Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-08-20

shared by Emily. that the station Of MIR.
Foster was on the plan Of the ancestral
halls in his native place-that Is be i'm
agined that for the stone and brick
much timber would be found, but he
doubted not that virtually there would
be. little difference and at any rate
things would be as they were in a cor
responding English farm.
He had, on arriving, written 10 Mr..
Foster. as instructed, to announce his az
rival. and now he had the reply Just at
hand BY the mail man in his pocket,
and remembering this now he drew out
the missive and read it, AS he read the
letter his wife read his face, and what
she saw there frightened her, but he
felt hsr eyes on him, and. affecting an
indifference he did not feel remarked.
'I'm afraid, my dear, this is not quite
such good news as we expected
Let me read it"
He passed the paper mechanically to
her. 1t ran thus:
THoRNBoRoUGH.
DEAR RoTHwELL-I meant TO come or send
drsy for you. but IL Is impossible. You must
como up here by forced marches.
The fact Is, / am in trouble. More Of my peo-
pie have gone up to a new gOldheld, and the
bcHstly blacks have played the devil with my
cattle and speared two OF my shepherds. They
have burned my stoTehouses, too, and am in
a mess. IL is best to be plain with an old
friend. Since ! wrote for you 10 come oct
things have gone all wrong with rae, and I
would ask you to let the salary question stand
over. / can give you pipe and blanket and
any amount Of beef. am longing for little
intellectually. You might bring all the pa
pers you can grasp in town. The mailman
only comes to my place every two or three
weeks, ana now the blacks have scared him
so don't know when next he'll turn up. By
the way, If ycu haven't gun, buy one by all
means. Longing to sec you. Don't write in
reply. Ten chances to one ! shan't get it.
Come up as quickly as you can. only be pre-
pared to rough it. Yours. F. FOSTER.
Rothwell was thoroughly reused now
to a full sense of his position. Hitherto
be had felt little care and anxiety and
was principally concerned because he
knew that his mother would feel horri-
fed if she knew that her son had been
married by registrar. His finances
were very low, and he had in his letter
to his friend asked for an advance ON
his e100 a year. In Pert Douglas prices
were frightful. A pair of gloves to be
married in had cost half guinea, and
he knew that be could not much longer
stay at the hotel where he had apart
ments if he meant to pay up. And yet,
as he looked at his young wife, he felt
that he would not have lost her on any |
account. In word, he was very much |
in love. Emily read the letter twice,
and then, looking up shyly, asked what |
they were to DO.
II suppose, dear, we must try to get
to Fosters somehow. can work for
our living, you know"
Rothwell, like most gentlemen emf |
grants, was very fond of talking about |
working" for a living, thing he had
never yet done.
Foster is very great friend Of |
mine, and he'll be delighted with you.
l am sure"
Emily looked doubtful, but said moth
ing. Soon after they rose and went in
to the hotel, place which in England
would be called common public house,
and had tea Their day was spoiled, al
though neither would confess as much.
Queensland is a thoroughly democrat
ic colony, and every man speaks freely
to his neighbor. The hotel keeper, who
shrewdly guessed that something was
wrong with the young couple. decidedly
wished to see them off his premises, for,
like most Of his confreres in Port Doug
las, he was in a prodigious hurry to get
rich. He assured Rothwell that he might
well travel up to his friends station.
He recommended horse and dray and
warned Rothwell that it was unusual
for women to be seen in these northern
tracks. The end Of all this was that
Rothwell parted with all his portable
property, bought gun, blankets, bill
ly-i. e., a kettle--some tin pans, pack
horse, a bag of -four, some tea and sug-
nr and other matters recommended to
him as necessaries and set out with his
wife due north, having received full in
structions to follow the mail mans
route
Emily, who was not girl of the die
away type and was, moreover, strong,
listened unto all these arrangements
with o zest that amazed Oswald, al
though he tried to make light Of their
and declared that they were
setting out on series of peripatetic
oicnics, felt terribly uneasy at what
night be the consequence Of presenting
,;msclf at his friends burdened with o
wife, but he dared not communicate his
ears and resolved to give himself up
Entirely to the present and throw care
o the winds. He was anxious to get
away from a place where the woman
whom 10 had made his wife was known
20 have cone out as an ordinary emf