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Deacon Brackets Proposal.

uWin, Will" cried Dolly, running
N great haste down the lane one
bright spring morning.
"Wboa! Good morning." said Will,
pulling up tho deacon's old horse
scady at the gate. "Much obliged to
con. I'm sure, for coming down here
10 see me-" as he waited.
nDont tease, Will; had n reason
for coming, of course. Is Deacon
Brackctt at home todayT
ayes, and likely to be for awhile.
He cut his foot yesterday, chopping
| M in the birch pasture"
ais it bad cut, WHIP"
"No-that is, only a flesh wound,
but it will confine him to the house
for week or two, | suppose. Are
YOU coming over to see him !"
mo, of course not; but Aunt Sc
fe,a wanted Hic W deh'
ooh! then she's coming!" unwit-
ingy hitting Oh the truth. "What
can she be coming TO SEQ the deacon
for?"
Wcll," replied Dolly, 81 suppose
she wouldn't want anything said about
&, but we heard the deacon wanted to
scll The ten.acre field, and Aunt Sc
reua will pay him as much for it as
any one else can afford to. IL joins
her lot you know, and she always said
ought to belong to the farm"
"So that's it," said Will; "didn't
know, seeing it's leap-ycar, but she
might have some idea" -
"Nonscnse! | wish she had, though.
She said only this morning, jokingly,
she'd a good mind to propose to the
tlst single man she met, for hired
helps worse than no help, and it will
lake all the crops she can raise to pay
TOR raising them"
"Iha!'s about the case at homc,"
exclaimed VIII. "Mlry James
mothers taken sick and sent for her
THIS morning; I've just carried her to
The depot, and the deacon's lame, and
that leaves him with no housckeepcr."
Dor-o.thy!" called her Aunt Serena
from the door. "The clo'cs are bilin'
all ille butter has come"
Sand I'm coming! Good-by,
WMw
"G0Od-by, Dolly; guess, Miss
Dame can buy the field"
Dolly ran into the house, and while
Acf aunt stamped the golden balls of
ou''er she deftly rinscd, wrung and
luhg The snowy clothes on the line.
Aunt Serena" asked Dolly at
u'nicr' just as her aunt poured out the
"c0hd cup of tea, having noticed this
was hcr most communicative time.
Deacon Brackctt is nice man, isn't
hep
Law sakcs, child, there amt Il
.'''cr nowhere about. Sapin is a
'00a calkilator; where you find one
''' his equal, you'll find ninety -ninc
vus Ones"
90 thought" observed her niece.
wonder why he never married?"
can't tell ye that, Pm sure.
up 'he deacon's little too particu-
' Ialnt every woman could suit
1'''' brought up as he was"
No' l don't know of but one, and
that's you, Aunt screna.n
\, DOA' be foolish, Dorothy" said
i '' Dahe' sharply. And Dolly, sat
t..,, " hcr aunt would say nothing
~. s'''ef On the subject, maintained a
hsaclOus silence.
ne meantime Will had hurried
.'us' Where he found the deacon w.
!, ! y, 'he lounge, gloaning dismally
s'A the pain in his foot and the gen.
''al 'e' condition of affairs.
. D,a !, you get the linimcnt, VIII
''~, ~. quericd he, anxiously.
'1es' sir; here it is. Shall I battle
your foot now?n 'N
y NO. You may loosen the boudaoe
II :, "0us'i, Of yer mind tew. How
M,,, We re goin' tew git along till
kaow.n "'cN Is moron
sOe., answered VIII, after an in.
Il sssn ss', OF the larder, .paere's plenty
ma : nam and three loaves of bread
u \. N n 'o'i eggs ami roast po;a oes
~ ] y" ! slarvc for awhile