Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-10-21

v, Leonie! Why?n laughed bsr s;s
baa,I , Is'roklng the pletty, wilfully nosad saS
eea1, snorn Of its SUNNY tressas pG1eu - 4
ireak of fashion, and left sbininD .,, Al q
rwhUaoS,ngiy wv eoaxable. 'RememhaT
WIZ n ueoIrey left, it was YOU. NOT
WIZ, WHO cried increasingly. "And WI whn :
, rnoSs mrote TO him and begged him to
S9 Souis pack, for fear tigers shonid co. ~
himp Whon- 'nouid eat
H-u-s-hl Scaddalmonperrn c-;o,
Leonie, her cheeks aflame. :.Than 7 wos
Sah w;an ana iooiishi now 1 am old and
ssa .se, so anu l wish he had kept across the
VH 49, .oleVer; He'll take you away and
- Keep house till we emma b.o,.
nnree years will soon 90 by- Lono dsr'
ing. There viii be So mich for nn,,
anu Aunt Helen to do'' AUNT Helen
was distant relatiye-comnanion nov,
anu anu cnaperone of the two girlsl that
,. .llhe VIII ny: Mind, you are not to miss
Leohle gave a disconsolate sbrup
aunt Helen will rule me with a rod
oI Iron. She means to be good bnt
she s like Mrs. Orde, and knows I'm
poor-and -and-she'll make me roan5
my glove and be industrious ~
Agatha's dark eyes rested lovingly
On her sisters young face, so like her
own, save that Its lines were ALWAYS
gay, While hers were often grave.
De industrious, little woman. ~ she
SAID, with half motherly tenderness
We richer folks have no right to ha
iaLS, put.wait a moment" as Leonie
crumpled her head into negative wrink.
les over I'VE richer folks, ""but no one
Lono, Will trouble you about being
poor. You know how often I have
been letter writing lately? Well. if
was for you. And to-day all is settled
GU are independent enough. now.
with all that my careful guardians have
oeen saving for your fortune. l wan
ted 10 tell YOU before Geoffrey came
home. Now you know and we will saw
no more about it.n
but | mustl" cried Leonie, CLASH.
ing hsr sister impetuously. 20, Agatha
how good you are to mel How can |
thank your Why, every single thing ]
have, l owe to your
There Is no owing between our
fathers children" answered Agatha,
yielding herself to shower of grateful
careSSes, 80 there's nothing to pay
pack and want no thanks; only, please
keep this secret, till l am gone"
Till you are goner" echoed Leonie
ruefully. 30, Agatha, to have you
kinder than ever, just before you go, is
dreadful hope you may be happy,
but shall be miserablel When that
horrible man comes, I'll try not to be
wicked, butt shall-de-test hlml''
When Mr.. Orde really did return,
then, Miss Leonie accorded him ieal-
Ously cool reception, vastly amusing to
hearted frankness; but, fully occupied
in his attention to his faRcee, the gen.
tleman appeared perfectly c-llOus TO
. this ungracious treatment So, per-
ceiving to her amazement, that she was
receding into the usual position of a
nonentIty, the younger Miss Temple
was piquei into becoming her own self
letting fall her droll MASK of ceremony,
and slipping again into the old bright
ways that made her what Agatha call
ed, s'the sunshine of the Beeches. !"
Hating her sisters future husband was
Improbable work; now, in a fit of re-
pentent amiability, she resolved to
please him.
By the time this happy reformation
was effected, Mr.. Orde had been back a
month, and had discovered the value
of the prize he had come home to fetch.
Five years had changed the girl friend
he had left, into beautiful woman,
whom he was bound to love, not by
promise OILY, but by keen appreciation
of her worth, grown now and riPened
eyen as she herself And for weeks
his task seemed very easy, while to
Agatha, increasing knowledge OF her
etrothed increased her happiness. OF
a surety the course of their love prom
ised To run smooth. Proud Mrs. Orde's
aIr of dignified graduation over her
sons excellent match, grew day by day;
the village grew interested IN the co ~
inc wedding and the bride-elect began
10 be busy exceedingly over plans Ior
nor wide circle of humble friends well
doing while she should be away. Jes-
tinoIy. Geoffrey Orde would tell her he
grud1ed the time she spent In confaDu-
Iations with Aunt Helen over the many
trusts to he left in her or the rector 8
baods but the eager confidence with
wbich she would seek to draw him into
her projects, and her delight IN ms APP
nroyaI disarmed him of any passing
chagrin and left him no shadow OF ex-
cuse for complaint
They we're all of them certainly very
banpy-perfectly content. And yet
IN 4 eloud rose on this fair sky, none
tnew exactly. Those whom IL over.
shadowed most, acknowledged II !ass
IF all For it was so easy, so IighI VI
7 oonie 70 glide into treating her al
i..-,St hrother with the free wlnsomeneSS
H., n rent her childish spite of her nine
nnyears- no. He was of necessity almost as
e.. s,an her companion as Agatha's. she
,',,d al ha.n tond of him long ago, and
,~ss il not her duty to be iona OF nun
nowP To what precise depths ss tlls uu.s
iad her she didn't stop TO measure
nntii alasl they were unfathoma9ie.
uii.n, "a Geoffrey Orde. his word and
nar an nledqed to Agatha, felt himsen
noiao. sn 20 mask pleasantly amused, IN the
Saie atad ~ presence of her younger sister
anlina'f ar findipg out, till Mays warm
he'I a-are entered, and his weddlng
So sTed for the first day OF June, inat .hae ne
n,as % %turning traitor to MS lIo.n' .raS aS
We Wa charm of Leonle's gay nature wa wa
lhe rsr Dn than the sweet gravity On una.
stfonh ;oh he owed allegiance: But noI
10 ,rnSoIf m would he allow this posslDie
al ~ nISIt think ~ urged his mother anxious
night when they were leaving
y - o Reaches. 81 do think. Ieonrey, 1on ~o
IhT Gotha sings no duets WIN t5 yGd, To- To-
-.enId be wiser to sing FEWER Win Ae
ONE; na whyP" said her son, shorty,
AM Anu Agatha may not IKE IT,
,"onis ven may-at least they DO,
notice it. ,;re,v above nv wretch
"AgaIu" - said Mr. Orde, inpatient
ly. ,s,ould be sorry," his mother
t ad on s.that you should even
venru ,, 70 slight yolr wife Una. VIII naa-rv pv'
seem " ,,;ght say that you was marty
People n,oney. and Agatha doesn I ue-
serve tn" or without money, she oe-
"W itn best any human creature can
serves .lis !" returned Geoffrey, warmly; J;
give nsii : fancy underrate her, mo mother ta 10
.'Don ! .S t" that Mrs. Orde had 10 oe
A nd WILL ,ba ambiQuOuS speech