The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-03-20

"Pve half mind not to go. pa; it
seems too bad to leave you here all by
yourself"
But Mr.. Wilson would not hear to
this.
81 insist on your going; you have
been working hard, and need change.
My life would be much the same any
way"
"You may expect me in three weeks,
pa" smiled Josie from the car window
the next morning. "You will want
your little housekeeper by that time, 1
know"
And Mr.. Wilson went back to the
corroding anXieties which had made
him an old man before his time, thank
ing God for this bit of sunshine. and
which left its glow in his heart long
after it had vanished.
There were only few passengers for
Baybridge, small country town in the
interior of the State, though there were
the usual loungers upon the platform
of the station, as Josie stepped out.
But they soon scattered, leaving her to
stare blankly around for the conveyance
that she supposed would be waiting for
her.
She walked clear around the station,
looking in every direction, not a vehicle
was in sight, except rough box wagon
with board across it, drawn by pair
of spirited black horses, who stamped
their feet and tossed their heads as if
impatient to be off. A man stood be-
side the rcstive creatures, who yet
seemed to be under perfect control.
"There, Jenny! Be easy, Kater" he
said, patting the satin-smooth skin and
speaking very much as a mother would
to a child.
The baggage-master was standing
near a pile of trunks and parcels.
lis this your trunk, Missp" he said,
as Josie approached him.
"Yes. I was expecting friends to
meet me, but they are not here. There
must be some mistake"
II know most of the people around
here. What might heir names be?'
"Crofton."
"Why, bless me, you've got off at the
wrong station. They live at North Bay
bridge, five miles beyond"
"When does the next train leave?"
Tomorrow morning."
Josie looked the dismay that she GER
tainly felt at this announcement.
"Ifs too bad, declare" said the
good-natured official, plying Josie's
evident distress. Then, as his eye fell
upon the owner of the team. who was
looking toward them, he added: " If
this amt a streak of luck! Here's John
Manning, their neighbor. He can take
you along Just as well as not. John,
here's a young woman that's got off at
the wrong station. She wants to go to
Crofton's. tell her she can ride with
you"
The young man removed his straw
hat, revealing q forehead broad and
full. and whose whiteness contrasted
strongly with the healthful brown Of
the cheeks below.
"I shall be very happy, if the young
lady has no objection to riding with q
farmer, and in a farmers wagon"
The admiration so clearly visible in
the honest blue eyes that met her own,
made Josie's cheeks redden.
"If it will not be too much trouble. :"
As the young man listened to those
low, softly spoken words, he felt that
nothing the speaker could ask would
be any trouble at all. Springing to
work, he soon improvised quite a COM
Portable seat for Josie. by passing a
rope from one stake to another, just
back of the board in front, throwing a
thick, soft blanket over the whole.
Glad TO be released, Jenny and Kate
bore them swiftly along the winding
country road, dotted here and there by
farmhouses, nestled down among the
trees and shrubbery. As soon as Josie
got little used to it, she enjoyed her
elevated and novel position, which
gave her q fine view of the beautiful
country through which they were pass
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