Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-10-02
UP In A BALLOON.

$50 you won't marry me, JennyW
SIT would be madness, Tom; you
know it wouldn
''What do you mean by madnessW
'You know well enough what mean,
and you know that am right.
Eyes, l think do know. You mean
that am poor and you are ditto, and
poverty multiplied by two is madness. "
Jenny, very pretty little blonde with
bright golden curls and sweet blue eyes,
said nothing but looked down and wrote
hieroglyphics on the ground with the
end Of her parasol She was sitting on
the gnarled roots of great oak, while
Tom, a handsome, broad -shouldered fell
low, with dark brown hair and moustache
and large hazel eyes, lay half-reclining
at her feet.
sEh, isn't that the sum and the an
swer2n he asked.
Still Jenny said nothing, but continued
to write hieroglyphics, while little
flush rose on her cheeks and brow. The
young man looked up in her face, and
there was deep melancholy in his fine
eyes.
81 see how it is, - he said. "While
have been away you have been demon
allied"
''What do you meanW she asked
sharply, giving him an indignant glance.
"Oh, nothing to make you very an
CRY, +" he replied. at is just this There
has been some old woman's work going
on, and you have been persuaded that
1.-TWO poor folks wed
Had as well be dead
"Some of those sage female veterans,
who have gone through life satisfied tc
exist without that which it appears to
me alone makes life endurable, have
talked you into their way Of thinking,
and now, forsooth, it is madness tc
marry the man you love. For you dc
love me, Jenny-you know you do"
The girl was silent yet little while
and then she said, plaintively:
81 did believe | loved you once, Tom,
I'll acknowledge it, but am older now,
and think maybe was mistaken"
"Pshawln said Tom; ''think maybe
say you love me still. Yes, you Low,
me still, and yet you are going to marry
Ralph Morley. Don't deny it! for
know it; though perhaps you don't quit
know it yourself yet. Are you engaged
to himl"
"That is an impcrtinent question and
shall not answer it,"
"Then will take it for granted tina
you are"
"You needn't do any such thing, for
am not
"Well, you did answer my impertinen
question after all y
81 was not going to let you think wha
you pleased"
Pm glad you answered it anyhow, 70
now l am going to tell you what sort of
fellow he is, and sha'n't feel as if l an
being rude, as 1 might otherwise hav
done. Morley's kinfelks-"
1" haver never had the pleasure G
meeting any member of Mr.. Morley
family except himself"
"The pleasure said Tom, with
scornful laugh. "Let me tell you if yo
do find it a pleasure when you meet one
them-be it father, mother, brother, 81.
ter or the forty-fourth cousin-it will b
more than any one else has ever done"
''He seems to be very nice gentl,
man."
"Seems to be. But, pshawl Iwon
plead my cause by abusing my rival.
/ can't convince you Of the divine rigl
of love above every other consideration
I'll throw up the case. know you 10y
me; know / love you We've love
each other since we were old enough
know what love meant Better is dil
ner with herbs where love is than stale
OK and hatred Herewith. Do you kno
what that meansF
"Of course l do, any child woul
know"
"you don't though, for all you thin
yourself so wise. 1t means Just this:
is better to marry for love than +
money
"Come, Tom, " said the girl. and the