Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-04-21

AN EAST BLOW.

gdI0eTpu III the HllLC HdLOl W incl
last evening. A high September wind
turned their thoughts to the desolate-
ness Of the winter months in the White
Hills. Maud Wellington, always a
leader in talk and action, called to the
landlord.
"Come here, please, Mr. Little; tell
NJ how you ever live here through the
winter 2"
"Wa'al you Jest come up here and
try one Of our east blows. toll you
you don't know anything about the
maountings. You oniy come up here
when it's warm and nice, and Mr..
George he drives his team around, what
dye call it|
"Tandem suggested George.
ayes, tantium; and lie takes you
girls 70 drive, and irs All very pretty.
Jest let him be here III the winter, and
he'd drive tantrum, sure enough.
"Wonldn't il be flln?" asked Maud.
Would you really take us in if we
came up next winter
II guess most likely | could. You'd
have ID kinder put NJ with things,
though. III b. real glad To see you,
naow. the winters ii awful lonely y
II AM III earnest, and | will come il
tic rest will think il would be jol-
~" sald Maud.
yes, quite too awlully CHASTITY iol-
W. mnrmurcd her brother George,
whose slang was overwhelming.
The others all promised they would
Join her if she formed II party, and the
raf TOD
got all about the plan and the promise,
as people do.
Il WAS late in December. The holt
days were approaching. Mand Well,
ington WAS restless and dissatisfied.
The season had been very disappoint.
ing. Everybody was duh aud stupid
Germans were tiresome, dinners more
no, and she was tired of Boston and
every one in it, And all this was be
cause il certain Thomas Sedgwick
Thornton had not appeared III the city
is she had expected. X was none the
less true because She would have de
Med il, AMI that she had always laugh
"a at him, and protested to hold him il
the most perfect contempt. She knew
very well that he was Il hard working
lawyer iii New York with little time foi
holiday making, hit she was quite I'M
reasonable enough % think that such
trilles I'M business made no difference.
Ho ought to have admired her enough
to have made any sacrifice, and made
haste to continue the summers nc
quaintancc. II made no difference to
her, also, that there were many Others
~. Il. l..
was remiss. lie was the Mordecai M
the gate and she was unhappy. The
wind bowling around the house took
her thoughts back To the last evening
in the mountains, and sudden resolve
made her spring to her feet.
Mother she cried rushing into the
warm library, where her mother sal
doing before the fire. 81 have made
up my mind. We will so up To the
mountains and see how they look with
the snow on them.
You crazy girl we won't do any
thing If the sort"
Mrs. Wellington always made point
Of seeming % oppose her daughter
plans, Int She always did Just what hel
children told her "a 10. Maud wasteC
no words iii cntrcaty, but coolly toll
her TINT she must ~, without any NOR,
ado.
With Maud "a decide was To net
George yas delighted with the prospec
III such lark" hc had not known
what @ do with the holidays Note'
were Immediately sent to those VIII,
Ind been with them when the propo
a
who might be congenial spirits. Wher
they had written nearly all Maud said
with perfect carclessness:
suppose You will have to write Il
that Mr.. Thornton | don't think ht
would add much to the general hilari-
ty, but am afraid it wouldn't do t
leave him ont and ask all the rest who
where there
Right you arcn said George III
send an invite To the old duller; he,
not half 4 bad fellow, after all. o
course he won't put in an appearance.
But il is the impossible which hap
pens For some occult reason Mr.
Wellnton chose g. join this wild expe
dition. and presented himself at tn,
appointed time III the rendezvous
With the exception ~ himself an,
poor Mrs. Wellington, who had looked
already victimized, il WAS as gay .
party III Boston could furnish.
an usual, X was Maud who was lead
CT and prime fayaritc. But She was adj
miranly seconded w three of hel
friends only little less brilliant anc
daring than She. Then there were tive
fAf i,Nt
gone anywhere that Maud and her SCI
proposed. Little did they care for the
grandeur ~ mountain scenery III its Sc
we're wintcrdrcSs. hut the trip promised
much fun and unlooked-for opportuui
ties of carving out certain intentions
Last and noisiest of all came George
Wellington. Harvard Sophomore
viii an equally reckless and hair,
hraned claSSmatc, whom the ladies
alternately petted, suuhbed and used
rs toils III their most serious schemes
Mr.. Thornton felt out of his element
rs he had done So many times during
the summer He was not KEYED to the
same pitch Of high spirits aud unceas.
ing gayety. He was grave, quiet-a
man who was terrible in earnest abou,
everything he did. From the first mo.
ment that he saw her lie became fasci-
mated with Maud, against his will and
better judgment. Her beauty, Sit, O..
prices, would not let themselves bc for.
gotten. He WAS angry with her, ht
heartily disapproyed Of her dozen
times i day, and then, when he wa
most indignant with her he discovered
that he loved her with love which he
could not reason away nor live down
He was more bitterly enraged with hei
than ever to-day, rs the cars rapidly
bore them towards the mountains. He
cursed himself and his folly IN navins
Joined them. No one SEEMED to wan
him. Maud, with her us lal perverse
ness, had given him a careless greeting
and turned away TO lavish ner brlghtes
smiles and merriest speeches on Gllber
Livingston, man whom he cordially
hated and despised. Mrs. Wellington
alone seemed to need him. She wa
nervous, weak and timid, dreao ing thu
journey, and unable to control he
children's madness, SO she chung Z
Thornton with instructive trust In M