The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-29

ieit Wild, savage pain at his heart
Nnen be had learned that A letter had
been sent TO a distant aunt 10 see II she
would not look after Barbara while she
enjoyed the advantages Of = finishing
school for young ladies. The longest
GUNNER days would fade into short
sum mtr nights, and by and by, when
Tue aiders yellow leaves would be drop
plng into pools aud hOllOws, Barbara
"0ulu go awsy-perhaps forever.
Eoen was too much Of a man 10 Sigh,
anu too muscular TO d1 Ritlout his
supper, but lie fell into the habit of
taxing long walks alone, or of sitting
on The porch under the honeysuckles
mere he could hear the young ladies
singing rather plaintive songs, accom-
panied by the cracked strains OF the old
hafpsiehorh in the best room
de had jnst pluckpd the first round,
ilil rose of May, ami was twirling il
thoughtfully in his fingers as he strolled
down the garden path to his Workshop,
when he heard the breezy fiutter OF u
muslin robe and light football behind
him on the gravel walk. He turned
with blaze of fire in his black e. - aud
the rose extended. His hand dropped
10y his side. IL was Theo who came
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sunbonnet by one string.
Iheo was a saucy, petuiant, provoking
young person uf sixteen, whose prankz
and whims had often tried Enen's tenn
| per soreiy-having him stop the har-
vesting TO saddle Rulof, her pony, or
U'eddle with his tDu's ami upset his
newest invention. BIT rheo's eyes
we're such lovely blIe and her smile 50
! bewitchiDg Eben lad not the heart Ia
scOld, hesides he had humored her in all
her wilifulness himself, and there was
not the slightest Tesem mblance 20 Barbara
m the brow OF dimpied chin which tied
hira hand aud foot.
"Oh, what lovely thing ~ said
/ TheO, coveting the rose and stretching
out her plump little hand. rs it ioI
me?"
"Nu." said Ehen, rather gruflly
! i've had an eye on this bud for some
time. notice that your Lady lsabell'
are in fine condition. You will hav,
a cluster Of them by the day at to
morrow"
"Weil, you old siirgy, l suppose you
don't Elind running down To the mai
for me; ] forgot what Barbara asked m'
to do, and | shall get scOlding from
mamma, who can't have Bah crossed il
anything, you know"
81 shall have to 90 down n see NasoT
about the wagon gear anyway to- night
and can just as well stop at the pos
office. Is 1t the letter from-from New
! Haven ?" And E5en very thought
Iessly bit off the leaves Of the rose an,
mRngled them with his strong Whit
teeth.
Yes, it was the letter from New
Haven, aud Eoen was charged 10 briu,
up a new novel, aud some pink sewini
silk and eighteen cellulOid buttons b.
TheO, who ran after him To sugges
chocolate caramels in case the lette
failed.
II was sort OF satisfaction to hin
that the letter did fail. But il hGrt hin
TO see BArbsra's disappointment. H
had remembered TheO's wOmanish littl
erraDds aud he still held the rose
which he now laid on Barbara's claspe'
hands. For all she had grown to hat
the old place, she loved its old fashione
big, fluffy roses as fOndiy as when SD
was a child. aud Eben had braided
long garland Of them for her out Of tb
finest and best. She caressed the Tos
and tucked it in among the curliu
locks, where IL nestled against ht
cheek. Ehen flushed and paled whei
he remembered how be had laid hi
heart in the heart OF that rose.
"The letter will be sure TO he here ~
morrow" he said, gently. 81 am goini
down the first thing in the morning
The ladies around LarbnTbugh are no
to be without a gallant this season. I
handsome young man from New Hurl
has come down to spend some weeks Il
, the neighborhoOd | met him With d.
, Ormsby in the gig"
Ebeu was not slow to notice that thi
bit of news awakened a faint show &
? Interest in Barbara.
"What is he like ?" asked BarbarG
; flushing little. 81 trust he Is an &C
quisition. Did he look like gentle
man ?"
Yes, he looked like one. Ebeu VIZ
compelled to admit that he did, an
he wore elegant clothes aud had slen
der, soft, white hands, which Eben ha
J not.
, DAYS after this, Eben was Obliged {
accord the stranger great many Othe
advantages and accomplishments, IN a
agony Of Jealous anguish. He rod
J we'll, was a fine shot, talked iluently
sketched passably, understood wOme
and was Miss LsightOn's most arden
, admirer.
Ehen saw all this, yet once when thei
, mingled voices fiOated out 10 his lit
tie den, he brought down a hRmme
wrathfully and smashed his thumb nail
Morning and night he saddled an,
brought round horses for Barbara an
Mr. Ney, AMI went 10 his work in Tia
hot field, while they we're canterinl
down the shady roads, and Mrs. Leigh
ton and TheO were beating eggs IN Ia
] a T..
tea. The letter had come from New
Haven, aud Barbara answered briefll
that she could not 90 until some tim
later. She had never looked so beauti
ful and animated as now. She rarell
saw EbeU, sending him her requests bl
her sis,er, aud Eben went on az his In
veutions, feeling as il every blow nf hi
drove out a piece of his hearts core
} Aud, although ne would have scorne.
; the idea, he had grown wonderfully
, haggard aud pale, with great dark cir
. eies under his eyes, since DIR. Ormsbl
had introduced Mr.. Ney to the Leigh
2 tous. lie took little pride in the knowl
edge that he was the better man of th
> two, but he did know that he coul
+ crush Ney with one hand iuto a shane
e less mass, aud he wondered sometime
. why he did not. One day he va
! seized with fit Of trembling He wa
pruning a pear tree, when he looked up
! aud Barbara stood before him, in he
! habit, switching the nettled buiterflie
2 that fiuttered on the holly hooks an
5 around Ebenis brown hands.
J How pale and ill you look, Eneu.
! Ii was the least she could say, aud
was the truth EDen's heart beat madl
for a moment and then he went o.
] slowly: