The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-16


 The neAt d.N Ras sunday. and Femen- berns iha, fallh Hal -~as ofs4a..'. he na> In h.s ,ea: oeumes and SAN her oine m ,e pretty il hcr iihied iA"n and iresh istces -.4s. ssfa:lt s,f D.s,sft He listened .o her ctre;al prelude and hc.Td her talcc so pure ard s~ee; ' was worth ..8 ih. ...esi ssF1fI.astfe~ he had heasd .si opera houses s1 though: NT. Nythe Walton. and he managed IL Ind h.M self bs ;hc orSara>is s5sc Waca inc SspIcc MAS over Af4c e4ikIa. by her llaT- .he
 
 sld A.;eils-a- hei hanging ,"iaf, aamad- fa :ha; a par ai .cal5t.s eycs followed them. .aek.ns oai dafkly tfam under l stftifr..i E,tttt4..
 lh5, a.ls a-.: he hg5t T nam atis- ln the pleasant summer ti,crnaous. Aad there were rows upon tie !I.er. and res1i- !ns, ot he " Iucle he dad gwen her ,ss iti fe r;i:. of9s, simmer bn.s.,- eT ;ees tes ia the .,ile cottage and ate itlt.tf5~yl t,#~. sis;s ;h.l; Ia4.h afe;ts hands had mealted. and drank 'hc lea she poa.e4 .ay h,a., ba>h.nl fessi> through the e5ala ei stett1.
 bui ;he samme, same - ,sis enc and Nr,. st. II, baasders wcn; lack = ne lin. Ma.sH laEet1rl- fars-;er ihan the a;hefs. ag: -#.fg II .4., a:.eI t tender seed-hssAs h.s = @4tef hiA
 @p#t fS gre ,a the pm. Ian =, asked ;ise s.sFg.s;hc-. 4.#>.ss..>lA. ga. Ire -.zf ys7-; ' HIT, ''ys.s7
 Fa5;h shook her head ,hc could ri; have spoken.
 N ,ne. he never lneal> ia. Aas Mi nescr sec hlIn a.sll. iie'- u,; ane of them summer hu;,cr'iics. come humu ng around among aar 5oGn..4 i'aAef~ fsf .,mascncn, then fi.e> baek :e hss ~ -ardcr, ! told teu box T would ac :,a. yaa had loUi heart ,e; on hlm. and nou YoaA have folks saving yoa were FEl'ed .
 = 1h. iae iier. ha>il. please. \ ho Gsres n ,ay ] c..te 4nN;h.nS ior Wl;he \ alton :: i.e>tie>. she added lfie.et.aiit. he prom >ed to Hr,;c.
 = He wants ;o tarn he game on a l.t;it longer does he 7. if hr had been honc>, he'd have spokor au; like a n.n Hen wEl'e and 4Goie poc;rY and Noep n 'uak- Ins ,. fool |; toi..
 Mother .e; me wash these supper ;h.nss
 No. yeu >han't. t.o up >;air> and ;ass . your q, eu; l. ohokius yeG noW. t,iils can; helr beng geese II, ,hc.r nature. '=3's
 Next dss came kebeee4 S1n. who Lad never been friends a; he ee,;agc slns ( !! Al,h refused ;a inarFH her brother Re beoca was Mrs. Smlth's niece hand some. hold-lookin5 sirl whose ,o.ce Wal ton had praised. and te whom he had pad some attention before he knew 4iih She wa> ifendliness itself to-day She threw oi' her bonnet and iaUSh' taiih ;. brand new crochet >,.,eh and showed her the uea style oi do.n- up haIr and len: her the las, entat, '. and then >a, and ehaited about everything IT her i.yelN way
 giving amusing sketches of al her aunts departed summer boarCer> and a; !asi bringing III Nf. Walton ln an mel dental w.tN. and deVlarng Ina; he MAS a sooe-hearicd fellow: an awful .iiri bu, that he couldn't help; f was bonn rn hlm. he had owned a> much lo her lie WAS bound ,o talk sentimental nonsense io even pas>able face. He had ;ucd twith he, but she understood him from the nrst. and hlS love speeches had all been wasted. She had d dozen notes and ,cn- der poems he had written her l,ut al those CIiy young men were IL kle and ,hev ioYked on country slrls A tair game. And thtn Ms Rehecea glidcd nto in>inuatci praise oi her brothers JonstaucS and a hni oi the cottage he Was abou, ;o build en h> i.ns farm,
 Faith >tened io al and pu; ln an an s~ef here and there. and even smiles g;rls can do these things. Bu; when her iertureT ~as gone she flew ;o her lt;le room and ocrled as though her heart aonld break
 \ week later .a letter came from NYthe
 short and not particularly tender. He ~as vcrl ousN. he was rus; anishsnsr that book winch ,, had becn his summer task ;e Mvffrs Now fl he could ge; ], ac excepted. and become faisioas and rich- would taAh ac glad for him He begged her to Vriie a ie, Ane> and tell hiut hoM the woods around the las z looked ia ,hc,r ln- dian summers drapen And Faith long ed >o to ~F;e those lines. bu, doubt had entered hef soul. and her mo,he5> eoun- sci was ie " fling that fellows toohshncss IT the fire and forget him.
 The days went by: Rebccoa came often. and Rchcccas brother. Faith was so restless and miserable she was glad of their company. and Richard l-ynn's fer vent love-making diverted her and soo,h- ed her Bruised seli-es,eem. One day he asked her again # she world not be his wife. and she gave him no immediate answer. Her s,epmother and her father rather backed the proposal of this good looking. industrious young farmer. and Faith herself liked him well enough. But oh. how different was that liking from the passion;s love she could no; smo,h- CT. do what she might.
 -To-morro~ you shall have your an- row.
 Her father had such large family,