The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-10

TST@YN@S NcnInd verses h"d aIa",s place.
for season. She was fairly pretty
hut that is neither here nor there.
She was sweet and lovable and alto
gether charming in character will
the dalntiest ladylike ways imagina
BILE, aud when you know this OF CIR
you would love aud admire her JUS
the same, II she had pink HAIR ant
sea green complexion.
Grace had saved her money to spend
her fortnight's vacation at Brimmer's s.
You don't know Brimmer's bv th,
name. 1t ISL do-as- -you.please spot,
IN the hear, q. the woods. miles from
the railway station, and you reach il
after II long, Jolting ride in big wag.
on. II Is arcadia To the world-riddeu
handful VINO have found IL out. They
speak of II III whispers, lest its sanct.
ty shall Toe invaded by vulgar troop.
Grace didnt care n fig for signt.
seeing But she did want to Law M n
supply e. strength 10 carry her
through the remainder of the hot sen
son at Duck y Sunning's.
When the driver drew up before n
long, roomy aud romanti, log house,
with open doors and Windows. and
hammocks swung Hospitality under the
trees, she was enchanted. There wa,
a small clearing behind the house, aud
IN front OF 1t blue lake living in its
bowl-like basin, nj the foot of u wood
ed mountain, with II rank forest
growth enclosing the greater part OF
II.
After night O. sound sleep Grace
found herself one of a delightfully."-
"hoon-s 'furty NJ the bre6puu,, able
A plump matron dispensed grant
coffee with yellow cream to her happ,
family, with the brooiug air of 1
mother hen over her chickens. Tier.
was a sweet.lacoi, white.h4irad laly
newly-marrled couple, sad eve,
humorlst, resting from his own Iukes
en overworked woman writer, on IN
quI ylve Tor romance, while she re
cuperated IN the solitude. and n,
empty chair, where some one ha,
breaktasted before Graces appear
ance
The mothcriy woman said word o
introduction. Grace was laughing nm,
talking with the rest before the men
WAS over. Sne was subjected TO II,
criticism Her friends letter had beer
sufficient passport 10 the retreat
Dress was ut discount mt Brim
mers. Ginghams and fannels rule,
absolutely, though these were fash
Toned with feminine taste. No on
could afford To- he careless OF apuear
snces There was the slvly -pbservan
hum"r'sf, whose funny column, m,cr
would smack of Brimmer's. Their
was, besides, the man with brown
smooth -ShaTen face, aud big hazel eve
iiks patient oxen, who rowed SO man,
hours On the lake alone, in abstracte,
fashion
Grace hadn't felt so light hearted i,
The years since her fathers death Tn.
sense OF elegant leisure, fog n hrie
season gave her mn mir OF repose. which
became her vastly, rs She crumuIa,
her roll lclsureiy and slipped cream an,
Strawberries. She belonged for tn
time to the ranks of field lilies VIII,
neither toll nor spin, and being lad,
To her hnge:-tIps, the sensation wa
all the more delightful.
Grace put on hey shaker bonnet efte,
breakfast, and set out for ramblc
1T al safe and sure rnund hero
SAID Mrs. Hunter coming to the front
"t the hlg she'd whore she was suparin.
tending the cooking. "If Won don,
get back 10y luneh time, we'll blow ,
horn.
Grace heard the lowing OF COW
aud the cackling of hens somewhere IN
the back ground, aS She struck into
the roads TO the left. How grand and
resttul the woods were How pure
aud strong and odorous the air Sbe
stood StilI every few minutes with
shoulders thrown back, to Inhale il,
ellXer The birds were having iub..
lee, lac "ed squirrels eyed her cr.ti,
cally from overhead.
Sha had been skirttay tn, lake
thin%'nS she would try tue mouuta,u
tomorrow.
one came upon a patriaychll tree.
which looked inviting rh, grnnni
rount It was troiden, AMI som.
natural steps IN the gnAried trunk. le 1
up I" scat, several yarls from the
ground, framed by branches crooked
into th' shape @. settce. She wa,
not LONE. IN ta%.ng possession of it
Ihe lakes surface, broken into shinnv
Hppies, cleaned through the foliage.
She heard the dip of oars. A ma,
Ia boating costume was rowing directlv
towards her perch, She could see nm,