Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-02-16

Poulo never give my consent to
hatch, for, as you known, it has
my desire that you should marry
lone in the service, as all daugh-
of our branch of the house of
furd have done from time imme-
al. Besides
leen's eyes were sparkling roguisn-
and at this point she interrupted
father with
Oh, but, you dear old dad, didn't |
lr you say to General Bethune at
ner the other night when you were
king about what he called 'innova-
bns' in the serviee-Tempora mutan-
lr, nos ct mutamur in ills? Surely,
hen, you are not going to cling to the
hntediluvian notions of your progen-
ftors and make all the Craufurd girls
follow the drum, willy-nilly, in this en-
lightened age."
THAT is my determination with you,
Allie, and | know it would have been
your mothers; for, as | have often told
you, she also came of a fighting race.
And l hope that her gallant Irish blood
flowing in your veins will stimulate
you to obey me-"
The frivolous side of Aliens nature
suddenly vanished at this mention Of
the lAother. whom she could not re-
member, and who was buried in far
off India. She seemed to be on the
point of confioing something to her
father, but refrained, and in very
meaning manner said
We'll, dad, if l ever marry, it will be
a soldier"
Then you must give up this engin-
eer. | must say, Allie, that | am pref
udice against this young man, although
| have never seen him, and although
your aunt has written very highly c t
him. Indeed, he seems to be a great
favorite of hers
"Oh, daddy" exclaimed Aileen, The
is favorite with everybody. I'm sure
you would like him."
81 might, as a man and civil engin-
eer, but not as husband for you. By
the by, haven't you carried on cor
respondence with this-this-'
tAcheson is his name, dad. Yes, /
have written some letters to him, and
he to me. You see, Aunt Norah quite
approved of it,
And you have never told me-"
mo, dear dad, but it was owing to-
well, say, thoughtlessness. | thought
he would have been in Scotland before
now, when | would have presented him
to you."
Colonel Craufurd took no notice of
this remark, but, producing a letter
from his pocket. said
1--WE had a letter from Edinburgh
this morning, from my old comrade,
Major Coombe, and he and his family
are coming to Perth tomorrow. 1t
seems that a relative of Mrs. Coombe
has taken a short lease of Kinfauns
Castle, and has invited the Coombes
to spend some weeks with them. The
Major wrote saying that he was en-
gagged to visit us, so Mr.. Middlemas has
asked the Coombes to bring US to Kin
fauns with them. Now, would you
like to go?"
Certainly, dad, if you care about it. /"
The Colonel paused little, then he
said-"I'm not going to beat about the
bush, Allie. Listen to this extract
from Coombe's letter.. We
are bringing with us young man
whom / think you will like-young
Acheson, the clever and prosperous
civil engineer, and who will be our
son-in-law in the near future Now,
Allie, there can be no doubt who is
meant. Do you still desire to go
after that?'
Eyes, daddy, to be sure. l shall be
civil to the civil engineer, but will
only marry soldier"
That's my own good, wee lassie, I"
said the Colonel, jubilantly; "and now
see about getting your things packed
for tomorrow. We are to meet the
Coombes at the Station Hotel at 10.
And now I'll have another"
"Peg?"
mo, you little tease-a cigar"
AS soon as Major and Mrs. Coombe
and family had welcomed Colonel
Craufurd and his daughter next morn
ing, the Major said-"Now allow we to
introduce our friend, Mr.. Acheson-
Colonel and Miss Craufurd."
The Colonel almost neglected to re-
turn the young mans polite bow, so in
tently was he watching to- see how his
daughter would pass the ordeal; and
very glad he felt when he saw Aileen,
after a formal inclination of the head,
turn at once and begin to talk to Mrs.
Coombe. Good girl" he said to him
self, shes going to cut that fellow
dead"
Two open carriages conveyed the
party to Kinfaus In the first, Major
and Mrs. Coombe, their soma subal-
tern in the Rife Brigade-and Miss
Craufurd were seated. The second
was occupied by Colonel Cra1furd. the
two Misses Coombe, and Mr.. Acheson.
The Colonel and Mr.. Acheson had
been exchanging commonplace re-
marks with each other until, after
crossing Perth Bridge, the carriage
swung into the turnpike road. Then
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