The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-17

that destiny to bef
Oh, bright, beautiful aud impulsivo
Boy! Arc you sure that YOU arc
only following tho spiritual moni.
tons Of your spiritual monitor, or
is this mad and daring scheme con,
ceptioU Of your own romantic, i'm,
palsivc, capriciou~ fancy?
"Aunt Ellcn" received Boy cor
daily and soon began to tell her Of
tho many things sho had plal.aed
for her benefit.
"Iou arc SO beautiful, Boy, that
you should make brilliant match,"
sho said, holding Boy off ut arr's
length, and gazing into hor beau,i
full face, with its crown of short
ringlcts.
Nov, Auntic, Pm sorry to disup-
point you, but Pm not going to en-.
tor society. Pm going to work.
Papa is drcadfully embarrassed by
debt, incurred, l am sorry to say, in
tho struggle to make educated la.
dies Of Ducky and me; and I'll new
or enter society or think of love and
matrimony until every cent he owes
is paid" Boy spoke excitcdly.
"Well, dear, what better can you
do than marry some wealthy man
who for the sake of your own dear
little self will gladly pay all your
father owes ?"
"Aunt Ellen, | know Il plan bet
ter than that, you dear old match
maker. Will you help me in it?
Promise before tell you," said Boy,
coaxingly.
"Boy, Two SGT my heart on taking
you into society, and | shall not
give it up without a struggle"
"Well, dearest Auntio, you'll havo
to give it up, and if you'll have your
"strugglo" now, before l tell you Of
my plans, it will be moro convenient
for thcn you'll feel moro lilo help.
ing me. SO struggle" laughed
Boy.
"Aunt Ellon" heavod sigh and
looked roprovingly at hor niece and
said: "Woll, dear, let's hcar your
plans, and if you positively will not
conform to mine, probably I'll holp
you to carry out yours. OF course
If you've made up your mind you'll
stick to it and can neither be- pcr
suaded nor driven. You wcro al.
ways that way,' sadly
"Now, Auntic," commenced Boy
porsuasivcly, ''you know can be
persuaded"
swell, | never know of your be-
ing persuaded out of anything you
had set your head on. Can YOU
namo al Instance. But come; out
with your plans. l Wish to hear
them," and Aunt ELLEN sittcd her
self in an easy chair, hoavcd another
sigh and prepared to listen.
"All right,' commenced Boy, "but
do you know, Auntie, Pm inst lit
tlo, just tiny little bit, afraid to toll
your Pll warn you that my plan is
slmply awful, rs Ducky said, and
declare solomnly that if circumstances
had not forced mo to | wouldn't do
it, and--well, Pll tell you my plans
and mako my excuses afterward."
And Boy told her aunt how "poor
papa" had toiled and suffered and
had at last mortSaged the farm-the
dear old farm; how he suffered on in
silence, mover grumbling or COM
planning. How she had tried 10
hard to got Il school so as to help
along, and how sho had so misorablv
fallod. How she had read tho
"wanted" columns of tho city papers,
hoping to find that some one wanted
a girl, but no-all tho "wants" were
for boys, boys! How she had de-
cidod to be boy and how she had
80 completely "foolod Ducky," and
how she had decided to go to the
city and show somebody that girls
wore made of just as good stuff as
boys. When Boy tinishod "Aunt
1Sllen" was sitting with mouth wido
open and hands raised in horror.
Great heavens and earth! Did
anybody ever! Boy! Oh, Boy, Boy"
she gaspod. "And do you imagine
for an instant that I'd holp you in
this? Never!"
"Oh, yes you will, dearest auntie,"
persuasiyely. "You'll lot mo board
with you, and papa and Ducky can
write mo i'll your care. You will
help me,-I know you will. You
nevor did refuse me anything. And
besides, you'd be afraid for mo to
stay at private boarding house and
carry on such wickcd deception. "
You don't moan to toll mo that
your father knows of thisw exclaim.
ed Aunt Ellen.
".Goodn"ss, no! l moan to lot pa
p" know that l care nothing for tho
'pomps and vanitios' while hc has
tho least trouble on his mind"
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