The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-14

| it at present, even to you. Oh! how
thing left to dread-1ny little tussle
happy 1 feel. I've only one slight
with papa"
"By the way" said Ross, suddenly.
| I'm told that life at one of the
women's colleges is expensive. You
can't manage to live at Newnham on
thirty pounds year, you know, Sally.
mo, Tom; but don't you remember, L
| shall be of age on the first of August,
and l am then to have a thousand
pounds of my very own. That is my
share Of mothers money. Anne is TO
have thousand pounds also when
she's of age. l mean TO take some OF
! that money to supplement the thirty
pounds year. Why, Tom, what is the
matter? How white you have turned!
It's the sun, I expect" said Ross.
Let us go and stand in the shade,
Sally. Did hear you Alright when you
said you We're to nave thousand
pounds the day you came of age?
Eyes, that is half of my mothers
money. Can you possibly know any
thing about it? now queer you look.'
THE sun struck on my head rather
fercely. Shall we have game of ten
mis-? There's Charlie looking unutter-
able things at us for not beginning.
| but do you know anything about the
money!"
Ross did not answer; he seemed sud-
denly to have turned deaf.
! Sally gave him a queer, perplexed
| look; then, laughing off an underlined
fear, she entered heart and soul into the
game.
| A couple of days afterwards she
found an opportunity to acquaint her
/ father with her decision, and discussed
the matter fully while walking beside
him. But he uttered a decided mega
tive, and said she would never get his
consent to go to college. And he found
plenty of old-fashioned opinions to
back up his decision.
Il shall never give you permission to
go to college; so you had better drop
the subject, once and for all.
Not once and for ALL, said Tom
Ross, who had been standing ike a
sentinel by the roadside, anu who now
nodded to Sally and joined the group.
Il know all about the matter under dis
cussion, Mr.. Erskine, and it cannot be
| dropped in this summary fashion. 1t
must be thrashed out, and you must
| give adequate reasons for denying
Sally her very natural wish"
What was the mater? Why did
Sally suddenly slip her hand out of her
fathers arm and give Tom Ross a
quick, excited glance of gratitude?
And then, why did the little coward put
/
Tom linked his arm in Mr.. Erskine' S,
| Immediately began to speak, and Mr..
Erskine never knew that Sally had left
| them
Two hours later Mr.. Erskine and Tom
Ross returned together. Sally was
pacing listlessly up and down IN 'front.'
of the house. When MIR. Ersklne saw
his daughter he went at once into the
house, but Ross came up to the young
lii hot
in one of his, said, in voice of some
agitation:
It's all right, Sally; you are to go"
She turned white when he said this,
| clasped her hands and looked away.
| Sudden tears of relief and joy filled
her bright brown eyes.
Yes, Sally" continued Ross, its
all right for you. You are to have the
wish of your heart. You are to go out of
this snug little nest into the cold world.
You are glad to go. Oh Sally, Sally,
hope the world will treat you well.
Yes Tom, it will, it will. Oh. am SO
excited l can scarcely speak calmly. l
can scarcely thank you, dear Tom, but
my heart feels full of thanks. You do not
know what it would have been to nae
had this wish of mine come to nothing.
I. L think 1 should have gone about with a
broken heart Don't laugh, Tom; girls
hearts can be broken when the wish
which lies nearest to them is denied.
when the wish which lies nearest TO
them" repeated Ross, in sad voice;
| land is this your very, very dearest
wish, Sally?"
He looked at her anxiously. His hon
est blue eyes gazed straight into hers.
She returned their glance frankly and
fully Then some message with which
they were full seemed to penetrate into
her heart and give her pain. She looked
away, and a quick blush mounted her
cheeks.
Tom" she said, "you are the dearest
and best fellow in the world; but must
have my wish / must go to college and
learn all those things which make
women strong and brave and useful;
these things which are now recognized
as part of a good woman's education.
have got brains, and will use them;
must cease to be a doll.
ooh, you were never that" he an
swered A sigh which he could not pre-
vent escaped him. Soon afterward he
took his leave.
That evening Mr.. Erskine called Sally
to him, and said a few words to her.
Il do not approve of your scheme, he
said, "but l yield to your wishes Cir
cumstances oblige me to defer my own
feelings to yours. You can go to college
Sally, and turn yourself into one OF
those odious men-women. 1t is Ross
doing; you have him to thank for it; the
fact is, you do not half deserve that
good fellows honest affection"
Sally pouted when her father said
this; she was in no mood just now to
think much of Tom. The money woulc
be forthcoming; her wish was granted
In October she could go to NEWMAN and
then, hey prestol she had all the world
before her. Never was a girl happier
than this one during the next few
weeks.
Sally consulted Ross about each steI
in her future career Should she go IN
for a wranglership? or should she take
up classics? or should she be quite mod
ern, and learn French and German sc
wei that they should be considered hel
native language?
Il should like to take up every sub
ject," she exclaimed once or twice in hel
enthusiasm.
Mr. Erskine heard her make remark
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