Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-11
SAKA'S LAWYER.

thief, doctor, lawyer there, Bertha, my
fate is decided at last; the daisy has said
| am to be the wife Of lawyer: so don't
be limiting to me about Seth Chambers
attentions, and Squire Marvin's glarces
into our pew at church, and Sara Brady
looked up into her sisters face and
laughed merrily.
How foolish you are, Sara" said Mrs.
haybin, reprovingly every day you
get some new freak into your head and
persist in it with the obstinacy otof"
"a mule, why don't you say, Bertha?"
laughed pretty Sara. "Well, as you say,
do cling to an idea when my mind is
once made up. And always did believe
in fortune telling by daisies and since
this daisy, the first have seen this June,
declares am to marry lawyer, | will
wait for that lawyer if I am gray before
he comes along"
81 don't know where you ever got such
notions, Sara answered Bertha Maybin.
81 am sure mother has tried to bring you
up just ; s she brought me up, and | was
proper, studious, industrious girl, and
at twenty two.married Francis, who was
thought an excellent match for me and
am sure have done my duty as q wife
and mother"
''Oh, nobody disputed that, Bertha, >
said Sara. ~ am sure Frank could never
have found better wife if he had
searched everywhere"
''But here you are twenty -four years
DID, Sara, and with no idea of setting
yet. Do you know that you will very
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emphasis tton where will be your
chances2 DO be reasonable, Sara, and
treat Seth Chambers with some courtesy :;
and don't be so abrupt with Squire
Marvin. You seem to forget that he is a
rich man, owns that beautiful place, and
drives the handsomest horses in the
country"
81 wouldn't marry man for the sake
of his house and horses" said Sara, set
ting her lips firmly together.
But you might learn tc love him.
Sara.
Yes, might, but wouldn't The old
scarecrow has six children, wears false
teeth and wig, and inclines to stingl-
ness. AS for Seth Chambers, I'll wait
until he has an ounce of sense in mis- head
before [ think about him.
But suppose mother would die Sara?
You know the farm would 90 into the
possession Of Seth at once. You will be
left without cent of money or home.
Why not see things in a reasonable
lights''
II could teach the district school, said
Sara, quietly 'Tbe Squire is one of
the Trustees, and I'd let him make love
to me until was installed, and then give
him his conge."
Very well, Sara, persist in your OBJ
stinacy if you will; but reccollect that
mother is sixty-fve years old and can't
last very long. The doctor said last
week that she was breaking up very fast.
You won't feel very comfortable when
YOU see Seth Chambers on our comfort,
farm. and fad yourself tied down to
theaching the stupid red headed children
around here"
My lawyer may happen along" said
Sara, blithely. II shan't borrow trouble,
and you needn't croak yourself hoarsc
Bertha, for it won't do any good"
The sisters had crossed the meadow Dy
this time and reached the door of the
comfortable farmhouse they called home.
Sara went into the kitchen to put the ket-
tie on for tea, and Bertha Maybin went
to her bed room.
I'VE had q nice walk over the fields,
mother" said Sara, kissing the old lady
who sat by the window, knitting.
Il am glad Of it DEAR" was the reply.
Mrs. Brady was too old and too much
crippled with rheumatism to help in work
Of the farmhouse at all, and all dcvolved
upon Sara, who was fond of housekeep-
ing aud diary work, and sold the best
butter and cheese, and the finest honey
OF anyone OF her neighbors. The farm
was two miles from the small town of
Stockweli, and was to revert to Seth
Chambers at the death of Mrs. Brady, to
whom it had been left by the young mans
uncle, who had Deen Mrs. Brady's lover
IN her young days, and dying, had re-
membered her i'll her poverty with her
two children to support. 1t was gener-
Gus and timely beouest, for Mrs. Brady
Lad just lost her second husband. After his
funeral expenses had been paid, she found
herself without a dollar in the world, and
with two children looking to her for sup
port. She took in sewing and eked out
scanty living for them all, and then
three months later Mr. Chambers had
died, and she found herself mistress of
Blossom farm and the owner of dozen
COWS ana several horses. There was also
couple of hundred dollars in the bank
III her name.
Mrs. Brady was possessed of great exec
cutive ability, and she made the farm
"pay," but never made more than a living
Tor herself and two children. Bertha had
been ten years old, and Sara only one
year when they had moved to Blossom
Farm. Bertha was the child of her first
husband, and Sara of her second. Bertha
had grown up and married and gone to
the city to live, but the first of every J une
saw her installed at the Blossom Farm as
a boarder, and now she had two children
to bring with her.
Sara BIady's happy, pleasant DISPOSE
ton made her general favorite in the
neighborhood, but in spite of much atten-
ton from the sterner sex she was still I'M
married, much to Bertha's discount ure-
who appeared to think that her half sister
was disgracing the family by remaining
IN state of single blessedness.
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