Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-12-27

ta' II expect she has bee n ordered
Z" bod She is an excitable little
s ., " and hal no business to be up at
p: 5onr AS to her going with US, I
1' INV NV grandmother would never
zeal I6o y, child. I hope [ have not got
I ;oto q scrape." replied Bellenden.
y: 8rt he had forgotten all about it
tan he came home at night, and
e. ,.r needed not to have wasted sim
INV i; ,,!!oment on the oft-rereated query
\: rn rG must he nave thought"
y sb DDs had had bad day, but it had
. ~l, some fruits, even such fruits as
.ss could herself appreciate for granny
@ s.: s.: a 81: e. e: :$ Is; ;;;
bad ssa q opcposa htir sdy i in ac.
~dance, with her tastes, felt pitiful
md compassionate. ahu zat about
,raedIlv to consider what she Should
oto make up" to her darling for the
Then the bright idea occurred to her
that Jerry should sit up to the late
~nrpr, should be exhorted to be very
,rf and sedate, and told that she
rooId thus prove to Capt. Bellenden
in the most satisfactory manner. that
.po was emerging from the chryalis
tate, and was, in fact, upon the very
wfpes of butterfly wood.
Jerry wiped her eyes, which had be-
mn to brim alresh at the first words,
gben it came to this point.
To up to the late supper would
] certainly be u great thing, next best
+ not quite as good as going out on the
moor and though, to be sure, the lat
pr might have entailed the former,
there was no absolute certainty that it
would have done So Had she been
allowed to 90 with her cousin and his
friend. 1t was quite possible that
granny might have sent for her about
midday. in which case she would as
,uedly have lost all chance of the
evening treat, since she could hardly
have faced her grandmother with two
mgOnted requests in one day. The
point would then have been, which to
choose between:
But here was granny herself propos-
Ing the supper, ana proposing it in the
indest manner, placing, as 1t were,
the gcntIest of fingers on a tender
spot.
Granny was sure, she said, that Capt.
&,Ienden had meant no harm: he had
only been thOUghtless: he had no little
sisters of his own, and die not know
a50ut them. Granny was sorry she
had spoken so strangely, and hoped no
ma T., ~
bad been quite right of Jerry not to go
down again. And now she should not
say anything to their guest immense
relief on Jerry' part and nothing
more need be heard OF the matter.
hAsmaIl hand stole into hers at this
point. The old lady fondled it, and
Understood its meaning
\ sense Of 5 bdued comfort and glad
ness stole into the child's breast, and
AIed It to oVertlOwlng presently. The
agony OF shame, veXaJiOn, and dlsap-
YOutment hau left it sore AMI aching.
even when the first throes had passed;
out now. as evening approached, hope
again lifted up its head.
She was to sit up late. and have her
pace laid at table. She was to put on
Aer longest rock. and be in the draw
A-Foom y granny's side when the
gentlemen came in, and she need not
give any explanation of her notreturn-
lug 10 the breakfast table, as it would
%q0lte sufficient to reply to any IN
curry that granny had not wished her
10 90 out.
IoaIl this Jerry meekly assented;
oH
"o0 OF hearing her cheerful little
;"DS0e prattling away again as if moth
NY Aad happened.
A piece Of white heather from the
yarmlgan peaks,' cried Bellenden,
sSa1y coming in in the dusk with it in
I 1S hand, From the very topmost
1.nt OF your lands. fair lady, holding
g1' the sprig towards Geraldine. Il
an a4oW that [ should find some, though
"almond said not. Will you then &C
osP' as q gift what you could claim as
Sne took it shyly.
o. We have had such a day, Mrs.
raI4poeil, " continued the speaker,
W. S.lA ANIMATION, "such a glorious. I'M
tineled day. \ day ever to be remem-
S,Le0 1t has made up for hundred
wv weeks such as the last. We have
S@,o Our thousands. and we have
@1'NeJ our leagues, and have seen
wv" StgAtS, such stretches OF moor
, ~5uN moor, and mountain upon noun
. s' H. anu so many sea lochs. each like
Z separate ocean. with its own little
i a-. o' herring boats. and its own VII
,"~e or nShprman'S tpttaoaS-Oh' we
s ~~' = mad grand day altogether. |
sn"Ii never forget it. Icannever hope
~ - S"cn another"
,rb men he glanced at his other auditor,
!; r1' was mutelv listening. but not look
sr3 "l nm. All at once he relollected
S~0 understood.
r... am afraid there is no doubt that L
s ~s III l. the wrong about your coming,
ba,' he owned frankly. You see
- ,'H ~, no ldea OF hat it was going to
n'-,1 IKE The ground we went over was
r, ~a.! too rough for any pony, and was
No ''| severe even on Raymond and
rrs l hoIe you did not think me very
hail 10 nave proposed it, Mrs. Camp
s aa turning to the old lady, but you
,r., lLlooFs differ so. and that at Kim
Ne - was easy walking Just where
r. '."<' our luncheon, however, there
ronr path, and / believe the boy and
Al ~ - anne up by it. We are to lunch
.ont4 same place tomorrow. Now,
Tb"'.e We not induce you to come up:
bar""S would atone to my little friend
lbo Tor my unfortunate suggestion Of
- morning. What do you Think"
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