The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-09-22

tN. anu SUCCESSFULLY QtiitN bHt flcFsp'
vering curiosity of Aunt Sarah.
On the fourth day Squire Phelp.
called with his large family sleigh
with capacity for holding ten or a
dozen slender young people
Il reckon as yer wanted TO 90 t.
Wayerly, you'd better come right
along with me, and YOU too, Edna,
bawled the Squire. There's room
for all, and III bring you back al
right"
Ten minutes waiting sufiiced tC
find our party equipped for the jour.
nev and assisted into the vehicle by
our burlv friend, who boosted while
50 doing that he made too fortunes
and lost one, and would be willing
TO risk the remainder on the bet thai
he never saw 4 couple more suite(
10 each other than Rilla and Mr.
Leonard were.
Speeding over the snow, they were
attracted by sleigh bells changing
resonantly in the frosty air some
where in the rear.
Its my mother" gasped Rilla
Il see her scarlet India shawl, and
papa IS with her. They've found
US out, and are following. Hurry
up! oh do hurry up! dear squire
"Oh What's all this, runaways
hey: well I've a sort Of sympathy
that way myself. If I'd run off with
the gal ! loved at your age.
wouldn't have wasted the fifteen
best years Of my life in the mines
and back-woods of the far West, and
returned the rough, unpublished man
/ am at present Say how old are yel
SIS p
I'm seventeen next month, and
this is the second Of February, re
piled blushing AvariI.
And whatprospects have You got
for keeping a wife ?" questioned the
squire of young Leonard. Il came
of age last Christmas, and then in
herited S20.000 and two houses left
me by my mother. But they say
Rllla's too young, and want her to
wait for some richer man, replied
Drury
That's all right; you We youth and
brains and muscle besides. Now
you Just look here. I've lost no
time while we've been talking. rs
soon as we get around that bend in
the road, I'll take you over a short
cut across my own farm and lessen
The distance considerably. Wen
have most half an hours start OF
those chasin' Us, and that will give
YOU time to get married twice over il
you're smart"
Silence ensued. The brave horses
did their best. Our three young
folks held their breath with excite
Incnt and anticipation while the
driver, with a knowing twinkle in
his keen ewes, drove at breakneck
speed across the country, reaching
Waverly Just as some trustees meet
ing for the transaction of church
business emerged from the vestry-
door OF the principal sanctuary. \
very few words suiiiced 10 enlighten
the minister, and the nuptial pair
ioined hands while the reverent
solemn words We're uttered which
made them man and wife
Something has happened ut last
.scnin this staenantrural existance, =
Thought Edna, sighine as She remem-
be-ed how monotonous her life
would again become now that her
new friends were almost ready To
depart.
Just then the brcathless, indignant
parents entered the church. Ten
too late by the clock, roar
ed the squire then turning his rud-
dv check slightly paled. Hasty eX-
followed, and It was dis
covered that Rilla was the daughter
ofthc fondly loved Mary ofhis youth,
for whose sake his long self-imposcd
banishment was incurred. His father
Achlcn Bogcrt, was the friend and
rival to whose claims he deferred
twenty years previous 10 the COM
of this story.
Soon the recognition and medita-
ton Of Squire Phelps resulted III the
5estowal OF the timc-honored parent
a blessing. and the whole party
drove back 70 Pop" Majors house
to deposit Edna on their return
home
We'll, ! DO declare emphasized
Aunt Sarah. after the final departure
Of the guests. 'If that don't beat
al. Who knows but Squire Phelps
viii be taking a wife himself pretty
.oon after mcddling in matrimony
in this style ?" and she smirked con
sciously 1t was currently reported
that the Observation-Disclosures
free condition Of Miss Sarah was
caused by blr. Bogert5 faithless
lesertion OF her shrine for the
Of RiIia's mother. At any
rate, Robert. or Bob Phelps, as ne
was familiarly known, had never
given her a thought, and three
months later on sunshiny May
morning he led quiet, tenderhearted
Edna Bruce to the alter
Frequent visits are interchanged
between the Drury's city residence
and our heroine's present home.
Edna Is no longer subject to misan-
thropic attacks of the "blues" and Is
resigned to country life, which the
Iittleolive branches who gatherround
her hcarthstone render joyful.
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