Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-07-17

where is Sue?" inquired Mrs. Mel
lingtOn, entering the room where heI
two eldest daughters were employed
the one in reading, the other with q bit
of fancy work.
II really don't know, mamma" an
swered Ada, looking up from her work,
Il have had scarcely glimpse OF sue
. since since we came to the country. she
appears to have taken to an outdoor life,
and is never in the house except at
night"
Il saw her about two hours ago on her
way to the orchard remarked Rose.
"She said she was going to feed the pigs,
and would afterward take lesson in
milking"
Wellington. 81 am, certain that
either Colonel Hanley or his son will
call this afternoon, and it is proper that
Sue should be present she did not appear
on their former visits"
'She will shock the Colonel by her
h0ydenish manners, and as to his son
1 hardly think he will particularly ad-
mire her. He doesn't fancy female so
ciety, Eve heard, and prefers his dogs
and horses. And wasn't he a little wild
at college, mamma?"i - fstf
"a little too fond of what is called
fun-nothing more that 1 have ever
heard. lie is clever young man, will
be wealthy, and is, next to his
father, the best match in the neighbor-
hood, though, as you say, he don't appear
to care particularly for ladies' society.
fancy he looked rather bored while
talking to that stately Miss Radstock,
clever and handsome as she is. And
then he must know that all the girls are
trying to secure bin, which naturally
makes him shy of Them" u
These remarks were clearly intended
as hints to her daughters advantageous
ly.
Finding that the remaining elder
daughter had failed to make the desired
impression on either Colonel Hanley or
his son, she had bethOught herself of
producing Sue, hitherto, as the young
est and prettiest, carefully kept in the
background.
But, meanwhile, where was Sue?
She had filled basket with apples for
the pigs, str0lled around the orchard, ad-
mired the trees and the fruit, and climb
ed low plumb tree, in order to gather
an especially fine one for her father. In
this position her eye was caught by a
low line of green willows, bordering the
sl0ping meadows beyond the orchard.
1T looks as though a stream were
there, 'she thought, "andfI do so love
water. / dare say it is lovely under
those willows. Come, Rolla," calling to
little half-grown terrier, ''you and Il
will go on an exploring expedition to-
gether." .SS. = .
Rolla, after coaxing, rather sulkily
Obeyed. He was an ugly little crooked
legged, hairy-muzzled pup, which Sue
had. on her arrival at the farm, begged
of the farmer for pet. Yet ROIla, des-
pite all the petting, did not take to his
pretty young mistress, but persisted in
evincing decided preference
for the barn and kitchen, and low life in
general. ~..-
Sue was not disappointed in her ex-
pectatiOns. She found clear, shallow
stream, which ran ripping and muir
mering pleasantly beneath the willows,
between thickets of wild rose and bios
sOming elder.
She seated herself on the grassy bank,
and took off first her hat and then her
shoes and stockings, and allowed the
cool ripples to dance about her white
feet. Then she became interested in
watching some insect life on the surface
of the water, and when satisfied with
this resumed her shoes and stockings,
and lay back on the cool turf, dreamily
reciting snatches of poetry.
q A stray sunbeam glinted on her rip
ping brown hair, and the eyes that look
ed up through the waving foliage were
as deeply blue and clear as the summer
sky overhead. Pity that there was, no
stray artist to gaze upon the picture.
Suddenly she awOke to the fact that
Rolla had disappeared. He had been SMELL
ing about TIE bushes land had now stolen
off on the track of some scent, percepti-
Bile only to his own keen OlfactOries.
Sue lifted up her voice, and called in
her sweet, clear, girIish tones: