Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-10-18

toned, you are as Elum rs BlueAeerd.
tercst IN her, shall DO very glad to tell you
all know
(which is not much, suppose the Cap
tain grunted, for at heart The honest old
fellow was miserably jealous Of his wifc's
superior knowledge Of his boys affairs.
II don't know; but / am afraid it Is a
great DEAL" Martha continued, meekly.
Three years ago, you know, her father
died ruined man"
"He brought on his SORROWS himself.''
"Well, perhaps so; but you and l must
not be his judges, Daniel; for after al, God
may net take quite such u hard wow of the
rebellion &c yea do"
1t g.as tho Gcst reblke Martha had ut
tered 10 her husband for years, and even
now her reQroying words were n0lliacd by
a tender gianco Of her loving eyes as shc
laid hcr hand gcallY on his.
Then she continued, imprcssiycy:
TIE mother followed the father to the
grave in less than three month3 Of his
dcath--think Of it, Daniel, doably or
phanedri
" Yes, yes, but the boysln Tho Captains
tone was snappish, but, II it were not utter
]
iner could under any circumstances cry, /
should be inclined to assert that something
suspiciously like tear glistened in his
eyes
AYE, tho poor boysl Walter Is tho On,
one who 10 left OF them. Lionel died a. Get
tysburg, Alfred never got over the wounds
he received at Charlottesville. Charles
There, there! That viii do. Still 1
should have thought that Walter, with his
strong Southern chivalTy, would not have
allowed his sister TO earn her bread in the
land Of tho Philistinea"
Daniel Winthrop, am ashamed Of you
Walter could not help her. He is learning
the law at Richmond, and guess, poor boy
1t IS as much a3 he can do to help himself
And want you 70 remember, Daniel, much
as you may sheer at Southern chivalry, that
if the two young people had not sold the cs-
tate, when land was down to almost moth
ing an acre to pay tho claims Alphonse Le-
croix's heirs made for money they asserted
he had advanced their father, they might
now have homo over their head"
"Alphouso Lccroix y Winthrop ciac-
ulatcd. SO the hand Of that man comes
in this trouble also! Say, mother, Kate
Frobisham isn't such bad girl aftcr all"
"Woll dear, what can we do!"
" That is just what | want to talk over
with you. Tbs fact is, I've got an idea,
Martha"
"SalEcs alive, Daniel, what is itl"
why don't you see it is these letters
that are upsetting my poor boy. When a
girl tolls man she won't be his wife, but
will keep up sistorly friendship for him,
and keeps writing and writing, it just sets
hlm frctting all the time"
"Of course it docs; but what can you do,
Danielg'
"Stop 'cm!n
lie brought down his hand so heavily on
the little table in front of him that the glass
Jar which contained his tobacco fell with
crash to the floor
" It's a bad sign, Martha he said, rue
fully, for, like all sailors, he was supersti-
tioGs. "Dut all the same I'm gong to try
my level best TO stop this foolish CORE
spondence."
" But howl You can not write 70 her: for
you haven't her address: and I'm sure It
would never do to ask Harry for it.n
"ThaVs my grand idea. narthaw
he took from his pocket New York
newspaper, and, first peoring cut Of the
tiny window Of tho summer-houss 10 see
that there were no eavesdroppers, he road
in whispering tones that would have beftted
some deep-laid conspiracy, the following ad-
vertisement:
"MUsic PUPILS wanted by graduate Of
Richmond Ladies' College. Terms very low.
Address Miss Frobisham, 205l East Sixty.
third street."
"What do you think Of that, Marthal
found it quite by accident when was In
town this morning"
Yes, it is Kate sure enough his wife
unused. "Bnt what are you going to do now,
DanielW
She could tell by the earnestness Of his
look that the rcvela ion would be startling,
but was hardly prepared for its momentous
character.
I'm going to New York tomorrow,
Martha
Had he said he was about TO depart for
Jerusalem Mrs. Winthrop could hardly have
manifested greater CONSERVATION.
Good gracious, Daniel, all the way to
New YorlS!n she gaspcd.
Yes" he said, with the air of one who
was resolved TO do AID dare great advent
ures. ~ start for New York tomorrow
night. Harry leaves in the morning for q
weeks trip through Indiana to sell lumber
from his new mill, end I'm of in the even
ing"
sob, Daniel!"
/" ] tell you it is no use writing. must
go myself and see If can not drill some
common sense into this foolish young wom-
ans head. Those letters have got to be
stopped, and I'll sec IL l can not stop them"