Daily Republican., 1888-11-02
MISS EwALD's rRorEOn.

HE f. handgome, he epeAka CORRECT.
", and there is . kind OF superb indie
psndenos about him that / admire.
What . pity he's only q fArmert' Miss
BwAld unused, looked oyer the fence NJ
the reaperh in the wheat field, and
Singing out Brian Jefirey's straight,
we'll knit figure, In It's cool blue cotton
overRlla aud blouse.
How easily and lightly he SWING the
soytbing cradle around, the yellow
grain falling before the Rlltterlng blade.
Miss EWald had been ct GrasslAnds .
week. She was 20 and thoroughly dig
gusted with the world, or so she i'm.
Aglned when she eected TO spend the
summer In the country, instead OF going
with her friends on the usual round OF
RaYety at Tho watering places.
II Am tired Of folly and fashion, OF
sooieiy-of everything she had said.
ana packing her trunks went away 10
the loneliness, the cool, deep shades,
and the simple, plimhivo nfs Of Grass
lauds, bewlldsIing Farmer Jason and
his comely wife, with her beauty and
grace and city toilets, and making &C.
qualnunoe with Brian jeffrey, the
farmers nephew.
HE ls probably as old o. am, but
with rs 1.tle worldly knowledge as /
had at 49, shifting her white linen
parssol little, her eyes stu hxed on
tho b u clad figure In the field.
A brilliant idea had shaped itself IN
her mind dutinR the week. She would
/ elp the young man to higher plane
Of life-point the way into the intelleo-
tual world.
"Wby noi2" she had reasoned. "Oi
Of her lip, "Uould deTide the plan; buJ
Of from the world, and with no exam.
pies to stimulate ambition or make him
desire culture"
Tho morning that sho stood by the
fence, looking into the wheat field, eht
decided to speak 10 him about lt-oier,
with tact and delloaoy, to lOEn him
bookB and papers, and her aid ia turn-
ing his thoughts into higher channels.
Thai evening, rs she stood on The YER
AndH, gail ering bunch OF creamy
roses for the hgFou OF her lieht.blus
gown, he oane and leaned against the
column near her.
The fading daylight seemed to RAthe,
about her golden head and lovely puFe-
ly-coloTed face, ana the young farIner's
daIk-RrAy eyes we're hEsd steadily on
hs'. IL WAS good time and DlAcs 10
unfold her puTpoEe
His face hushec, ami he looked down
az his shApely, sunbuFnt hAndu, while
she gently explained that all her books
and magl zlnus were Ct his service, An0
that she would be pleased to have him
rssd with her sometimes.
He seemed to catch Instantly ct her
full mtAninR, and the light 10 his gray
6yeB almost startled her.
"WOuld you indeed be go kind TO an
ignorant, poor wretoh?" he murmureG.
her fair face flashed.
at Is no great act Of kiLdness, Mr.
| Jeffrey. understand the Limitations
Of your surroundings, and II you will
| accept"
81 DO, most gladly, RrRtefullyi" he
quickly interrupted. "In q country
neiRhbofhOod, where all, or nearly eli,
are on the Same lsvel, where an alma
nae aud the Bible continue q library,
there 10 mot much chow Tor literary Ad
vRnoement."
twas a strange summer to r diamond
ENAld-one utterly out OF tho lins OF
conventional experieuoes.
Mover had teaohtr 30 apt o pupil, and
the lines Of stndy tuck q much wider
range than sbe had ever imagined.
FAvorits authors were invested with
new interest, and she found all her own
mental faculties stimulated and quick
eRed. She forgot that she had ever been
weary Of life.
1t was delightful to have such an In.
telligent, sympathetic protsge.
~ never knew before that . simple
act Of kindness could give one 80 much
| pleasure. feel like q different creature
i 10
| came up here"
one evening she WAS surprised AMI
| delighted ct the sound Of q flne tenor
voice singing "My QUEEN" with an
eloquence of expression unexpected,
She stepped to the parlor door aud
saw Brian jeffrey sitting before the
small, almost tuneless old plano, play.
ing aud singing,
He stopped instantly at sight of her.
81 did not know You could sing, Mr..
jeffrey" advancing into the diuly
lighted ROOM
"Ouly g little, Miss EWAld," he said
hastily, looking - guilty as II he had
! been detected 10 . crime.
lyon sing extremely we'll, ana with
| wonderful expression"
Her frauk, WsEm praise ovsrm astered
the self control he had been putting
upon himself for days.
] He looked at her, 9 passionate FIRE
leGping to his gray eyes.
III ought to sing that song we'll, with
you alRnya in my thoughts" he said,
In low, quick toAe.
Her startled eyes met bis; she turned
away, but he caught hsr hEnd.
81 know what persumption, Uhst
madness it 10, but 1 love you, Miss
RWald-RosAmond my queent'
ghe flushed and paltd.
ut mAy seem . poor return for ell
your goodness TO give you my heart, bat
IL 10 an honest heart ant"
All the naughty Bwald hlaod famed
up She matched her hand from his
grasp.
"sir, you surely forget your station
You presume unpArd0nably upon my
favor. Let me pass."
He grew white as death, bowed, and
stepped aside, and she went proudly
away to her OVID room, only 10 throw
herself on the bsd WHEN sha arrived
shoEe, sobbinE like the weakest school
girl.