Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-07-26
SARA's LAWYER.

CANA y LA W L hht
Rich man, poor man, beggar man,
thief, doctor, lawyer-there, Bertha,
my fate is decided at last; the daisy has
said am to be the wife of q lawyer; so
don't be limiting to me about Seth
Chambers attentions, and Squire Mar
wins glances into our pew at church,"
and Sara Brady looked up into her sis
ter's face and laughed merrily.
"How foolish you are, Sara" said
Mrs. Maybin, reprovingly. EVERY
day you get some new freak into your
head and persist in it with the obstina-
cy of-of-"
"a mule, why don't you say, Ber-
thaPn laughed pretty Sara. "Well as
you say, do cling to an idea when my
mind is once made up. And l always
did believe in fortune telling by daisies;
and since this daisy, the first l have
seen this June, declares am to marry
lawyer, l will wait for that lawyer if
/ am gray before he comes along"
~ don't know where you ever got
such notions, Sara" answered Bertha
Maybin. 90 am sure mother has tried
TO bring you up just as she brought me
up, and Twas proper, studious, indus
trious girl, and at twenty-five married
Francis, who was thought an excellent
match for me; and l am sure l have
done my duty as wife and mother"
"Oh, nobody disputed that, Bertha"
said Sara. 81 am sure Frank could
never have found better wife if he
had searched everywhere. "
But here you are twenty-four years
old, Sara, and with no idea of settling
yet. Do you know that you will very
soon be an old mdiG'-with terrible
emphasis" and then where will be
your chancesp 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 rich man, owns that beau
tiful place, and drives the handsomest
horses in the country"
81 wouldn't marry man for the
sake of his house and horses,n said
Sara, setting her lips firmly together.
But you might learn to love him,
Sara"
Yes, might, but wouldn't. The
old scarecrow has six children, wears
false teeth and wig, and inclines to
stinginess. As for Seth Chambers, I'll
wait until he has an ounce of sense in
his head before think about him."
But, suppose mother should die,
SaraP You know the farm would go
into the possession of Seth at once.
You will be left without a cent of mon
ey or home. Why not see things in
a reasonable light?''
:. could teach the district school,"
said Sara, quietly. "The Squire is
one of the Trustees, and I'd let him
make love to me until | was installed,
and then give him his congo"
Every well, Sara, persist in your OBJ
stinacy if YOU will; but recollect that
mother is sixty-five 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
comfortable farm, and find yourself
tied down to teaching the stupid, red
headed children around here"
My lawyer may happen along"
said Sara, blithely. 81 sha'n't borrow
trouble, and you needn't croak your
self hoarse, Bertha, for it won't do any
good"
The sisters had crossed the meadow
by this time and reached the door of
the comfortable farmhouse they called
home. Sara went into the kitchen to
put the kettle on for tea, and Bertha
Maybin went to her bedroom.
I'VE had nice walk over the fields,
mother" said Sara, kissing the old lady
who sat by the window, knitting.
' | am glad of it DEAR" was the re-
ply.
Mrs. Brady was too old and too much
crippled with rheumatism to help in
work of the farmhouse at all, and all
devolved upon Sara, who was fond of
housekeeping and diary work, and sold
the best butter and cheese, and the fin
est honey of anyone of her neighbors.
the farm was situated two miles from
the small town of Stockwell. 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
been Mrs. Brady's lover in her young
days, and dying, had remembered her
in her poverty with her two children to
support. 1t was generous and time
ly bequest, for Mrs. Brady had Just lost
her second husband, after his funeral
expenses had been paid, found herself
without dollar in the world, and with
two children looking to her for support.
She took in sewing and eked out a
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 ola dozen
cows and several horses. There was
also couple of hundred dollars in the
bank in her name.
Mrs. Brady was possessed of great
executive ability, and she made the
farm pay" but never made more
than living for herself and two chill
drene Bertha had been ten years old,
andSara 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 June saw her
installed at the Blossom Farm as a
boarder, and she now had two children
10 bring with her.
Sara Brady's happy, pleasant disposi-
tion made her general favorite in the
neighborhoOd, but in tpite of much at
tention from the ste sfner sex she was
still unmarried, muqH TO Bertha's dis
comfture who APPEARED TO think that
her half-sister was Ksgracing the fam
lily by remaining III a state of single
blessedness.
The month of June was passing
swiftly aWav and Snra had had txvO