New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20

forgive him-if the whole village hadn't
seen i" and Dolly wept above the
new manteI cover, regardless Of deco
rative art.
Dolly was not one to tell when she
had refused an offer, so she had no one
to sympathize with her. The friend
ship between her brother Fred and
Richard had been long and mistaken.
and possibly Dolly might have begged
Fred to call him back and try to clear
him of the charges against him; but
! Fred was in Texas, not to be home
for weeks, SO Dolly had her trouble all
to herself and tried to be ami..ble.
Not so did Richard. That young
man appeared on the next mornings
train with face SO forbidding that
none of 1.-THE boys" ventured to sit
with him. A short morning" was all
the greeting he returned to anyone,
and he was left to his paper and his
thoughts. Meaning chances and mas
culine chuckles went on about him.
All imagined he had learned what an
amazing amount of work had been &C
complished by the silent gossip, and
they rather unwisely concluded to
drop the subject, for it would have
shortened various troubles if Richard
and Julie had known about the talk.
But Richard had not even heard his
name connected with jules and was
simply in a furious temper over his
unexpected rejection by the only girl
he had ever loved.
At least two people in Sunnydale
| experienced nothing but clouds and
rain for the next three weeks, no mat
ter what the weather report said.
Then came two letters. One from
George Lane in Vienna, bitterly re.
preached Julia Frankland forhercon
duct toward Richard Dale, and offered
to release her from her engagement if
she wished. The other from Freder-
lex Firth to Richard Dale, reproached
him for his flirting with an engaged
girl, and regretted that he should have
lost the high sense Of honor which
had SO ennobled his boyhood.
The young people in Sunnydale have
tempers They do not pine in secret
orlet a tog of misunderstanding nour-
ish poisonous vapors. tits well known
that thunderstorms clear the air;
thus Richard and Julie presently de-
veloped a social thunderstorm which
cleared the social atmosphere of Sun
nydale.
Julie, with her black eyes flashing
and cheeks ablaze, wrote the following
emphatic telegram to George Lane in
Vienna: 1T is all crazy nonsense. l
will investigate and explain" And
Grandpa Frankland speeded it on
it's way, wondering much at the ways
otyoung people.
Richard, 1 grieve to state, swore
over his friends instructive and ad-
monitory letter, and then sent this
telegram to Frederick Firth in Sher-
man: "Obliged for advice. A pack of
lies. Will write tomorrow"
That afternoon Richard Dale and
Julie Frankland were seen together in
Richards buggy.
just as Miss Lawndes was saying,
"Of course it's all settled now," the
buggy stopped before her door, and
Richard helped Julie to alight.
''Miss Lawndes," said Richard, as
that lady hurried to the door, "Miss
Frankland and I are determined to
learn how our names came to be con-
nected in a manner which has caused
us the greatest annoyance. We have
made two calls and in each we have
been referred to you.'
Miss Lawndes looked angry and en-
barrassed. II prefer to refer you to
someone else; all the village saw it.
she said stifly.
'To whom do you refer us?" asked
Richard, looking very stern.
"Mrs. Allan saw it after I did and
the Poulett girs just before; you must
excuse me-" and Miss Lawndes re-
treated into the house, for never since
she gifted on Richards youthful
shirt-waists had she seen him look so
angry;
"What in the mischief does she
mean?" exclaimed Richard.
'.Let us 60 to Mrs. Allan, said Julie.
They found Mrs. Allan working at
her flower beds. When she realized
the presence of these two in her path
she raised herself ponderously and
looked at them over her spectacles.
"Mrs. Allan" said Richard, evil
you tell us, please, what you have
ever seen to make you think there was
any Irritation between Miss Frank.
land and me?''
Mrs. Allan looked around for some
support, but finding nothing nearer re-
treated to the doorstep and sat down,
while the two young people stood in
front of her.
"You want to know, Richard, do
you? Well, I thought you'd have
heard it a dozen times in the last
three weeks. So there isn't anything
in it. is there?" she said, IN her ex-
asperatingly slow way.
Miss Frankland is engaged to a
gentleman for whom Ihave the highest
regard, and we never imagined that
our names could be connected till this
morning, when we received letters
from friends at distance informing
| us that we were the victims of some
objectionable gossip whose name we
are now determined to find out, said
Richard.
"Well, Richard" said Mrs. Allan,
clasping her fat hands around her