Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-13


had elapsed sncc hr had lett her
seemed like 50 many months IL tho
Young girl, but now she held his first
letter brief and not just what she had
fendlv kourd il would he hat neverthe-
less u kttcf and now the world had once
more put ON look of beauty. There
Was not the faintest thought i'll her
heart but that he loved her. She must
tell her parents RoW, and they would let
her 80 away where she would receive
an education which would lit het 10 he
Lee CourtneyS wife. A step near hy
arrested her attention, and gMnclug
quickly upward she saw young man
approaching her, tail and Sm-hurncd,
but nevertheless handsome and manly.
A shade OF annoyance passed over her
face 1T being thus disturbed IN her day
dreams, but It gave way 70 y look OF
pleasure as she made room for him at
her side, AT the same time saving:
We'll, Frank, You are back again, |
am glad u see YOU. How do YOU like
your new home9"
"Oh, little girl, il is Just u Jolly place.
| really think there's not n handsomer
farm this side the Connecticut than
mine Mothers y LITTLE lonesome, the
folks beng all strangers 70 her, You
know. he replied, u lttle awcd hy the
change lie felt rather than Saw III the
girl 10y his side
"Of course that WAS to have hcen en-
pected, Frank. There are not many
old ladies who would have so willingly
given up the homo which had been
theirs for 50 many years, rs did Your
mother She IS we'll is she not"
"lcs, oh, yes, she is well-hut, | say,
little girl, what's come over YOU? You
don't seem ut all like the Josephine |
left ii Glcnvillc depot the day we went
away. Are you sick y
A flush dyed her face, but she laugh
ingly replied,
mo, Frank, | am not sick on the
contrary, am perfectly well and ham
py,' tender light coming into hcr
eyes MS She raised them to her compan-
ions face. Why not tell him of the
love which had come into her life? He
had been her friend always, her com
panion to and from school, the one true
and constant friend that takes the place
Of Il brother He had been the ono to
show her where the incest berries grew,
to gather pond-llies for her-im short,
She had loved him rs if he had been
her brother, and when he had sold the
old rocky farm ON the hillside and
the Connecticut distant Somo twenty
miles from her homo, she had shed
bitter tears. lie had been absent but
three months and il lcas pleasant 10
have him back again, ard yes, She
would tell him; but first she would nc
quaint him with her intention Of leaving
home, SO, looking up into his kindly
face, she said suddenly.
Il ann going away, Frank. ! intend
to so 70 some large school for young
ladies, and | wish to he something more
than anuneducatcd farmers daughter "
Then, not noting the panied look that
came into his face she said softly,
hiding her bushng face from his eager
gaze: II wish to tell you something,
brother Frank, but / don't know how
to tell It. /"
There was no reply for il moment,
then, looking up, Josephine saw that
the Drowned face hal grown quite pale.
"You don't need TO tell me, little
girl, his pei name for her always. II
heard something nj the village, but
would not, could nd believe it. ! sec
now that il is true, Oh, Josephine, did
you not guess that | loved YOU, that ]
was coming back for you2 That city
chap could not care for you u tenth
part what do and always have.
81 am 50 sorry, Frank. ] never
thought you cared .or me in this way"
lmurmurcd Josephine, bursting into
tears Of real sorrow
No, little glrl; | see how foolish ]
was. might have Won your love had
] ! told you OF my own before Lee Court
iney turned your head with lis soft
words that meant nothing TO him, but
which won your heart ut once. Oh,
Josephine! ] cant 'ealize il yet, you
/ know - cant believe that | have lost
YOU have loved YOU allmy life, little
girl
There was an earnestncss III the
words and tone 81 Frank Clyde's voice
that tic prl had missed III the smooth,
honied words Of lee Courtney, and it
struck her more frcibly than ever be-
fore Ill She contrashd the two the one
rough and uncuItWed, but 30 good and
noble, the other 'ich. handsome, well
educated, but vi lacking something
which She could MT define, bat il gave
her thc hclrtachencyerthelcss.
"Oh, Frank, d,nt talk to me any
more about t. font can never pc, You
know You mustalways Be my brolii-
or just the same, end We will try u for
get you ever clres for me in any other
way
!" Forget you, title girl? ] shall ~
soon forget the stu that shines as to for