The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-10-19

makers nanqs lCftlne necessary aitera-
tons, when the dreadful event occurred
with which the narrative 0bens.
Glory" said ''do you ketp watch for
Miss Lyddy when she returns. Say
nothing about what has happened unless
she misses the gown from the grass. In
that case tell her that thought it was
bleached enough and took it up to dry,
and you don't know where have put
it: am going out now, but if she asks
where, tell her you don't know"
Glory was faithful, and had, besides.
the natural craft Of her race, and knew
that she was to be trusted. Al Tor me, l
swiftly donned my bonnet and ret out to
find Mai. Hawthorne. It was bright
June evening, and my walk through the
thornedean would have been delightful,
one if had borne mind more at ease.
The major was gentleman by birth, but
he had lived ott his fifty bachelor years,
in 4 gay and careless way that had seemed
to set the gentler part Of creation ut de-
liance. In the lifetime of his parents
HawtHornedean had been a beautiful cs-
tate: 1t. still retained many marks of
wealthy and cultivated ownership, but it
was sadly, run down, MS the home of Il
bachelor is apt to be. The grove, which
had once been the pride Of the place,
WaS grown up to bush now, and the sore
leaves Of many summers growth rustled
under my feet az l walked through it..
At one point, coming suddenly around 4
thick clump of underground, l heard a
chorus of tiny snorts, and the scamper-
ing of nulnberless hoofs, and knew that
l had invaded haunt of the majors last
agricultural freak, the very brood of
Berkshire pigs that were the source of
all my borrowed woes. Away they
scampered, their shouts we'll raised in
air, end each, with q curl in his tail that
seemed too ornamental to be wholly the
product of nature and to justify the vii
lagc rumor that the major own man put
those tails In curl papers every night
They had the air of spoiled children,
every one, and were evidently the majors
pets. But that didn't matter, they had
ruined Miss Leddy's weddingR gown. to say
nothing. OF other aggravating exploits
which do not belong to this story. and ]
was determined to have satisfaction on
of their owner.
l found the major en- his piazza. will
an after dinner look upon his handsome
good k,ilnored face. He rose to gree
nc with an air of old school politeness
dashed with faint wonder that L, q wo
man, should haye the llardihcOd to ap
proach place SO little n%quented by wo
men.
GOOD evening, Miss Grace, am hap
py 10 see you. In what can have thu
, honor to serve you"
lie had read in my face and knew tia,
l had come on 4 mission.
Maj. Hawthorne" said; paying ne
attention to his offer Of i chair, II have
come on 4 very painful Grand"
sit down, madam," said the major
politely. II can not possibly permit {:
lady to stand on my piazza. ought
perhaps, to ask you to walk in, but it il
rather stulty inside this evening""
No, [ will: sit here if you please
10 tel! the truth, indoors, us seen through
the windows, had net the most inviting
LOOK: and %as glad to compromise.
| "Ion have 10 doubt hear1''-pluncin!
IN medals res, that Lydia Ludkins j!
about to be married."
| Married! Miss Lydia! No! Hadn'
heard word Of it, said the major, il
| genuine amazcment. "Wllo is tile for
tunate man, pray?''
| 1.-The Rev. Nehemiah Applebloom, :
missionary to the NIicroncsian Islands
who has come home to recruit his health
and find wife,"
II know him." said the major. "Sav
nm down ut the station-a long, lean
hnk individual fit for his vocation
! no temptation whatever to cannibals
But what the deuce is he going to dc
with Miss Lydia? What viii: Balaam!
Corners do without herr"
Balaa'n's Corners mast do the best i
can" | said-I fear Il little sharply-fv
my mind was still in most aggressive
stete toward the major.
"Ihey are to be married next weel
"What will become of the ancestors?
interpolated the major, in whom sur
prise seemed to have gotten the better
of habitual politcness.
"Oh, she has made arrangements Will
Mr.. Grow about that"
"Just like her. Dear, faithful girl"
The major had all his life loved all the
sex-not one-and l was not to be be-
guiled by this show of feeling.
"SNe had set her heart upon .,einf
married in her grandmother's wedding
gown"
cold Mrs. Capt. Simon? remembe,
her we'll. A mighty fine woman. She
never would have gone to tho ends Of
the earth with a missionary. Its the
craziest scheme I ever heard Of"
l began to fear I should neverget to
my GRAND.
1T was put out on the grass to bleach
iovcIy cm6roiGereG INDIA ae muslin IL "d tha'
d tie hi Id ssRts'n brought home from In
How we'll I remember him in nv
boyhood! A jolly old soul! A grand.
daughter of his go off to the Cannibal
Islands to be eaten up by savages! Iwon'i
have it,"
"Her heart is set upon goin.," con-
tinued. 'The wedding gown was put out
to bleach, and this very afternoon those
Berkshire pigs Of yours-they are a uui-
sance to the whole neighborhood, major
-trampled and rooted it to pieces, so
that it is utterly ruined"
Little black rascals!" said the major.
with chuckle behind her nc,Scloth.
| And have come, without his kuowl.
edge, to tell you Of it, because I was sure
| that, under the circumstances, a gentle
man OF your breeding would feel in
honor bound to make some reparation
! The mayor unused and looked at his
| boot for moment in silence.
| Miss Grace he said ut length. II
thank you for the service you have rem
dered me in this matter. Will YOU have
the goodness to say to Miss Ludkins.
with my compliments that I shall do
myself the honor to wait upon he tomor-
row at 10 O'Clock, to adjust this unfortu-
nate matter? beg in the meantime
that she will herself as little solicitude as
possible, for though l can not restore
the ancient and venerated dry goods, 1
Will do the best that is possible under the
circumstances to make the loss good.'
He bowed over my hand, and the aud
ience was evidently concluded. Was T
satisfied? No, indeed! What woman
would not have felt wronged to be left
at the end eff mission of disinterested
benevolence in such state of doubt and
uncertainty as this? But was obliged
to go home, nevertheless, and wait as
patiently az I could for the stroke of ton
next morning.
Glory had been in hearing when the
message had been delivered TO Miss Lv-
:iia, and she, too, was on the watch. At
last she scudded in from the hedge, her
worries all aglisten, and her oyes wide
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