Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-08-06


that the carnage wouio soon De rounu
for Mary and Jenny, both OF whom must
surely come, as there was pleasant sur
prise awaiting them. Wnile Mary was
readlng TINS jenny was eagerly question-
ing Uncle Ezra with regard TO the saie,
which he said went OFF uncommon Well
going chiefly, he reckoned, to tan ana
mighty good-lookln' chap, who Kept DID
ding up and up, till ne got EN- ABOUT
where they should be. Then he'd stop
for someone else to bid"
Who was he asked Mary coming
forward ana joining Jenny.
Dun know, miss; never seen MIN
afore, said Uncle Ezra put ne got
heaps OF money, for when ne paid Tor the
plannef ne look out roll Oh Dliis near
about big as my two hsts!'
Then the piano is gomez! said Jenny,
sadly' "hiie Mary asheu ho" MUCH II
DrousHt.
"Three hundred dollars was the last
bid heard from that young felier' ana
SOMEBODY VINO was plddln agln nun saio
twas more twas "utn.
1T wasn't, either" spoke up Jenny,
rather splrltedly. 1t cost hve hundred'
and it's never been hurt bit.
"Mr. Bender bought that little fiddle of
yourn, continued Uncle Ezra, with pc
cullar wink, which brought the color TO
Jennys cheeks, While Mary exclaimed:
oh! I'm so glad you can have your
guitar again.!
Here the conversation was interrupted
by the arrival of the carriage, which
came for the young ladies', who were soon
on their way to MT. Seiaen s. Mary won
dering what the surprise was and Jen-
ny hoping Wllnam Wouid can IN tne even
ing. At the door they met 1oa' VINO was
unusually merry-almost TOO mucn SO Ior
the occasion, 1t seemed TO Mary, as she
glanced at Jennys pale, displrlted race.
Aunt Martha, too, who CHANGED to cross
the hall, shook Mary's hand as warmly
as if she had not seen her for year,
and then with her broad, white cap
strings flying back, she repaired to the
kltchen u give oruefs concernins 'ie sup
per,
mary uiu nol Iotice !. .n1n' Du. sns
aIterwaro remempereo tnat loa seemeu nes
9u1te anAious apou. ne, appeala is'..Vo w,
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aMniie neie, .aAe NY inaislee.e-.na.
wiz ieslse sou as .naiy " ..es .,s
arlansihs nef- na4i, sue saiu. Jus. pun
ou. Inns sue ii.tie nofe-lneie' lnat >
lisn'. NV t.In iounu' want " See
now you iooh.
eii' no" 40 asked MARY racing
ABOUT ,lI as lua u,rec,eu, ~, i, m
guess you II oo' returned ioa.
oeheVe henry Lncoln was nght Wnen
he SAID that this blue merino and linen
conar was the most becoming dress you
coulu wear, Dut you look wen IN any
tnlng, you nave SO nne form.
Don't belleye all her hattery, said
Jenny, laughlngly Shes only compar-
ing your tail' slender ngure with little
oumpy me; put m growing tn1n-see,
and she tapped her dress TWO or three
inches In front
CoMe, now iel 90 oo"n, saio Aoa'
Anu II lnlroouce you TO Jenny sur
prise hrst.
With Ida leading the way, they entered
| the music room, where in, one corner
stood Roses piano, open, and apparent
| ly inviting Jenny to its side. With a Joy
| full cry she sprang forward, exclaiming,
! ooh. how kind in your father: I most
| know we can redeem it some time. I'll
teach school-anything to get if again"
Don't thank father too much" an
swered Ida, "for he has nothing to do
| with it, except giving it house room, and
one quarters teaching will pay that biny'
who did buy it, then" asked Jen-
ny; and Ida replied:
Cant tell you just yet. 1 must have
some music first. Come, Mary, you like
to play. Give me my favor1te, Rosa
Lee, with variations.
| Mary was passlonateiy fond OF music,
and, for the time she had taken lessons,
played uncommonly well. Seating herself
at the piano she became obliElous to all
else around her, and when tall figure
for moment darkened the doorway,
while Jenny uttered suppressed ex-
clamation of surprise, she paid no heed,
nor did she become conscious of a third
persons presence until the group advanc-
ed toward her, Ida and Jenny leaning up
on the piano and the other standing at
her right, little IN the rear. Think
ing, if she thought at all, that it was Viii
liam Bender, Mary played on until the
piece was hnished and tnen observing
tnat her companions nao leIt lne room
she turned ana met the dark, handsome
eyes-not OF Wlillam benaer, but OF one
VINO, Wlln pecuiiar snllie, onered MS
hand' saying, Deiieye need no intro.
duction to Miss Howard, except a slight
change IN the name, wnich, instead OF
being stuart, is Moreland!
Mary never knew what she said OIL
did. She only remembered dizzy sen