Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-08-17

returned Harry, decidedly. 81 have
letters in my pocket dated at this
place, and settling the details OF a
transaction by which he becomes part
owner of this property"
"Mr Boardman certainly has no in
terest here" stated his informant.
81 am Miss Boardman, and have
bought half this mill, which am
managing until Mr.. McDougall ar
rives from the East"
For an instant Harry felt as though
he were on toboggan slope several
miles long not knowing where the end
might be; but he pulled himself to-
gether and handed the young lady
one of his cards.
At sight OF the piece of pasteboard,
the young lady looked wonderstruck,
and again flushed trihe. Then she
looked up, and ventured:
"And you thought -"
eyes, thought so," he answered
comprehensively. "But | am so be-
wildered now that am past all think
ing. Will you please explain some
things that cannot understand"
Within in few moments Harry dis
covered that instead of selling an
interest in his mill to Mr.. David
b. Boardman, he had delivered it
over to Philstine in the person Of
Dorothy p. Boardman, the aforesaid
gentleman's niece and junior partner /;
that she, having extra funds on her
hands, and hearing of McDougalPs
trouble, had felt sorry for him, inves-
gated, found that the investment
would be good one, and made him
an offer.
She had an idea, from what her I'M
Gle hnd told her of Harry's being a
woman hater, that he was an elderly,
cross. grained old bachelor, and found
him to be young Adonis, over six
feet tall, with an expression in his
blue eyes as he looked on her that be-
lied the name of woman hater.
She had not intended to deceive
him, but had merely signed her name
MS she was in the habit of doing in her
business relations, without dreaming
of being confused with her uncle, not
taking into account Harry's short res
idence in the State.
1t was astonishing to see how readi-
ly the young man reconciled himself
to having for n partner this young,
business like woman, with the bright,
gray eyes and quiet voice.
Miss Boardmau went back to Ellis
ton at once, and Harry took up his
work alone. His bookkeeper wa;
never found, perhaps because the
amount of his embezzlement was not
large enough to make much stir, but
Henrietta said it was because OF hi
"broader outlook"
That young lady also made frequent
remarks about the number of times
that Fairy found it necessary to seel
his partners advice, and her triumph
was complete when, a few months al
ter the first partnership was consum
mated, Dorothy Boardman, upol
much persuasion, consented to entel
into another partnership with TIL,
house of McDougall, the papers to bt
made out for life.
All this was five years ago. Now thu
little country station threatens to b'
quite town, and Harry's prosperit.
has grown along with it. He gives hi
wife credit for his prosperity, as fo
, his happiness, and has come to glor.
, in having married one Of the class one
50 obnoxious to him.
: David Boardman McDougall, aget
three, is, in spite of his long name
E quite the most intelligent child in ex
| istence, SO his parents aver, and Hen
rietta McDongall is head bookkeepe
in her cousins mill, having come t.
see the working out nor only OF he
t hopes but of her prophecy. -NeN
y. York Ledger.