The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-10-24
W0OING.

ing, gentlemanly in appearance, well
bred, intelligent, the possessor of $40,
900 year and a bachelor.
All these circumstance taken int,
consideration, Mr.. George Mansfield
had right 10 lead IA happy, jolly lif,
and live very much at his ease.
Well, he did 50. In fact, he did 81
too much, for, having nothing particu.
lar To do but 10 take care of himself, he
did that so well that he brought on
an attack of some kind of illness. The
doctors advised change of air and tried
to persuade him To go TO Europe, but he
had done once and was satisfied. Many
things were suggested, and at length a
disciple of the medical profession VEN
tured at hint TO the country, for
which he was almost annihilated bv
the indignant gIances of the Indignant
fellow medical disciple, indeed, he only
survived from the fact that Mr. Mans
field, upon hearing this last prescrip-
ton given with great hesitancy and be-
comeing modesty, jumped up in way
that seemed to say the mere mention of
it was revivifying and exclaimed:
'Hurrah. Who said that? Well
done, sir. You may send in smash
ing bill on the strength of that last pre-
scription. Why didn't you give it
sooner? To the country | go and no
where else So it was settled, and an
agent being employed To find exactly
such placeas would suit Mr.. Mans
field three days later was EN- route for
Harroville, where he arrived just rs the
twilight was gathering down.
ea tstYf.iS a.DFsittv JfFitae lba8ae ,pei4t-
up his abode, and when he entered he
found himself in a wide kitchen, the
floor of which was 80 clean and white
that his heart was completely won by
it. In the great, broad fireplace blazed
and cracked such fire of maple and
beech n can be seen nowhere but i'll
country fireplaces, and the ruddy glow
was reflected back 10y innumerable tin
pans and dishes of every description
that hung against the whitewashed
walls till the room seemed illuminated.
The farmer and his wife welcomed
him with old fashioned pOliteness, the
former entertaining him with histo-
nv of all the sheep, horses and cattle he
had raised for the past % years, while
his better half was careful and troubled
about many things, all tending TO the
one great thing getting supper ready.
Just before the preparations for that
fragrant meal were completed the
kitchen door opened, and the farmers :
daughter entered. Her mother intro
duced her 10 the boarder's notice 10y
''This is Sarah, my daughter, sir, and
left Sarah To find out who her new ac-
auaintance was AT her leisure.
The farmers daughter was neither
shy nor embarrassed. She didn't
blush or look frightened; she never
knew how 10 do either, but bowling in
a manner that would not have disgrac'
ed duchess she stood upon the hearth
and warmed her feet, because the even
ing was chilly, though il was early au-
tumn, and the grass in the field where
she had been milking the cows was Il
laden with heavy dew that her boot
were soaked through.
Her position on the hearth displayed
her form to the utmost advantage. She
was tall, admirably rounded from th'
sIoping shoulders and full bust To th'
tapering waist, and the skirt of hel
dress worn short and raised a little il
front to escape the scorching heat ofth'
fire exposed pair of feet and ankle
that would alone have made the for
tune of danseu-e.
Sarah knew she was handsome-ha'
often been told 80 and never denied it.
She knew equally well that her fee
and ankles were the most perfect she
had ever seen, but don't do her the in
Justice TO suppose that she stood Their
to display them to Mr.. Mansfield.
When she had warmed her feet suf
ficiently, Sarah turned away, and goin:
over to the table assisted her mother in
completing the PREPARATIONS for sup
per.
This done, the farmer and Mr.. Mans
| field moved their chairs over To tin
table and prepared to do justice to tn
meal. Never had the man of the worl'
eaten a meal like that.
Mrs. Ford would have been insulte'
had her good, old fashioned cooking
been compared to anything so films.
as the food of the gods.
|. After supper Mr.. Mansfield retire'
early. Sarah had gone to her room.
He found his apartment commodl
Gus, neat, white fioored, the bed whit
curtained and the windows ditto. ;
he could do nothing else than pay IN
compliment of sleeping 80 soundiy tha
ne forgot To dream and did not one
awake till the warm morning sun ha
bathed the room in a flood of golde
glory.
Then, when he arose in the mornin,
how pleasant it was to have clear, pul
rainwater, just caught as il fell from Il
clouds; instead of Croton coarse tow
that made his face glow when he Use
il. and above all tract Of country, rus
ling forests, blue sky and golden pate
| a., of supI;yht fo Iook out upon inStet