Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-02

hated to think of parting with you, and
and
nere Mixes voice grew husky and he
blushed with shame. bit he went on,
though with great effort.
81 couldn't see how we'd ever get a
home over yonder if we let go of you,
and was tempted, Lowry, to do a
mean thing, and try and get money out
of your folks. Mandy wasn't to blame.
She frowned upon it all the time. Just
say you'll forgive. Lowry. Can you?7
''Oh, hush up, you great big silly
laughed the girl, her eyes blazing with
eager JOY. GIVE seen them all! Father,
and mother, and big sister, and little
bother that looks precisely like me-
They're all over to Bixlerville tavern,
pretty near crazy, every one of 'em, and
all about me. Ant it funny, though?
My! but they're fine folks, too. Just
think Of me belonging to them and 60
ing to live with them. But don't you
mind,' she added hastily, as she noted
the look on Mike face. 'sI'll go with 'em;
III have to. But Iain't going to leave you
and Mandy in no fix You'll see. l told
EN- all ABOUT you and Mandy, and how
you couldn't manage without me, and
they said what could they do for you,
and l just up and told them. Buy him
a bit of land over here on the healthy
Shore says, and then III be willing to
loouc
where they can live. and I'll risk them
for getting along without any girl like
me- You just ought to have heard my
folks laugh! They praised me up to the
skies for being SO loyal-what's that I
wonder? And my father -how funny it
does sound -my father promised fair and
flat that he'd buy you land, and he's gone
this minute to see Lawyer Dixon about
it. Now, what do you say?"
Mike could not take in the overwhelm-
ing intelligence.
GLOW did you find them out, Lowry
he asked dazedly.
ooh, Miss Naylor, she just gave the
merest look at my new pink calico and
grabbed hold OF my hand and said,
Lowry, if I don't miss my guess, you are
in luck. There's folks, fine ones, too, over
at the tavern hunting for girl just your
age and name They say they've sent
letters but never had any answer, and
they're SO sure the girl is somewhere IN
this region roundabout that they've just
come themselves to search the whole coun-
try. They've got it all in the Bixlerville
Post and Herald, and it's plain to my
mind you are the girl Sure enough,
there they were. Miss Naylor marched
me straight up to the tavern and sent
word to the folks. They knew
ne i'll a minute by those
marks on my foot that Mandy said came
from scald sometime, when I was a
baby. So they did, my mother said. And
then look just like my father and little
brother. You'll see tomorrow when
they all get here. My! but they hated
to have me leave EN-, but told 'em I
must. Mandy couldn't get supper and
you'd be at the dugout, and 60
would. So here am. Hurry up, for
there's lots to do, and they'll all be over
here to see you tomorrow. We must
get Mandy up and fix up the CABIN a lit
tie slick. What in the name of sense are
you crying about' Don't you understand
You're going to get your home on the
hill right off Good times are coming to
Misery Flats. Why don't you hoora W
The morrow came and with it the
Massons. who clearly proved their right
to Lowry, and were able to explain the
long sealed mystery. Mike was made
happy by the deed Of gift of the choicest
bit on the hill shore, and Mandy was sup
piled with the means of procuring many
a desirable comfort. Lowry, with her
new-found friends, quilted the old life
and old home at Misery Flat.
Mike and Mandy. too, soon found a new
home in the neat cabin, on the hill, and
found there all that Misery Flat lacked,
pure air free Of miasmatic vapors. There
they could hope to live and toll and add
to the worlds products, blessed with
health and Ngor. Misery Fiat plan
tation was not given up, but
worked successfully, and as the years
went by and Mike came to be known as
the man who oftenest sent the first and
finest bale of cotton to the market, Mandy
would make answer to the congratulations
of friends in words whose full meaning
were only understood by Mike himself
eyes, it is prospered we have been, al
though we've seen dark days. Sure.
never get letter from Miss Mason, our
Lowry that was, and hear of her good
life too, without thanking God with all
my heart that we squared our lives by the
Golden Rule at Misery Flat"