The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25

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Three hours did they spend next Fri-*
day; in the Muirtown shop, examining
selecting, calculating, till Lily's humble
outfit 5Was complete and Nlspeth's full.
list oyertaken, save the third print and
her heart. .g<-s#E b. a.5s,, = ss
+ I'VE 3haena the 7meaMs,' and janet
Went over the figures again Oh her fin-s
gers, s'Nn' sac We Maun JUST wait. Gin
the price o butter keeps mp, yc ill hue
them afore the New Year, m all send
them M IN a bit parcel. uavers
what sud a stnirye masel for? nae.
fear O. that; but Keeps Il what's Drums
heugh uiftcr herey''S1p - Il 4
/ '~"Ioo are We a the day." said the
great man, fresh from u victory over IA
horse-tlealer, in which he had wrestcd q
price beyond the; highest expectations
Of Drumtochty; "can We gle me II hand
wi twa or three bit strokes, Elspeth -
and the two disappeared into the re-
| cesses of the shop. ia >'St = -. i;
"a heard ye We're. here, an a ives
wonderful hoo the siller Yves haudin's
DOT; naebody daur offer half.a-croon tae
janet; but she michtna mind Lily get
tim n bit present frneaa lieebur, juist
tae handsel her new kist, ye KEN" and
Drumsheugh pressed two notes into Els
leth'si hands,. and escaped, from the
"
parcel was opened that evening, for the
joy of going over it's contents, janet
turned ON Elspeth i'll fierce wrath.
what did We dae this for, Elspeth
Macfadyen? an behind ma back. Ye
ken a didna pay for thae tw;i, and that
all. no tax an ounce O. tea let alane, two
COON WitlloOt payment. Pit the goons
up, Lilly, an all gle them back the morn
| in. though a. haze the walk the hale twal
| mile tae Muirtown." E.1".' s3S4v -;
''Dinna be sac hasty, Janet." Elspeth
was provokingly calm. aye medina be
be feared that Drumsheugh didna pay
for his order, and if he wanted tae gle
the lassie Il fairin', n see nae use in
| tiinging it back in his face; but We maun-
ma Int on tae himsel for the warld, or tell
a Twin SOUL
When Lily's box was packed on Thurs
day evening, her grandmother would
have slipped in all the household treasures
that could be introduced between layers
of soft goods, and sent the eight-day
clock had it been a suitable equipment
for young woman entering service in
London. The box was taken down to
kilrummie station in one of Drums
heugh's carts, padded round with straw
lest the paint be scratched, but Hillocks
came with his dog cart and drove Lily
down i'll state, carrying in her right
hand a bunch of flowers from Jamie
Soutar's garden, and in the other bask-
ct containing Il comb of honey left by
Posty, without remark, dozen eggs
from Burnbrae, and two pounds of per-
feet butter from Janet's hand. These
were intended as Il friendly Offering from
the Glen to Lily's new household that she
| might not appear empty handed, but the
peppermints that filled her pocket were
for herself. and the white milk scenes on
the top of the bag, with a bottle of milk,
We're to sustain Lily on the long journey:
Janet shook hands with Lily twice, once
at the cottage door and again after she
had taken her place beside Hillocks, but
Janet did not kiss Lilly, for whom she
would have died, and whom she did not
| expect to see again in this life; nor
See that We haze yir box RIGHT libelled,
Lily, an ye ill need tae watch it ut the
| functions; keep the basket wi the eggs
! in yir hands, for fear somebody sits ont,
| an; Lily Wumman, for Ony. sake baud
yir COON aft the wheel when ye're get
| tin doom at Kildrummie. Is't comm tac
a shoor, Hillocksy'
a. wudna say but there MIGHT be Il
scowie afore NIGHT; it. ill freshen the
| neeps fine" And so Lily departed.
But janet went to; a knowe that COM
| manded the road, and watched Hilocks'
| dogcart cross 'rochty bridge and go up
| the other side till it disappeared into the
dark fir woods ON the ridge. Then she
| went back to the kitchen, where every
! the lonely tireside and wept.
1t was curious coincidence that Jamie
| Soutar had some ''troke" in Muirtown
that day. and Travelled in the. same car
| riage with Lily, beguiling her from sor-
| row with quaint stories and indirect
| shrewd advice. AS he was rather early
| for his business, he had nothing better to
| do than see Lily off by the London ex-
! press, adding to her commissariat a
package of sweets from the refreshment
| room, and an illustrated paper from the
| book stall. He shambled along beside
her carriage to the extreme edge of the
| platform, and the last thing Lily Grant
saw as she. went forth into a strange
| land was jamie waving his hand. 1t
| showed that the old mans memory was
beginning to fail that, instead of going
| down to the town, he went back by the
| midday train to Kildrummie, giving Ja-
| net a cry in the evening, and assuring her
that Lilly was so far on her journey in
| 'graund heart.
| 1t was covenanted between them that
Lilly should send Janet Il "scrape O. the
| PEN on arrival-as an assurance that
| she was safe, and the eggs-and should
write in while at full length, when she
| had settled down to her work and found
Il kirk. The Glen waited for this letter
| with expectation, and regarded it as a
common property, so that when Posty
delivered it to Janet he sat down with
out invitation, and indicated that he was
! ready to receive any tit-bits she might
| offer for his use.
! ''Lily's keepin' her health; but she's
no awful tn en- up wi the climate O. Lon
don; wud We believe it, they haze the gas
| lichtit by 2 o'clock in the afternoon, an
the fog's eneuch tae smoor We; it's no
| veecious cauld, though
| There's waur things than cauld,' said
Posty, who had started that morning in
| twenty degrees of frost; lis she weary
"Whiles am dootin', puir lassie; when
| she hes half an 'oor tae hersel, she gaes
! UP tae her room and takes DOT poke
| dag O rose leaves we dried in the sim
| mer. The smell O. them brings up DOR bit
garden and me STAMINA, as plain as day,
| ut the door. Fouk tax notions, ave
] heard, when they're far from hame,"
added Janet, by way of apology.
AYE, aye" and Posty looked steadily
ITS eatin' an drinkin' frae mornin'
till NIGHT, Lily says; an the vera ser
wants haze meat three times a. day, wi
| beer tae their dinner. An the wyste
cowes a.; she says Elspeth Macfayden
wud get her Twin frae amang their feet. ~
"A dinna think muckle O beer" OBJ
served Posty; there's nae fusion int;
| naither heat for the stamach nor sharp
ness for the intelleck."
"A set O. extravagant hizzies." con-
| tinued Janet; '.fur on their Jackets, like
leddies, an no a penny in the bank.
The meenut they get their wages, aft tae
| spend them ON tinery. Ane o'~them Dor
rowed five shillings frae Lily tae get her
| boots soled." -: .
! Lords sake, that's no cannie," and
| Posty awoke to the dangers that beset
a young girls path in the great Baby
! lon; tell Lilly, whatever she dis, tae
keep q baud O. her siller.". ....,
| "Ye're RIGHT there, Posty. Lily's just
| over saft-hearted, and she hes a gey lot
O. trimmies tae deal wi. Wud We credit
| it, ilk ane O. them hes Miss on her let
tiers, an gin friends come tae see them
they maun ask for Miss this an that; a
pit Lily Grant, Hoosemaid,' on ma let
| ters."
''Ye're wrang there, Janet interrupt
ed Posty; what for sud ye cam doom
| ain mn hnr s;o Gu., l,c,;,S o NJ,