Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-11-27

on course of tlabbv novels aud
weakly as wei! as weekly story pa
pers, that she accepted them with a
blushing condescension pretty enough
To see, aud maddeningly lovely 10
Will. Tiny gifts they were that
dropped into her lunch basket as she
passed him, or were tucked into the
strap of her books, which he held
while she tripped up the car steps
birch bark boxes filed with winter
green berries or butternut meats;
lunches OF the pinkest arbutus mes
tied In the plumes OF standing
ground pine now and then a red
Sptzbergen apple carefully preserved
IN dry straw for this sacred purpose
long after apples IN general had gone;
simple toxins OF an admiration that
deepened daily. and shone without
disguise from VIII b indsome eyes
| whenever Annie caught their glance
But though he forgot it,there were
otherCrampton people besides Judge
Halls daughter who came and went
on the hartford train, and among
them maiden COUSIN i the judges
wife, old Miss Cynthia Sweet. Her
youth had never been disturbed with
love affairs. Proud, poor, and home
ly besides, nobody had ever ap
preached her with any pretension OF
affection or passion, and she had not
a spark of sympathy for such weak
nesses but she had very sharp eyes
TO perceive them, and an equally
sharp tongue to interfere. Business
for she was the Champion m.lliner
took her in and ont To hartford
frequently, and she very soon observd
poor Will s devotion to Miss Anne,
marked the shy greetings. the era
cions response, the berries, flowers,
and apples. that she knew Annie
never gathered for herself, and with
the perseverance of spider she
waited for more positive evidence.
Nor was MISS Cynthia the only OBJ
server. Lovers are like ostriches,
which hide their heads in a bash, AMI
think nobody sees them Wills love
was already matter OF jest to his
comrades on the train ; the conduc
tor smiled grimly when he saw him
wait anxiously TILL the last moment
Al Champion Station for the slight
figure that lit up his face like burst
of sunshine when it appeared, and
more than one frequent passenger
exchanged mild kes about the
brakemans love making Qua day
Miss Cynthia CHANGED to overhear |
few remarks of this nature, which |
made her mistress of the situation
The very next morning she pos ed |
over to Judge Hall 9, aud walked in
to the sitting room brimtul of por-
tentous news. Now the judges of.
fee opened from this ia nly room.
and on a chilly day like this-one OF |
those June days that belle the sea
son-his door was always left open
to get the benefit of the wood fire |
blazing in that sitting room fire
place; for nothing less than coal
stove warmed the office in winter,
which was taken down in SUMNER of
course; but the judge was terribly
rheumatic, and loved the dry air of
the fire on damp day, even if it
we're in August. This Miss Cynthia
knew very well, so she did not fol
low up her cousin to the dairy, or
the kitchen. or the garden, as was
her wont, but waited patiently for
her to appear.
1t was not long before Mrs. Hall
came IN, aud Cyuthla proceeded To
unfold her budget. She sat very
near the open door into the office.
and the genlle, anxious mother, as
soon as she perceived the communl
cation concerned Annie, rose to shut
il
Leave that door open Z growled
the Ju ige, who sat snsplc 'ously near
And trembling Mrs. Hall whis-
pered to Cynthia, Speak a little
lower, Cy nthia.
Speak a little louder = Numbered
the squire. What are you saying
abont Annie p
And nothing daunted, the resolute
Spfnster proceeded u Law bsfote the
parents the shocking fact, extenu
ated, and set down in iuI malice,
that their precious daughter was
flirting openly and wickedly with
brakeman on the d lrttord train, and
that their love passages were the
scorn and ridicule OF all the passen-
gers, tar and near.
The Judge was furious, ami Mrs.
Hall drowned 10 tears
Now, eft | was you suggested
Cynthia.
Which you amt severely
snapped the Judge, but TO no pnr
pose; she merely resumed the thread
4 her words like an echo
'Ef was you, wouldn't say moth
Ing to Annie; she awfnl romantic,
aud sentimental, and all tn at and it
will only set her ont right off She's
Jest the one To keep IL up eft she
knows you don't favor it none. E.
| was YOU
You wouldn't be fool =, growled
the Judge. Il haven't been mar
ried twenty-five years for nothing:
Cynthia Sweet. | know women
folks by this time.'
We'll, shouldn't wonder eff you
did judge; but it docs beat all things
to think her takin' up with old Joel
Whites boy
Il dono bat what he's pretty de
cent behaved boy gently chirped
the weeping mother, anxious TO ex
cuse Annie He was real good to
Sam, you know, husband he set up
with him more frequent than any.
body
well, well, that isn't to the pur-
pose, wife Ipald his mother more
was really reasonable, because OF
that: we're quits a. fur as that goes.
won't have him foolin' round An.
pie, anyway; but | know how to
manage it. | don't say bnt what
I'm obleeged to yoa, Cynthia. I'm
glad To know Of it, but / can taxi
care Of it myself now And with q
majestic wave of the hand the Judge
Unconditional Tho suh;.ot ard tho twn