The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-09-29

ruthlesslS insult me. If it had not been
for Joseph! Dear, Kind Joscph: Have /
made, in marrying him. the worst Of lily
| mistakes, | wonder! Does his fine. tr,lt
nature measure mt by what his friends
think of ine?''
the door, sucking ii cane He leaned
against a bench and sniygcrrtl. ana
seemed quite at his ease-anu sure Of
his welcome.
He scrutiniZcd the girl from head to
foot, and amiaby commenced to solio-
quize in a loudish whisper. He did not
seem to desire conversation. He went
blatant. offensive terms 1t was his
killing method, und was intended to
allure and attract. AT length he men
toned, My hamh's Norton You don't
seem to know who l am
This IS surely Il lunatic asylum the
young woman said, softly, and pinchcd
herself to see if she were awake. Thcn
she went on clearing up.
You may kiss me, missus-twicc if
you like"
My good boy, 20 home. DO you hear?
find your mother, and go home
''Ah! | see the sort you are. You're
on the lookout for the swells. You're
used to EN-. I've hear. all about YOU.
ing of his mnA hess:'
Jane cAime bustlihg III.
.tAh, MI: Norton, it's you!'
The girl looked dangerous. and she said
haughtily: Take your friend away.
please, and find the key Of the dairy door.
l want no more VISITORS
''Hoity-toity. Let me tell you. this
door was always kept unlocked i'll my
mothers time
Bah! Don't you see, fancy Heslop
the wench wants to )cck her visitors in
with her, ~'"r7.ss@ see--a:sa.
Heslop and Mrs. Norton passed the
dairy door just then. The girl called
them in. She was SO erect and stornful
Joe scarcely knew her. Mrs. Norton,'
she Said, coldly, you will take your son
| away, and you, Joseph, will forbid his
| ever coming here again.
''My-my-son turned off this farm by
you, madam. q woman such as you: a
creature no one knows anything about"
Mrs. Norton, stop before you go too
| far. There is some misrepresentation
here. l should like to know who put
these rumors ahoat about this lady-lny
| affectionately close to the young girl, and
put his hand on her shoulder. But in
| spite Of it. she's good woman-and
! your superior, and you can SEQ it--and
that's why you all dislike her-and if she
says young Norton's to go, he goes"
There mad been rush OF dogs, horses
! and pink coats past the farm, but it had
not been noticed in the storm. And now
| an elderly NAH stood in the doorway. He
| also was in pink
"Heslop, something's happened to my
saddle-by Joye-a stage picture. What's
up? l beg your pardon-Lady Selina-is
it really your
Eyes, Sir Archibald. C'est moi?'
| God bless my soul, child! TO think
thatI should have discovered you! How
did You get here? How's your plan for
the 'Sublimation of the Lower Working
Clasp All! ah! They bowled you over,
[ expect. There, you needn't explain.
Never mind. What are you doing here?'
I'm ftving here and I'm going to stay
| -because-"
well, 1 know Heslop l knew his fa.
Their: Good people. Very solid people
but I say: What about your people"
please say nothing to them yet.
wait my time"
"Of course, obey, Lady Selma.
though l don't know that you re right.
Are you pretty comfortable here?'
/ Il assure / am, indeed" and somehow
she got hold of JOe's trembling hand and
held it tight, and fixed herself right up
against the young farmer, so that he
had to put his arm around her
| And more than l thought, | am quite
perfectly happy-because, you see, I'm
Heslop's wife!'-Madame.