The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-21

certain kinds Of wisdom como only with
experience; and, although at first he stren. |
uously objected, he was at last overper- |
susdsd, and reluctantly promised to ''say
That evening he called upon Annie, meet
ing William Morton just coming from the
house, as he entered the gate. As he
sat in the pleasant sitting room, Lee hated
!ds errand and his promise. There were
oSsr sSs 3,
fous.to say to the beautiful girl. But at
length he began his task.
Are you much acquainted with Mr..
MortonW
0Well, no. 10 tell the truth think that
perhaps we ought to be q little careful
about-about getting acquainted too much
too easily l mean, with those that we
don't--that we are not much acquainted
WITH" stammered Ice; don't your
Annie's eyes looked a shade darker than
he had ever seen them before.
~ admire your prudence more than can
tell," she said; latter have seen more of
Mr.. Morton, perhaps shall be able to ad
wise you whether you can safely make his
acquaintance or not"
longed, and when, day or two after Mr.:
Parks asked him if he had spoken q word
to Annie, he answered:
EYES, Imade a fool of myself"
And the old man was obliged to abruptly
turn his back upon his clerk
humble apology for his unfortunate speech,
though OF course he refrained from ex-
planning how he had been led to make 1t;
and on the whole Joel was . little disap-
pointed at the inadequate result of this
particular piece of strategy; To be sure,
Annie and Morton seemed to meet on
pleasant terms, but SO, for aught he could
see, did Annie and Lee Tilton.
In these days Joel frequently consulted
his novels professionally, and he one even
Schoolmaster'' the passage in which the
trustees unprepossessing wife horri9es the
young master by boasting of her wealth and
shrewdness, and broadly limiting that her
daughter was at his disposal 1t occurred
to Joel that he had so Far been working
upon only one of the principles in the case
Here was hint that must be used. So he
soon contrived an interview with Lee Til
ton and began to talk. He Dragged OF his
success in life, of the sharp bargains he had
would still make. Noticing with delight the
ill-concealed look of embarrassment and
disgust on Lees face, he went on to speak
of his daughter:
Wonderful girl, sharp as razor. As like
me as two peas in q pod" Some day she
her to marry rich man. Rather she would
| marry q likely poor young man, one who
would feel some gratitude for the lift he
was getting He would see that such hus-
band made q success Of 1t. There would be
| NO trouble about th6t.
II tell you" said he, finally, with a leer,
whoever gets that girl with my consent,
| gets me-"
Ircame to pass that Joel found it neces.
sary to make a business trip Of month OF
1 n a L. v~x,Ar l. Drxk
striking one more blow. He thought that
hehad undoubtedly made progress, but he
| feared that there was still danger. One
evening Annie met him with look Of scorn
in her face and hard ring in her voice that A.
she said, and she placed in his hand note
dated and postmarked at Boston.
Miss Annte Parks:-I feel It my duty.
though . stranger to you. tc warn you that
Mr.. William Morton is young man not to be
| trusted. He is noted in Boston as heartlesa
"'"'e 'oa"e''' AwEiI wrsHEn."
"well, said Joel, Anonymous letters
don't amount to any thing. shouldn't
"But, papa, Lee Tilton, wrote that" said
Annie, bursting into tears. ut is writer
on the paper that you use in your office
Don't you see as you hold 1t up to the light
a faint impress Of your business heading
This is the second page Of sheet, but'th'
|
dear how mean thing it is!''
"He never wrote that in the world" sale
Joel. "I'll ask him IL he did"
"No, father, say nothing It's of no use
But father" J" she went on, stamping her foot
h,i in her energy "never speak to me OF Lei
Her father argued with her long enough
as he thought, to fix her determination, and
the next day, with light heart, he de
parted on his journey
Mr.. Parks returned home on the expected
day some six weeks later, which day wa.
the 54th anniversary of his birth. It was
| evening when he wended his way home
| from the station, and he noticed that hi.
house was brilliantly lighted.
"Ah, birthday surprise, perhaps, y
| At the door he was met by his wife in
rich array, who, after the expected greet.
| ings, hurried him to his room, where she
gave him this note from Annie:
"DEAR PAPA: We have few friends, and
have birthday present fSr % you a.. Yon
| in the parlor. ANNIE"
"And now, pa, do dress quick and come
down." said Mrs Parks, at the same time
prudently Withdrawing. Descending to the
parlors Joel found a small and select party
front Of him stood Annie, with Lee Tilton
by her side. ~ .....
A single glance made explanation almost
unnecessary, although Joel roared out
"What the-what in the world does this
meanw
"Hush, !" whispered Mrs. Parks, sit mean,
just what you have been wishing. He'i
going to begin now"
l During the first part Of the ceremony
| which followed, Mr.. Parks seemed trift
/ daxed, but toward the last he did some
rapid thinking. When the binding word.
had been pronounced, Annie turned to hel
father with dazzling smile.
..;a present sDs
affected to spsak," II was aftsrward re
pIssS. Soon Annie found opportunity to whisper
TO her father, 20, papa, you don't know
weeks to give you this surprise. ! knew
how sad yoa were ~ hn, yhsa you went vent ava ava!
every thing came right, as 1t did,
wsnted 90 much to make it up to you. Q
that letter-of course Vou were right. LIE
didn't write it. Mr.. Morton is to marry
Boston lady, and one day he confided tn
fact to me. And 1t came out by acciden
that he and Lee had become good friends
and that Lee knew OF his engagements
that I had done Lee injustice; and
can't tell now just how 1t ell came about
but aren't we happy, papaW
DR.. Mills was present and he offered hi
congratulations to the host
"By the by,' he said, ''this would almos
do for a scene In one OF our novels, 20
know. Only there doesn't seem to be an,
part Of the stern parent. The pleasant III
tie affair In quite In accordance with Won