Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-04-22

"NOr Will the eXpeulIion co R w
| BILE to me-" said Mrs. Grimiord, graveiy;
.d,ant,m and asplenium to be found in
thosa woods. and my collection of native
| ferns is as yet incomplete.
Carrie retired in great CONSERVATION,
not to read reports or study paleontology,
Int to slip out to the garden, where Syd-
dew Wilmer was sitting by great rose
tree that carpeted the velvet grass with
showers of soft pink petals at every pass
ing breeze.
"Oh. Sydney-Sydney! 1 am so miser-
able! !"
sCarrie, what is the matter % he cried,
hastily going toward her; and Carrie
told him, to the best Of her ability, what
the matter was. ~
as that all p he asked, when the re-
cital was finished.
"Isn't that enough ?" she replied, pite-
ously. When we were going to have
such nice ride, and" teLF.
Never mind, petite. twill be all right!
So she won't consent to our marriage
Ell! What shall we do, Carrie ?-elope
quietly?"
.sOh, Sydney, you know would never
marry without her consent"
sand are two lives to be made misera-
BILE because she thinks matrimOny mis-
take 2" he asked, gravely.
81 suppose sO," and Carries pretty
bead dropped like rose i'm the rain.
Sydney watched her quivering lip and
tear-stained eyelids, and said no more.
In the afternoon, when Mr.. Wilmer
drove up in his little light ph@ton. he
found Mrs. GrimfOrd ready, with an I'm
mense green umbrella to keep off the sun.
and a tin case to put ferns in. Mrs. Grim
ford quickly stepped in. and Carrie meek
!y following was nearly overwhelmed by
her mothers vOluminOus draperies.
Il had better sit in the middle, it will
best preserve the equilibrium of the We
hicle," said Mrs. Grimford, wedging her
self between Sydney and Carrie with a
mediately began discOursing on the hab-
its and properties of ferns with unpaus-
ing vOlubility. Suddenly she checked
herself as her eye caught a cluster of
green waving vegetation on the crest-like
point of rock Oyerhanging the road.
r"Sydney Sydney!'' she cried, ''stop a
minute! Can't you reach that aspleni.
um ebenum 2"
''Is it this, ma'am p said Mr.. Wilmer,
making dive at the tall stock of some
thing growing by the rock.
mo, no, not that-the little green
thing with the black stem.n -
"This, ma'am? ?" hazarded Sydney,
clutching at fat-leaYed cluster of weedy
growth. 4Ff1
"Oh, dear, no how stupid you are! -
sighed Mrs. Grimford. "l'll jump out
and get it myself!"
mamma - demonstrated Carrie.
''Oh, I'll help her !" nodded Sydney,
| springing nimbly on the cliff, and pull
ing Mrs. Grimford by main force up the
steep side of the rock.
| "Ah," cried the lady, cit is very steep.
really think women should devote
more attention to gymnastics. Oh, here's
the asplenium-very choice specimens,
too. Why, Sydney, where are you go
! Ing 2" she suddenly cried, seeing Mr.. Will
mer had sprung back into the phaton.
'Only for little turn, madame, while
you are collecting your botanical treas
| ures."
/ Eyes, but" Mrs. Grimford's words of
remOnstrance were drowned i'm the rattle
of the wheels rs Mr. Wilmer drove brisk
ly away, Carrie nesting up to his side.
| One long, lingering glance she gave the
departing pair, and then returned to her
tin can and umbrella. They'll be back
presently" she said. But the afternoon
wore On, "the shades of evening"" were
rapidly closing in. Mrs. GrimfOrd grew
tired, cross and rheumatic, and still they
came not" like the characters in romance
something has happened!' cried the
prophetic soul of Mrs. GrimfOrd. ''Oh,
if should have to stay here all night :"
She looked nervously around. 1t was a
tall, steep cliit whereOn she stood, cut Off
from the woods beyond by wide and by
no means shallow stream on one side,
while on the other three it was almost
rising some twenty feet up
from the road. As she surveyed her Sit
uatiOn, Mrs. GrimfOrd began to feel some
what like st. Simon TDIires On his pillar
in the wilderness. But 81 lddenly wei
come rumbling of wheels rOke the still
ness OF the seldOm-trave.le mountain
road, and Mr.. Winners spirited gray
dashed round the curve of the nlI. -
"Wel!" she cried. 81 never was more
ire,! to death waiting.n
care you 7" said Sydney Wilmer, as ne
hecked his horse ia the middle o. Inc
Dad. o.
eyes; why don't you drive closer :"
he demanded sharply.
sob, do you want to drive nome VIII
ls?"
HOf course I do. I'd have gone home
ong ago, if could have got off this place. !
"Well, madame" said sydney, in ac-
ents of coolest deliberation, while Car
lie chung frightened, and yet smiling, to
IFS side, 81 shall be happy to hand you
y that rock ON one condition."
1aCondit.cc.n What do you mean, sir -
s.plo Ylf orr y
the indIs..:tiI ns erSi
aSimpiy this, Mrs, Grimicra! I want
% marry your daugntccrr But carrie,
ike tOO-dutiful child, will nSt oeco"e
nv wife without your consent" =.
(which she will neUer have" replleu
he lady emphatically.
"Very well, madame! and ne SHOOK
he reins.
"You're not going to leave me heref"
,hrieked Mrs. Grimford, in panic OF ter
aUnless ! you comply with my condi-
tons most certainly shall"
ssAnd that condition is"
"Your consent to my marriage with
your daugter."
Caroline cried Mrs. Grimford, /" will |
you be witness to this-this atrOciOus |
conduct, and not interfere?"
Quincy WOnI poI liz Lav0 VOICE III
the matter, mamma, at ALL" said Carrie,
demurely. He says he doesn't believe
In wOmen's rights!"
Mrs. GrimfOrd gave hollow groan.
Mr.. Wilmer touched his horse slightly
with his whip.
J ssStop % sried Mrs. Grimfred, 81 con-
sent-but tits uader protest. ~
I g You can protest saA yea like, said
Mr.. Wilmer, assisting his mother-ln-law
elect into the carriage. Silently Mrs.
Grimford entered the ph@tOn; silently
she drove home, and in silence crossed |