River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-23
join IN your soutary amusement, Miss

I Join In your solitary amusement. Miss
Harper?"
A faint flush crept softly over her rare
pale face as she said:
81 am not sure Win and Ben will
agree to such an arrangement. They
are my inseperable companions in my
rambles." and she looked at the two lit
tie lads.
Harry gravely produced a handful OF
pennies, which he gave them.
'Now, young gentlemen, may / escoT
you and Miss Harper on charming ex-
ctirsion l know of to-norrow?"
IL must make it conditional them"
said MAY, laughing. "Promise me you
won't tell any one there is anybody
down at Sandy beach, will you? Occa-
sionally fishing parties come to arrange
with Uncle John and Aunt Jane Jack
son-horrible, isn't it?-but / contrive
that no one sees me, for | am deter
mined not to be drawn into society this
summer if / can help it. l don't want
to see company"
'But you don't regard me as COM
pany2'
NO." she replied, ~ don't regard
you as company"
After that it was all up with Harry
Browne, and he went back to the Sea-
side house acknowledging that he was
in love at last, and with an unknown,
obscure girl, who, doubtless for other
reasons than her dislike for society
perhaps for pecuniary reasons, was stay.
ing at Sandy beach. He liked her all
the better for it; he honored her good
sense ami fell head over ears in love.
The next three weeks were the most
blessed ones he had ever spent in hi !
life. He disguised Adele layton, and
ler friends daily by his persistent neg
lect of them. He continued his solitary
xcursions-solitary till he came TO
Sandy beach, where May was always
ready to accompany him, or entertain
him. until one dav he told her he loved
her dearly, and that it was the one wish
| of his life to have her for his wife.
And May with her soft eyes shaded
with the tenderness of love and trust
unspeakable, looked in his handsome
face and told him she had loved him
| from the moment he had rowed up be-
| side her that summer day.
| As he took her in his arms and lm,
printed a lovers kiss on herred lips and
| put his arm around her slim waist, ms
| heart gave great throbs of Thanksgiving
for that blessing on him.
The piazza of the Seaside house was a
| bewildering bright scene, with the gay
| ly-dressed girls standing in earnest
| conversation as Harry Bro wne came NJ
| to the house.
Adele Fayton tossed her pretty darE
| head saucily.
There! Didn't / say Mr.. Browne
would be on hand to greet the helressl
You men can't withstand such colder
temptation. Mr. Browne, she has ar
| rived at last"
"She? Who?"
Adele laughed sarcastically.
''There isn't the least use in your pre-
| tending you don't know what mean
You know ] mean the heiress.
Harry smiled-a sort of pity coming
| over him as he remembered how muct
| happier he was than the one who shoulC
be fortunate with this wonderful new
| conner.
Bertha Hunter went up to him in hel
gushing manner.
81 prophesy you will be very first t.
90 wild over her. She Just what lm
agine YOU Will like. Great dark eye
and the goldenest hair; and so roman
| tic; wonder you never came across he
in your solitary rambes. She has beer
| staving down at the old Jackson cottag
all summer; but then May Harper al
WAYS had curious ideas. At all event
she is here now, and am dying to IN
| troduce you, Mr.. Browne"
He stood confounded for momen
while he tried to realize it.
May, his darling, the heiress whom h
had declared he would rather commi
suicide than marry? May, in her chea
blue flannel suits, with no gloves or lac
on her hands or face; she the grea
heiress whose movements and saying
we're chronicled in the daily papers-
whose dresses were copied by less fl
vored mOrtals, whose presence was a
welcome as the sunshine.
"And she is pretty, too" Adele Fay
ton said a little venomously, as If
were quite shame. II saw her as sh
went to her room"
Harry glanced up composedly at tn
array of faces and said: II am glad 70
think May is pretty. [ think she is tn
loveliest girl living. So you did nc
know that / was engaged to err"
There followed a lull in the merr
chatter that eloQuently expressed tn
dumbfounded establishment at Harry
announcement