The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-12-18

he'd engaged a lass o. tibet name ter
teach mex term, an I'll bet doughnut
hers the identical one. Might board
to our house, too-should'n n wonder"
''Hay" the young man calculated with
some energy. DO you really mean it?
Say. Jim Dolman, you couldn't accom-
MEDIATE me too, in case she did, could
you?"
Mr. Dolman's wooden countenance
almost screwed itself into an expression
as he replied with a chuckle:
"Oh, thet's the way the wind blows,
is it? But. 'Phonse lad, l should
thought you'd looked higher nor
fondling-a orphin, reared on the chart
" of n dressmaker-you with 4 good
business in Glastonbury an n half
section o farmin' land in Havana"
well" was the satisfied response,
''that is Just why can afford to make
fool of myself"
An what's her first name?" the old
man continued. Il disremember what
the squire told me-"
"Wanda-Wanda Arlington"
Wanda, Sakes alive. what 'stroarary
name to give a Christian female: But
folks do go now to the dime novel rather
than the Bible to name their children.
But. about Wilder Evesham-ain't she
got two darters o her own?'
That she has-one of them is mar
ried to 4 cousin of Bill Potter's in De-
troit; then there's Kate, who teaches
in the Glastonbury schools, and is the
prettiest girl in the county next to
Wanda Arlington"
Then there's a son, too-leastways
caught sight of tall, straight young
Teller one day at her house"
AYE, mes in New York making his
| fortune"
Then who be the blind young chap,
as is often with the Arlingtons?"
His name is George Arundel" Al
phorse Danneirs said with u savage
/ scowl. He came from the east about
a year ago-for the good of his health,
they say-but, if he fools around that
young woman much more, it would have
been better for his health To have
stopped away"
Mr.. Dolman turned his fshy eyes on
the speaker and asked:
How so, 'Phonse?"
Never you mind" was the sullen
response, as the wagon took them
round the bend of the road.
Let us now turn to the two young
people sitting under the trees.
1t is George Arundel VINO IS skiing:
Now. Wanda. tell me VIII. the fish
ernen are doing? long % hear the
sweep of their oars, as they pay off the
lines of their net, and hear them sing
the merry French chanson to the time
of their rowing. And, have the Indian
squaws reached the island in their
dug-out, or has the stream carried them
too far below"
Soft and musical was the voice that
replied:
The fishermen are nearly ready to
start. The squaws are just Bleaching
their canoe, and some little lads are
running along the shore to meet them,
with dog barking at their heels. But,
oh, George, such lovely sailboat has
Just come round the bend of the river;
you can almost see her keel as she flies
like bird over the water"
"How you love the river, Wanda"
Eyes, to me it is thing of perpetual
beauty, changing the expression of its
loneliness with every cloud that floats
over it."
Tell me what you see now
Il see," said the girl, obediently,
''the broad river stretching like lake
of liquid silver for miles and miles,
green as emerald where the shadow OF
the iAland falls on it. There are white
caps on the waves, which glitter like
snow tossed in sunshine. A low wood.
land lies on the other shore, dotted
with white cottages; woman is hang
ing out clothes in front of one of the