The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-06-21

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O'Clock Bon't say any thing to mother, >
he wentph; "a but, Nell, Nell, do hope
such great things from tomorrow
Have Tour good wishes,Nell? | have
a fancy that You should wish me WELL
:" Indssds you have" said Eleanor;
and shextretehed out hertwo soft-hands
and laid etheIn in his, and they were
both-quiet for a minute, until Eleanor
said, with a Shy laugh, /" And have a
fancy, too, Fhilip, that tomorrow will
be avery triurphantsday to you"
=" To us all, "7he correcteds
!" To. us. ALL
1t was a grand day at all events, and
the 1neighbors, far and near, were gath
ewlytqgetiRrTt0Neho4or to the annual
a fieuhsra Show and BY II o'clock
Dame Leigh had put on her Sunday
silkSdress, saad 4eixsefs white handker-
chief. and her .widow'sbonnet, and was
walking quietly across the fields with
Eleanor Gray -
ESP fseio & litele1 nervous, Nell,p she
said, whenTtAey g6tCAb the gate where
the tickets where taken. g Philip was
anxious this morning, Icould see, so l
-hopeitheyll notice the lads work"
81 hope so, said Eleanor, gently. She
always, spoke quietly, but there was a
scarlet flush on her White cheeks that
belied the Stiffness of her voice, and
made her look almost beautiful.
The first words they heard on the field
were a disappointment. g The prizes
were given an hour ago. the man said
who opened the gate to them. No,
Mrs. Leigh, don't know who got the
.firstfor the implements, but they're all
in a line up there ticketed. Young
Mr.. .Leighp. Oh, he's down with the
crowd yonder,. watching the horse
jumping
=" Shall we go to Philip" said Mrs.
Leigh, anxiously, s'or shall we look at
the tickets for ourselves? tell me, Nell"
"Oh, the instruments, said Eleanor,
decidedly so they left the crowd far
away on their left, and went up to the
long line of agricultural implements, on
whose forks and blades the sun was
shining down in flashes of light.
AT first they looked at every ticket,
until Mrs. Leigh grew Hurried and nerv-
Gus, and they found that they were get
ting on terribly slowly.
not hook atone more, Nell"
she said, "until l come to Philips, and
then 1 shall know the worst at once.
You have seen it, my dear. What is it
likeP'' +s.i
= nDo YOU see bright scarlet thing at
the very topPn said Eleanor. "That is
Philips model, Mrs. Leigh; letus go on
to it straight"
So they walked quietly up the line of
implements, keeping the scarlet model
steadily before them. And at last they
stood beside it, and looked across it at
one another. The ticket had fallen for
ward so that the. number was hidden,
and Eleanor's eyes grew dazzled as she
looked at the brilliant white against the
brilliant red.
So s'Turni tover, Nell, said Mrs. Leigh,
nervously; g my hand shakes"
Eleanor's hand did not shake at all.
iSheastretched it out and turned a great
black51, that stood staring at them from
the. center of the white.
a"First prize!'' said Mrs. Leigh, with
sudden tears in her eyes.
"a 7'.yIfknew il, ''Esaid Eleanor, under her
breath 5 & AsE = 2t
"Are you proud of him now?" said
Sir James Garnet, ten minutes later, as
he stood beside Mrs, Leigh and the
model. ats a'woaderful thingn
"Tm very glad" said Mrs. Leigh,
tearfalB0C Otis 4 eommoher kind of
thing than wished for him, Sir James,
but I'm cid he's done, well.p 1
! "Commoni'os saids3Sir James; 81
don't know about that. Have you seen
it work, Mrs. Leigh? It's the very per-
lection of workmanship. Why, the
lad'sa genius!"
A genius ...t-ss...
Quick as light the remembrance flash
ed through Mrs. Leigh of "a summer
morning fvejand-twenty years ago,
when little Philip made avow over hi
torn copy-book. 1t showed her, by the
light of that one word, her years of I'M
availing fretting and wasted regret-her
vain attempts to turn his talents into
other grooves, and alter the work of his
life. 'sAnd now, as Sir James said, his
genius had grown and flourished above
and through it all.
p -. My dear boy, she said, turning i'm
petuously toward him, you must for
give me f6f having tried to thwart you
all four life-for having hated your
models as | have done. l was so ig-
nprant, Philip.rti 1as- s
w Cfl, HC . liI- IL III hO"s cehiU lhC
'Ssaite, heartily 80 and, bless me, Mrs.
Leigh how likehis fGher Ghe is, to be
sure!n, .,.,,or--. 81. II
! :, YES, only his fathers hair was almost
White at twenty7seven, and Philips was
brown and soft and curly.
That evening Philip and Eleanor stood
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OF. the wooden bridge, where the other
Philip had stood with Phoebe so many
years ago, and they said-but what they
saidino one has anyright to know; only
they came home hand in hand across
the common. Ewheh the night was fall
ing; and Mrs. Leigh, standing in the
glow of the cottage lamp, was glad to
hear their footfallson the quiet path
was glad to goiin to the lamplight, and
close the door, for, standing in the
stiffness of the autumn night,
she could not help but realize how lone
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