Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-06-08

absence In Australia, he had failed to
find anv trace whatever Of the little
Girl who. when he went away, was his
promised wife. They had not CORE
sponded. as Wills one fault-blesse1
be the man who has but one-was a
distrust of all women. so, to prove
her consistency, Minnie had declared she
would not write to him, but he should
find her true ON his return to his native
land. Will was not just pleased with
the arrangement, and in fit of pique,
said since be could not write to her he
would not put pen to paper except on
business while he was away.
At that time Minnie was beautiful
heiress of seventeen, living with her
uncle. who was also her guardian, On
Madison Square. Minnie took up the
thread of explanation here. 1t was the
old stOry-speculatiOn-a squandered
fortune-sudden death-Minnie and
Der aunt came to this country place
the aunt soon died, and a kind
Providence sent our little heroine to
farmer Atherton's where she was os.
tensibly "hired girl" but really loved
and petted by the childless old couple
like a daughter. She had remained
quite true to her lover, and at the time
he was expected home sent her address
to the firm by which he was employed
in New York. But unknown to her,
the firm had ceased to be. She had
faded out of the memory of mutual
friends, or if remembered, they had no
knowledge of her present whereabouts
And coming home with his heart full
of love and bright anticipations, poor
Will could find not the slightest clue
to build hope upon that she still
lived. The idea that she had proved
false had never entered his heart
praying. growing thin and pale, imagin-
ing all sorts OF dire results by land and
sea, but with never the shadow of q
doubt but that it would all be right
sometime.
jolly Jarve declared it was just like
story book, and sung. whistled,
laughed, and finally dragged them into
an all promenade" in which ponderous
Mrs. Anterior joined, around the table
which held the still untasted supper.
In the exuberance of their joy and
n1irth they very nearly forgot the train,
aboard of which Jarve had the care of
two ladies instead of one.
This explains ALL" he said," as he
walked slowly down the street with
Helen. after taking leave of Kate.
will was the gsyest, happiest, most
light hearted boy in all our class at
Yale, and when pitched upon him at
commencement and coaxed him to
come up hele with our party, L was
safe that 1 was booked for a merry
time; but l never saw a fellow so
changed. told him this morning he
was just fitted for the model for a
tombstone at Mount Auburn. 1 doubt
If he heard me, though he was looking
at vacancy with that sad, carewOrn ex-
preston on his face entirely new to him.
Poor fellow. no wonder he was blue
thinking his love was lost to him." and
Jarve gave the hand on his arm an un-
mistakable squeeze.
"Now here's Kate who gave Tom
Damon the go-by entirely for him; he
is just her romantic style, dark, melan.
choly. and all that; he has been quite
attentive, although 1 don't think he
ever thought about it, for when con-
graduated him upon his success with
her, and told him she was glorious
creature. and nine-tenths of the fellows
would he glad to stand in his shoes, he
looked at me in surprise"
Ode you think she will carer"
eff she did, to her praise be 1t said,
she bore her disappointment bravely,
and two weeks later went down to farm
er Atherton's with her old lover Tom
Damon to the happiest wedding on
record"
Mrs. Anterior is a firm believer in
picnics since that eventful 21st of
July. at which Will and , innie hap
pened to meet. says Mr.. Anterior. At
which Mrs. A. flies out at him indig-
nantly, much to his delight.
Happened do you say Martin
Luther happened There was no hap
pen about it, it was a special dispense
ton of Providence. Although what
the Lord should take such a place as q
picnic for, to work out anything good
passes nay comprehension. Perhaps
nave been 90 strict in my notions, but
really when I've seen them folks VI
there all dressed out in their vanity, Of
} dancing and playing crewcay, anC
: laughing and singing, 1 expected some
thing awful would happen to us for al
lowing such works on our farm. Blu
1 I'll be blest if that society that wa
there the other day from up the rive
r didn't sing There's Rsst for tn
} Weary" SO it sounded just like Cam
: Meetin'."