The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-10

one of admiration. y
Mile began to cry softly, and KEEP
at it, off and on, for a long while. :
Then her old grandfather came into thu
kitchen
Don't cry, child,'' he said, coming
up behind her and patting her on the
back Of her soft white neck-sucha pref
| ty thing in a pretty woman Don't cry
Yonr father has got the bullet out, ant
| don't think the young man viii dis
this time -
The Young man who stared. slowly
| recovered in the DOCTORS spare bed
| room. He was very thankful to every.
body and very anxious to let them know
it. The doctor, who was the least mer-
cenary of men, refused to accept any
payment, though he had really saved
the young mans life; but he was graft
fed by letter from the young man
mother, III which she called on Heaven
to bless him; and, finally, Mr.. Archer,
with his arm in a sling, sat about in the
old-fashioned garden. or even approach
ed the kitchen door without reproef.
After he returned to the Hill, where
it seemed he had been saying visit
4 when the accident occurred, he was con-
stantly to be seen about the village and
it was gradually understood that he was
a young man ofShigh social position, the
heir to a large fortune. and already pos
sessed of ample means.
Indeed said Mrs Pelham, whe
called on Mile one day indeed |
think | know what keeps him here. Miss
Beauchamp came TO see us on visit
and he followed. He adores her-so her
grandmother tells me. think it will be
a match. She's the young lady with the
4 VSvh faaf bn7- a11A tho rad roc nl nd
the black eyes. You've noticed her?
Very handsome"
/ YES, she is, y replied Mile shortly;
and she lost her temper again that day,
regret TO state, and pulled the curtain
across the window, and wrote, mo ad-
+, mission, . on a slip of paper, which she
tackled to the kitchen door.
That isn't for me9'' asked Fred
| Archer from without, rs he spied it.
Eyes, sir, it is, replied Millie from
within ''You have all your day to
play in. We are busy l am-very.'
Let me help you, cried Fred
But there was no answer and he walk
ed away and up the hill to Captain Pei
ham s, very soberly.
Later, Mile saw him through the
| muslin blind riding in company with
Miss Beauehamp.
1--WE haven't seen our young friend,
Mr.. Archer. for some time, " said grand
pa. an evening or two after.
i presume Mr.. Archer is occupied
with the society of the lady he is en-
gagged to-that girl with the red para
sol, - said Mile. with little toss of her
head.
''Ah! Iwant. to know, y replied grand
pa. Il don't think it's likely"
ssWhE nOt?H incurred Mile
II can't tell" said grandpa, ''but
that's my impression"
Later he remarked, women folks is
curious.
One evening, Mile sat alone in lit
tie arbor all covered with wisteria. She
was very unhappy. In less than a
month she had gone through great
deal. She had fallen in love, had all
sorts of sweet fancies, and thought her
sell the happiest girl in creation. With
Mrs. Pelham S call all this had come to
an end.
Fred Archer had only been flirting
with her, and was engaged to the girl
with the white feathers and red para
sol.
She was angry-insulted; very, very
miserable. She was for ever trying to
think of some means by which she could
prove to Fred Archer that she never
cared for him. But, alas! he knew she
did too well.
LAS if a rich man like that would re-
ally have come out here to court the vii
lage doctors daughter. What fool
vast said Mile.
Then she started and gave little
scream. Fred Archer was looking in al
her. with one hand on either side of the
only entrance.
''Millie," he said
She answered, Mr.. Archer" and
her heart beat like a drum asa she
spoke.
1T is absurd What have 1 done that
/ should be called Fred no moreP" ask
ed the yonng fellow.
''Oh, you've done nothing" replied
Mile Nothing at all -
Then why are you angry?" asked
Fred
II am not angry, Mr.. Archer. If l.
were, why should YOU care? If it were
Miss Beanchamp, indeed
3'Miss Beauchamp.' cried Fred.
HThe anger OF the lady one IS engag-
ed to mi@.:t nlttitr. said Mliie; ''bui
mere sacqt,: nj h:es l.: nae. Gu won
der that kn,..,. i -ni.. . Z. NJ s. Pei
ham manti'''-. i-.'.' .l.f,..''t' Nf'1
Miss Bcauchamp is very fashionable
and handsome"
Mrs Pelham is a confounded old
bnsv-body!" cried Fred Archer land
Miss Beauchamp is a-young person in
tent on getting a rich husband. Fash
ionable! Handsome! thought you had
better taste. =
asMrs Pelham seemed to know every
thing" said Mile. feeling happier than
she had for some time.
.FShe knew too much, said Fred, dis
eontentedly And YOU were pleased.
You did not care You-ah, well! Geod
evening.
.'Wont you sit DOWN." asked Millie,
meekly.
You have not asked me before.
said Fred
II will I'm not at all well. / should
nj wonder if my lungs were injured by
that bullet, after all. >
'.Oh, Fred, don say SOP" said Millie.
Would you care?' asked Fred.
I'm not tiend,' said Mile
''Millie, | want to tell you some
| thing.
Then a shadow blocked out the moon
light, and her grandfather stood at the
| entrance looking at them.
You re quite stranger. safd the
aIniable old msrplot, not guessing how
they both wi.hed him away. 'Ivesbeen
! wondering where you'd go to- | enjoy
a talk with Won. Did [ ever tell you
about a girl | knew that lived on a
| lonely moorland farm; so lonely it was
that she'd never seen a young man in
| her life?''