Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-05

:, they were coming that afternoon: sh
had known, too, that her father eX
Il pected her to dress her best and lool
), her best, and she had intended to d.
so purely to please but a trivial thin:
served to change the whole current o
her thoughts, and prevented her dom:
/ either one or the other.
!! That morning, standing in the gar
den looking over her flowers. Lett,
had raised her head suddenly to fine
! DR.. Lennard watching her a short wa,
: Off up the lane. He was riding SLOWLY
when she first saw him, but. urgin.
his horse into a canter. he came
straight on and stopped at the gate.
Letty's face flushed rosily. and hel
small hands, not brown now. but like
sunburned lily leaves, if such could be
imagined, flung down the flowers she
! had gathered, and began eagerly tc
unfasten the gate.
: you need not trouble to undo the
| fastening, Miss Leigh, for | have not
time to come in this morning. |
should scarcely have ventured on
stopping if l had not seen YOU in the
garden as / rode by
The young face darkened at once
the clear eyes grew troubled as YOU
may have seen the depths of a tinv
lakelet change under the shadow of a
storm-cloud.
our visitors have not arrived vet. "
he remarked, as he saw she would
not or could not speak.
No. replied Lefty; but they are
coming today, and papa expects you
will dine with u.s.
Yes, L know he does said the doc
tor, looking away from her off toward
the sea; land l am not sure yet if /
can come or not"
He will be very disappointed if
you can not" said Lefty; she might
have added the truth, ''and l too, shall
be cruelty disappointed if you do not"
well, tell him 1 will do my best to
get here" said he; but a doctors
time is not his own, you know, that
he should use it for his pleasure
He spoke lightly enough and pleas
antly, but he did not smile and Lefty
did not
L shall be still more pressed for
time next month"; he continued. ''Dr.
Green thinks Of going over to Paris
for his autumn trip, and shall have
a good number of his patients to look
after in addition to my own while he
is away"
"And when will you go awayw
asked Lefty.
when | feel to want a change he
replied; mot before, l am as we'll and
happy as l hope or wish to be in my
own quiet way"
II am glad you are so content" she
said. ut is not everyone be they
high or low, who can say, with truth,
they are as happy as they wish to be-"
Surely" said the doctor, you are
among the few who can say SOP
Il am not" she replied steadily:
land l don't ever expect to be- I am
only Woman-and women, you know,
are always wishing for something
more than they have got"
WELL" said DR.. Lennard, "the next
best thing to being perfectly content
is to be wisely ambitious"
He did not look at her as she spoke,
but she felt the warning was meant
for her, and her eyes flashed angrily.
II hope you are wise in your ambi-
tons, Miss Leigh he continued.
Il do not pretend to be ambitious-I
am only fanciful," she replied, coldly.
only fanciful!' repeated Dr. Len
nard, musingly; perhaps that is 50.
Well, keep to your harmless fancying,
Miss Leigh; it is the safest"
Raising his hat, he then wished her
good-mOrning, and rode off, and Lefty
had answered him with a stiff "Good-
morning. as she turned and walked
into the house.
All the afternoon, we are sorry to
say. Miss Lefty was in a very bad
temper-so bad that, instead of put
ting on her most Becoming dress, and
doing up her thick, glossy hair, Ia
mode. to receive her fathers guests,
she donned a simple muslin, and leav-
ing her hair twisted up in it's usual
rich negligence, she put on her hat,
and went off for a walk, and it was on
her return, as she stood tired and
flushed in the porch, that she met
these formidable strangers. She knew
she looked rustic and hot, and every
thing she should not, on the moment
of introduction, and she knew her
father was angry with her for so do
ing-nOt very angry, she hoped, for
Mr.. Leigh was in the habit of getting
into furious passions now and then.
1t was said that once, when his first
wife. the heiresS, was living, Mr..
Leigh struck her down in the garden
with one blow, and left her there, be-
cause she had angered him by refus-
ing to let him have more money. That
was many years ago, and Lefty, of
course knew nothing of it, but she
knew enough to feel that it would not
do to cross him too much. SO she
! went to her room, and making hasty
but becoming toilet, descended to the
rather late dinner, looking so fair and
fresh that the old mans brow relaxed,
and the young gentlemen favored her
with a steady stare while they stood
up to receive her.
To Be Continued.
! LIGHT-SKINNED CONQUERORS.