The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-05-04

don't seem to be anything coming to
me but the same poverty and the same
labor that you have always had.
n He looked at mea serious, plying
glance it was-and sat down on a gram
lite bowlder He leaned his head on
his hand and sighed.
my boy, I've often thought of this.
Your poor mother and have laid
awake nights talking about it; but I
never thought it had troubled you any.
What do you want?" 1
'sTo go to the academy maybe to
college-and by and by to get out into
the world, try to make man of my
self, like the men read OF and to see
something besides these hills and these
people. I'd like to get rich, and come
back and build a big house for, you and
mother over on the lake. Yes, I'd like
to do anything rather than live here
all my life. II III
He smiled at my youthful enthusiasm;
but his look of painful reflection quick
ly returned. % =. 81" -. ..'gs
%ss"Dorr, had just such dreams my
self, when was young, and presume
that my father before me had them. I
wanted an education, and couldn't
have it. Poverty, hard toll and en-
barrassment seem to be the lot of
those who cleave to this soil. God
knows, wish things might be shaped
as you wish them; but how to contrive
it do not know
His hoe dropped from his hand, and
his eyes sought the ground. Ichanced
to- look down toward the river road
andI saw a man in buggy stop at
our gate. A woman, my mother, of
course, as there was none other about
the house, came to the door. There
was a brief parley; then the man got
out, hitched the horse, climbed the
fence and strobe over the upland to-
ward us.
Perhaps my frame of mind just then
inclined me toward presentiment.
Perhaps the reader will say that it is
always easy to predict after the fact.
No matter; the fact remains the same
that sudden and decided conviction
was forced upon me that this stranger
was to have positive influence upon
my life, and that his presence here at
this time was of itself promise of
great results for me.
He walked rapidly, removing his
wide rimmed palm-leaf hat and wip.
ing his brow with large red handker-
chief as he came. He was tall, power.
full of frame and foridoof face; and
observed othat there was something
about this color, hardly a tan, that at
once attributed to the sun of another
latitude than this. Every detail of his
person and dress took in at once; my
attention was certainly sharpened by
the presentiment have mentioned.
judged him to be at least fifty years
old, though his face was plump and
unwrinkled. His features were bolc
and handsome; there was a twinkle tt
his eye and an overcoming smile
upon his face that made him seem the
most charming of men. Short curls O:
chestnut hair ran all over his head
His dress was rich in material an6
fashionable in cut; diamonds were il
his shirt-front, and an immense soil
taire sparkled on one of his little fin
gers.
He came up within few feet of me
and paused. My father had thus fa1
not seen him at all; he was absorbed
in his revery. The stranger looked
from me to him, and spoke in round
hearty voice:
"Well, here we are. My lad, what
your name?''
'Dorr Jewett, sir.''
IT'S that your father?"
Eyes, sir.''
He walked over to my distracted sir
and bestowed such a hearty thwac]