The Somerset reporter., 1891-06-25
SELECTED.
DhIS US FARM


was receiving the merry congratulations
of the family, consisting of her unce
ner aunt, and nearly round dozen OF
cousins.
Wharton Hill, a young lawyer, slowly
winning name snd fame in his profession
vas being vigorously hand shaken and
noisly welcome ed by the Truemans, when
Ned cried
Perhaps you didn't know Daisy was
an heress, Wharton"
''Ned-don't!' - said Daisy, reproach-
fully.
"A landed proprietress, cried Tom
4 do not refer to the paltry six hundred
year she draws from her fathers estate.
2ut to her own property"
Her farm in fact" cried Sue.
Yes; ner farm" echoed Ned coming
10 the front once more. when you are
ired of the law you can start gentleman
arming upon your country-seat.
After they were all gone, having Jest
ID long time on this subject, Wharton
vas surprised to see tears in Dasy's soft
Drown eyes.
What is it, darlingT' he asked.
They don't mean to hurt my feelings" ="
Daisy said, gently" but they will jest
ibout my farm, and-and-I don't like
IT,
"lhen you really own FARM"
"lt Is not valuable possession, as you
will zee when | tell you about it. When
| was baby, soon after mamma died,
vas very i'll, and the doctors advised my
father to send me to the country for
change Of air. There was an old servant
If fathers family, who had married a
'armer and was left widow with small
farm Such farm, Wharton! The
louse has only three rooms, and looks as
# II high wind would utterly demolsh 1t :;
he land is so poor that it is slow starva
lion to cul ivate it. But it is all the home
Margaret had. You may judge that she
Sns very glad to receive the liberal price
father paid for me, and my own mother
could not have given me more loving care.
Every year father came to take me away
and every year was persuaded to leave
ne, until was eight years old, and mar
vel of rugged health and perfect igno-
cance. Then | was put in boarding
,chool, but still spent my summer va.
cations with old Margaret, aud my trunk
vas always half filled with comforts for
ner. Having no one in the world who
claimed kindred with her, no one else to
owe, Margaret loved me with her whole
leart. Six years ago, after father died
md | came here to 1--we with Uncle Tom,
Margaret died and left ne her farm. l.
las been joke in the family ever since
rhe place is so utterly yalutless that we
can neither sell it nor rent it. and it rep
tesents only the love of All oil woman for
ner nursing"
Sometime we will visit it, You have
aot told me its locality "
at Is in Pennsylvania, nine miles from
anywhere, father used to say, because it
s nine miles oil the railroad But you
can always hire wagon or carriage at
G-to go over to Corns Mill; and my
:arm is very Fear Coru's MIL
After this explanation, Wharton bore
he jssting about Daisy 5 res estate with
perfect good-nature, and declared his in
-en ion Of erecting palatial country seat
lpon the place, when he became a million
,re and Judge of the superior Court.
Being leople OF modest desires, and
having an income OF about six hundred
iollars apiece, Wharton and Daisy saw no
cesson to delay their wedding, and were
marr, with large assemblage of trur
friends around them. They went to
housekeeping in little house modcstly
furnished, and were specimens of "love
n a cottage
But Wharton Hnl was ambitious. Hav-
iiliicuiies, often going hungry to buy
ueedful books, often losing his nights
rest to pore over knotty points, he was
10Th fond and proud of his LIE work ana
sroyo to win a good position therein.
His love for Daisy, true, honest love-
was never allowed to interfere with his
pursuit of fame In his profession, and
after he was narrici he attacked his
tude. with ,sh arior, spending his
me IN his Cllice, when not actually en-
gagged In the courtroom.
Little Daisy, whose life was affection,
found time often hanging heavily upon
her hands as Wharton came more and
| more popular and the number of his ell
ents increased But she wss always resdy
with loving welcome when he dld cumr
| to biz home, and sine knew that much of
his ambition and srdor was for her sake.
The third year OF her married NE was
nearly over, and her only child, Tom
| Trutman HUI, was eighteen mOnths old
when Wharton, ever busy and full Of c.
ergy, began to comIl 4in Of racking pain
| in his head, and loss Of memory. Often
in the midst of an argument the thread
Of his speech slipped from his mind, and
| cost great mental struggle to be Iesum-
| cd
| He fought the symptoms bravely but
Daisy was full of terror at the change in
him. He grew haggard and restless, op-
dressed with vague fears OF loss of rea-
'on, and really suii red great physica
pain.
Al last, much against his will, he al.
lowed DAISY to call in the family physi-
clan, whose advice was simple, but
strongly urged, consisting OF two words
/ lv p..rf
The brain is overworked, he explain
ed, land no medicine will avail while he
persists in study and practice. Get hin
away, II you Gao. Hm-this Is May, 8
good time for a country trip. Take hin
TO the country, Mrs. HILL"
| Wharton rebelled. 1t was ruin to leave
his office, where cases of Importance were
| in his hands. He must work, or they
might all starve. He would decline somt
Of the practice offered him; would tax,
little trips during the summer; would, iu
short, tenporze.
And then Daisy-litue, brown -eyec
Daisy-whose voice was as soft as flute
who was scarcely larger than well
grown child of twelve, put her foo
down" Such mite of a foot! 1t wa.
absurd to imagine it had any weight Ii
the worlds machinery; but 1t was down
ahd Daisy kept it there. Tom was law
yer, and Tom could take Wharton's case,
for the summer months. There was he
farm-a poor place, to be sure, but a
least house, and with some furniture II
It, aud surrounded by beautiful scenery
possessing the purest of air and water
With six hundred year they would no
starve, and there was nest-egg in tn,
bank in case of an emergency.
Wharton pshawed Wharton fumed
All In vain. Resolute little Daisy packe'
trunks, arranged her household, engage,
her one half grown girl to accompany tn
party as childs nurse, and enlisted tn
entire Trueman family on her side.
Aud Wharton, finding those queer feel
ings In his head increasing, the dzz
spells becoming more frequent, final
submitted to fate, in the person of Daisy
explained the various points at issue +
Tom Trueman, and, accompanied by wife
child and nurse, took up his journey t
Corn's Mill. 1t was early morning whe
rickety old wagon containing the part
, aud baggage entered an iuclosure this
had once been . fence, and the famil
took possession Of Daisy's Farm.
The prospect Was not encouraging