The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-30


wrong tack"
'"Ah thought you'd been here some
time"
"So Aave," answered the other,
"but not In this shop. 1 kept one near
err the ferry, thirteen years, until NOV
ed here"
Know about everybody in the place,
ehpn
30, yes"
The sailor became quite absorbed in
his cigar for few moments.
mice place that above ehere-beautiful
house and grounds"
"Oh, yes; you mean the Farrel es-
tate p''
The sailor took his cigar out of his
mouth, and knocked the white ash off
the end.
"No," he said, " don't mean that
j mean where Mr.. John Waldron lives"
Why, bless you that is the Farrell
estate.'
"Ah, indeedl'' calculated the sailor,
absently.
go, yes. 1t belonged to old Judge
Farrell; Mr.. Waldron married his only
daughter, and SO came into the estate
That is to say, it belongs to Miss Lillian
who inherited it from her mother, her
father being her guardian"
"By jlngol" cried the sailor, "I've
got soundings now"
"Eh?" asked the stranger, in sur
prise. oh, see how it is,' he con-
tinued, you've heard something of
this before-or maybe, you've been
away long time at sea, and don't know
what has happened since you've been
gone"
6 Just so," affirmed the sailor, anx-
ious to wipe away the impression of the
unguarded exclamation into which he
had been betrayed.
It's quite little romance" contin-
ued the shopman who was only too anx-
ious to tell all he knew. {" Judge Far
rell, you must know, was one of our
richest men in fact, that very estate
had been in his family since the first
settlement of the country-or rather
since we came over and conquered the
Dutchmen, who had it first, you know
and he was very proud of it. They
say he took it much to heart when his
two sons died, one after the other, leav-
ing only puny girl to inherit the fami-
1y acres. She was the apple of the old
Judges eye-he fairly dotted on her, and
spoilt her, as always happens in such
cases. She was beauty-Miss Lillian is
not bit like her, strange to say-it has
often been remarked-though she is as
handsome as her mother was but then
it is different style of beauty. Lillian
Farrell = mother and daughter, both
named alike, you see-was queenly,
proud and naughty, with gray eye and
dark brown hair, while Lillian Waldron
is"
"I've seen her." interpolater the
sailor.
"Ah! then needn't tell you what
she is like. Lillian Farrell had suitors
in abundance-wealthy ones, too-but
with the capriciousness of her nature,
and contrary to her fathers wishes, she
passed them all to bestow her hand upon
John Waldron, who was then only o
poor clerk in brokers' office-but he
was splendid looking fellow, fine
looking man to this day, strand she
loved him, and wouldn't have anybody
else, and SO the old Judge was at last
obliged to give his consent; he couldn't
refuse her anything; but it went very
much against his grain, though, and he
did it very reluctantly. He always had
the idea, and he never got over it to his
dying day, sir, that Waldron had taken
the advantage of his good looks to win
his daughters heart, not for herself, but
for her money But think the judge
wronged him there, for there never was
better or more devoted husband than
he made. The old judge made his will,
and settled the estate upon Lillian and
her children, and tied it up in such a
way that Waldron could never get hold
of it, even if his wife wished to pass it
over to him; but for all his doubts, he
set him up in business and took him
home, for he could not bear the idea of
being separated from his daughter. They
had very happy household, and the
old man must have seen that his daugh-
ter never regretted her choice; but he
was quite old-going on seventy-and
only two years after the marriage-just
long enough to fondle his grandchild q