The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-14
CROSS PURPOSES.
Bv rx.Cong. wm. Hinrichssn.

By Ex@Co0g. Wm. a1u11cne0hs Copyright, 1908. by Daily Story Pub; Col
 Among the boarders at Mrs. Mouitons s farm that summer weretMrs. Stewart and her daughter Caroline; Mrs. stewart. quiet, pieasant-faced lady, and Caroline,
 beautiful girl of 20 There Ters r;ds. pgSen as4l ry, Mrs. Moulton's nephew, who was visitor and not a boarder,, as his aunt told the, neigfibors.
 Harry had been reared on a farm. and intended by his parents for a farmer. but when they died he determined to sell the old place and after proper preparation embrace law as a profession. He was at that time. 2i. aAd had. been graduated from an academy in a neighboring town, so he felt himself fairly well on the way to the accomplishment of his wish. He converted his acres into dollars and be- gan his studies. Five years at college and university found him almost penni- less, but with his precious diploma Tn his pocket and he gladly accepted an in- vitatiou from his aunt to spend the sum mer with her before looking for a perma- nent location.
 ''It, has been that lonely since your uncle died that thought couldn't stand 1t any longer" she told Harry. Of course, I don't have to take boarders for a living. but they'll be company and you must help entertain them.
 "Of course, aunt, said Harry Il make myself useful' f
 And he did. particularly where Caro- line Stewart was concerned He had met her and her mother at the station and driven them to the farm In a carry-al. From that day he was Caroline's regu- lar attendant He fell in love with the beautiful, sweet tempered girl. and she knowing him as her landlady's nephew. not only accepted his services. but took possession of him as she dids of every thing which he could make useful. ..
 He accompanied her in her walks and drives and always kept near her. She showed an interest in the work Of the farm, and he was her instructor. He broke and gentled horse for her use. and made himself so necessary that she want ed him always within call. She liked the young man with his ruddy face and stall wart figure, and she often remarked to her mother that he was certainly a treas ure. She liked to exhibit him to her friends as she met them, and even to Mir. Lansdow, who always came from the city Saturday evening and remained till Monday morning.
 MT. Lansdow appeared devoted to Miss Stewart, and Harry was madly jealous of him. though he admitted that she ap- peared to like hts own company very much and to prefer his society to that of any other, even when Mir. Lansdow was present.
 MT. Lansdow, aged %, a distinguished looking gentleman, said to be rich, seemed at first slightly jealous of Harry, but af- ter his second visit he seemed indifferent to Caroline's apparent fondness for the younger mans society, and certainly showed no further sign of jealousy. l The summer wore on. Harry's love for aA atROnN that hfR said he was ''dafIy" about her. They took long walks and rides, sat on the gallery in the moonlight. and she even learned to feed the fowls and milk the cows under his tuition. They talked main ly of farm topics and he. in his infatua- ton, did not notice that her education was superficial and that literature had no charms for her. He, thought that she was determined to give her mental powers A vacation during her summer on the farm. and he admired her for 1t. He would have approved anything she did and her slightest wish was highest law to him, So he fell into her humor and talked of horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, of their care and fattening and their value for speed, draft. food and wool. He explained the planting. the cultivation and the harvesting of grains and vege- tables and he even found her interested
  These were familiar subjects to him. for he had absorbed agrarian information as a boy, For her amusement he built hen coops. mended the fences. repaired the harness and gathered vegetables, and she seemed delighted with his skill and knowl- edge
 As the summer drew to a close Harry began to worry. Caroline was as kind as ever, but he had so far dared not speak to her of love, there standing in the way d dread specter ever present. She was rieh and he was poor, and he dared not ask her to marry him, and at times he was miserable.
 His kind old aunt read his secret. and she said: Don't be downhearted, Harry. if Mss Caroline loves you. she'll let you know 1t plain enough before she goes away. She perhaps won't ask you right out to marry her. but she'll say some thing that will just force you to propose and show you that she wants you to-
 Harry was comforted. and lay in wait for some suggestion that would warrant him in asking the important question.
 She was to return to the city in anoth- CT week, and in the evening she suggest edto Harry a stroll through the orchard