The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-18
steal it out of the milk-room, - said Bar

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lips, golden hair floating recklesslY in
the wind, and light elastic feet bowling
down the buttercups and red clover as.
she went.
"Dear me, chile" said Phillis. as she
came into the kitchen. rosy and breath
less with the haste she had made. .swhat
time you's benz"
mot half an hour" cried Barbara.
away her hat, and splashing her
face with cool water out of the bucket
Has he come, P.illis?'
"De company young man, misss" said
Ph;llis. mo. he amt. An Miss Lisette
she's a-scoldin' cause you amt ben to or
range de roses fol- de big bokay in the
middle ob de table; an Miss Maude she
done can't fix her hair to suit her; an
dar's de missTs calm now. Run. Miss
Barby, run
''There, mamma, told you sou said
Miss Maude Wylde, the intellectual"
member OF the family. twill be an in
convenient crowd it Barbara comes to the
table,
"Let her wait" said Llsette. sorenely.
But I won't waltz flashed cut Bar
bara, her blue eyes glittering with in
dignation. AFTER arranging the roses
and gathering the wild strawberries, and
is it right to keep me in the
back kitchen all my days?''
My dear. my dear." demonstrated
Mrs Wylde, "you are forgetting your
self"
"And | DO so want to see CAPTAIN
Severn added Barbara, resolutely
choking down the big sobs which rose
to her throat.
What nonsense" said Lisette. the
dove eyed beauty with the ripping hair
and the complexion of rose and snow.
: AS if Captain Severn would even look
at youn'
But may look at him. | suppose1"
cried Indignant Barbara. And I'm six
teen years old, and you've no right to
treat me like baby"
''Children children don't get to
qnarrelling,T said Mrs Wylde. And
Barbara can sit Just here behind the tea
urn. and dare say we shall have plenty
of ROOM
'Therer said Barbara. with a ,ri-
umphant grlmace at her sister
Horrid little spoiled child" said
Maude
Barbara always gets her own way
commented Lisette.
Hush said Mrs Wylde, authori
tatively. Here comes your papa up the
laurel walk with Captain Severn"
Lissette peeped from behind the folds
of the tiuted Swiss curtains. Mmde ran
to the Venetian blinds of the bay-window.
and Barbara climbed with siXteen-vear-
old agility into a chair to peep over her
sisters shoulder
"Oh, good gracious cried she, drop
ping from her aerial perch with startling
suddenness.
What is it," said Maude
Its Squire Dallass hired man =
gasped Barbara
What" said Lisette
IL don't mind about the frs. table. =
said Barbara, turning pink and white,
like a York and Lancaster rose;.. sd
a ther eat in the Kitchen with Phillis."
And away she darted like scared young
doe. before any one could stop her.
Go away,' said Barbara. indignant
ly.
She had cried until her eyelashes were
all glittering and her cheeks stained with
tears. to say nothing of the crumpled state
of ner sash ribbon and white muslin
dress. and now she sat crouched under the
shadow of the great Towering almond
bush, as if she would fain retreat utterly
out of the word of sight and hearing
Captain Severn stood immoveablc be-
fore her, with folded arms and question
ing Spanish eyes.
II shall not 90 away" lid he" "un-
I'll you have pardoned me-
''IIow can l ever pardon YOU flashed
out Barbara. ~ on have imposed upon
me, you have practiced on my credulity."
You asked me to help you gather
strawberries-and I helped you
'Iou allowed me to suppose that you
were Squire Dal!as's hired man"
Il claimed no identity. one way or the
other" pleaded Captain Severn. Il was
irving to find my way by a shortcut
across the fields to your fathers house,
and sat down under the oak tree to rest.
And when you called me | came, like a
true night of old Now if you can con-
vict me of any serious offensc in all this,
| stand ready To abide the consequences. ="
"1ou never. n<rey will be able to for
give me" sobbed Barbara. again retiring
behind the end of her blue sash.
Little Barbara said Captain Severn.
falling on his knees as if il were the most
natural and conventional thing in the
world to do. will you forgive M
And what could Bar bera say hu.
Yes"
Capt in Severn insisted upon his straw
berry tart tina. evening. according "a
agreement and they ate it together. ne and
Barbara, like two school children. out on
tae lawn, while Maude yawned behind a
book, and Lisette acidly wondered what
on earth Captain Severn could find to
amuse him in the chatter of child like
Barbara
And when the red leaves IF late Octo-
Der choked up the little stream beside
which they had gathered wild strawber-
mes, there was a wedding at the Wilde
homestead, and the bride was not Ma1de
the intellectual, nor the lovely Lisette.
but little Barbara.
Oars no accountin' for true love-
said old Phillis, as she stirred thu we'd
ding cake.-Harper's Boar.
1t s all very well to talk about how