Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-06-17

what q pretty monogram, Don't L
and Il go beautifully togetherl"
| accepted the chair which Gin.
brought out on the porch, and as
did SO, Harvey said, with touch OF
sarcasm in his tone, you seem to
have quite recovered
Thank YOU | returned, but
seeming is not always being
True he began; but Just then
Gin. came with the chess board.
and we played several short games
without much interest on either
side.
Thus time past, each succeeding
day an intensified repetition of that
previous Cousin Lu. and I had be.
come widely estranged. Harvey
devoted himself to her, and, like q
true knight, made her cause his own,
establishing between themselves and
us-that ls, Gin. and mean un-
spoken feud. We rodc, we walked,
we sailed, we sang together. but
never once forgetting to preserve
the distance between US, which was
constantly growing greater.
Had Uncle Guy been there, 1
could have gone to him for council,
sympathy, and protection. As it
was, | grew homesiok. My nights
were spent in feverish unrest, my
days in fruitless endeavor to be
strong and gay. And all this dis.
quietude, and excitement, and effort
uustrung my nerves, destroyed my
appetite, wasted my strength, and
resulted in general debility. At last
Uncle Isaac, finding that my health
was failing, wrote to Uncle Guy,
who returned answer that he would
come at the end of ten days, the
earliest possible date, and take me,
by short trips, to the watering
places. The same mail brought me
a letter full of sympathy aud en-.
couragement, and one for Lu., ask.
ing her to accompany us on the pro-
posed tour an invitation which she
lost no time in declining.
The day before that appointed for
my departure was set apart for
gala day, and drwned as auspicious>
ly as ever did poets dream.
Now said dear old Uncle Isaac,
as, at an early hour, we seated our.
selves in the octogenarian carryall,
1 want you to have jolly day, for
who knows?-it may be the last
time you'll all be here together.
Wen 60 around after Gin. and
then down to the lake, and have
sail and good picnic dinner, and
get back in time to meet your Uncle
Guy OF the station. How do you
like the programme, May? How
do you fancy it, Lu.? G'long pom
les You shall have your oats
when you've earned 'em. Whoa T
We found Gin. training his ead-
die horse in the lane, and ready at q
moments notice to join US. Uncle
Isaac stopped him as ne put his
foot on the carriage step.
See here, Clint said he, .just
hold on minute. Ifyou youngsters
have quarrellsd, | want you all to
forget it to-day, and have jolly
good time. Go ahead, ponies Take
care, Bill; take care, sirl Whoa,
Jack +
Compelled by the loving kindnes
of the dear old man, we could not do
otherwise than endeavor to crafty
him. But 1t was only endeav or-it
was all effort. A painful restraint
rested upon Us. Lu., chatting co.
quettishly with Harvey, hardly
looked at me; and /, too proud to
obtrude, made no overtures. Gin.
talked rapidly, at random, and Har.
vey said very little. So we fulfilled
the letter, but not the spirit, of
Uncle Isaac's wishes.
A ride of several miles brought us
to the lake side, where we sat down
on the grass while Uncle Isaac led
his horses to the waters edge; and
then, their mouths dripping foamy
drops, and their eyes beaming salts.
faction, to the shade of an aged will,
low that waved Its dropping branch
es to and fro upon their backs.
A boat had been bespoken, and
was awaiting us, idly swinging on
the soft swell of the waves. Uncle
Isaac brought the carriage a little
pail of ice-water, while LUIS knight
and my cavalier assisted us into the
boat. The oars dipped, the spray
dashed, the waves rIppled away,
aud we shot off under the willow
fringe.
a strange. wild gayety possessed
me. Towards the close of the day,
Uncle Isaac remarked that l was
better. But, though my cheeks
glowed and my eyes sparkIed. I
knew that it was the glow and spar
kle of fever.
Clinton,p plying his oars before me,
entered into my every thought and
feeling with sympathy which l
felt could be only born of love. Har-
vey was unusually silent; and look.
ing at him, as did q thousand times
that day, under cover Of the mirth
that sparkled in my eyes, l was
compelled to admit that, though he
loved Lu., receiving full return, and
though Gin loved me alone, yet !
loved only Harvey.
The afternoon was far spent when
we turned our horses heads home
ward. Tired with standing still 80
long, the spirited animals dashed off
with the speed of the wind, scarcely
giving US time to seat ourselves IN
the carryall. Uncle Isaac tried
hard to restrain them.
'Whoa-w- h-o.a-w.h.o.a, Bill =
said be, in q low, soothing tone,
holding the reins with a firm, strong,
hand. Softly, softly, Jack I Whoa,
boys, w,h-o-al'
But they sped along, scarcely
needing the admonition, end grow.
ing still more uugovernable as we
passed herd of cattle quietly graz
ing by the roadside on their way
from pasture. / saw with intense
anxiety that Uncle Isaac was Who'll.
ly occupied in the management of
the horses. He looked neither to