Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-08

close above the thick tree tows. She
/ fancied that night that life was too de-
licious a thing to be INDUCED in freely,
and she murmured something of the
fancy with half laugh.
"There are times when we all feel
that life is more than we deserve" he
answered. "To-morow-it, may be
shall I feel the same myself to-mor-
row, or will fate"
She laughed uneasily. You must
not ask me riddles" she cried.
cat II tomorrow, them" he said,
lifting his hat.
cat II tomorrow" And she went
back to the house, wishing it were II
tomorrow now; and then, in a gay
freak, as she heard the hall clock
strike, she ran down the hall and set
the hands forward an hour. Bring
him the quicker" and went back to
the others.
They were talking of the flags and
bulrushes that grew by Lenders Lake,
a sheet Of water in the neighboring
woods; and she was eager to hear the
details of the direction there, for she
shared the popular frenzy raging just
then for bulrushes, and thought of all
things she should like some great
punches of the soft brown velvety
things in the vases tomorrow.
"I believe, if 1 rose early" she said,
"I could be there and back before
eleven"
"Why eleven?" said Mallory, lazily.
"Oh, [ have an engagement at that
hour" she replied, bending her head a
little, that he might not see the color
creeping up.
81 am at your SERVICE" he said.
"Will you come along, Netty" she
asked.
cat five o'clock in the morning, and
on foot? Not step. That hour in
he afternoon, behind pair of bays,
would suit me very WE'LL" Young Vary
thought it would suit him too.
Every well, Mr.. Mallory. If you
will come at s tomorrow, | shall have
nv bulrushes and be back in good sea-
son."
"We'n not fall" said Mallory "And
to that end, I assure this company that
it is the witching hour of night when
the sweetest sound the ear can hear is
the slamming of the big house door. "
And with that they all departed.
As o'clock in the morning came,
Miss Alice, with her shears hanging at
her side, and her hat tied on, was look
ing up and down the road impatiently
She quite forgot her freak with the old
clock the night before. at is a very
indecorous way to serve me" she cried.
{" Ten minutes past s. And I shall not
wait another moment. l will have my
bulrushes, Mallory or no Mallory And
if I am little late, [ don't care; it will
seem as though a body were not SO
very anxious; and [ don't know-I'm
afraid-I'm really afraid 1 was gushing
last night, and do so despise gusher
And he may only want-may only
want to engage me to watch with old
Miss Steers the night she takes ether
for that operation !" And thereat the
little body was off for Lenders Lake,
with precious small idea of the exact
whereabouts of that pretty sheet. /" I've
a tongue in my head, suppose" said
she.
As Miss Alice continued, her ideas
grew still less. She feared she would
lose her way, and not be back at all
she wished she had waited for Mallory;
but she plodded on after her best sense
of locality, tore her gown with briers,
lost her vail, broke her parasol, came
near breaking her ankle, and at II
o'clock by her watch sat down and
cried-hot, bitten by flies, tired out, and
lost.
When she had finished crying, she
looked up, and there, glistening double
through her tears, lay Lenders Lake.
blue as sapphire, in the hollow of
the hill. Her courage came back at
once. IF she could not keep her ap-
pointm ent, she could show by the bull
rushes that she had intended to. She
forgot fatigue, and was off for the edge
of the lake, notso easily reached, after
all, and with triumphant handful of
the brown velvet wands and of great
blue fl gs, was presently homeward
bound, having found the highway,
and staying only to ask at the door Of
a little hut for cup of water.
Nobody answered her rap; the door
was opeu-she pushed it wider, and
peeped in, but started back at the
sound of a groan, and quick, sharp
sob, perfect storm Of sobs. A mo-
ment Miss Alice hesitated; but she was
no coward where pain was concerned;
she took heart of grace and walked in,
but found the brown old berry woman
with her little boy, her grandchild,
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