Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

emanates from the Emerald Isle in
rich profusion, he went back through
the town beside Mrs Graham. Cap
tain Barton met him walking with ex-
banded chest and beaming smiles, and
could scarcely believe his eyes when
his successful friend calmly nodded
and slightly winked at him
'Ill take my guinea now, Barton;
it will pay for the champagne, said
he, when he joined the captain.
There you are. Perhaps you'll in
trOauce me now?"
with pleasure, my boy-but first
we will dine, and then we can 90 and
listen to the band and so on"
A capital collection of things" for
the aquarium was purchased forth
with and sent to Mrs Graham; and
now every day the old lady's work
was cut out, for Captain O'More was
always in attendance on Bertha,
while Captain Barton paid unmistaka-
bic attention to Winifred It was
painful to witness the chaperone's eff
forts to see what was going on before
and behind her. She was Just medi-
tating on securing her daughters to
two long chains of her chatelaine
when Captain O'More proposed and
was accepted: and no doubt her eff
forts IN the other direction might
have happily relaxed, but that on the
very day when such very decided
proofs of hopeless alteration were
visible IN Captain Barton's face, some
thing appened-right in front of all
the people who had been watching the
affair days, too!
{" Dear Ned, [ am so glad /! " cried
gushing voice; and Captain Barton
turned with slightly frightened color
to meet fashionably dressed girl who
continued to run on: do come and
take me out; it is fearfully dull in the
hotel, and mamma can't stir In the
sun, you know" AS he raised his
hat politely to the Grahams. and
Winifred saw ''that girl" take his arm
and march him off as if he were her
property!
Later in the day a dowager asked
Mrs. Graham if she had seen that
''Iovely Mrs. Barton"
The British matron's ire was reused |
but no signs appeared to show the |
vexation felt, as Mrs. Graham cody |
lnquired?"
What Mrs. Baritone"
Captain Barton's wife-you saw
her this morning, you know"
The moon was shining over the |
restless little ripples that broke on the
rocks that night; and many lovers
were wandering in their FOOLS para
disc. But two that we knew of were
not.
" Where's Winnie - and Baritone" |
demanded O'More of his future moth
9r-in-law, as she grimly sat out the
watch the lovers were keeping.
Winnie is at homeland your
friend, [ presume, is where he ought
% have been long ago with his wifel'
Is it his wife ye say?" hotly in
lulred the Irishman. "By jabbers,
Mrs. Graham, I'm not the man at all !
o hear my best friend slandared ~
You saw her yourself walk off the
parade with him arm in arm this
morning." cried the mother, waxing
warm in her turn.
Just excuse me, ma'am; see it all |
when Winnie saw that she thought
re was married No, ma'am, we have
10 such scoundrels in ours = That
ady is the wife of Barton's sailor
and her own husband is in
China. And you cut Barton dead to-
hight near the handful go and find
he fellow"
And before that moon had paled
here was another pair of lovers, and
Hrs. Graham sat in her easy chair
to crochet and listening
lrowsily to double fire of earnest
equests for the fixing of early we'd
ling day.