The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-08-23
1 ioin I'd your sorltary amusement. Miss

T Hsrneq?,'! }0;n n your son'@f' "' ~ 'l.''
Afaint flush crept softly over. her rare
pale face as she said: -.
: .."I am not sure Will 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 handful OF
pennies, which he gave them.
"Now, young gentlemen, may ! escor
you and Miss Harper on q charming e1.
cursion / know Of to:morroX2" -. :, ,,
said May; laughing: ."Promise me you
down at Sandy beach, will you? r0cca-
With Uncle John and Aunt. Jane Jack
son-horrible, isn't it?-but I contrive
that no one sees me, for I am deter
mined not to be, drawn into society this
summer IT, can help it. don't want
to see company."' = -
"Bat you don't regard me as COM
NO." she replied, "1 don't regard
After that It was all UP with Harry
Browne, and be 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 1t; he honofed her good
sei1se ahd fell head over ears. i'd love,
The next thfeeWeeks were the most
blessed ones he had ever spent: IN nj !
life. He disgusted Adele Fayton, and
her friends daily by his persistent neg
lect of them. He continued his solitary
excursions solitary till he came to
Sandy beach, where May was always
ready to accompany him, or entertain
him, until one day 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 sum mef day:
AS he took her in his arms and i'm
printed lovers kiss OH her red lips and
put his arm around her slim waist; his
heart gave great throbs of Thanksgiving
for that blessing on y him. !:
The piazza of the Seaside house was a
bewildering bright scene, with the gay
ly-dressed girls standing in earnes
conversation as Harry Bro wne came uF
to the house.
Adele Fayton tossed her pretty dark
head saucily.
"There! Didn't I say Mr.. Browne
would be On hand to greet the heiressi
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 much
HAPPIER he was than the one who shoult
be fortunate with this wonderful new
conner ..
Bertha Hunter went DIP to him in hei
II pr pTophesy YOU will be very first t,
90 wild over her. She isjust what | i'm
agine you will like. Great dark eye
and the goldenest hair; and so roman
tic; / wonder you never came across he
in your solitary rambles. She has beel
| staying 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 1 am dying to In
| troduce you, Mr.. Browne" .'
He stood confounded for a 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
were chrohicled in the daily paners-
| whose dresses were copied by less, ia
vored mortals, whose presence was a
welcome as the sunshine.
"And she is pretty, too," Adele Fay
! ton said, 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: 81 am glad yo
think May is pretty. think she is tn
loveliest girl living. So you did nc
know that I was engaged to lcr?"
There followed lull in the merr
chatter that eloquently expressed tn
dumbtounded astonishment at Harry
announcement.