Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-01-12
THE OLD CAPE.

AhhSh W AS"''y 6N' "
Il really must, Kitty. Didn'
your father tell mo only yester
day that he would never give you
to me until l am worth s500?"
But to go to the city-so fsl
away"
81 shall do better there thar
here. ] will write to you constant
ly, and"
kitty" interrupted a sharp
voice from the house-"Kitty
haven't you finished that milking
yetr
81 must go" said the young
man, hastily; "but have a great
deal to say to you, and must see
you again before I leave in the
morning. Can't you come down to
the maple tree stile about dusk !
Then We shall have time to talk
over our arrangements"
Kitty hastily promised, and stood
for 4 moment tearfully watching
her lover as he crossed the field
toward the school house, where for
three years he had been teaching for
a miserable pittance, scarcely suf-
6cient to support himself in even
that inexpensive neighborhood.
Kitty taking up her milk-pail
went slowly towards the house.
AS the girl entered the house, af-
ter depositing her pail in the dairy,
she saw why her mother had called
to her so sharply.
Seated on the settee Of the large
neat diving room" was a travel
ing peddler busily engaged in I'M
strapping his pack, and meanwhile
talking volubly in a shrewd but
waggish way which appeared
nightly to amuse the listeners.
As he unbuckled his last trap he
displayed to the admiring gaze of
Mrs. Lane and her daughter a
quantity of bright colored ribbons,
lawns and other similar commodi-
ties.
1.-THE very thing for you, MISS"
be said, holding out at arms length
a bright, sky-blue lawn. "The
very latest fashionable shade-a
favorite with the Empress Euge-
ME, because becoming her style
blonde, like yours"
So he ran on until by dint of
eloqucncs, argument and coming
down" in the price, he had induced |
Mrs. Lane TO invest some dollars
in articles useful and ornamental
to herself and Kitty, and her hus-
band to lay in a store of patent
rat exterminators, matches and
backing, also warranted" 7
Then while Mrs. Lane and Kitty
laid the supper table with extra
dainties, in hospitable considera-
ton Of the guest, the farmer and
and peddler setted the account, the
former displaying a big roll of
bills.
Then, the bill settled, the farm
cr replaced the tin box, locked the
door, and put the key in an old
fashioned mahogany dressing case,
which appeared to have its per-
nanent place on the top Of the
Ugh secretary, and the family sat
Town to supper.
OF course the guest must "stay
'ver night" and equally, of course,
hey would not hear of his offer to 8
)sy for his accommodations So, Q
lfter supper and prayers, the ped =
Her was shown to the guest cham
Der, over the chest room" or par s
or; and by the time that the old C
lock in the hall struck 9 the house b
vas wrapped in profound stiffness. b
Now it so happened, that--ow- b
ng to various circumstances, one {
I which was the time consumed a
bargaining with and subsequent h
entertaining the peddler-Kitty 9
I'D been constantly employed and
nable to keep the promise of r
Getting Walter at the stile. a
He would not come to the house, Z,
4 her father had spoken some il
lsty words which had offended h
e sensitive pride Of the young Il
an; and now, as The girl, unable s
sleep, sat at her own window, RI
. reflected uneasily upon what Il
alter would think of her break u
: her promise to grant him that fe