St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1881-03-05

would he his fatht heir by-ai,l
by: ani sh.. believed. t,o, that h.
worsl.iped her.
"She is =, pretty and jolly. you
know" he said to hi, mother; and
Mrs. Haven tnrned tn meet rather
stern lonk on Judge Yau2hans face
oh, the whole of it is one oi
Berly's ;,l.tsint little fctions? she
5aushed. "You don: know her yet.
Isn't she prei,ys"
Very, replied the Judge. brief:
did ynu have nice call, dear?
,.lrd Ruth Payne. when Eersl re-
surnts, to Pansy Cuttag"-
1t wis pretty house. in n large
5i.l-n. with Il hong l.. wb .ch con
stitn,,xl the srlIoolloo.n.
Ruth had stopped in the hall
her arms lr,l-n with Il pile If books.
She was older than Beryl-not SO
pretty. but still she had Il face that
you xon 4 iuai III isicr. | tn.nk.
Yes" s.i,l Ber.l. rnpi,atic..Ily.
DO you knew. l;utaie. following
the litter into the schoulroom. and
>eeing that it WAS empty-''d.' yOn
'in"S. Ruthir, Tn tire.l Of school
n,aelling AMI I'm going to MARI.
,Ie Ist mln wi,n asks lie 2"
Befyl cpolly drew out iitt'
. ck-t mirror. arranged the dark.
ren,lril rings ab,nt her furhrad
w.,.lr Ruth : p Using in her oc,.u
;n,ti.m ri distributing the L".k.
rlnoug the little L, SKIS, looked ut i.,I
lu->tioning',.
That Will he Guy II .ver, I sup
pns. she said ut last.
Tiny has asked M n dog u. TINES
,lrea'l.. i tell him i am engasrr'
To him. b 1t he d',esn't believe it"
ianghed Beryl. sittin. down on til.
end of desk. and critic lily exam
ming her little b,mt-!leels. "Lnok
II these b,wts-my best Freuc!,
kills. They won't lrst Il fortnight
longer"
Well. dear, yon can have new
pair"
Il suppose I cr, for I can't GO
5arefoute,l! Bat L cant have lace
nrtl,a with my new suit. and u bit
of real lac. to wrar t. the shore;
AID i.'s so bec..lnins t. me-"
Dad you promise Mrs. Haven
that y'ml would 80 to Nantucket,
Beryl?"
Yes, and I shall go! I'm going
to- have some PLEASURE"
And Ber.l suddenly turned her
back on her sister. and walked of
to her chamber.
''I'm sick of this economy
of puvrit, = she saiu
I" herself. IF could dress as
want 10 LII be the belle of N.n-
tucket tins summer. Of course l
shall y"! I'm n'' going to be tied
up to those children all the year
r"u: d. Ruthie can. if she wants
tn. Yes, "c1ncluled B.ry'. standin.
before the mirro., with her profile
against the light, Il mrnn to go to
Nantucket, and come back engaged
to Judge Vaughan. if can"
For Ju Ise Vaughan, being
friend a. the Ht,e..s. was going to
Nantucket. Hu wa> from the West,
nut had lately been in Europe.
Before his return To Chicago he
would visit the seash .re with bis
friends.
1t was the fir t of August then.
aud the Haven party woul,. not
start until the last. and during those
three weeks it chauc-,l that Beryl
saw II COOL deal Of the gentleman. |
She met him again ~ the Haven
,nd afterwar.l altende.. one or two
AVN teas there, when hu escorted
ler home.
Beryi declared that the onl.
lime pansy Cottage was hmbitabl.-
";.S in the .ven'ng, when the cilil-
lren were in bed. So she asked
lie Juds. INTO the parlor. where.
Ruthie was correcting examples;
.ni RIthIa could t,e, AMI was SO
teliSnifnlly cordial. that Judge
Vaughan '"",t have pass s"i uue ur
NO ,;r.i.htii.i evenings.
Al i-ngih III, d'y of .!spntu,
.rrIved. Bei,i. having n;de the
most uf her wardrobe, h al. with
mllci, dissatisfaction, Inrk.ri heI
iuIks, AID the Haven party were
a take h,r up OH the Way 10 th.
iep"t.
But that morning there was al
Unexpected! development Ruiilh
that two children WIN