dear, no how stupid you are -
sighed Mrs. Grimford. I'll jump out
and get it myself
''Mamma = demonstrated Carrie.
80, Ill help her." nodded Sydney,
splinging nimbly on the cliff, and pull
ing Mrs. Grimford by main force up
the steep side of the rock.
''Ah - cried the lady, it is very
steep. | really think women should
devote more time to gymnastics. O.,
here's the asplenium-yery choice
specimens, too. Why, Sydney, where
are you going % she suddenly cried,
seeing Nh. Wilmer had sprung back
into the phaeton.
''Only for little turn, madam.
while you are collecting your botanical
treasures.
"Yes, but" Mrs. Grimford S words
of remonstrance were drowned in the
rattle Of the wheels as Mr.. Wilmer
drove briskly away, Carrie nesting
up to his side. One long, lingering
glance she gave the departing pair, and
then returned to her tin can and UNI
berella. They'll be back presently"
she said. But the afternoon wore on,
1.-THE shades of evening" were rapidly
closing in, Mrs. Grimford grew cross
and rheumatic, and still "they came
not, like the characters in romance.
something mas happened !" cried
the prophetic soul of Mrs. GrimfOrd.
80, if | should have to stay here all
night - She looked neryOusly around.
1t was tall steep cliff wherein she
stood, cut off from the woods beyond
by wide and by no means shallow
stream on one side, while on the other
three 1t was almost perpendicular lis
ing up some twenty feet from the road.
AS she surveyed her situation Mrs.
GrimfOrd began to feel something like
Simon Stylites on his pillar in the will
derness. But suddenly a welcome
rumbling of wheels broke the stiffness
of the seldom travelled mountain road,
and Mr.. Winners spirited gray dashed
around the curve of the hill.
"Well," she cried, Il never was
more thankful for anything in my
life | am tired to death of wait
ing !"
care you!" says Sydney Wilmer, as
he checked his horse in the middle Of
the road.
"Yes {; why don't you drive closer 2"
she demanded sharply.
80, did you want to go home with
lis =
"Of course l did. I'd have gone
home long ago if could have got off
this place.
"W ell, Madam, said Sydney, in ac-
cents of the coolest deliberation,
while Carrie chung frightened. vet
smiling to his side. Il shall be happy
to hand you off that rock on one con
dition.'
"Conditionl What do you mean,
sir p exclaimed the indignant ma
iron.
'Simply this, Mrs. Grimford l
want to marry your daughter. But
Carrie, like too dutiful child Will not
become my wife without your con-
sent.
(Which she viii never have, re-
piled the lady, emphatically.
VERY well, madam, p" and he shook
the reins.
you're not going to leave me
| here :" shrieked Mrs. Grimford III a
panic of terror.
unless you comply with my con,
dition, | most certainly shall"
And that condition is
Your consent to my marriage with
your daughter.
Caroline" cried Mrs. Grimford,
''will you be a witness to thls-this
atrocious conduct, and net interfere p
Sydney won't let me have a voice
i'll the matter, mamma, at ALL said
Carrie, demurely. He says he don't
believe in Women's rights !"
Mrs. Grimford gave hollow groap
Mr.. Wilmer touched his horse slightly
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