The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-20

| crowd and into her carriage so quickly
| that we were at her apartments in no
! time. Then we asked her if we might
/ bring her to YOU, for Mile. Bland was
wild to have YOU see her and help us TO
prevail with her to give us a little of her
/ confidence. But she Just thanked us so
| quietly, and asked that we would place
her in the care of policeman"
You don't mean to say YOU did itp'
1--WE couldn't help it. l tell YOU it
wasn't possible to question or detain
| her.
"And that's all you know" cried
| Mrs. Bird. "Well. | would never have
let her off in that idiotic manner-nev-
err'
That's just why we wanted your
help" said Arthur, looking at her de-
| spairingly. "You would have known
how to find out all about it. and you
would have been friend to her,
A few days later Sophronia called on
her aunt to say good by; her class was
disbanded, at least for the present. and
she was going home. In vain did Mrs
Bird urge her to take little rest, and
consent to be her guest for at least
q week or two before returning.
Sophronia was firm, and at last CON
fessed with a sudden burst of tears that
she had been very homesick.
eco home, then, darling" said Mrs
Bird, tenderly. "But really, Sophronia,
you are SO very unllinching and obstin-
ate | don't understand why l can not
be angry with you. never knew any
thing like your obstinacy, except Mile.
BANDS mysterious old lady"
:" Who is Nile. BANDS mysterious
old ladyP" asked Sophronia, with some
interest.
Then her aunt gave spirited account
of the affair And the worst of it is,
she added, "Mr. Arthur Lynd has com
pletely lost his heart to this provoking
incognita, and wanted him to lose it
to you"
One day, about month later, Arthur
Lynd received letter, which he read
with apparent annoyance. "Just like
my grabbed old uncle" he muttered
Gas he particularly wishes it | suppose
| ought to 90 to him; but | sha'nt stay
long unless he has some reason"
The " grabbed old uncle did have
some reason, which he made known
very bluntly on the morning after his
, nephew's arrival.
1--WE found wife for We Arty," said
he, crossing his knife and fork on his
plate, and showing himself away from
the breakfast table. ..
=" I'm in no hurry said the young
man; exerting some self-control
81 But | be-" exclaimed his uncle.
"Ef We don't step lively, We won't stan
no chance at all. She's bright as a star
as poorly as posy, an good as the
aniils." t - .H- .
The old mans emotion was inexpli-
cable to his nephew, but itprevented his
making light rejoinder, and piqued
his curiosity. They walked5out togeth-
er, and the old man returnedt to the SUBJ
ject
aye hain't ben here this dozen year,
an eff We ever seed her, she wuz chit
We wouldn't remember. Dye see that
leetle brown house yender Jest by the
turn o the road? Waal, she lives there
Lemme tell ye what that gal done. Ye
see her folks got into trouble, an I
warn't good frens with 'em; but she
cum over here ter me as white an
tremblin' as lamb, an yit as bold as
lion, an she axed me ter lift the NOR
/
a year, an eff he didn't pay it up by
then, she would, an, by gracious, my
boy, the gal done it! She made me say
l would, an then she never cum near
me as eff she wuz afeerd L d need leetle
remindin' mot she; but she Jest posted
off to New York City an took a
| school,"
At this point Arthur stopped walk
ing, and turned toward his uncle. who
stopped walking also, but hurried on
| speaking:
"An' she paid the huh thing, cleared
off every cent O. debt from the farm!
An when she cum back | see her one
day, an SEE to her, sudden, 'Ye didn' t
do all that by teachin', ; you'd orter
seen the look she gin me. An then
made her tell me how twas, arter she'd
made me promse-an' she's master
hand to get promise out of man-Pd
never tell her parents ont. Waal, how
do We think she done itp She went to
an actoress, theater woman, and got a
disguise that made her look like an old
woman, an she larnt how to make all
sorts o. candies, an went onter the
streets at night an sold it like hot cakes
- Why, what ails You? Are we crazyP"
Arthur Lynd had seized the old man s
hard brown hand in his supple white
one, IAN gin me the toughest squeeze |
ever had in my life" as the old man
said afterward. -urI .iI'|.rf
''What is her nameP" cried Arthur.
"She's niece to that city woman, Mis-
Bird. She's Dan'l Newcomb's darter,
an blest if she amt too smart an good
an harnsum to stay Newcomb while
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