Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-30

cation of age in her appearance. Hav-
ing explained the situation, the two went
out, leaving her alone with the girl.
And SO this is Hetty Mulveil" ex-
claimed the old lady, in tone that
seemed both a welcome and a caress.
Dear me. Dear me! Why, l knew
your mother, Hetty, when she was
Wright, before she became a Mulveil;
and I've seen you, too, my dear, but you
were too small to remember it. If l re-
member rightly you called me: 'Ga-ga'
or 'Na-na' or something of that sort.
And, laws-a-massy, it does seem like that
was only the other day! How times does
fly, to be sure! And here you are
great, big. fne-looking young woman.
running off to be married to your lover,
who looks like the sort of chap worth
taking such risk for, | must say. But,
tell me, my dear'-and she put her arm
caressingly around the girls waist-''why
did you run away from home? Was it
mamma who would not consent, or did
papa make the trouble?"
Father died several years ago." an
swered Hetty, sadly.
'You don't tell me so! Well! Well
SO he did; | remember, now. But | had
forgotten ii. And no wonder | did.
What, with the eternal coming and GO
ing all the time in place like this. there's
no keeping track of who is alive and who
is not So it was mamma? And why
did she object to your lover? AS one
Of the CameronS he ought to be we'll off.
Isn't heY"
"Oh, guess so! 1 don't know.
never thought of that"
IN, l suppose not. 1t may seem
TO you like a hard thing to say, my child,
but that is one of the first things to con-
sider Is he anything to the widow
Mary Cameron. who used to be a Nc
Dougal?'
She is his mother"
"Oho, Then no fear but he is all right
for means to keep a wife. Is he wild?
John, wild? Oh. no. Not at all. Not
so far as l ever heard. anyway"
Then why is your mother opposed TO
him?'
Because he is a Cameron"
"Oh. what a foolish woman! The idea
1 of keeping up that old grudge TO such an
extent! l thought it had died out years
ago. Well, such nonsense does not de-
/ serves to be countenanced, my dear
| child, and it will not be Betsy Robin
sons fault if you don't marry the man
| Of your heart tomorrow, no matter what
mamma may think about it. But to-
night you'll have TO be content to bids
| with me. Nobody can ever say a word
against you when it is known that you
! have been with me, the same as one of
my own girls. from the time you came
| TO town with your lover until you stood
/ Nnrner
| are in the ways of the wicked world, my
dear. and thinking no evil yourself, you
| know little of what ill-minded persons
might say If they were given the least
| opportunity for talk, and it is best, be-
lieve me, to do as l say"
! "Oh. | will, Mrs. RObinson-just what
ever you say. You are very kind. I'm
sure. and | know you are right /
/ wouldn't have run away as | did if |
! had not expected we would be married
/ to-day That isl hardly think I would"
! ''Of course, you wouldn't, or else You
would. and it don't really made any diff
/ ference which. now" laughed Betsy.
/ gOod-humoredly. flor I'll see that every
/ thing is all right. When you are going
/ home. I'll give you letter TO show 10
/ your mother, along with your marriage
I lines. and If she has even a little bit OF
/ sense, she'll make no more fuss. And
/ I'm not going 70 be TOO hard on you. I've
been young myself. After supper, I'll
/ let YOU and John sit up in this room IN
I I'll ten O'Clock. No person is likely 70
/ come in. because there are few in the
/ house. the roads being so bad now, ex-
cept men. and they don't come into the
sitting-roOm much. But you must come
TO bed at ten o'clock. Remember that"
'Tu not forget" promised Hetty.
I laughing and hlushing.
/ John accepted the conditions with sin
Z cere thanks, and did not attempt 70 tres
pass upon the time-lirnit that had been
I SET. But he took every minute Of his
/ allowance. Gutil the clock was actually
/ striking tea, and IN that long, unintev-
rupted happy talk. the young couple set
I tied thoroughly their future. for st least
= very considerable distance ahead
quite forgetting that lovers plans, like