The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1881-07-21
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ma !. he said. II II flA up iIgnI away.
Mrs. Knapp frightened, and went TO
put on the new bonnet.
ssAllan1. WoulIn' put up with any airs
from Milly Hedley, il ! WAS you,. she
said, as she took her seat in the wagon !;
.sshe,s not the best girl in the world, nor
the prettiest. =
Adam said nothing.
They drove slowly to the fair grounds,
for Dobbin was old, and they did not meet
Milly and her cavalier in the crowd.
The big apples, the bright peaches, the
melons and the grapes made . great show.
The music played, Squire Fisher made a
peecf, Judge Abbott followed. Prizes
were awarded. People ate icc-cream and
drank tea. There was a Punch and Judy
show, a bird forrune-te1ler, and a swing
that held six people, on the grounds; but
big black clouds began to gather ii the
sky, and the sun hid his light before noon.
ATiIIy and her cavalier were eating ice-
cream IN bower baiit for the purpose and
baptized the Rosebud Dairy" when sud-
denly the small boy who held the horse
came to Mr. Tairer's side and whispered
to him. With an apology he started up
and ran away, returning il, q moment on
SO, very pale and with a queer, frightened
look i'll his eyes.
"Tisn't very polite, Miss Milly, = said
he, sbut we got to leave yon. You can
get some OF your friends to take you
home, / suppose. You see, my wife is
here. knew she was at mothers, but
never thought she'd come to the fair.
She's got into my trap to give me a pleas-
ant surprise, aud I'm to drive he1. back.
She's very Jealous; a good deal older than
me, you know, and she's got all the money
III the family. I've told her / was talking
to an old milliner woman about all order,
50 don't you show your pretty face. It's
very mean, you know, to you, but a quiet
life before all. Amt there some stage |
can give you your fare TO go back onss'
and he put q dollar on the table.
NIilly, with furious look, pushed it
toward him.
Do yotl think I'd have come with you
at all if I'd thought you were q married
man?n she said.
But he was off. Happily TO very obsel-
want people were III the Dairy y
She waited until the brown horse trot-
ted away, and then stole out of the dairy,
leaving the dollar where Fairer had left it
on the table. She hurried toward the
road, her heart beating, her face scarlet; !;
her whole being crushed with Il sense Of
degradation.
Not only had she been fooled and in
suited, but she had done what in her eyes
was the greatest Wickedness possible
:Kept company with a married man.
She plotlded up the road with fourteen
miles before her, and the dust Of u rising
storm about her, with only one wish, to
hide her head III aer.1itfle bed at last, and
there die.
Old Dobbin was making his slow way
home before the Knapps' wagon. Mrs.
Knapp was proud and happy. Adam Iad
received the prize for dwarf pears. The
rain beat down. but the oiI-cIoth covering
kept il off very we'll, and half their jour
ney was over when, suddenly. Adam
stopped with a jerk; his mother gave a
cry.
"What,s the matter?' said she.
ssI'd have run over somebody next he
said, and jumped out.
Lying IN the road, straight before the
wagon, was a woman covered with mud,
and quite insensible. He picked her up
and came toward the wagon.
ssMother!r he cried, in !. sort Of shrek.
Mother, light the lantern. II [ amt cra-
~ it's my poor Miily.o
The lantern was lit. Milly it proved t6
be--Milly in dead faint, will all her fine
ry in q wet heap about her; and ignorant
of the facts as they were, the mystery OF
her being there was tremendous. They
took her home to her mother, and AIRS
Hedley believing as she did that Mllly had
intended to go to the fair with the knapps
old Mrs. Knapp arrived at the conclusion
that, finding they were gone, she started
after them On foot. What Adam thought
he kept to himself.
Six weeks after, when MiIly was get.
| ting we'll Of the fever that followed, they
had talk together. When It was over,
Milly said:
.tNow, Adam, I've told you every
word as true as gospel, and If you want te
break with me you can. I'm fonder o1
you than I ever was before, but / Wouldn'
letyou have me without knowing how It
| behaved. =
Adam looked at her quietly.
ssMilly," he said, u think you need t
be taken care OF, and If you'll LEI me III dt
it. It's well that drummer has got ava,
from the place, though, if he values hi
bones.
Russian ladies, it's said, always wear il
winter time fur next the skin, as III con
sequence Of the intense cold no orCinar,
merino OF flannel is sufficient. Lynx