Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-17

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those people, thought the szoited ob.
server on the other side 81 the car.
But she didn't die. neithef could she
find out. One can not walk up TO per.
feet strangers and demand, ~ orr story
or your lifew-it is impossible. So
Miss Mallows sat still, her coniectures
aflame and her fingers fairly rwitchinp
with impotence, till at last the train
stopped ut a small-way station, and the
little man, rising from his seat-and.
alas! looking even shorter than when
he sal, said, in a gentle, deprecatory
tune, "NOw, Arethusa." es
| With that they vanished. Miss NAL
lows had one more glimpse Of them,
getting into a brand-new carry-all.
which looked as though ii might be q
part of the wedding outfit; and then
the train bore her away. Her thoughts
remained behind, with the people in
whom she had taken so sudden and VIC
lent an interest. s
II wonder, wonder. who they are, and
why on earth she married him?" ran
her reflections. $50 young and pretty,
and SO evidently unhappy! And for all
her prettiness, it wasn't an educated
face, or O ladys-he looked far nicer
than she. Ifeel exactly as though had
dipped into the middle chapter of an
exciting novel, and then somebody had
taken away the book. What wouldn't
| give to read the beginning and end of
it! That Husband of Nine, indeed! Stu
pid wretch! And she gave the volume a
vicious little knock. Glow is one to
endure such twaddle, when really in
terestins things like this are happening
in real life all the time? Let ne see
where was it that those people got out?"
consulting her ticket. "Upham Cor
ners-that is only ten. eleven, thirteen
miles from Patunxet. Perhaps Mar
garet Lenox may know something of
them. I'll ask her." SO
Felicia-I am tired of calling her
Miss Mallows, which name, besides,
seems to belle her frank. impulsive ma
ture-had her desire gratified sooner
than she had dared to hope.
MIR. LenOx was late to tea that night,
and explained the fact by saying, II
went four miles out of my road to see
David Dalrymple's new steam-thresher.
and. behold, when I got there it was
locked up, and he away with the key in
his pocket. And what do you think,
Margaret had gone to be married."
'"Not really?"
REALLY. l tried to pump old Sally
as to the age and antecedents of the
bride, but she was deaf at once, and not
word could extract. Master David
had told her to have a good fire and boil
n ham, and she'd got a good fire and
she'd boiled the ham-that was ALL
and she wasn't one to ask questions
about things as didn't consarn her.
Then she pinched her lips tight and be-
gan to poke the fire; and as it struck
me that the remark about things which
didn't 'consarn' people was meant to be
personal, l gave it up and came away"
"Oh dear! what dreadful woman do
you suppose has bounced on that poor
little David? An old maid, of course, or
some harpy offs widow" r.
~ can't say as to that, but 1 imagine
she's good looking, and that David is IN
love with her."
Dear, what makes you think that"
20, because of the pains he has taken
about the house. Lots of new furni-
ture, and everything redded up. He's
bought carry-all, Sally said"
"Who is this person that you are
talking about" asked Felicia.
"A neighbOr of Ours-seven miles
off, to be sure, but that counts as neigh
borhood in the country. Such a nice,
clever man, Felicia, good farmer, too,
and thol oughly respectable in every
way; but, poor fellow so unfortunate
in appearance-a dwarf almost, with
the head and shoulders of grown per-
son, and stunted legs no bigger than a
child's."
"Ohw almost shrieked Miss Nal.
lows, "that must be my little man in
the car. came all the way from New
Haven with him and his BRIDE" and
she plunged into a description which
| left Mrs. Lenox as much excited as her
friend.
81 must see her y she cried. "We'll
drive over in n day or two"
Weather was unprOpitious, however,
and the day or two proved nearly a
fortnight. Mrs. Lenox had double
errand, being provided with a basketful
of Zonale geraniums to be exchanged
for cuttings from old Sally's famous
chrysanthemums; but when, after
knocking long time at the seldom
used front door of the farm house, they
made their way round to the kitchen,
and from thence to the family sitting
room, no one was visible, and the fire.
less hearth and neatly piled books,
and papers on the table made it evident
that the apartment had not been used
of late. While they fingered and