Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02

afternoon with Ratchet! and a bag of
specimens, was amazed to see Lefty
Standing in the road in earnest converse
ton with man. "a coarse, redJawed,
berry fellow was his angry verdict.
The fellow talked long and earnestly,
then took Letry's hand and pressed 1T
reverently. Burke turned his back On
them. The girls mother should hear of
this at once, he said to himself, decided
lv. Then he slackened his speed. What
was 1t to him9 Why should he vex HIM
self about the girl. or NEEDLE with her
affairs He went slowly back to the
hills, but the hot blood rushed with a
strange beat through his veins.
In an hour Lefty was back and at
work with renewed vigor, TO make up
for lost time. Her mother scanned her
innocent, meek face with breath.ess
terror.
Surely there was no guilt there. She
would not doubt her; she would not ask
a question.
Il have dressed the table with flow
ers,'' the mother said, land made cake
"a real brides cake. l hope William
won't be angry. But this is so different
from weddings in Virginia. Oh, Lefty,
if you and could only go to the old
house and sleep for one night i'll the room
which was mine when l was child, |
think Just that little thing would give
me years of life
There they comew cried Lefty. as the
big Crawford carriage was seen dashing
up the road. She grew very pale and
shrank back. The girl had always been
afraid of her brother William; and his
wife, ste suspected, would be as hard
ruler and more vulgar one.
But Mrs. fancy led her to the pore h.
You must welcome them, Lefty she
said
The bride watched them from the car
rage window with keen. jealous eyes.
Her father had given her a hint as to her
future course.
"You've made good match, Sophy!'
he said. "Bill Taney's got as long a
purse as any man in the country, and his
old farms comfortable. But the old
woman an her da'ater, will be d draw
back. They'll try to run over you rough
shod, likely. Just take your stand at
once. Let en- see you will be mistress
| in your own house,
Trust me for that, pappy,' said Miss
, Sophy.
| The whole Crawford family had ac-
csmpanied her to see how she would hold
her ground.
] When poor Mrs. fancy stepped for
ward. therefore, her thin face reddening,
and her hands held out, the bride re-
celved her welcome with careless nod.
II hope you will be happy in your new
home, my DEAR" said the gentle lady.
"Oh, no doubt, ma'am! I general y
hold my own pretty we'll. Come ln,papy.
Come, Sue. want you see my house
before 1t is dark. Here is the living
room. Bill must fit that up into Il par
lor-double quick, too. Dye hear, Mr..
Taney?' laughing loudly. you needn't
trouble yourself, ma'am, to show the way
Come along all of you
William stopped and looked with sud-
den pity at his mother, then folio ed his
wife. who went talking loudly up the
stairs.
Mrs. fancy and Lefty placed the SUP
per on the table. The bride came IL, the
noisiest of the noisy party. She went
hastily to the head of the table saying
''Thls is my place, believe
William gravely motloned his mother
to seat among the strangers His wife
bore herself as though she had been mis-
tress for years, and found fault freely
when the humor seized her. The bread
was dry as chat. the butter was bitter
with salt, she said.
THAT'S your idea of cooking, mother
Tanney, eh? III give you hint or two
tomorrow. We young people have pro-
crossed, you know"
"Not that I mean to take the work out
of their hands," she said TO her sister
aside. mo. No! If we feed 'em, they've
got to earn their bread
Lefty overheard the whisper. and her
scared face grew shade pa er.
'Very nice old silver, William" said
the bride, directly, weighing the spoons
on her finger, and then reading the mark.
cleveland, ch? You must have that
altered, please, to our initials. l can t
use spoons with strange names on EN-. -
William glanced uneasily at his moth
er. But the latter did not speak. Every
well, my dear, it shall be as you please, y
he said.
AS the days heightened into weeks,
the bride found her sway becoming more
absolute. It occurred TO William, some
times, that she might share in the work.
But like most farmers of his class, he
used to see his mother drudge, from
morning until night, and vaguely sup
posed it was her natural condition of lite.
Sophy carried the keys, and dealt out
the provisions. Her ruddy, animal
beauty pleased him: it was pity, he
thought, to mar 1t with hard work
Meanwhile, Mr.. Burke had taken
lodgings with neighboring farmer.
He kept a close scrutiny on Lefty, solely,
for her mothers sake. he told himself.
She met the "beery fellow twice, and
took long walks with him; she received
letters from him by mail. The geologist
found the matter interested him more
than the fossils, even.
One morning, Lefty came into the
room. William stood joking with lis