The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-10-09
ruin. And if they only had her money,

ruin. ana ii UOey only udu Ier money,
only had half of it."
"You Just go away said Miss Dehone
to me, sharply. know exactly what
like a .iack-o- -lantern-the light shines
through. It's no use at all. :"
She came down stairs, before tea, on
Sarah's arm. 1t was blowing up quite
a gale and the rain was sweeping by the
freight of the windows like sparks.
She didn't look much as though she had
had the doctor in the morning; Sarah
looked great deal more like it. The
little eyes of the old lady fairly danced |;
she kept looking toward the windows.
and wouldn't have the lamps lit; and
as Arnold suddenly opened the door and
came in, shaking off the storm and
bringing a gale with him, she laughed
like a girl. "I declare" / said to nv
self, ~ don't know what to make of
her. Is she fraud, or is she notP" And
all at once, cold and ruddy as he was
after throwing off his cloak, Arnold had
stalked forward to that fire and had
seized the little bundle of rags and rib
bons and eyes in his arms.
81 always knew there was a good
fairy at the HEARTH" he cried.
"Put me down, sir! put me down I'm
sure i don't know what you mean.
never was treated with such indignityp"
81 never shall put you down." said
he, till you promise to come and sit by
Sarah's fireside and mine"
"Arnoldw cried Sarah, white as a
white rose.
DR.. Parnell!" said mamma, starting
to her feet with as much dignity as the
amazement left her.
Eyes, yes." he said, II mean it. We
are going to have hearth of our own at
last. And such hearth! Do you re-
member that old gray house on the hill,
with the garden going up the hill behind
it, all terraces and grass-plots and alleys
and flower beds P"
"Ah, how sweetly such things sound
in fall weather, and when you don't
have to weed and water" cried Kate,
clasping her hands melodramatically in
order to break the breathless spell.
And if you do" he exclaimed.
"And all the year round and forever"
Do you mean DR.. Burns house % I
asked.
Exactly so. Sarah, that is going to
be our own house. 1t is your wedding
present. And she has done it, the little
fairy godmother. And she has bought
DR.. Burns practice, and that is mine.
and enter on the goodwill next week,
and we go into that house, you and r
Sarah, the week after. Do you hear?"
"Do you hear, SarahP" echoed Miss
Dehone.
"Oh, it can't be true" said Sarah,
with white lips, and seeming ready to
fall on her knees.
cit is true" said Miss Dehone. "And
now ! suppose you'll let me go, young
manp"
Not said he, "till you promise to
come with Sarah. We shall need the
fairy godmother at our hearth there
they've got another here "-and if you'll
believe it, he looked at me. mot till
then" said he.
Every we'll, than" said size. "Any-
thing for peace. But if you believe for
II moment" said she, adjusting her cap,
after he had dropped her into her chair,
"that had any other intention you are
mistaken. Leave my Sarah to the mer-
cies of man, indeed! Sarah, I'm deter
mined you shall have everything ]
didn't. And I've ordered you an ivory
tinted satin and orange blossoms and
veil" And all of sudden the little
creature burst into tears, and we were
Ill sobbing and laughing round her, and
when she at last emerged from the
dampness and disorder, Dear mer' she
said, - should think was the bride,
after allw-Ha7per'S Baza".