Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-02-01
A fOUR.LEAF CLOVER.
BY GERALDINE FLEMING.

Hurrah A four- leaf clover Thai
means good luck p
She stood on the breezy hillside and
waved the tiny bit OF verdure aloft in
her uplifted han.
The young fellow, extended at full
length upon the grass, never Needed
the CHEEKY words, nor I Id he even
glance toward his smiling companion.
He lay there, a gloomy, absorbed ex-
preston upon his face, udying the toe
Of his boot, which was literally tinted
with the brown earth Of the ntighbor-
ing corn-held.
say, Gill;" continued the ire
pressible young woman, "I've found
four. leaf clover for the first time in
my life"
What of it 2" was the Nrse reply.
" 1t means good luck "
"Can four.leaf clover raise the
mortgage on the place %
Why mote"
Don be . fool, Lucy YOU'RE
talking nonsense. II you Thought less
of weeds and more of what srares us
in the face, perhaps you would be
better Irel AIRED for the crash when
il comes"
And he looked gloomier and more
absorl ed than ever.
Still holding fast to her treasure
trove, Lucy Blanchard seated herself
band and took one of his suuburued
hands in hers.
"Cheer up, Gilbert" she sal d
we've got another morth, you know"
What's month ?"
Fortunes have been wen in less
time"
And lost too"
" tell you, Gilbert, something good
is going 10 happ NJ
"What makes you think 80 ?'
feel IL in my b"ues."
Then your boxes deceive you. II |
haven't twelve hundred dollars tour
weeks to morrow, the mortgage will
he iorecloacd. Then where shall we
be ."
" Here"
"W hat do you mean"
That the mortgage will not lie fore.
closed"
Perhaps You expect to find green
backs instead of leaves on those cOu.
founded artichoSes in the ga ,den," Gil
bert Blan, hard said, with bitter
laugh, AS he drew up his six feet of body
aud shook himself. "Oh,no, Lucy, I'm
afraid there is nothing for us to do but
face the music"
" There is something else for us to do
just now"
- What %
"Come in and have supper"
They sauntered away under the
feat hery locust trees toward the neat
white farm. house, which had been their
happy home for the year of their we'd
led life.
Yes, they had been happy there.
They had bought the place on easy
terms, but somehow or other the terms
did not seem quite 30 easy as time went
on.
Gilbert had never doubted his ability |
to make the farm pay but unfortu-
nately they had had dry summer,
" hich withered the crops then, too,
the sheep had died of q mysterious dis
sass during the winter, and to crown
all, the market had been glutted with
butter and eggs.
Every thing seemed to fail except
that impending mortgage, which con-
tinued to flourish like a green bay.
Tree.
Gilbert had lost heart and courage,
but his young wife remained AZ CHEEKY
NJ ever,a Az il the interposition of her frail
body could ward off the storm when ii
burst.
Another disappointment to Gilbert
mad been the dearii of his aunt.
The old lady had been reputed veal
ny, but when she died all in the
W. rld that she had left her nephew was
! battered old Bible that looked as If 1t
might have been used as a football in
evolutionary days. |
Gilbert had received the bequest with
,ne of his grim smiles and never 20
much as opened the book.
=" If the old girl had left me the price,
If bottle Of beer" he said, "she would
"a resting easier in her grave to-day ,and
lou't you forget it,"
"Op, Gil !" was all lucy answered
SO they went In to supper. II
AS her husband went to wash his
lands, Lucy slipped into the parlor to
ook for a book to PROSE- her clover in.