New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-05
SUMMERVILLE.

DU MMER VlLLE.
ooh, Teddy, can't you get any more
apples than this? I'm sure could il
Iwere only up there cried the girl
standing with up-turned face under an
old apple tree, from which small boy
was trying in vain to gather few ap-
pies.
81 know you could. Do come up,
Flew. There is no one here to see, and
] won't tell"
tsWhy, Teddy Chesleigh! lam eight
zen years DID," with indignant en-
phasis.
sfWell, didn't suppose you'd do it.
But there is a bough of daisy apples
right near the fence. You might reach
that"
<I will, shereplies, after moment
hesitation. Here goes" and looking
around to assure herself that no one
was within sight, she tossed down her
nat and mounts with nimblesteps the
rickety old fence, catching the branch,
heavily laden with delicious fruit.
"Oh, Teddy, they are elegant!' she
exclaimed, with a gay little laugh, dis
closing arrow of white, even little teeth.
She makes perfect picture there, her
auplifted arms forming a frame for the
bright, laughing face with it's crown Of
sbonny brown hair, which the winds
blow recklessly about, and her slender
figure in a close-ftting dress OF soft,
,eIinging gray, standing out in bold re-
def against the blue sky, while the wind
throwing the dress aside, shows a pref
ty little foot and a slender little ankle.
Clutching the branch lightly in both
little brown hands, she gave a vigor-
Gus shake, when looking down to note
the result of her shaking, shesees, much
to her horror, a young gentleman,
equipped for hunting, standing not far
of, whom she Immediately recognizes
AS one she had met during the past
winter in Albany.
With a little gasp she turns her
crimson face up to her brother with a
reproachful glance, but, undaunted by
her indignant looks, the shameless
youngster sits grinning in the tree APP
parently enjoying the situation i'm
Alensely.
The gentleman turns toward the
more friendly face and addresses afew
remarks to him about the apples, thus
giving Llew an opportunity for de.
~scending from her lofty position.
When she is again on theground she
tries in vain to smooth her hair, which
lis blowing in dire confusion all over
she1 face. The gentleman now raises
his hunting-cap, and smilingly offers
his hand, saying, SMiss Chesleigh, I
believer"
Yes" she answers, her face bright
with bushes, as she hesitatingly holds
out a. little tanned hand. cam I not
speaking to Mr.. Delmarre?"
CAT your service. must beg par
don, Miss Chesleigh, for my untimely
intrusion" with a smile still lurking
IN his dark eyes as he looks at the
.still-con1used maiden.
<I grant it, but I wish to assure
you that I do not do such undignifed
things often, but the fruit did look so
tempting
1'Let me congratulate you on your
success" glancing at the goodly num-
Der which lay on the ground. IL used
80 be quite all expert in such matters,
: and have come in to this country tore
snsw aoay skill, and as a beginning have
szst;arted out to hunt, but awkwardly
broke my gun at the first attempt to
use it.
Then Llew calls to Teddy, who is
gathering up the apples, and adjusts
her hat.
-"Come, Teddy, tits getting late and
:sx1unTle will be worried about us. Be-
sides it is tea time" Then she says
TO Mr. Delmarre: II must say good
bye for to-day, but if you spend
the summer here we will be such near
,neighbors that we shall probably see
each other Often"
"Allow me to walk with you as 1
go this way and am beginningto think
it is supper time, ALSO
Then, as silence gives consent, he
walks on with them, helping Teddy
scarry the fruit. The conversation is
carried on chiefly by Teddy and Philip
during their short walk, for Llew has
mot yet quite regained her con,posure.
When they reach home and Mr..
Delmarre left them Teddy receives a
severe scolding, but, as usual, proves
fnvulnerable. But Llew succeeds in
extortlng a promise that he will never,
snever tell. For she knows her Aunt
Mary, a sedate spinster OF uncertain
age, who has presided over the house
Ehold since the death Of their mother,
would be utterly shocked.
Her father is a middle-aged gentle
faan, almost too indulgent at times to
mis- motherless children. He seldom
goes away from his farm, but Llew
spends several months OF each winter
with her fashionable cousins in AL
bany, where she had met Mr.. Del
mare.
Adjoining the Chesleigh farm is the