Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-08
HER TRUE FRIFyD

FOSTERING me about him. wv 81 Il
Madge hadrushed from the o-o
OF her elders, with rather f.esel 4
haste, had ordered Brownie op pSVu =
arraying herself hastily IN bo. 'l ~, " Y
haoit her eyes We're Hashinc 81
TWO REQ spots were burningin her DO j.
She descended the stairs. boldir,, |.
head like young princess not q;
ing to look right or LETT. ana we, WY l
out into the sunshine. pass
Tom held Brownie beside The NJ. 4
Madge sprang into the saddle and Y
loped OIL down the road in tbe d;27 1
ton Of Saxonyille, a small raiIwa va .,
post-olice station few mills dis.,
Miss Mary and Miss Nartba r 40 i
the angry cloud Of dust settle awa \
and then looked at each ether belnIo 1
~. They meant well, they were ~; &
tCuy conscientious, after their igb 4
but somehow they lacked the tact !, {
wisdom to govern this girl. whom ~ !.
brother had found, shortly af,er n
close Of the war, homeless, friep8Ig 1
child, and had brought her home an (
adopted her.
She's so high-strung and wilful 4
sighed Miss Mary.
II wish George would come homo 4
remarked Miss Martha. "Fyerrtb;r !.
has gone wrong since he went AVA X
He has a knack of smoothing thin q
over. The more we try to moi.
the more we rufile her, and she's new q
been the same anyway since she can h
home from that visit to the West"
Miss Martha would have been III
more unhappy had she known II I
exact foundation for the fact Of 4
last assertion.
Madge had formed the acquaintanc I
Of Alfred Winship during thatvisit. I'd
had kept up secret correspondent
with him ever since, which was east i
managed since she always rode to Il 1
post-oiiice for the letters, and was Il l
day expecting a letter.
I'm old enough TO be nv own mi 1
treSS, " she thought, all the petty ii !
straints that had chafed her wilfui id
perious spirit from childhood coming
uppermost II will not submit "A
longer. | would like now TO gallon "A
and on away into freedom, am A
alien any way. | feel like Gagged nd
all the time There is wild blood Il
my veins, | believe. Whatever my 4
rentagc, | never came Of hundruIl
stock as these good people-neyerW
Her thoughts touched upon Maj
Thornton He was the owner Of
estate adjoining that Of Mr. Bisho
He was ten years older than she,
had made no secret OF his preferred
for her. She liked him fairly well
til she found that Miss Mary and Nj
Martha wished her TO marry him,whd
she began to treat him with freezi
ciyility.
Tame and commonplace, alwad
reading and STUDYING. What do /
want of him?n she questioned spitotl
~. giving Brownie an extra touch VI
the whip. II want vim and dash 4
spirit. Now Alfred Winship-
She had reached the station.
rode up to the window, throd \
which the post-oftice clerk handed
letter as usual. She repaid him VI,
dazzling smile as she caught >sl' !
Alfred's handwriting, lifting HIM y
the seventh heaven, for she was
tiful, and in her gracious moods 4
sistiblc.
She let the reins fall upon Brown
neck while she read Alfred ieI 4
Her heart gave a great bound.
was coming home, would be Iue.s
the 10th.
How delightful it would h.
wrote. If you could get ont VI
cage for n week and meet me There
suppose the dragons would AZ X
give YOU permission TO visit .a "
without an escort; and yet We g. B
have delicious time if You coai1
me.
Had some evil clairvoyanccc cow
to Alfred Winship the present sL' y
Madge's mind? In her unr'a'
reckless mood, with her R-1
wheel, George Bishop. away s4e
open to any suggestion that ""
spice of freedom in i. E
Why not break loose from 5-.'
sraint at once and forever ha' n
meet Alfred Winship a. he 'n2- Il
She knew he was desperately i4
with her, ana she bad never =,
Lapuv moment since she pTitI
him.
"IfI had any privileges hke
girls. she thought bitterly Il
invite him out 10 see me- 'a-
Mary and Miss Martha "o"'
scandalised ut the mention =
thing. ,....., b
Sic glanced over the letter
He had given her his new aaA.s
good gracious, to-morro"
18Th. He wouli BE there
Aching ON 81 sudden imH
turned Brownie head aga
th4 station. walked into 5is
office. and deliberately WT'e. II.
sage: ...e. Fl
II shall leave hy t.le l-.
Meet me at the station
There, IL was done ana h
repeuted 81 She gag ''i Il
toaE nor place at the aiaA
silent suhdued mir. b
She spent tire rest ~ ENC
rooia. making few l h
mu,ing upon her grle'aas q II
tariuv the meeting on ilt