The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-06-21

His sweetheart's disposition was know p
him well enough to make him wish NO.
excite her opposition, nor let her feel -
she was in the least constrained.
mark" said Mr.. Fuller.
"Yes; but it was about some OF
particular" persisted Eva. "You
talking about Mr.. Phillips; 1 know =
were. You would never have saic
might put up his horses himself, if eE
hadn' beenrunning him down just befe Is
Y0n know you, wouldn't say such T Pr
unless you had been working yourseljt4
to it by talking unreasonable" ~
snow, Eva, how you jump at co ~
illusions! That's the trouble with yoli lt
your mother; you're always jumpio
conclusions. It's the fault with your ID
too. Now L never knew woman
didn't"
so, you can't deny it; can he, ma NJ
felt sure you had, at first, and now sist
it. But am glad of it."
"Why:" inquired her father, taken 4
surprise. w
$50 can stand up for him. I thi1 N
| is ever so NICE" and the young "
| dropped her ewes and went on VII ~.
supper. She stole look at~Billy, ff.lfA i
moment was almost frightened tN
| lenting by what she saw in his face ths i
''Your father thinks it wrong for ~ (.
go out ridin' with Mr.. Phillips" Sc
Fuller, not sorry to renew the enga
now that she was reinforced. fosN lr
"Whatp exclaimed Miss Eva. ,i"F#
mild blue eyes flashed. Sta i.
now, NOW, mother" deprecated the !, f.1
you have misunderstood me aItoel -a-.
W ss nat dld t5sKo SayIS,i asked 9gIIjIsi
that established both Billy and le bid
| farmer as culprits at the bar of iugm4nt.
"They said," answered Mrs. Pller de
, liberately, and glancing at BilIyas much
as to say; "And you had bettG not CON
tradict it, either;" but she remsd TO see
the prohibition to speak in her blsband's
frowning countenance-'theys ar you bad
no business to take little rest md inho-
cent pleasure after workin' hard all
mornin' cookin' their meals; tho you had
no right to go buggy-rilin' with Mr.. Phil
lips, or any one else, for that nSter, with
out huntin' all over the place , ask your
father, and runnin' cut to the ield to see
if Billy don't object"
) snow mother, how you dopull per-
sons words all out of shape" protested
, the old man, while Eva SCENE, to become
several inches taller as she Strengthened
, up with wrath and looked deance at her
father and contempt at poorBilly. "Did
we say, or even hint at an, such thing,
5 Billy~
l Billy had not spoken sire Eva's en-
l trance; but now that he wa directly ap.
considerable native dignity, nd returned
Eva's glance bravely for mment. "No
we did not" he answered, ADDRESSING Mr..
Fuller; "and if your wife 7ill take the
trouble to make little better roundup OF
her recollections, she will remember that
what l said was about nobodyand nothing
: but Mr.. Phillips and his eight-acre piece
of corn; and she might know " this time
that, whateverI felt, | would be the last
person to say word agains Miss Eva's
{ doing what she had a mind o; at least
= would say it to nobody but Mss Eva her
SELF" and the young fellow marched out Of
the room with an air of being justly and
= her eyes, not at all diSpleasd to see how
handsomely he bore himself.
81 tell you," declared Mr.. Fuller, wher
Billy had gone, civilian Wentworth is moi
a fellow to be made fool of elher by him
self or by Others"
"Nobody ever said he was, tat l know
Of" retorted his wife, who FOUL it in hel
mind to make an answer, thou,h the re
t mark demanded none.
, "There, now, mother" said tie farmer
soothingly; and he straightwaS entered
into an explanation of his position
| to his daughter, and showed how he haG
only been DESTROYS of discussing ltsi.
5 matters of wealth and worldly pAtiol
in general way, with perhaps d NV
dC1udlubdl1ttS,
5 with no intention of making special appi
cations, or calling in question the prori
2 ETY. of Eva'S riding in Phillips buggy; nd
, when his wife had persisted in INTRODUCING
this matter, all that he had claimed was
: that what Eva should do was of come
quence to others besides herself. "And In
sure, Eva" he appealed at the end, "yl
7 wouldn't want your old dad to say AZ
5 didn't care darn what you did or wla
/, became of you; now, would you ?"
;; No, indeed, Eva wanted him to Sly
nothing like that; and she kissed the kil(
old man and brought his pipe, as if she h,C
l been the meekest and most obedient chic
: , the world had ever known. She was real,
! very loving and tender.hearted, and whA
she saw how her father, through his weak
ness for words and evasive discussions an
! his aversion to displeasing herself, wa
determined to admit nothing, she forber
; to plague him, and resolved to have sats
: faction from Billy. He had carried him
self with so much independence, and eve
something approaching disdain, durin
their pleasant family dispute, that she ha
no feelings of conjunction on his accoun
, She had felt sorry for him for a minute
two, but the feeling had disappeared
soon as her mother had spoken; and no
, she went out to where she knew he We
smoking cigarettes,-for Billy had not bee
able to leave off this habit after turnir
from herder into a plowman-thinkir
that her only object was to torment him
little, and that they would then make it L
and love each othermore than ever.
She found him, as she had expected,
full length upon the grass, in his favori
position and occupying his favorite plaC
near the hammock. The hammock ha
, been procured only after similar novelt
had made its appearance for the ben
fit of the Misses Phillips, Robert
sisters, and had been swung b
, tween its posts but few weeks; "
in that time Billy and Eva had become
accustomed to staying there, in the lor
summer twilight, that it would have bee
a surprise to either had the other failed
, appear.
+ She gracefully took her place in the han
mock-for she was as 1.-THE and full of graz
as aleopard-and waited a while irr~1Suc'
not so much for her love to begin-for 81
hardly thought he would of his own accol
breach the subject she was anxious to di
cuss-as to enjoy the stiffness, and the SO
air slightly perfumed by Billy's eigarett
+ and the gentle twilight hour. The Hgl
had faded out of the west, yet the distal
level horizon that separated the sombl
earth from the descending sky was plainl
marked. The moon, just past the meridia
had been growing brighter and brighter z
the wealth of color had faded from II
clouds, and the shadow of the house, as
crept towards Eva and her lover, BEGAN
! more and more distinct.
Eva gave a little sigh as she thought no
! pleasant their evenings here had alwa,
, been, and that tonight she had made Il
her mind to torment Billy. He was, /