Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-08-20

benefit to come of it. I'd ever so much
rather stay at home and help mother
take care of the house and the poultry,
and go to party once in while.
81 wonder what Mr.. Annelsey will
do when we are gomez" she went on.
''Do you know, Luce, believe he is
dead in love with you? And he is get
| ting further and further in every day
he lives. Here twice last week. He
couldn't more than have got home from
the first visit before he turned right
round and came back again. Mrs. Lucy
Annelsey, wife of James Annelsey, Esq,
millionaire. That sounds well. Be-
| lieve I'd take him, if l were you, Luce,
and then l can spend the winters in
New York and catch a millionaire, too,
may be. Did he ever say anything
about coming to see you when we get
back to San Francisco?
Say" she ratified on, without watt
ing for reply to her first question.
'.what do you s'pose makes 'Ras hate
him so? Do you know that if he were
not half in love with Julia Ennis I
should think him jealous of YOU Why,
Lucy, what is the matter? Didn't Mr..
Annelsey ask you to correspond with
him. or anything?"
"Yes,-he- he-did, and-and wish
he hadn't" sobbed Lucy, putting both
hands to her face and burying it in her
lap as she sat on the floor in front Of
her open trunk.
II wish had never seen him." she
continued, between sobs. 81 wish he
would 90 back to New York and never
let me see or hear from him again. [
never spent so miserable summer in
my whole life, never; and it's all be-
L. T g.
worried to death for fear the mine will
wash down upon the ranch and cover
us all up, and-and-and I'm just as
miserable as can be and it's all his
fault We were just as happy as we
could be until he came"
Jennie was at a loss to understand
this outbreak of Lucy's. She had sup
posed her not Indifferent to Mr.. An
nelsey's attentions; had thought, in fact,
that she was more in love with him than
she ever had been with any of her other
admirers. She had come to this con-
clusion because Lucy had avoided talk
| ing about him when they were alone;
and always before they had made con-
| tidants of each other regarding any of
| the young men who occasionally es-
corted them to dance or picnic when
at home or to lecture or the theater
when in the city.
No one who knew the sisters or saw
them together even for an hour could
doubt their affection for each other;
and Jennie, believing that Lucy really
! loved Mr.. Annelsey, had more than
once caught herself drawing mental
| pictures of her as his wife, surrounded
| with all the luxuries which wealth could
purchase; experimenting it with another
L IA
| pearing at one of the grand entertain
ments which Lucy and her husband
would give in her palatial New York
home. and being introduced to society
as the ..sister of Mrs. Annelsey, who
had come from California to spend the
winter"
1t never occurred to her that Lucy
could be in love with anybody else, and
| now she fancied that some slight mis-
understanding had arisen between
them, and that Lucy was troubled for
| fear that Annelsey would not write or
| would not seek her out when he came
| to San Francisco. She felt sure he
would come to the city soon, for there
was nothing to necessitate his staying
at the mines, which would not be very
| inviting place for a young man of lei
sure when the rains set in and rendered
hunting and fishing impossible for
weeks at time.
'.Never mind" she said, making an
effort to comfort her sister. ut will
come out all right in the end. The
course of true love never did run smooth,
you know"
This thought seemed to comfort
Lucy, and something very like a smile
played for a moment about her mouth
1 i L. oh
Jennie did not see the smile, for her
sisters face was buried in her apron;
but she noticed that the sobbing ceased
and was strengthened in her belief re-
garding Lucy's feelings for Mr.. Annel-
sey, and, wishing to comfort her still
further, she continued:
"Father has been driven off of so
many pieces of land that do not won
der he is afraid something will happen
him again, though L don't suppose
there is any danger that this place will
| be overlooked BY the debris from the
mines. l can't see how it can be when
they are twenty miles away. Mr.. An
nelsey saws there isn't. And if it should
happen, of course the company would
pay the damages, especially if you and
James were married.
Instead of comforting Lucy, this set
her crying harder than ever.
Jennie could not understand her sis
| ter's mood, and did not know what to
do or say to soothe her; and hearing
their mother calling them from tho
kitchen, she stopped and kissed Lucy's
hair, where she sat, and went down to
assist in getting the evening meal, tell
ing their mother that Lucy would be
down in few moments, but saying
nothing about having left her in tears.
When her sister had gone, Lucy gave
way to her feelings, and cried and
sObbed until her whole form shook with
the violence of her emotions
| Her excitement having worn itself out
a little, she raised her head and wiped
her eyes with her apron.
81 believe they are selling me to
him." she said, under her breath; sell
| ing me to him because he is rich and
can help them in case father gets into
difficulty with the mining company; and
| Erastus is letting them do it
! Again her face went down upon her
lap, and the sobs broke forth afresh
BY and by she lifted her head again,
and finally rose and bathed her face
and eyes.
"Poor father" she was saying to her
self, Il know what the thought of los
| ing this place must mean to him. He
| has been driven off of so many and he
is getting old now, both he and mother.
| If they were to lose this home they
would feel as if there was no place left
| in the world for them to 90 to, and if
| con save them OuCht to be WILLING to