The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-11-22

was strongly suggestive OF pies-pumpkin
pies. Miss Melinda, standing elbow deep
In -four. and the tall, handsome figure
leaning in the doorway was looking on
with much approval
"How very fortunate that did not leave
with the summer, or l would never have
known o Thanksgiving feast In your charm
ing home-and prepared by your charming
sell" the young man said smiling biandly
well, you might not have missed much"
she answered with q sidclong glance that
seemed 70 invite further compliments.
Miss Melinda was not q bad looking wo-
man for one who was dangerously near the
forties, and was as strongly inclined to
spar with Cupid as she had been In her
younger days. But then, urged perhaps by
the innate cruelty and bouyancy of youth,
abe had fought that smiling god too savage.
ly; now, in later years, with growing ap.
probation Of his many charms and graces,
she tried to woo him back by gentle, coax
ing ways. a2tl .sSy $500 #M u
In the garments Of more than one fash
ionable tailor he had returned TO trouble
and torture her, invariably retreating with
broken engagement to his credit, Of
which she had not been the breaker. A
few months before he had appeared In q
new guise-as a summer boarder--an
Miss Melinda, feeling sure that this was
the right man at last, had fixed up her cap
with new strings and set II for his wander
ing feet az ~
= AS she was known TO possess small
fortune besides the farm, and had some
personal beauty to boot man might do
worse than alloy himself with self-sup-
porting woman like this, and so thought
Mr.. Remington Hall, their summer
boarder.
After careful survey OF the field and
Of the one opposing force, In the person of
Mr.. jefferson Blake, an awkward but hon
est viilager who had been the favored one
before his advent, the enterprising Hall
entered into the pursuit Of fortune with
all the ardor aud zeal Of a foreign prince.
His rival was fairly wel-to-do, bore an
excellent character, and had shown an
ability to care and do for himself, all Of
which qualities were enough-and more
than enough TO blast his matrimonial, hopes
in America.
do youintend 10 marry this Hall, and
still keep on "a workin' the farm yourself,
milkin' and maxim butter, an him sittin'
round smolsin' all the time ~ Jeff had asked
her quite plainly one day.
'Who says intend to marry HALF" she
asked. ~
Z "The village, y said JEFF, decisively. y
"Wcll,r said Miss Melinda, after think
ing awhile, "s'pose was to marry you, as
we once planned, what could you do for
mem E3at ~ 'AaA@ f3fs sti
Jeff's big brown eyes filled with tears.
'Do for your he echoed, II could work
my fingers on. could wear my heart out
lovin' an worshipin' you" W Ae
Miss Melinda, with the average woman's
fondness for honeyed words, whether from
the right man or wrong man, listened with
much complacence, fiually dropping her
hand down carclcssly by her side, not far
away from her lovers mouth, for he was
leaning up against the porch ON which she
set, fff Il.
sJeff., whose sense OF vision must have
been blurred with trouble, did not notice
II, and with little sigh he went on:
"And what can Hall do for you, I'd like
70 know, when he hasn't laid by q penny
for himselfs He's ths l<ind Of chaps that
expccts other folks will lay by for him.
HIS aftqr your money, Melinda, that's
what he's after - sure as live de-
clared Jen, with unusual boldness.
The lady drew back her hand with an
.SdsJSs Han don't % anything, but
en- tell you whore he's far ahead OF you, y
she sid With queer look In her eyes
1hshou't miss aiytAingR md with this
strange reply she left him.
fiy HON stopdtpf tpe cooiness between
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