Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-06-18

! ODLlgou 70 remain AT pa clIOrQ ).
Know them2r
No Rob didn't know them.
well. they live over by Concordia.
They arc the relatives OF Linnet's /
mentioned. Mean? You may bank on
that. They think more OF a nickel than
do o. dollar; and they've more dol
lars than I have. They told Linnet
she could do the homework for her
board md the homework Of their big
barrack Of a place is no joke. She was
/ plucky. she tried it. Bat you might
as well harness a butterfly to pillow as
I Linnet 70 drUdgery."
lie paused 30 weigh load Of corn for
q man who had driven up on the scale
outside. Then ne scrubbed a line upon
/ the battered book that lay upon the
I shelf-like ledge just below tia dingy
I window pane.
~ used to 60 70 Concordia pretty often,
/ as you remember and gotinto the habit
Of stopping in at Blatchford's. And
WELL the long and short OF it is l maze
up my mind to get married. and to
marry Linnet Joslyan at that"
Bonnell nodded interestedly. Never
before had Henry been soconfdentially
communicative.
she's awfullY pretty" he averred,
land like her quite as we'll as any girl
/ ever saw-indeed better. I've built a
fine house. you know. She shall have
every thing she wants. I'm sure Wen
be very happy"
Rob smiled grimly How prosaic
Dreier was! How Unconditional The
girl who would be content with the af-
lection he offered would have all she de-
served, Bonnell felt convinced.
And now, said Henry, looking at
his friend, here is the Ak I'm in--I
can't go over there to be married next
Thursday. The decision about that
new elevator the railroad men talk Of
putting up may be made any day. 1t
would not DO for me to risk being
away"
MAN alive" cried Bob bringing down
the forelegs Of his chair with bang
and springiug to his feet. DO you re-
member you would 60 to be married."
That IS the Identical reason ! can't
go" answered Henry, with his usual air
OF serenity. The very fact OF my as
suming new obligations would make it
culpable Of me to ieopardize my bust
ness interests.
There was a little amusement and
good deal Of contempt in the glance Rob
gave him
And SO decided Dreier putting his
short, thick hands in his pockets, II
wrote to Linnet that you would go over
for her Thursday and bring her TO
Belleville. We can be married here"
No longer could Bonnell conceal his
evaporation
Good heavens, Dreier," De ex-
claimed, cant you see that what you
suggest is Internally bad forrn?"
Henry did not see it. He turned de-
liberately to weigh tho empty wagon
that had rumbled back on the scale
Then he calmly faced the Indignation Of
his partner
mo GIRL avowed that wrauhful in
dividual fiercely, at least no girl in
her senses, would tolerate such dicta-
ton! You ought not TO expect her to
come ami 60 as you decide, as II she
were trained terrier"
Henry smiled placidly.
%, she won't mind! NY absence from
town might mean quite a loss to me in
money sense.
Defer your marriage then"
'Postponements are unbuslness like"
1t was with something suspiciously
like an oath that Mr.. Bonneu pulled his
hat down over his brows and swung out
Of the Office
To q g., ~ 8
that he wouldn't go to Concordia 1t
was atrocious that he should be sent to
bring and deliver bride as il she were
so much merchandise. And yet, did not
a poor poet bring Laila RoolSh to the
arms Of her royal lover? Yes, but the
poet was tho lover Well, after all,
what business was il of his? He had
given his word to Dreier to do him the
favor requested And the future wife
OF his partner must be but narrow
minded and spiritlesS creature and I'M
worthy his savage chivalry in her de-
Tense.
SO he went; but against his will, as
Beatrice said, when she invited Bene-
dict in to dinner. Is was still early,
not ten o'clock, when he drew up his
horses before tho large, ugly, frame
farm house on the outskirts of Con-
cordia
1t was an April day, and delicious
one. The skies were most softly. sun
niiy, luminously blue; everywhere
were plows Throwing tho dark
sod; everywhere was budding green
cry everywhere were budding boughs;
and from tie prairie grass came
the persistenty cheerful chirp OF
the meadow larIls. Kansas was
.hat morning, as She not frequently
is, more prodigal q spring-time promise
than OF midsummer tguttion,
Miss Josylaar'
The weather beaten woman Who bad
answered his brisk knucklo-knoel1 on
the panels of tho seldom-used haIl door
regarded him with stolid curiosity.
''Linuet2 She's out with the children
somewharos gaddin' as usual Won't
you come iu?"
NO. thauk you. rpplipd EoDDpl