The Press., 1891-12-24

Of course she feid Bessie. She had no secrets from Bessie And Bessie pooh- poohed the very itiea Why. Rebecca
 was made for4an artist's wife. Marry d
 farmer to mopsi in the woods! Neverl l Wait ftill, Brother Jack game. K T An Res, II was Brother Jack In the mdrnfng sfrnthef Jackat noon and Broth. CT Jack at night: She had heard of Broth. CT Jack at school until Brother Jack was
 a fungus growth, on her brain And now
 Bessie declared that Brother Jack had
 fallen in love with Rebscca's 8 photograph and was dying to see her and pour out his hearts idolatry Bessie had it all ar ranged Jack and Rebecca were to fall into each others arms very soon after the
 first meeting sai1d get married and live
 happily ever after
 Rebecca had never met this wonderful
 brother and had not the remotess idea how he looked It seemed to her to be .
 curious fact that though Jack was an
 artist there was not . picture of him of
 any kind h his father's house She asked Bessie to describe him. but
 Bessie vowed eit was impossible; he was 90 handsome. All she could say was that
 he was just assumptions and so hand.
 some you felS like wanting to cut him. So Rebecca wondered and waited. But the ghost of john Buck would not down in her heart
 He's come. screafned Bessie one
 morning. rushing unceremoniously into
 Rebecca's ropms before her guest had finished dressing He's come. Rebec.
 Jacks here and he's just dying to meet you
 Rebecca snliaed at her friends enthu- l siasm over that big brother and began to
 ask herself whsss in the world she would o-if this man also threw his heart at
 her. For. .Bsssie's sake it would be very
 embarrasslng If John Buck--there he
 was again Try as she could. she could
 not get the young farmer out of her heart
 She drsssed with unusual care that
 morning, and when Bessie rushed her down stairs to- the presence of the
 .sweetest man on earth. Rebecca was
 vision of rars loyeliness. Jack stood with his back toward the
 door looking out of the window when
 the girls entered the breakfast room
 Jack. here's Rebecc9- This was their introduction Rebecca began to smile at Bessie's ec- centric presentation But when. Jack 1 wheeled and faced her; the smile became
 puzzle She was staring at the big. dark laced, black n,ustas:hed. manly fel.
 low in, 3 way that was, to say the least.
 not polite Jack bowed most courte-
 ously. He was certainly remarkably handsome man
 '.Why. Jack. k.you've crushed her. It's a clear case of, love at first sight" laugh
 ed Bessie. as she noticed Rebecca's stare. | Rabecca blpshed fnriously. but did not
 remove herssyes from the brother. She could not 8he was entranced or fasci- l hated.r @ Jack now returned her look. while 3
 radiant smi1e came over his face and he
 spoke:
 re Il am most happy .te meet my sisters dearest friend.
 F. "Johnr. Iit: Rebeccas s.s hands flew to- her heart,
 She, made q step, toward him as she uttered the name. half hesitatingly yet inquiringIy z "Johns f. yos: like. 1t better John
 Buck. if you will have it SO : l He opened his arms. met her and ! folded her eS his broad bosom. while her arms circled his .raeck with hug that
 caused Bessie to gasp and sputter: "Well, of all things if that doesn't beat
 French. lsexpected something sudden, 2 week or day at the least. but this is more than I had hoped for.
 Rsbecca turned to Bessie at last and l said smilingly:
 t-..fi toifd you once i would never marry any one but John Buck. will keep my I promise. This is John Buck. And it waa John Buck--anon Van Wycke.
 Bessie's brother had fallen fl, love with I jRebecca.s photograph. Heheard SO much of the girl that he made up his mind to
 win her at he first opportunity. Before | they had aohance to meet, her uncle died and she resolved to go to her fathers
 farm for the summer. John heard of 1t
 through Bessie's letters early in the
 spring. He then laid his Suixotic plans.
 Going west he reughed 1t till his hands hardened and. he3 became used to farm life Then he hired to Farmer Buggs. ! In the capAcity of the farm hand he had the chance he. .craved to study the char .acter of the girl whose face was already I stamped upon his heart. Tho test was f all he could have wished He had found her noble and worthy the name of l woman.
 After they were married .Rebecca
 knew why she had never got Bessie'a
 letters on the farm. Jack produced the l letters, which had been hid in, his pock- cts all the tiime:: It was he who had sent Bessie to. Morgan'ss Millst to rescue the
 broken hearted girl
 And thus 1t came to. pass that Rebecca Bugga became .Rehesca Van Wycke.
 and not R farmers wife. 1t was with much astonishment that Father and Mother Buggs heard of Re
 becca's marriage to the only son of Mil lalionaiFe Van Wycke. of New York. The
 faflner was stil more surprised when it was made toAswnsupon his rather dull
 mind that this same son of millionaire
 had served him as his ..hired hand" most
 faithfully for seven months: aud it gave him chill to remember that be was t%SOAAAksptASA~AS - BISOs7MOklH 0u5k y 0uoDtll for hfty-one dollars-the sum total of his lastlthrse lnonths wages. when the
 latter left the farm
 Jacob said he guessed he could get
 that much money for the old gray iaare
 and pay the indebtedness before the we'd
 ding came oil But Jack declared he had
 collateral security and would not insist
 upon receiving the money The farm at Morgan's Mills was aban-
 doned to it's mortgages and Father and
 Mother Buggs were again installed in
 the old homestead in Pennsylvania,
 which. by liberal use of money. had
 been turned into sf.the finest place in Berks county. thanks to the generosity 1 of the ex-farln hand
 And every summer Rebecca and her