The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-04-17


patience, till at last the train stopped at
rising from his seat--and, alas looking |
even shorter than when he sat, said, in |
gentle, deprecatory tone, Now,
Arethusa."
With that they vanished. Miss Nal
lows had one more glance of them, get
ting into brand carry all, which
looked as though it might be a part OF
the wedding outfit, and then the train
bore her away. Her thoughts remained
behind, with the people in whom she
had taken 30 sudden and violent an in
terest.
"I 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 edu-
Gated face, or q lady's-he looked far
nicer than she. I feel exactly as though
/ had dipped into the middle chapter of
an exciting novel, and then somebody
had taken away the book. What
wouldn't l give to read the beginning
and end of it 'That Husband of
Mine, indeed Stupid wretch |" And
she gave the volume q vicious little
knock. elbow is one to endure such
| twaddle, when really interesting things
like this are happening in real life all
the time ? Let me see-where was it
that those people got out?" consulting
her ticket. "Upham Corners-that is
only ten, eleven, thirteen miles from
Patunxet. Perhaps Mrrgaret Lenox
may know something of them. I'll ask
her."
Felicia-I am tired of calling her Miss
Mallows, which name, besides, seems to
belle her frank, impulsive nature-had
her desire grati6ed sooner. than she had
dared to hope.
Mr.. Lenox was late to tea that night,
and explained the fact by saying, q" I
went four miles out of my road to see
David Dalrymple's new steam thresher,
and, behold, when got there, it was
locked up, and he away with the key III
his pocket. And what do you think,
Margaret ?--he had gone to be mar
ried T.
"Not really p
"Really. I tried to pump old Sally
as to the age aud antecedents of the
bride. but she was taken deaf at once,
and not word could extract. Master
David had told her to have a good fire
and boil ham, and she'd got good fire
and she'd boiled the ham-that was all /;
and she wasn't one to ask questions
about things that 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 pounced on that
poor little David? An old maid, of
course, or some harpy of a widow"
"I can't say Ito that, but l imagine
she's good-looking, and that David is in
love with her.
"Dear, what makes you think that p
"Oh, because of the pains he has
taken about the house. Lots of new
furniture, and every thing redded up.
He's bought a carry-all, Sally said"
"Who is this person that you are
talking about9" asked Felicia.
ga neighbor of ouf-seven miles off,
to be sure, but that counts as neighbor-
hood in the country. Such nice, clever
man, Felicia, good farmer too, ant
thoroughly respectable in every way
but. poor fellow so unfortunate in biz
; appearance-a dwarf almost, with the
head and shoulders of grown person
, and stunted legs no bigger than {
{ child's."
1 ooh /" almost shrieked Miss Nal
, lows, that must be my little man il
Q the car. I came all the way from Ney
+, Haven with him and his BRIDE" and sh
D plunged into description which lef
S Mrs. Lenox as much excited as he
e friend.
Q 81 must see her I" she cried. "Wel
d drive over in day or two.
q Weather was unpropitious, however
@ and the day or two proved nearly fort
b night. Mrs. Lenox had double errand
q being provided with basketful of 10
IS male geraniums to be exchanged for cut
l. tings from old Sally's famous chrysar
u themums; but when, after knocking
l. long time at the seldom-used front-doc
le of the farmhouse, they made their wa
le round to the kitchen, and from theme
y to the family sitting-room, no one wa
VS. visible, and the freless hearth and nea
u, " piled books and papers on the tab
W made it evident that the apartment ha
" not been used of late. While they linz
re cred and wondered, breaking step can
n, down the stairs, and old Sally, with
Id tea-cup in her hand, entered the room
an She saluted the ladies grimly.
is ''Thank ye, Miss Lenox. I'd like IL
nd geraniums we'll enough if I'd time to te
he round with 'em, but jest now my hant
ed is full, without taking care of plant
ng amusing Miss Dalrymple."
ce "Mr. Dalrymple's wifel Is she i'll
al eyes, she is and she amt. 'TaiI
zee no pertikilar kind of sickness as c.
tly see; but she's weak as water, and loo
rm bad. give her pennyroyal when s
Ter fust come, thinkin' it might be she
full ketched an inside cold on the iourne
M but it didn't do no good, and she ke
ng on not eatin' nothin' and gettin' me
he and more peakin', till finally she took
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