Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-06-04

''Bc you certain IL was himP" sh
said.
"WhoP" said tlteyoung man.
"Bo you certain IL was Biarp"
"That met walking with that cir
that's TO Baldwin'sP Oh, land! yes, '
Lyman responded.
The hired girl looked sharply n
Louise where she stood without moving
after Lyman had gone. She was not |
cook nor n sorvant-shc would have re
sentcd being called such; she was {
"hircd girl" She was on equal tcrm
with the family; she ate at the samc
table, occupied the sitting-ro0m whcr
not engaged in the kitchen, and entered
into the family discussions.
al declare fort Louise, she said will
sympathizing aspcrity' ''if I'd take OF
TO worry. Blar Gillctt amt the only
fellor in the world-great spindlc-lcggct
thingV
Louise only looked at her silently. II
was beyond her power not TO worry; II
was beyond her power to be any thing
but utterly lost and miserable undor this
great calamity; and she was too simple
and honest to pretend to any thing else.
She had never thought much about her
feelings toward Biar Gillett, but now
she realized dimly that the pale-haircd,
solcmn-faccd young man was in some
way necessary to her only happiness,
and that now it was probable she had
lost him. She did not give up all hope.
Sunday afternoon she put on her black
alpaca and her red and black shawl, and
stood watching for him in the front
window. She could not believe that he
would not come; and when she saw the
two-seatcd buggy coming down the
road with Bars lanky form on the
front seat the dull weight at her heart
lifted, and left her in n joyful glow.
The mud was dried to-day; the wheels
of BARS buggy were black and shiney;
Biar himself had an unusual air of
smartness, and wore a new hat-a wide
brmmod felt But he drove straight by
without turning his head. The hired
girl had been watching from the other
window.
"Wal, ncvcr!" she calculated
"IIe's going down to Baldwin's after
her." said Louise unstondily.
oval, thcrc--r' the hired girl be-
gan, with some motive OF consolation;
but she stopped then, powcrless before
the look of suffering in the girls face.
She watched her with helpless sympathy
as she went upstairs to take oil the black
alpaca.
Lyman Baker came in the next even
ing, and again three days afterwards.
On that occasion Mr.. and Mrs. Pnncy
and the hired girl went out into the
lyitnhn,,. ~ lpntnI fIntt,rb / IN
going to be steady company. The
young man sat in large rocking-chair
with figured calico cushions and cro-
chcted tidy. Louise had been sitting at
the table, with its stamped oil-cloth
cover and its rcd-wickcd kerosene lamp,
with small paste-board box before her,
whose contents she had been sobcrly
lingering over. 1t held all that Biar
had ever given her, plain silk hand
kerchicf, a small tintype of himself and
u red carnelian bracelet. She put the
cover on the box and dropped it into
her lap when the visitor entered. She
knew quite well that Biar had deserted
her; that he was drawn away and held
girl, and that he was "going with her
steadily; that there was no hope of re-
gaining him. She had settled down
into n hopclcssness which was worse
than the first sharp pang; and her de-
spair had developed quiet passivity.
She was not troubled by Lyman Bakers
VISIT she had not the jealousy for her
hopes nor the self-assertion
necessary for rebelling against him,
even in thought She accepted him us
part of her misfortune.
Lyman broke the long opening si-
lence by remark concerning the
weather. He followed it up, after an
other pause, with piece of informa-
ton.
"They say that Biar Gillett and that
girl to Baldwin 's-what' 5 her namc?'
MANDY Sawyer said Louise, rails
ing her eyes in quick apprehension,
They say they're going to be mar
ried. They say BARS been over to the
Center and got a license, and they're
going to be married next sunday night,
after meeting"
you don't say so!'' said the girl. But
she felt no astonishment. The sudden
ness of the consummation was n fit clc-
ment in the crude young courtship, and
she felt it vaguely. Her hands were
unsteady, and She rubbed them up and
down the little paste board box. Then
she put it on the table and showed it
away, without anger. 1t did not seem
to belong to her now. Lyman Baker
looked at her undisturbedly. He knew
that she and Biar Gillett had been keep
ing company, but he had no suspicion
that she could have given Biar Gillett
more than passing thought, in the
face of his own superior attractions. A
sudden idea occurred to him-an idea
which was encouraged by recollections
of Tilley Dillingham; and the last So
ciable. He moved about briskly on his
calico cushion, staring at Louise. The
idea, considered in the abstract, pleased
him. his small, dark face Redeemed cX-
citedly and his mouth drew back in q
smile over the prominent tooth.
Il guess Biar Gillctt don't suspicion
but what you're worrying some about
him and that girl to Baldwin's,' he
said.
He was thinking that perhaps Tilly
Dillingham; tlattered herself that he was
worrying about her.
It'd be n pretty good one on him if
you sh'd-if you was to"--he rubbed
up his hair and cleared his throat.
"S'posing | run over to the Center and
get license, and you and me was to
get married next Sunday night after
meeting, same as him? guess he'd bo
considerable surprised" 1t was lilly
Dillingham's figure, however, which he
pictured vividly TO himself. Louise
stared at him.
"I s'pose it'd be rather sudden" the
young man pursued; he was embolden-
ed by her evident amazcmcnt and awe,
and he spoke patronizingly. "But I'd
Jest as lief do it ms not" He was moved
to admiration of his own magnanimity,
"Td jest as lief do it as not" he re-
peated.
His listener heard him dumbly. Her
mind was confused; but 1t was not with
spcculations concerning her own part in
the burlesquc. Her chief sensation as
regarded herself was quiet conviction