Sharp County record., 1879-10-02

:" won I spend mucn llllle IhdlhlilS
mvself," said Kate. 81 will buy a
bottle of Bloom of Youth, paint my
cheeks, and 90 to work at the district
school,"
"Kate; you may laugh now; butyou
won't laugh 50 much ten years from
now. Squire Day is so rich, and those
lovely horses"
And lovely, red-headed children, \"
interrupted Kate. =
"What matters the color OF their hair?
The Squire is rich, and loves you, and
would give you an elegant home. Good
heavens. what do you expect?
81 expect my lawyer, was the laugh
ing answer.
"Kate, | told you never to mention
that word again. | have no patience
with such folly. You refuse Luke Hart
well: YOU refuse Squire Day. Do you
think Prince is coming to WOO you?
What can YOU be waiting fOr?"
"Waiting for my lawyer answered
Kate. and Julia went out, slamming the
door behind her in a manner that spoke
volumes.
A few days after the Squire's call,
Kate received an invitation from an old
| school-mate who lived in town dozen
miles from Bower Farm to pay her a
| visit. Julia consented to manage the
farm affairs for a week, and so Kate
went off for holiday, and was gone 10
days.
Il have news for you, Kate" said
Julia, as they sat at the tea-table the
evening of Kate'S return home. "Your
lawyer has actually come at last"
II knew he would come sooner or
later" said Kate
"Well, he is here; or rather, is stay
ING at the Farmers Rest in the vii
lage?"
''Who is he?" asked Kate, with an
appearance of interest.
"Mr. Alfred Pendexter from the city.
He is to be here a couple OF months. 1t
seems he knew Charles quite well, and
came out here the evening Of the day
you left, to call on me. He is full of
fun, and YOU will be sure to like him. :"
Kate did like him. He, too, was very
evidently pleased with Kate. He was
tall, handsome, and thorough gentle
man, and a favOrite everywhere. He
came often to Bower Farm, and when
the fall was throwing her brown mantle
over the earth, he told Kate that he had
learned to love her, and asked her to be
his wife. She gave him different an
swer from that she had given Squire
Day and Luke Hartwell.
" Now, Julia, | told YOU | should mar
~ lawyer said Kate, when she an
nounced her engagement to her elder
sister.
Well, | am very glad you have
found him. didn't believe you would,
but L wish you much joy and speedy
wedding"
L" He is to return to his law-Office next
week" replied Kate. .sBut " Decep-
Der Tie is to come and take me away. /
shall believe more firmly than ever in
daisy fortune-telling after this, and shall
never forget to pick one every June
In December Kate was married, and
her dress was trimmed with daisies
artificial, of cOurse-and bunch of the
pretty white and gold flowers was on
her throat Mr.. Pendexter smiled as he
saw them, for Of course Kate had told
him of how she had decided her fortune
They went at once to the pretty home
in the city which the young husband
had made ready for his bride, and over
the quiet elegance of which Kate went
into ecstacies
One morning, when they were fairly
settled in their new home, Kate told AL
fred that she wanted to walk down town
with him to see his law-Office.
" You won't find many books there,
Kate. | have ledgers by the dozen, but
nothing appertaining to the law. You
can see all the grain and hay you want,
though"
"Why, Alfred, what do you mean?"
asked Kate, pale with surprise.
"That | am not lawyer, my dear,
but commission merchant. Let me
explain this mystery: I went to the
Farmers Rest to stay couple of
months, and indulge myself in hunting
and fishing. / called on your sister, and
she told me all about you, and your
fancy concerning the lawyer. With no
thought of ever becoming more than a
friend to you, proposed passing myself
off as q lawyer, wearied of the courts,
and in search of rest. After | learned
to love you 1 would have told you my
real occupation, but Julia begged me not
to do so, saying that you were too full of
notions for me to risk it. | did not be-
lieve that, dear; but since it was a harm
less deception, | consented to keep it up
until | had married you. Perhaps | had
faint idea of being second Lord Bur-
leigh. Do you feel very sorry | hoaxed
you, Kate?''
"No; I don't care at all. l love you
now, so it makes no difference to me
what your business is"
"But you will never again believe in