Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-13

RH9 aeWEI Gle, her aunt, and
ZE@= nearly q round doz-
en- of cousins.
Wharton Hill, a young lawyer,
slowly winning name and fame in his
profession, was being vigorously
hand-shaken and nosily welcomed
by the Truemans, when Ned cried:
perhaps you didn't know Daisy
was an heiress, Wharton?"
"Ned-don't!'' said Daisy, re-
proachfully.
"a landed proprietress," cried
Tom. II do not refer to the paltry
six hundred a year she draws from
her fathers estate, but to her own
property"
"Her farm, in fact!" cried Sue.
'Yes: her farm" echoed Ned, CON-
ing to the front once more. "When
you are tired of the law you can start
gentleman farming upon your coun
try seat.''
After they were all gone, having
TESTED long time on this subject,
Wharton was surprised to see tears
In Daisy's soft brown eyes.
"Whatis it, my darling?" he asked.
'sThey don't mean 10 hurt my feel
1ngs," Daisy said, gently, "but they
will jest about my farm, and-and-l
don't like it,
'Then you really own a farm"
"1tis not a valuable p possession, as
you will see when 1 tell you about it.
When / was baby, soon after NAM
ma died.. was very ill, ard the doc
tors advised my father to send me
TO the country for change of air.
There was an old servant of fathers
family, who had married q farmer
and was left widow with small
farm. Such a farm, Wharton! The
house has only three rooms, and
looks as if a high wind would utterly
demolish it; the land is SO poor that
1t is slow starvatio to cultivate it.
But it was all the home Margaret
had. You may judge that she was
very glad to receive the liberal price
father paid for rae, and my own
smother could not have given me more
loving care. Every year father came
to take me away, and every year was
persuaded to leave me, until l was
eight years old, and a marvel of rug
ged health and perfect ignorance.
Then was put in boarding.
school, but still spent my sum-
mer vacations with old Margaret,
and my trunk was always half filled
with comforts for her. Having no
one in the world who claimed kindred
with her. no one else but me to love,
Margaret loved me with her whole
heart. Six years ago, after father
died, and | came here to live with
Uncle Tom, Margaret died and left
me her farm. 1t has been a Joke in
the family ever since. The place is
80 utterly valueless that we can
neither sell it nor rent it, and it re-
presents only the love of an old wom-
an Tor her nursling."
Sometime we will visit it. You
have not told me it's locality"
'sIt is in Pennsylvania nine miles
from anywhere, father used to say,
because it is nine miles off the rail
road. Butyou can always hire wag-
on or carriage at G--to go over
to Corn's Mill; and my farm is very
near Corn's Mill"
After this explanation, Wharton
bore the testing about Daisy's real
estate with perfect good nature, and
declared his intention OF erecting
palatial country seat upon the place
when he became a millionaire and
Judge of the Supreme Court.
Being people of modest desired, and
having an income of about six hun
Sdred dollars apiece, Wharton and
Daisy saw no reason to delay their
wedding, and were married with
q large assemblage of true friends
around them. They went to house
Keeping in little house, modestly
furnished, and were fair specimens of
fss1ove in q cottage.
Bnt Wharton Hill was ambitious.
Having studied his profession under
great difficulties, often going hungry
p buy needful books, often losing
nights rest to pore over knotty