The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-02-07
HER LAWYER LOVER.

1t had been a long nj ry journey
An August sun blazed III tie heav
ens-the seas of gently waving EN-
eraid corn along the track of the
railroad swayed to aud fro, and the
very forests seemed to droop in tn.
intense sunshine.
Miss Bovage was going to be mar
ried. Mrs Bovage was the villag.
milliner who had recently inherited
ten thousand dollars from an uncle
Ia the cabinet making business, who
died at the good oi,i age Of two and
seventy years, ana Lawyer Fox, whu
was the executor, had been snitten
or at least he said he was smitten
with the mature charms of the
heiress.
Lawyer Fox himself was not very
young, nor had he been altogether
successful in business. But he was
tall and stout, with a commanding
presence, deep bass voice, and a
general acquaintance with the three
syllabled words, which had often
times stood him in the best of stead,
He had made solemn court to Miss
Bovage-and Miss Bovage had smil-
ed and blushed, in a middle aged
sort of a way. and confessed that
MIR. Fox was not altogether indiffer.
ent to her.
but, la" said Miss Bovage
what a fool / be. And me past
thirty"
'.Is not the full blown rose sweeter
than the bud7" gsllantly demanded
her swain.
Nonsense !" Uttered Miss Bow
age.
Sweet one" persisted the ponder
ous lawyer Il beseech you, keep
me no long, in suspense y
Wont folks laugh at NE p said
the ex millinrr obviously.
"What care we, Belinda. for the
laugh of of the idle herd" LAWYER
Fox as, ured bis timid client, $50
long a. there il music in our hearts p
But I'd calculated never to mar
~. hesitated Miss Bovage.
"A lad prnmise is better broken
than kept"
And | am told" added Belinda,
shat mer amt TO he depended on. :"
My Belinda, your experience
shall he widely different" said the
lawv.r
well" laid B, iii.da. Il don't
knuw tui III risk it
So siie Sold the l.a-e of the little
how wihdnwei house on Main street.
chartered with the widow Pennvpick
for her stock of satins, ribbons and
bonnet frames. put her goy cat in
charge of old Miss Hurley, and gave
her canary to little lame Lucilla
Hyde. And then she packed her
trunk and set forth to meet Lawyer
Fox at Albany.
Folks will make such sight of
fuss if get married at Barleytown," !"
said Mrs Bovage; "and as the law
yer calculates to go to Boston on our
wedding trip, it'll oe So much clear
gain on our way if meet him at
Albany"
So Mise Bovage told Mr.. Penny
pick. old Mi-s Hurley, and Lucilla
Hyde that she was going to Albany
for the wedding dress. and quietly
gave them all the slip.
A railroad journey in August,
even if matrimonial bliss is at the
other end of it, is not without its
drawbacks. Miss Bovage was stout,
and her face got red, and her curls
lost their twist, before they were two
hours out of Barleytown.
AFTER ALL" said the bride-elect,
wiping the dust from off her face
with . plaid silk pocket handker-
chief, ''it amt such a luxury to trav-
el."
The pale little woman in the 9TH
er half of the seat murmured her as
sent to her remark.
"Have a peppermint drop?" said
Miss Bovage. You appear to be
faint"
Not faint, thank you" said the
pale little woman; "only very, very
tired"
"Then have a seeded cooky," said
the benevolently disposed Miss Bow
age. Il know they are good, for !
made them myself"
''Oh, | can't eat; thank you just
the same"
Travelled far ?" said Miss Bovage,
looking with pity on the white face
and eyes that seemed to swim in
tesrr b*hind th- shabby blue veil.
'.All the way from Wisconsin" !"
answered the lady.
s.Bless and save us!" said Miss
B. wage.
And have only come from Bar
leytown I"
.Indes d r. said the stranger.
Going any distance ce7' hazarded
Miss Bovaee, whose New England
educxtion came ont strong in the
n.aster Of qnestion-asking.
10 Albany" W. the weak ~
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