Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-10-11
to resume work?'' said Mrs. TROOP.

to resume work?'' said Mrs. Troop,
anxiously.
Mother" said Barbara, she isn't at
all like an invalid. Either old Mr..
Fanshawe was mistaken, or else MIR.
Browne has made an almost miracu-
lous recovery
just at this instant Jane came to tell
Mrs. Troop that neighbor jackson was
at the door waiting to borrow draw
ing of tea.
The gentle widow hustled out; MIR.
Browne turned to Barbara.
Eyes" said he, Il am going to re-
turn to New York. But l shall leave
something behind me-
I'VE shall be very happy to take
charge Of anything for you, said Bar
bara, who was sorting over red-cheeked
pears for preserving.
..Shall you? But you don't know
what it is. Barbara, suddenly lapsing
into extreme gravity. lit is my heart
am driven to confess that l have lost
it-and to your
'.You are joking!" cried Barbara,
coloring and half-disposed to be indig-
nant.
81 never was more serious in my life,
asseverated MIR. Browne II do love
you. dear little Barbara, truly and ten
derby. Do you think you could dare to
trust your future to me? Poor as l
seem, could yet give you good
| home"
s.Oh, I am not afraid of that" said
| Barbara, with rising color and droop-
| ing cye-lashes. 81 have been brought
up to be independent. you know, and /
believe l could earn little money by
art work, if ever had the chance. If
If you really care for me-
my own darlingr'
"1hen-yes, do love your
$50 Barbara was wooed and won.
.sOf course, the dear little mother
must live with u.s. SAID Mr.. Browne.
II couldn't do without her!'
Mrs. Troop, who had once more
joined the group, looked puzzled
''Is it a hat?" SAID she, wistfully.
mo, occupy a whole house."
"But, dear me!'' cried the mother
| in-law-elect, ''isn't that rather extrava-
gantP"
II think not" said Mr.. Browne, seri-
ously.
"But must you really be married at
once?"
II should like TO carry both Barbara
and you back to the city with me- said
the lover.
'And poor Jane? Though. of course,
it would be out of the question for Bar
bara to keep hired girlp" hesitated
Mrs. Troop.
| "Oh, Jane must come, too" said Mr..
Browne. Bring her with you, by all
means. We can manage it somehow.
To tell you the truth"
"Well,' said Mrs. Troop, eagerly.
II am fraud and delusion, con-
fessed Mr.. Browne, while Barbara rails
ed her soft eyes in amazement, 81 am
not the youngest clerk in the firm at
all. The youngest clerk went out to
Bermuda, at the expense of the firm,
last spring. l hope he is doing well in
that climate. This man was Ferdinand
Brown. | am Augustus Browne, the
youngest partner.
"But. however, came you here?'
eagerly questioned Mrs. Troop. Didn't
Mr.. Fanshawe recommend you?''
''Not at all. | came to the hotel,
but it was full; and they thought that
perhaps could be provided for at Mrs.
Troops cottage until there was va
cancy in the Chocoma Hotel. But
when the vacancy came l didn't care
to claim it.
$50 you are not poor at air. said
Barbara in low voice.
mot in your sense of the word, per-
haps; bet shall be poor indeed, sweet
Barbara, if l have forfeited your. favor
he uttered fervently.
''Nor consumption?
mo, nor consumption, he admitted
You have been deceiving us all
alongP"
Eyes, have been deceiving you all
along" said Mr.. Browne. "But, under
the circumstances, do you see how
could help it?''
ut is very strange" said Barbara.
II ought to be thoroughly indignant
with you; but somehow somehow
love you more dearly than ever"
Mrs. Troop could hardly believe her
own ears. A palace on Fifth Avenue;
a double carriage driven by two fine
gentlemen who wore choicer suits and
glossier hats than the parson himself
double damask napkins, with mono
grams embroidered on them, at every
meal; egg-shell china; all the luxuries
which she had dreamed of, but had
never known! And all these gifts bes-
towed BY the hand of the poor young
clerk whom she had undertaken to board
at two dollars week, because he was
alone and friendless, and for whom
she had saved the choicest slices of
| hOney-comb and breWed the most in
vigorating herb tea!
Zone often reads of these things in
novels" said she; ..but how seldom
they come true in real life''
Kind, supplemented Mrs. Troop! If
she had been a student of the great
''nover' of Human Nature, she would
have known that we are all of us living,
| romances at one time or another. And
why not? Is not the world always full
of Love and Youth?,-Heten Forest
GrdUes