The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-12-09

TeckOu III "a Lslkt you a Dl'lly NOhSih
erable time afOre you feel you don't
know what 10 do with yourself"
~ long while" said gravely.
How lOngT' asked LOlO, quickly,
under her breath.
ION. many, many years, perhaps" j
replied.
She did not attempt 10 conceal her
| satisfaction.
gave the girl a wiry little horse;
she sat Oh il for the first time with the
| grace and mastery OF trained horse
| woman.
Every morning ] rode the plantation;
sometimes business took me 10 the city
she never failed 10 be by my side
on these occasions. But when / had
work 10 DO. IL was another thing. She
hated work, and dreaded tranquility;
she found an escape from both in q
wild gallOp among the foothills. She
became coquettish with regard 20 her
| appcarance. When she could coax
| dollar ont OF her father, she would
| gallop of 10 San Diego 20 buy some
|
| little person. If by my manner she
! fancicd ! approved the new addition,
! she wore it til she could replace IT
with something else; but If j failed 10
notice it, or she thought il was not 10
NY taste, she would fling IL away be
| fore il was q day Old. She abandoned
! herself 10 the enjoyment OF the new
10 "a
time she seemed neither 10 remember
! The past nor think Of the future.
Under these conditions all traces OF
| illness disappeared, and with health
returned something of her old mutin-
Ous independence; patcrnal authority
once more sanR into insigniilcance.
Brace quickly found occupation, and
after time rendered me invaluable
assistance IN the management Of the
| business one day as we were re-
| turning from the packing sheds, he
| said:
"Ive looked around this conSarn
| Trctty careful. ana ! see, sir, that
you're gou' to do n great thing here.
| You've found out Jest where the real
grit o this country lays, ana you're
! gon' TO work il mp into an almighty
pile.
That's what you're gOln' 10 do. nBd
| I'm cycrlastin' glad Of IL, for more rea-
sons than one. And one reason is this
I'm gettn' more dubcrous every day
whether we shall ever get the Great
| IIcsper. For, fustly, when the frost
| breaks M. the great hole where the
| gel hes hid the stone may be swcp' out
| as clean rs 4 gun baril by the torrent
of melted snow, or il may be blocked
up for evcrlastin' by the mass Of rock
| that comes rolin' down from the noun
| tain sides every spring; and, secondly,
| the Kid may change her mind She
may hack out OF the promise she gave
us when she was sick. Reclect her
| mother was n grcasCr, and CONSEQUENT
| ly it's nat'ral 10 her To tell lies whc0
! they'll serve her purpose 10 make out
| the diamond amt no longer where she
| put IL. Bear in mind also, sir as she
warn't herself when she made the
| promise, and that she's been gettin
more herself since. Her obsnacy and
| deNiltry's comm back more ana more
l.cyery day, aud she's now almost the
| obstinate contrary little Cuss she was.
Keep on bcaIin' in mind that she stole
the diamond purpOSCly to separate You
from Miss Lascelles. and bring you
down To n or'nary workin' man again.
/ see her game the day we lost the dia
mond; ] see il clearer an ever when
we got over TO Pctcrsville-she was
! that angry when | told her there was
no good 10 be done minin' in the or
nary way-so eager fer me to write
and tell you there was going for the
stuff down the big hole. Now, for
| tune to be made soon as | hit on the
idea Of what's she TO git by givin'
ND the diamond-a little wuss than
nothin'. Which is why l rCjicc in the
prospect OF your making big thing
Of this ere orange CROWN. Still, sir
we amt goin' TO lose that diamond,
iC we can help il, and we've got two
| things TO do. We're got 10 keep our
eye on the snow. and get down the
great hole afore the wuSt Of the slush
and rock comes tumblm' down, and
we're got 10 make the Kid believe rs
things down here is so jolly flourish
| in as we don't kcre two straws whcth-
cr we find the thing or not. You leave
that TO me. IN pitch IL in strong 70
bcrv
And he kept his word. Every day
he exhausted his stock of adjectives in
clarifying the estate and dilating upon
the marvellous results to be obtained
from fruit culture, and occasionally he
referred TO the Great Hesper with
such contempt that one would have
thought 10 was hardly worth stretch
ing out ones hand TO take.
This had the effect Brace desired.
She listened in moody silence. and
after / had turned the subject she
would sit with her chin in her hands,
hcr elbows on her knees, and her great
sad eyes nxed upon some distant 90
ject, wrapped i'm dreamy meditation.
But Brace was not content with this.
One day ! overheard him talking 20
Lola when they were alone.
81 reckon we shall 10 have 20 show
OF our good p'ints. my gsl, before The
Squire and his daughter come here.
or We shall look pretty mean. Ivy com
parison. ard Gentleman Thorne Will
-ortor feel sick. secin' Us hangin'