Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-19
Do YOU think SOP Pa likes It."

was A tcnder-hearted chap. II made me
unhappy because l hated III " sec'he"
Tiiiy Thought this a delightful trait.
we often lave custard." she pursued.
~It's SO hard TO think up new kinds oil
desserts
f" And great waste brains"
Perhaps IL is. often wish ! had
more time for improving my mind"
| You should take the time" dogma
| tized John. He had had 1t on his mind
TO say this. 1t struck him that Tilly's
| education was shamefully neglected.
| She wrote "a wretched, scratchy little
hand she stumbled in reading aloud nm
| ordinary newspaper paragraph; she had
once committed herself To the opinion
| that Vienna was in France. 1t WAS
| strange that beauty could he so illiterntc
strange and shame. The poor child
was kept drudging from morning till
night. cooking. sweeping, busting. Why
| didn't those two sisters of hers put their
| shoulders to the household wheelP 1t
was all they were good for. Some one
| had said that Tilly WAS not old Green s
own child The more fool she to wear
| herself out in his service; but women
were apt to he fools; they would slave
| themselves tn death for amy man who
| mother had always said. And old
Green was certainly affectionatc enough
TO the girl. Poor little thing, who
could help being good to hcrP Ill this,
while he kept up nj the same time I'M
animated conversation with Tilly.
| Nor was that the last drive they took
/ together, He asked her all the oftener
| when he saw IL made the wicked sis
ters,' rs he dubbed them, angry. As it
proved, he asked lilly far oNcncr than
was good for her. This was only an
episode with him with Tilly it was the
most real experience of her life. John
Leonard seldom talked of his plans, but
| she had mapped out his career for him.
When he graduated in medicine he
! should become her fathers partner, and
| finally relieve her father of the burden
of his practice and thcn-and then
Tilly always herself shared these air
castles with John.
This was long. long time ago--bc-
fore the war, almost; accurately, at the
very breaking out of the war. Those
drives occurred during the April and
May when the first regiments were put
in the field. At first John Leonard.
who was an Englishman, escaped the
war fever. let these brothers fight out
their own family quarrels. But gradu-
ally the soul Of the war clarions passed
into his blood He must have hand
in this himself. A man must belong
somewhere. So he coolly informed DIR.
Green one day that he had enlisted he
was going to fight for his shoulder
straps. As for my diploma. I'll wait
awhile for that
The doctor told him he was mad and
urged him mt least TO wait year But
much rccked John; II il n waste of
words to answer a young man except ac-
cording to his folly. John was an ardent
soldier by this time. He had come To
America To seek his fortune; perhaps the
way to it lay along the path of glory.
When he came To bid Tilly' goodbye.
she burst out crying. That settled the
question rs to their manner of farewell
He took her in his arms and kissed her
repeatedly. This was decidedly wrong.
decidedly imprudcnt, although they
were only aifcCtionate. brothcrly kisses
Miss Rosie came in rs he released her
We'll, Matilda Grccn!" she cried. with
an intonation that meant anything but
well. But Tilly was too hcart-brnkcn to
eNtcnuate her conduct. She left that
tn John, who said. good naturally:
You'll give me a kiss too. won't you.
Miss Rosie' Remember. you may never
see me again.
And hc actually kissed her too. He
wanted to put it out Of her power 10
tease poor Tilly. She had been guilty of
the same impropricty herself
Poor lilly was wTCtchcd, wrctrhcd.
after he was gone. But she was huoycd
up by hopes and visions She had n
brave picture, too. of John which he
sent her when he was made n lieuten-
ant. Oh. how proud she was when that
camel
She never forgot that speech of Johns
about improving her mind. She tried
hard to find time to do go. Her fayorite
method was the composition of letters
To John, which were never sent. in the
course Of which she would laboriously
hunt out in the dictionary nearly the
words she wanted to use. TO insure their
correct spelling. She also endcavorcd
to find time tO read such light literature
as was contained in the weekly paper of
the household. She read the love
stories, 10 be sure, with an especial zcst
apart from their purpose rs educators
They struck kindred chord.
One day John Leonard received in
camp copy Of this same papcr--the
Woodbridge NcWs. II contained mark
ed paragraph. Good gracious he
said, reading II, "old Green's dead.
How fearfully suddenm
His particular chum. Lieutenant Phil
Rnss, was standing by. This gentleman
was cormorant of facts--a trait which
the thoughtless are apt to confound with
curiosity but contend that there is n
difference between inquisitivcncss and
acquisitiveness. Mr.. Ross stretched out
his hand for the paper.
"Old Green? Hum ali. yes-Dr.
Green BY Jove! 'Philbrick Green. for
merly Of Greenbrier. New York I
knew the man. hail from Grcenbricr
myself. So he has turned UP again. has
he? Woodbridge, Rockland county,
Pennsylvania Been in Woodbridge.
ehP What ever took you therc?n
I" studied medicine in DR. Green's
office. There was an excellent opening
for a country practice"
" Let US see; he had two daughters
Rosie and Posie."