The Lamar register., 1893-05-13
LILIES LOVE.

more than quarter of an hour agor"
~ was q summer morning. David
Elwyn had come to the house for a
cool drink from the well while the
horses rested His mother, in close,
scant dress and gingham sun-bonnet,
was hurrying about from kitchen to
ceiicr. and from cellar to well. full OF
.ho cares of farm and housework.
Across the yard. the one group of
t:ecs in all that great expanse OF
| corpncld stood gaily futtering their
brisk leaves in the wind. while from
c strong lower branch swung that
gi=l." Pouto. the big brown dog .frisk-
| Ing gnily about her, thinking it some
now. delightful game.
David forgot that he was expected
TO look reprovingly at the spectacle.
He removed his straw hat. wiped the
moisture from his face, while fond
expression came into his earnest gray
| oyes
The maiden OF scarce sixteen, with
tiny feet flying and bare arms up
/ lifted. was too beautiful to scold. The
sunnicst OF curling hair framed the
sweetest, merriest face imaginab BILE;
she had the rosiest of cheeks. the
brightest and brownest OF eyes, the
whitest of brows, and the lightness
and grace of Il gazelle. She was
never still moment, never sad or
GROSS. with all her mischief and love
Of fun-eltcrnatclY the plague and
\ comfort of the household. This was
Lille Forrest.
Its no use talking. David; she'll
have to go out to work. ] can't get
anything out of her; but III bet a six
pence Jonas Quinn's wife can When
you and me both have to toll all day
long TO make living, and that mort
gage coming due, we can't keep
Lille in idleness. She's well and
strong. aad she'll have to learn to
/ take her share OF the burdens or life. :"
"0h, mother! Send Arthur For
rest's daughter TO be Mrs. Quinn's
drudge and slave7 I'll work harder
do more OF yours; or, If you once
| firmly and kindly make Lille under
stand you are doing too much for
your strength, I'm sure she will try
to help you more
..Oh. don't say but she's willing
enough She forgets, ana she's so
full OF fun and play she can't just
work. some way. See here, Lilliei
am waiting for those peas for dinner.
The pink form gavo spring and
landed on the ground.
There was merry laugh. then q
sweet voice exclaimed. "Oh, auntie,
! forgoti The world is so lovely to-
day / want to iy away up TO the sky.
II. he h f,,s
winds did their best, but | couldn' t
get clear away. I'll have those peas
picked In two secondsm
The pea-vines suffered. but Lille
had handfuls of the bursting pods in
/ her basket in twinkling,
Seventeen years before, David and
! his friend. Arthur Forrest, who was
several years older than himself had
/ come to Canada Ito seek their for
tunes" David's father, failing in
business, failed to find anything in
| life to live for. so ceased doing so.
| Arthur had angered his guardian
and uncle by marrying the girl he
| loved with her beauty and poverty,
instead of one he disliked with her
plain face and handsome income. So
the two boys alone but for wife and
mother, struck out bravely to dig
success from the soil
Arthur, unused to hardships, found
the struggle too great for him. The
soil yielded him only quiet resting
place. His young wife pined away.
and very soon followed, leaving a
beautiful baby girl, helpless and poor,
in the strange. new country.
But David and his mother adopted
the child, and cared for her as ten
derly as their own hard lives would
permit The sunlight and shadow oi
their poor little home-pretty, wilful
and mischievous, yet so bright, gay
and loving they could not harshly
chide her-she was at once we'll
spring of joy and a source Of anxiety.
But this sort of life was not to &c
on forever. One evening David re-
ceived an important letter which
changed it all. 1t seems that the
obdurate uncle had died, and though
he had never before recognized LII
lies existence, he had at the last
moment made will in her favor, ig'
noring, with a sort OF grim humor
the host of fawning and eNpectan'
friends that surrounded him. Ano
he had boarded more money thar
anyone imagined. so Lille. after all
was very rich. Her guardian, unit
she became of age, was wealthy
and highly respectable old lawyer II
Quebec. David and Mrs. Elwyn wert
Il FNg hnt n