Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-03-30

/ seriousness that his best was but poor
attempt. He sent her to school, the
best in Rashleigh, but she learned any.
thing and everything except obedience
She looked out Of place even there
this dark-eyed Spanish girl, among the
pretty pink and white children with
fair hair and blue eyes. She bewil-
dered even the children; they obeyed
her, and she had the greatest influence
over them, She taught them recita-
lions and plays, she sven fired their
| imaginaNons by wonderful stories; she
was a new, brilliant, wonderful ele-
ment In their lives. Even the school
mistress, meek through the long SUI.
fering OF years, even she worshiped
and feared her-the brilliant, tiresome
| girl, who was like a flash of light
among the others. She hao face SO
| grand and voice SO thrilling 1T was
no unusual thing when she was read
| ing aloud in the school-room for the
others to suspend all work, thrilled TO
| the heart by the sound OF her voice.
| She soon learned all that the Rash
leigh governess could teach her--shc
taught herself even more. She had
little taste for drawing, much for mu-
In books.
Young as she was, 1t was grand to
hear her trilling out the pretty love
speeches OF Juliet, moaning out the
woes of Desdemona. She had Shakes
peaTe almost by heart, and she loved
the grand old dramatist.
When she was sixteen her uncle took
her from school, and then the perplex-
tiles OF his honest life began. He
| wanted her to take her place as mis-
tress of the house, to superintend the
farm ana the dairy, to take affection
to see that the butter was of deep,
rich yellow, and the new laid eggs sent
to market. From the moment he in
trusted those matters in her hands,
his life became burden to him, for
they were entirely neglected.
Farmer Noel would go into his
dairy and find everything wrong, the
cream spilled the butter spoiled; but
when he looked at the dark-eyed
young princess with the Spanish face
he dared not say word to her.
He would suggest to her meekly that
things might be different. She would
retaliate with some sarcasm that
would reduce him to silence for two
days at least. Yet she loved, after a
fashion of her own, this great stolid
man who admired her with all his
heart, and loved her with his whole
soul.
So time passed until she was seven
teen, and the quiet farm life was un-
endurable to her.
"Uncle," she would say, "let me go
out into the world. | want to see 1t,
| want something to do. | often
think | must have two lives and two
souls, long SO intensely for more than
/ have to fill them
He could not understand her. She
had the farm and the dairy.
BE content" he would answer, BE
content, my lady lass, with the home
Goa mas given you.
Il want something to do. If | did
all the work on this and twenty other
farms 1t would not touch my heart and
soul. They are quite empty. People
say 1t is u battlefield. If 1t be one,
am sitting by with folded hanus. In
activity means death to me. !"
my lady lass, you can find plenty
to do" he answered, solemnly.
But not Of the kind | want.
She paced up and down the large
kitchen, where everything was poll
ishe1 and bright; the fre-light glowed
on tho splendid face and figurc-the
face with It's unutterable beauty. its
restless longing, Its troubled desires.
Seine fear for the future of the beau
tiful restless, passionate girl came
over tho man. who watched ner with
anxious eyes. 1t began to dawn upon
him, that IL he were to shut bright
eyed eagle up In a cage, 1t would never
be happy, and 1t was very much the
same kind of thing to shut this lovely.
gifted girl ina quiet farmhouse.
you will be married soon," he said.
with clumsy attempt at comfort,
and then YOU will be more content. :"
She flashed one look of seorn from
those dark, lustrous eyes that should
| have annihilated him. She stopped
before him, and threw back her head
with the gesture of an injured queen.
May ask" she said, whom you
suppose | will marry"
He looked rather frightened, for he
began to perceive he had made some
mistake. though he could not tell
what: he thought all young girls liked
to be leased about sweethearts and
MARRIAGE still he came valiantly tc
the front.
Il mean that you will surely have
a sweetheart some day or other" he
said consoingly. though the fire from
those dark eyes startled him, and hei
scarlet lips trembled with anger
Il shall have a sweetheart, you
think, like Jennie Barnes or Lily Coke