Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-03-30

aho - a3s '-4'H@ you say-IaW,
physic. or divinity, sell my horses. drop
my club, read by the cu5ic foot, bat 70
marry-c cusc nc
see here, Phil" exc.a med the
father, who By this time vas at white
heat, 'you never knew NE To- break nv
word. merely ask you to marry for
your own good point out a wife in
every way suitable to you Marry TO
please ne, and viii not only start YOU
fairly n life now, but leave YOU all
have when am gone. Marry to sui,
ONE foolish fancy Of your own, and I'll
yes. I'll found an asylum for idiots.
Now YOU understand me" And Brigg.
marched g.. LEAH his son 10 MS medi.
tations
II stay here rad Philip to him.
self, father and viii quarrel. Bette,
give be dear old gen. eman a chance to
cool off III ruralle a title
hat afternoon Fhiiip acked port
manteau, and with fishing rod and
mineral hammer ftarted ol to Mont
gomeTy County. where an Old col eye
mate # his had married and settled. one
whom he had long promised TO visit
| When nc arrived there he earned that
Boudinot and wife had gone 10 Long
Branch for the season. aid the servants
with them, the house being in charge OF
care taker. hilip heard Of good fish
ing IN a stream fo1t miles of. and con
Guided to try It He foual lodgings a,
farm house near tn place, owned by
man named Seth Cooper
HIS 4ua-tcr' Were ~ te comfortable.
The house va, an Old s,one building OF
ante Revolutionary crcc, on. and wa.
roomy He WAS ass gncd a chamber up
stairs. look ng out on a t-im'y kept gar
| den, in which old taehi. ned flower, and
! pot herbs wee grown side by side, aud
| which sent a leasant fragrance through
| the open window. The room itself was
adorn,d with pictures and knick knacks
showing feminine tasted. aa the bed
7, stead Was furnished with ii hair mat
treSs, and not the bag OF feathers Of the
| vicina9c.
! "Eccidedly,' SAID Philip to h mself,
''there lsanother female on the premises,
some' hing younger and possibly fairer
than the substantial Dame Cooper, ano
with some refined taste
But neither that day nor that week
did he see any woman other than Mrs.
Cooper or the hired giil. However, the
! cooking was good. the country air and
his walk round about gave him an ap-
| petite. and he was content. He fshed
the stream closely, or ramhIe1 here and
there, hammer in hand and bag a, side,
/ or leaned over fences and talked with
the farmers about craps and the
weather
In weeks time the thing grew mo-
notonous. ] he fish were not ALWAYS in
cilned to bite. goal spec mems in quar-
ries and in stu grew scarcer aud his stock
! OF talk on farming was nearly exhausted.
He began 10 lhink of going to the
Branch and hunting up Boudnot. As
he sat upon the veranda one Afternoon
debating the matter, a wagon was Dir ven
up the lane and stopped at the-aoor.
lightly out stepped Young woman in 9
neat travelling dress, and the driver fol
lowed her with a large trunk. under
which lie staggered. blrIv as he was
Mrs. Cooper cane from the Kitchen and
exclaimed why, its GNenny, l de
clare
You dear cd Annty Ruth :" said the
newcomer, hug-ing and kissing the
farmers wife. Il came to have good
time for a month" "
And SO you shall. ny dear, " was the
hearty repv.
Philip took an ocular inventory Of the
looks, dress and manner OF the new
conner as he took IF his hat. a sweet
face and graceful. figure, and presen,able
anywhere. was his ,ntetnal comment.
Heres iueA. sha not Wis, the Branch
yet
on have boatde-, aunty. sad the
girl when upstairs with Mrs Cooper
Yes He's Mr.. Fec. sad the other.
1T don, iook rs II he had any call to
work for MS .irlfg ai1!n- hy his
white hands and his f>-9ps. aud he's