Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-02

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81 s' saenced queer lliss liald sln'tl
Ial'ri The aug opp. please!
And she doesn 4 know You q son and
heir. mother lninaP Howsflid YOU keep
Ito yourself, Tux hpp Though you'd
have told II from very pride.
)lck, my dear 4 son, Miss Field Is
just the Ind I should choose for
hand 81 some, sweet tenp ered wealthy
md young. II viii annoy mo beyond
4 all things # you fail 10 secure her for
your vile. An, Silvertop, you, are.
looking llnutterable things at me; but
YOU know I'm a plain-sp ken woman,
and 4 talk plainly to Dick because I
mean TO get him Of my hands IS quick
~ as possible, Miss Field is the one
woman to be his wife. 3 q N
Violet staals d cautious look at Sill
vertop. His mouth is working fruit
leEssly to kill q smile that hath amuse-
mont and contempt for its ingredi
10y A. gu should have received the lot
ter two days ago confound the mil
train. any howl goes on Dick. 1. at
went off the track at Jones station yes-
terday, and an honest farmer who
Glanced to be passing brought on the
sacks: like q couple Of meal
/. But the grand topic under discussion
Is Miss Violet Field, She 81 is sweet
morsel to Mrs. Torresham's match
making palate; and her virtues are
proclaimed until the new girl, Lefty,
feeling her cheeks grow deeper than
any carnation, locks up to find Silver
tops clear, dark eyes fixed curiously
upon her. sss
IA glass at water, please, Lefty"
says the voice Of the curious gazer, in
gentle consideration Of what he deems
a mere fit OF baehfulness; but Letty's
eyes, looking into his own, glow with
q something that astonishes him. As
q rule servant girls eyes are not SO
expressive, speak they never 50 in
telligibly. s. I, &. J. :. #
All that day Lefty is busy as a bee
learning the manifold ropes of Torren-
sham house; and by nightfall she Is
hungry and tired-a thing she hasn't
been since childhood; and after eating
9 hearty supper and creeping into .
plain little bed somewhere up in the
attic, Miss Field forgets to be haunted
by an indifferent-looking pair OF brown
eyes. but glides into new dream-land
where all objects are statuesque and
sllver-topped! .5sa'#: F. an I
The next day the vases are filled
with exotics and the lovely rarer BIOS
SONS of the north; but in Silvertop's
room, as the library is usually called,
in Silvertop's vase and Silver
tops exclusively study table, q
bunch Of violets CLEAN in purple
gloom from between volumes Of
Tennyson in scarlet and Longfellow
in brown. She puts her name flowers
there because she dares, and enjoys the
very boldness of tho act. Then the
china in the pantry is overlooked and
is about to be set'again upon Abe high
shelf when the door is opened cautious
" and Dick peers in. .5. a S%E
Peers in and then walks In There
is q mischievous laughter in his boy
ish eyes. and as Violet holds aloft. the
half dozen green dragon cups of very
ancient china he comes closer audi
Crash! Poor Violet! Out she runs
away from Dick and the pantry--runs
straight to Silvertop's room, and, at
last. painting and breathless, stands be-
fore him. Is #
"What is it, Lettyp" & :. r n
s.Dick; I have broken the china. !"
''Ah--I seer' and a scowl gathers
darkly above the dark, flashing eyes.
Violet doesn't know whether to laugh
or. to. cry; so she does neither, Il but
comes over to him and holds out d
small white hand in token of something
he knows not what. But he takes it.
in the one strong right hand left to-
him, and says: r. II BE comforted; ] shall
intercede for you. y 80. u .. IL
4 Mrs. Torrensham walks into Silver
tops room as Violet Is about to leave
it. "Letty!" calls she; and Miss Field
stops. 94 .@ ~ >..5 a za}s
z Now Mrs. Torrensham, not three
seconds ago, determined to pack Lefty
off .'for good and ALL" but beyond
the new girls strange gray eyes burn
darker ones that have q meaning III
them; and reading their message at a
seconds flash, the aunt's visage# is.
forced to grow gentle, the hard lines to
relax, and Lefty is told to see that the
bed in the guest. room is made up
freshly, as Miss Field is to arrive
that evening. Silently Violet moves
away. SD. 4 IS .s= u.
And, now that evening has gloomed
down upon them, the house is softly
ablaze with the lights from many
waxen candles. in consideration Of Miss
Fields expected arrival. and In honor
OF q party Of guests from q neigh bor-
ing town, who have come IN friendly
fashion to give her greeting THERE'S
q continuous sound OF wheels about.
Numerous school and society friends
have brought their best toilets and
sweetest expressions 10 honor her III:
coming Why, then, this delaylp
silyertep - alone il his SANE tum,