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

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q lovely young woman looking eSaspalat.
inCly beautiful, and piercing his very hamt
with glance Of piuful ontreaty SUca a
sad, sweet face, tool What shame tllas
fortune should deal so hardly with hor So
instead Of reading her . lecture On The irl-
propriety Of her conduct, he found himself
holding both the girls hands in his and
drawing her 10 him with fatharly kiss
Il was so surprised to hear you were
come" she said in shy, soft toacs.
" And 50 glad, my prctty-say you worc
glad toon
"Ithink am glad -nay,I win say am
sure am glad, Captain Winthrop"
For an hour they talked, yot not d word
did tho wicked Captain say Of the object
which had brought him 10 tho city; aud SO
confidential did they become that when she
showed him some water-cOlOrR she had
sl1ctched IN the vain hope Of aoling tham.
he had the unblushng mcndacity to declare
that he know a picture dealer who was aeh.
ing 70 secure just such things, Offering, IL
she would entrust thcm 70 him, to transact
the business for hcr--which la did much to
her wondermcnt and satisfaction.
Then he pleaded that she must have pity
on his loneliness in the city ana "shlys him
about Bit" and oven succeeded Ia IN.
weighing her 10 dine with him at his hotel
and drive in tho park with hG., and alto.
gether conducted himself in such repro.
hensible manner, that | am sure the reader
has lost all confidence in him.
The next day was q repetition of The pre-
| vious one, aud the moro 10 SAW Of tho
charming girl the more his heart warmed
towards her, ard he became sAdem3astlsl-
tive in his affection tha. he ocandaliscl Mrs.
Wilson, Eatc's lardiady, 60 th1t ano fel6
it her duty TO warn the young Gdy algamat
the danger Of the elderly goatlcmun's SIT.
miration, which brought tha first Smile shD
had seen in kates face for many a dry.
BY and by they became more confidential
and aho told him many Of the struggles
through which she had passed ana her man
ncr Of cncountering thom, AL Of watch tcud-
cd to moro dcoply impress hEl with the fact
that she was y jewel Of q girl who could
hold her own under any difficulties
But the crisis of the Captains incoasis-
tcncies came upon the third day % his visit
/ to New York. Bright and carly he was as
! Mrs. Wilson's house, for Kate he promised
to accompany him on trip % Staten isl-
! and. As he sat in the little diugY parloi
/ waiting her arrival-ior Kate was not with
/ out the feminine weakness Of hoiue r. Woa
/ bit behind time in getting ready he saw "a
scrap of paper lying on the floor and res0g-
missed ut once Harry's handwriting make
no apology for the indolclcy OF his action,
for am simply a historian, but the wicked
/ Captain picked il up and deliberately lcad
1t through II was &portion Of Il iottor con-
tanning the following
while acknowledge that he Is tho best
father man ever hs.d, aa doepA panied
TO add that thcrc ~ no Sign Of that uura-
sonablc anirosiiy to the name 81 E.0b,sh-
/ In. a
not DO my VITO until he Of his olgn fraa ac.
cord asks you - c1aaGnt to our union, our
happiness ia indeed fsy on"
"no-ho," the Captain chuclllcd, $50 no
young dog has been making mo the bee.
bear oil this while.n
! And quite forgetting the young lady who
was hurrying her preparations upstairs.
he slipped out al the door ana spad 10 taa
nearest telegraph oilic, whence he dis.
patched peremptory message 10 his SOFA in
indianapolis;
"Comc OF once to the Grand Uuion Hotel,
New York Reply
Then he shccpishly returned 10 the lole.
lng-housc, and never so much as limited to
the young lady the desperate otep he had
taken.
Thirty hours afterwards, father and con
were clasping hands in the Office Of the
hotel
"What is IT, dadfn tho young man asisol.
eagerly. "You can not tell how your telo-
gram has upset me, for the least Thought
WAS that you might be sick, OF IN somo
scrape or other. What in the natn0 of CON,
science brought you TO New Norll3n
"Just little matter Of business Harry,
that's all; but felt couldn't conclude ID
without your assistance. In fact, there's a
person now in the ladies' room | want you
TO see-would YOU mind stopping la thorcl
I'll join you in a few minutes"
II the clerk of the hotel had Glanced 20
notice the portly figure Of his guest when
his son left HIM, he would have had grave
doubts Of his sanity, for il Is not usual
for old gentlemen 70 walk about grgniug
and chucltling and every now and then slap
ping their thighs in perfect ecstGcy of UNI
eontrollablc delight Presently ha con.
qucred his emotions and walked dcmuteiy
Ipstairs into the ladies' rcccpuon-room
Wen, Harry, how'a busness3 Havo
Tou and the other party como TO tcfms4n
Hurry Winthrop seized his fslhcr's han3.
There was the same glad, trusi lal took ia
his face the old man had missed fer many .
day, and his heart thrilled with ioY 10 think
that at last there was no barrier between
him and his boy Harry.
1t wan very quiet wedding, for the Cap
tain insisted on its taking place so once Ia
New York rs he argued that & waula he
awkward for Kate ogo bac,, % tac Orchard
Farm as visitor; and you may ba sure
Harry offered no obstacles 20 his arraugn-
ments, though | am free TO confess kate
made ii blushing objection o. the hnrricd
ceremony, which was SO tIuusfarentiy in
sincere that 1t did not delay il an hour
Then tho Captain sent thoyoung couple OF
fer weeks trip 70 the seaside, aud started
home 60 tell Martha how ciioctnaly be had
stopped those bothersome letters.
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There wcro grand doings as t5o Orchard
Farm From far and near the guests bad
come BY boat and carriage; undcr Tie hlg
apple trees long lines Of tables wore spread
with snowy cloths and laden with tho ehoic-
est viands; on the lawn tho village band
played, making up In energy what they
lacked in scicncc; and from tho iiggpole On
the summer-housc yards Of gay bunting
futtcred in tho gentle sroczc. For on this
day Harry Winthrop was bringing home
his bride.
But question if all the bright speeches
and all the gay music were half as sWee 20
his father as the hidccua screams Of CSC
steamwhistlcs from the passing vessels
with which his brother captains salutcd
lhelr nappy Oid cONfIuc.
And Kate, as she hangs on her husbands
arm and gazcs on the fair scene, whspers
"The wounds are healed NJ last, Harry, and
for all the long years TO come there shall ho
in our lives no North and no South"
But Daniel Wnthrop's mind was not just
now devoted 70 tho glorics OF steam wins
ties. He stood with his hand Oh lis boys
shoulder, watching tho gay scene around
him; but suddenly his gaze concentrated ga
four figures grouped on tho iawn--his Nite
and his sons wife, Walter Frobisham and
Gordon Grey, and he said:
"T'he dead past is buryIng its dead pretty
fast, boy. l did not think ] could De ever
30 grateful 20 God as ] am this moment 70
see the blue and tho gray blended in srrh
union. Say, Harry, VIC must DO something
for that nnc young follow, your brotheru-
lava few thousands would bc mighty
help 20 him 10 start ia his new profession.
Yes, / would like 10 do aoncthng for hiia
for Kntes sake, for tho best gift Your IA
Their ever made you was the chance tob6ag
that brave girl home as your wife"
A glad light leaped 70 the young man
face--a radiant look that gla,scncd tie fa-
theirs eye TO bchold--and, with q laugh thea
but half concealed his carncs,nes5 he re.
piled in the words Of the create Z Of al
writer's:
Sho is rliuo own;
And I rs rich IN having ouch jowci,
As twenty seas, n all their sands were roarls,
The wator nectar and tho rccss pure gold"
ITnr ED,
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