The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-16
CAR'LYNE'S COURTSHIP.

lane Perkins, acidly spoken. with q
pinched smile.
Carlyne-otherw Lyme for alb
meyiation-sc scrambled nimbly to the
hupgy seat, where she perched with
the pOise OF bird on a Dough, be-
tween the angular form of Miss Per-
kins and the stalwart. STOPPING bulk
Of Josh. She tossed her head and
held fast to her parcels.
III guess ! bought what | wanted
TO- ! guess l can do that" was her
reply, with confident look at Josh.
ii guess you kin. Lyme" said
Josh's slow, mild drawl
akin amt correct, Josh. You
Dughter say can observed Lyme
seyerSly.
Josh looked gently round upon his
monitor. Old Bess, the gray mare,
was moving her lank legs swiftly
now, knowing herself bound for the
outer country roads and home As
the buggy ratified with decrepjt
wheeze over the last streets OF the
town, the wind caught the hayward
wisps of curling front hair under
Lyne's best straw hat and made q
RULED, pretty golden aureole about
her face. flushed with the delights
Of unlimited purchases in "store
things"
well, Lyme. l amt no great on
grammar. But | guess you're right, +"
ts
"You better send him TO the Fe-
male academy down to Bumprille,
toon laughed Miss Perkins shrilly.
Wouldn't do no harm to send
others besides him there" Lyme
flashed back. setting her pink fps in
The woman and the girl had no
further words for each other after
that, and Josh, his blue eyea trou-
bled and deprecating, gave his whole
attention to Bess. until the two
neighboring farms were reached, and
Miss Perkins was deposited, first at
her own door.
IL tell you. if harm amt q bound
to come to Josh Conway for tho way
he spoils that there Lyme, then the
secrets and visitations of Providence
amt what | take 'em to bem 'Manda
Jane stood among her folks in the
Perkins kitchen and delivered her
self in quick, rageful, oracular SEN
fences of doom, as she tore off her
Sunday bonnet, reckless of preserv-
ing the strings from creaslng. "Iou
oughter seen the things she bought
to the store. and ,iosh's money a
goin' like water. and her having no
claim on him but being the child of
his pardner when he first began out
here. guess the pardner knew he
had a good thing when he up and
died and left Car'lyne to Josh. for
him to be her guardecu. First. Josh
sends her to the academy. to Bumps
vile, to make a inc lady of her, and
now there amt nothin' too good for
her nor no one can't speak to herr
What look at is, remarked Mrs.
Perkins, with rightly, "that it
amt respectable for man no older
than Josh to have young girl Twin
to tho farm He oughter marry
some settled woman first.
'ics. he oughtcr marry 'Manda
Jane" ironically exclaimed old man
Perkins, with loud gut1aw at which
the women frowned.
Meantime Lyme. Josh having put
up old Bess, was unfolding her store
treasures and DOMINIC them one By
one, before the square OF dingy look
Ing glass in the sitting room ON
Josh's farm.
How do you like mc?" she said.
And before Josh's dazzled vision SHE
executed u pirouette of her own in
vention. all her ribbons fluttering,
her color high. her gray eyes Hash
Ing with fun and triumph. Then
she planted herself suddenly before
him, arms akimbo: "What you reck-
on all this fnery's for, anyways,
JoshP" she quericd. As he made no
answer, only looking at her with a
silent, absorbed, doglike devotion
which he had displayed from the day
when, crying chit in a short, black
rock, he had brought her first to the
farm, she continued: "Why, to
bring some Of the boys down to busi-
ness, OF course!'
down to business" Josh re-
peated the words vaguely. with a
startled look.
"Yes. stupid! Amt it time ! was
married? Amt ! goin' to be eighteen
next month? Well. them"
! III you want to marry. Lyme"
losh's words came slowly as was
,heir wont, and the puzzled look had
deepened in his eyes, al guess
guess we kin fix it."
But with a shrek OF laughter
Lyme had thrown both her arms
about his neck.
Gracious, you're just the biggest
goose. JOSH don't want you to fix
anything. Amt got beaux enough,
"a like to know All / got to do is
70 choose. And that's what I'm
going to do, too! I'm going to get
married, end you are too, Josh,
cause you'd be lonely when l went.
IN going TO marry-well, no matter