Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-07-02
CUPID'S TRIUMPH

OF all worldly transactions, perhaps
the one which least concerns any but
the principals is marriage; and yet
few marriages please everybody, sec
ond marriages especially. Why 1t
would puzzle eonjurer to tell, but the
fact remains, and in the case of Mrs.
Naustone's. re-mariage, after long
widowhood, nobody was satisfied. Old
servants sulked relations looked black;
Mile Xanstone retired to her room,
drowned in tearsy Charley stalked
about the woods, pretending to shoot
partridges and squirrels, and avoided
the step-paternal presence as much as
possible.
"Oh, George, what shall I do?" said
Mrs. Beverley (which was the lady's
new name-ready to cry
Don't mind EN- dearr' said the
squire, with q great. rolling laugh.
They're only children; they'll grow
wiser as they grow older "
But the squire's determined good hui
NOR aggravated his stepchildren more
than any amount of positive opposition
would have done, and they made no
effort to conceal their feelings.
Il never, never can call that fat man
Satherp said Mile.
My dear, he don't want you to, "
said Mrs. Beverley.
Il can't endure the sight of him"
pouted Mile. And Charley says ex-
actly the same thing"
Charley is n disobedient, ungrato-
full sonH' sobbed Mrs. Beverley.
But here the squire himself came 10
the rescue.
Young people," said he, Il Don't
object to your making yourselves as
miserable as YOU like, but you mustn' t
torment your mother. III have none
of thisn
Mile lost no time in carrying this
revolutionary speech straight 70 her
brother.
Very WELL said Charley, eoolly;
''we'll accept the challenge
I'm not submit to his tyranny, -"
said Millie. i've got a plan"
$50 have |, said Charley. 'lots of
'em; only they don't seem to work
when try to get them into practice. :"
"Ive been writing to Louise Nane, "
said Mile.
"Who the dickens is Louise VanePn
"Oh, Charley with a shocked look,
"you must know! Louise Vane-my
dearest fricnd-the only person in all
the world who Thoroughly understands
mel"
1T seems to me as if | had heard
the name before, now You mention it,
said Charley, rumpling up his brown,
curly hair. But why should yoN
write to her? and what has it got to dc
with our affairs?n
"She sympathizes so thoroughly with
me, said Mile. "She considers sec
ond marriage as sinful as / do. And
she has asked me to come to her and
stay as long as l please. And there is
a nice hotel in the village, Charley;
and her father is very hospitable. And
there is q fine supply OF trout, and de-
lightful shooting, Louise writes, and
plenty of agreeable society"
''Not a bad idea, " said Charley, re-
tlectingly.
So that very night the young people
deserted the shadow of the same root
that 81 TERED their hated step-father,
leaving the orthodox letter on the ira
ditional pin-cushion.
"Oh, George! what shall we do?'
cried Mrs. Beverley, turning pale when
She comprehended thar her children
were gone,
Give en- their heads, said the
squire. composedly drinking his coffee.
"Never drive young colts with toe
tight a rein. They'll be glad to come
back in six weeks, or less, see if they
amt
But it's such fuss about nothing
said Mrs Beverley half-laughing, half
crying.
"That's the beauty Of il, said the
squire That's precisely what they