The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-07-08

AAO Ohloiou. Liz glOW Oh the Hre IL
up her bright young face. The warmth
the light, the cracking of the fire, ant
the popping of the corn made a benefi
Gent welcome.
Are you Cousin NoraP"
"No; but you are Cousin David"
81 was never called David in my life
l am Dave!"
Il I'M Margaret. Are you wetp L
it rainingp"
Raining! It is doing nothing hal
SO hearty or pleasant. The wind is likt
a wet sheet. l am ~shivering." HI
threw his coat off and revealed the slen
derness of his figure. His ewes wer,
quick and sharp, his mouth firm, hi
expression reserved. HE looks like {
very proud man," thought Margaret a.
b went to call her cousins from the
parlor. 81 wonder how he'll get or
"My!' exclaimed Nora, sto think O.
his goin' rightinto the kitchen-and vol
must have made an awful muss with the
corn!"
ut seems a very good thing to have
some relatives" said the young man
spreading his hands to the blaze wher
Nora and Seth had sat down by him,
and Margaret and Hattie moved softly
about preparing the coffee. Snow tel
me about the SALE" Seth and his guess
did the talking, David drinking the
brown, steaming coffee, and Seth dip.
ping his hand from time to time in the
dish of popcorn. Margaret, moving
about in stately self-consciousness, fell
David's eyes fixed upon her and grew
hot and red. She was a little shy Of
this dapper young college critic. Toe
loyal to show by word or action that
she was not of the same stuff as her
Supplemented country relatives, she
yet felt piqued at the thought that he
doubtless confounded her with them.
"Why is it that you do not wish to
sell, Cousin Margaretp" he asked at
length, when Seth had finished all his
story.
because he's too anxious to buy.,
said she, coloring at the emphasis of her
remark.
81 see you are a true woman"
"If l am, l have borrowed a mascu-
n quality in being suspicious"
"Margaret's a leetle too sharp with
her tongue" said Seth apologetically.
"To make up for her being so slow
with her wit" said she, and vanished
through the door to return no more that
night.
Whatever David Scott did he seemed
to do quickly and easily. He was a man
eminently fitted to get on in the world.
The next morning he left the house and
was gone to the neighboring village two
days. When he returned it was nine
o'clock in the evening. The household
was just on the point of retiring. Nora
sat by the hearth pensively doing up her
hair in curl papers. Seth was putting
the finishing touches to the harness
which he had been oiling, and which
filled the room with a sickening odor.
Hetty was folding up the ironed clothes
ready to be laid in the drawer. David
saw all this as he entered, and he saw,
too, a glimpse of a skirt of blue which
disappeared as he opened the door.
$50 l have made an enemy of nv I'M
tanned cousin" he said to himself.
"Well if she declares war, all 1 can do
is to make an honorable retreat"
my boy, we're made. The news is
iron. iron! IRoN!! Here, under our
feet, all about us, iron-which, being
interpreted, e gold! We're rich,
l tell you. I've a little fortune to risk
on it, and tomorrow we'll begin. What
do you sayP" Seth's quiet face lit I'D
with a deep flush. He could not speak.
Success did not seem natural to him.
"The man who tried to hurry through
that sale represented a syndicate. Igot
on to his little snap in no time"
Hattie ran from the room to tell Mar
garet, but when she told her Margaret
only said: "Well. I suppose we'll find it
more agreeable in some ways"
margaret Scott!' cried Hattie in
-dignantly, 'you are a regular stock and
stone"
.'Coz," replied Margaret, with a
mysterious shrug, Il would give this
fortune which is coming if you will turn
me into a stock and a stone"
David Scott did not go back to col
lege. He staid at the village and con-
Quoted the work which went on at the
farm. The profits were not long in
coming, and when they began to come
they came thick and fast.
..You are the goose" said Margaret
to David on one of those rare occasions
when they met, .'who laid our golden
eggs"
''Thanks," said he; s.but don't mag
inc l was ~disinterested in it. l did itfor
a reward"
did you get it, sirP"
Mot wholly. 1 hoped for the good
will, or at least the small thanks, OF nv
cousins. Three of them have given me
both heartily; one of them w.thholds
every thing from me saw her dislike"
Il thought you were too busy getting
rich to notice such small things" said
Margaret, spitefully. She was sorry the
moment she saw how hurt he looked,
but she would make no amends. The
young are never averse to a picturesque
misery. Margaret Scott nursed hers as
a mother does a pulling child. She took
long walks by the Superior, which blew
cold as mans ingratitude. She medi-
tated for hours in the large, sparsely-
furnished room where she slept. Her
vigorous personality vas inexpressibly
irritated that her fancy should so easily
and lightly have fastened itself upon a
man who was a total stranger, and one
at that who seemed to have no wish mol
time for wooing. Margaret would
watch him from the window. He seemed
to be everywhere at once. No Sinking
OoHSo III liz wac OloCIly3 CdpdUlt,
ingenious and practical; his clearness
and decision challenged her admiration
anew each day.
"What will we do with all this none
of oursP" she said one day to Nora and
Hattie. 81 suppose we might as well
spend some of 1t"
I'm not sure I know how" laughed
Hattie.
"And there is no chance here, any
how" said her sister regretfully.
well, l guess I may as well 60 where
it can be done. I'm going to Chicago"
said Margaret.
She was one of those women who
can start on a journey short of a
months preparation, and the next day
but one she started when her cousin
was away in the next county looking
up some iron-workers. Yet she stealth
lily watched from the car-window in the