Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-10-27
The young man smiled.

"So'nethihB tells mo 'hht h'' WI
come out right 10 the end" he SAID
swat a little while aOd see " ! an
not correct In my prophecy"
"Yoa are very kind, In sure, te
take such interest In me" said Katie,
VI thank yeu very much aud now
good-byc-I feel too badly to stay
out in thls hot sun any longer" and
picking up her pail Of berries she
walked away, the young man watched
her until she was lost 10 sight over
the rising ground Of the cloyerdeld,
Katie's heart felt lighter, though
she could scarcely tell why, and sho
crept up the backstairs to her own
room unnoticcd by Hannah, and
bathea her red eyes, Then, feeling
much refreshed. she threw herself on
her he'd aud was soon asleep, COM
pletely worn out by the excitement Of
the day.
She was awakened by the sound Of
voices IN tho parlor below, and curl
Gus to know who the visitor could be,
she smoo,hcl her hair and went down.
stairs.
The parlor door stood half open,
and she advanced rs far as the thresh-
old, but no further, for to her infinite
amazment she saw, seated on the sofa
in easy conversation with her mother,
the young man whom she had left
two hours previously by the stone
wall in the clover-feld.
"Kate, this is Mr.. Arlc," said Mrs.
Derwent sand he has been so kind
as to offer to let us keep the farm at a
small rent. Come and thank him."
But Katie did not stir in obedience
to her mothers command. She gazed
at Mr.. Arle a moment as il pe'ritied
with amazement, aud then turning,
fled slamming the door behind her.
"Foreive her rudeness, Mr.. Arle."
murmured the proper Hannah. "She
is only a child, and does not know
how to behave"
George Arle smiled, but said moth
ing, understanding better than Han
nah Katie's strange conduct.
Katie was standing under the apple
tree by the gate in the front garden
when George Arle came out Of the
house and she waited for him.
"Forgive me-" she said, as he came
close to her. | thought you were
really
"The squire's hired man. he inter.
'upted. "You see that, as you said,
appearance are deceittul sometimes.
borrowed that old suit from Bob
Davis, and | went to the bayfield, for
|. trolic; but | found it less fun to
oss hay than l had anticipated, so
vent under that old tree to lie down.
came yesterday to the squire's to
pend u few days with Bob
"What must yon have thought OF
ne7' Katie faltered. gave you ad-
rice and said
"That you hated Mr.. Arle Oh, don't
,ear you any grudge. l am very
,lad you did not know to whom you
we're speaking, for, had you known, I
hould not probably have learned
What my agent was about. did not
ven know that the mortgage was
lue; or, if he told me OF it, l had for
,otten 1t. But it is all right now,
md there is no reason whatever that
'ou should marry the squire with a
merry laugh.
Then he went away and left Katie
With radiant face and a very light
ea,, standing by the gate
When the squire came the next day
Or his snswer, he received i. from
Iatie herself, and it was very decided
y in the negative.
Disappointed and chagrined, the
lderly lover wenl.home to pour the
tory CT his sorrows into the ears of
is guest, George Arle, who sincerely
dvised him to transfer his affections
,om the chi ildish Katie 10 the practi.
al Hannah, who was in every way
tied to rule his household with judg.
lent and economy. The squire's
houghts were driven into new chan
ell, and he was not slow to see the
ouudness of the advice offered him.
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