Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-07-29

But he did not come back at all. Evi.
IDENTIFY there was some other way between
the smithy and the little brook.
At six o'clock, according to compact,
Mrs. Perkins came for the artist to es.
cort her home.
"And you've been all this time doing
that little bit of work2" said Mrs. Per.
kins.
"Oh, l haven't worked all the time,
Perky" impatiently spoke the girl.
"Besides, one can't hurry art"
As they strolled slowly down the shady
road, Elma suddenly stopped and picked
up something.
"What's that9" said the governess,
lifting her crisp founces out of the dust.
"a horseshoe-an old, common horse
shoe. Put that down at once, Miss Ell.
wood"
"Wait for n moment, Perkyl" cried
the girl, rushing away through the
bushes. "'ve forgotten something"
Half minute later, she was down in
front of the closed smithy, balancing
herself on the identical butternut- wood
stump.
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drove in rusty nail, and hung the thin
old horseshoe over the door.
"There's good luck for Louis Dal-
zell!" she cried, as she sprang lightly
backward
"Take carel" said voice behind her.
And then she became aware that Dal-
zell himself had emerged from the bow
cry shadow of the trees, aud that she
had nearly knocked HIM over.
"Is that for me2" he said. ooh,
| thanks!"
And placing both hands lightly on her
shoulders, he kissed her, driven by some
sudden impulse for which he himself
could scarcely account.
Elma Elwood turned scarlet all over
she rubbed her cheeks to eiface all YES
tige of the offense, and stamped her kid
shod foot in the sand with futile passion
"How dare you2" she cried. s'How
dare youa"
And like flying nymph she vanished
into the dense shadow of the woods,
leaving the young man transixed with
surprise.
"Why does she make such fuss2" he
asked himself "She's only a child
but good fate what a beautiful chidi"
He reached up and took down the
the thin, old horse shoe and put it in his
pocket. He and the picturesque, long
bearded old blacksmith had quarrelled
that day, and he meant to leave Wyndale
with the break OF the morrow's dawn.
"l'll take my luck with me, he said
to himself. "God bless the child for
ihinh'ng ofmef''
Just year afterward old Major Ell.
wood died, leaving his affairs hopelessiy
eutangled; and when the lawyers had
squabbled long enough over the bust.
ness, it was formally announced that
there was nothing left for the child to
to live on.
"What am l to do, Perky2" said
Elma, with big, blue eyes OF apprehen-
sion and dlsmay.
And good Mrs. Perkins, who had sue
ceeded in obtaining situation rs Eng
lish teacher in a boarding school, bar
gained to forego part of her own salary
for the sake of having Elma's education
so on at Watley Hall.
ga teachers life isn't all roses" said
she, "hut | can't bear the idea of hav-
ing the poor, little dear bound out to
trade or stood up behind counter.
And, really, her voice might be made
something Of"
All these things happened years ago,
and Denveras was not the big city
it is now when Mrs. Perkins and her
adopted daughter decided to cast their
lots in the shadow of the Black Hills.
emusic is overdone in the Eastern
States" said the good ex-governess
"But | think wen make a try for it |
here, Elma, dear. I'm told that if we |
can interest that rich iron man that lives
in the castellated mansion out beyond |
Plaza River, his influence can do every
thing for us
"lieallyl" Elma's dimples danced
roguishly. "What a very curious sort
OF person an--lron man must be I'm |
very curious to see him, Perky, do you
know1"
'Nonsense, my dearl" cried Mrs. Per
kins. "You know what | mean per-
fectly we'll. He's made his fortune in
the iron business--railways aud that
sort of thing. And I'm going to call
there this very afternoon, to bespeak his
recommended ons and good Offices"
"Oh, Perky, must got"
"Of course you must go, childl'
Elma Elmwood sat trembling in the
great entrance hall of the Moresqve
on the south shore OF the Plaza
RIVER.
The sunshine glimmerel on the floor
oi rose aud white marble; giant myrIles
and hlossoming lemon trees tilled the
angles, aud low easy y-chair on tiger
illn bg the door, was drifted over with
newspapers. Presently Mrs. Perkins
came smiling back,
, ole will be with ia presently" said
she. ''ileally, my dear, he's quite a
Young man~not At all the bald paiel
railroad king expected TO see. Aud he
Is most Kind aud gracious, and has
promised % recommend us everywhere.
The door opened and the iron man en-.
tered, followed hy two or three maguil
cent hounds, Elma spaag up With a
afy.
"WhY, she exclaimed, alt's Louis .-
rs Louis Dalkell"
Ne heli out both hs hands.
~ cant haze changed - yefy much
Hen sail he
a. ihe same Instant Elm4 eyes caught