Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-07-17
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! course l. won'tl You must have
sEtake llsleayei Of your sense Ial
& ysstoldS you. 1Fsiate stos@edsi
rIsFman with blue eyes and COLDER
THAR, and yours are dark. Besides
,I-you are twenty seven and a medi
4 Cal student, two things | never
Ecould tolerate in the man | llonol
with my heart and hand.' And
lovely little LottIe ReXdal laughed
3 a very wicked little laugh lis she
!. pushed the end Of her red silk par
asollnto the soft soil uGd II an old
Z apple tree, at the same time CLAN,
eng saucily up at her companion, Il
scholarly young man.
why do you ask me?' she re-
lSumed.
Because / wanted to be made
fun of, to be ridiculcd by the little
grill love- replied Vanc Win.on,
smiling sadly at the pert young
lady perched on the back Of Il rustic
garden seat, her brown friZZes fall
ing roguiShly into her dancing
brown eyes.
. Now that dCesn't sound a bit
like orr own grave Vane, who
studies medicine and cultiyates all
ice cream complexion
q AN ice cream complexion?'asked
! Vane Wiuton, IL little nystiiied
Yes; that's Lottie Rexta's Term
Z for students compilations. Your
book worms study away until your
6 faces tal2e,Qn the hue OF that sweet
compound,' answered the -roglish
Egirl.
you would only be grave for Il
while might talk. to you,' said
Vaue.
!. Yes; you know I'lB such Il rogue
that L should Put you to the blush
a thousand times day cLilned lii
i LOttie.
Il am willing to run the risk
'Ab! but shall not agree TO amy
such sacrifice. Marry Some steady,
sensible girl. Alice May ;,w!ll be
here in one hour; Be tyoEH,s aud
will surely not be less than 81! EbIime
III your eyes. Ill tell youZz&'
But Vane did not stay 10 ho..,.
muIe. He walked OFT, leaving gay
Luttle KeXlall laughing lneriliy.
LotUle WAS he ward oil Vane Win
toms kiud father. She had been
orphaned at Il very early age. y
maiden aunt had then adopted her.
When Lottie was but ten, and her
education not halt completed, her
KIND relative ulcd But before
that she had sent for AIR. Wlnton,
her gIllhood's lover, and made him
promise to receive tile little orphan
girl. The KIND mail cJiselieu;and
So Luttie became all lillliate Uf
N;nc Wlnton's home.
VaIc was Tile Gully Child of Very
wealthy parents, and at the time
When LUtile came to his father y
house hc WAS away Oh the CONT
lnent.
When lie returned three years
afterwards he found his 'ward-sis-
ter, us he had Called her in his let
tiers, away aJ sonu achuol lor girls
! So It happeued THAI YaLe and
! Lotlie had never met until SIX
months before. Vane was fine
scholar, but lie had never studied
any professions. Now, :it The age
OF -.uly sevcl, realizing perhaps
That IS never too late 10 mcild,
he wds iittiug himself for tile mln
stry.
+ Vane was trying to study at his
home that summer. SUmeI,iucs he
found it impossible ~ uU So i,In.d
The tempest aroused by mlSclinev
Gus LollIe Rexdal. She threw open
The unused piano, aud made the
house rIng Will her GEAR, boll-lllie
notes. she filled the library With
flow crs, tossed UP Vane's booHS,
and even scrubbed On them. Sue
rode every horse on the place,
lunped With Prince, the great silag-
81 uog, Tore her dresses, weut baie
ueadeu, and turned tie VIDE han
Into Il skating FINK.
She was utterly spoiled by both
MI. and Mrs. Walton. At hrsL
Vaue Lad beeD shocked. but Tie
more lie studied her original char
acter, the more he become rccon-
clleu 10 1T. Tolerance gave place 10
admiration, aud that, III due tlme,
To love. lie had always felt a Vague
longing To discover 'fonl'In Ill
whose character lie hoped to dnd
originality anu freedom from alice
taLlon. Ii he could only teach Lot
tic 10 iove him, what Il >plendrl wo
nan she might become!
He would wait patiently and
hopefully,he reasoned,as he Walked
away. Taking ID volume fronl Ills
pocket, he sat down OH bench un-
der an elm and began to ptrllse ii.
Soon a merry laugh caused hun to
look up, ana lie saw Lottle rldIug
down Inc lane OH her m.lk-wllile
FLOSS. Very bright and plquanl
size looked III her riding naDlJ as
she drew rclu beside him.
Sir Owl, I'm OH my way to meet
t Miss Alice now;anu while l9ln goh,
| shall expect you TO comb your
halr, pant it i'll the middle, put cl
i ii clean Collar, pin IL flower III you