Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-03

IanclSu you lOOkel little pale,
my darling"
DO ~"
Not now" he laughs "You see what
a nuisance shall be, You will not be
able to look pale without my demand
ing the reason. You will have to be
very patient with me-"
Il am quite we'll. she says.
q Thought perhaps you were worry
ing about my mother May, / told you
she would be sorry. She is very
sorry and she sent her best wishes to
you this morning"
Did she?" says May gratefully;
that was very. kind of her-very
What made her do it, | wonder?"
1t is on the tip of his tongue, man
ike, to say: Rose Yavasour." but he
stops in time.
'Oh, nv mother is not an i'll
tempered woman Hasty perhaps
We ere all hasty. That's another
trouble you will have to bear. | ought
to have told you that we Letchfords
are jealous hot-tempered lot-al-
ways We're"
Thanks Forewarned. forearmed
must be careful to conceal all my
peccadilloes.'
It is an innocent, unmeaning
speech, but it Jars on him unreason-
ably and ne hastens to change the sub
iect
Are you well wrapped up?" he
asks, anxiously his eyes, glad of the
excuse. wandering loverlike over the
graceful figure.
Lock" she says. and she opens an
inch or two of her sealekin and re-
veals a soft, tieecy wrap. I'm like a
mummy. Carrie insisted upon my
wearing it. For some unaccountable
reason the dear child has suddenly as
sumed the authority of mother and
watches me as if l were in the last
stage of decline"
Dear little girl" he says q shall
.oye her to distraction Are you
comfortable, Carrier" and he turns
around
Never was so comfortable and
jolly-do you object to 'jolly?'-in my
life comes the instant response in
the small young trebe. eff the horse
will only run away"
Heron laughs-not his cynical laugh
but the honest, open laugh that rises
from a happy. restful heart.
You're right, Carrie" he says. ''it
is jolly, and We'll have such day.
Do you know whe.e l am going to
take your"
No exclaimed Carrie eagerly.
"And ! shan't tell you" he retorts.
WHATS the matter, darling; are you
looking for anything?" he breaks off
softly, for May. while his head has
been turned has been looking long
and anNiousy into the bushes that line
the road.
81? No" she says. with a start and
a sudden flush.
Then, as if with al effort. she
Houses herself and looks straight be-
fore her, as if she had thrown some
thing from her mind
q thought your quick eye had de,
tected something wrong with the har-
ness. If you do see anything give me
notice IN time, for if breech goes
wrong, Carrie will be shot out like a
sack of Goals; do you hear that. Car
rie?"
Il hear" says Carrie recklessly. II
don't care. I'm wrapped up and shall
fall like a feather bed"
The chestnut, who rejoices in the
name of "Dutchman," is what sport
ing men call an earth eater. The faster
and farther he goes the better tenn.
rered he gets; up hill and down dale
are the same to him. They trot along
the well-kept roads IN a glorious
fashion, which makes the blood run
dancing through the veins and brings
sparkle into the eyes.
Carrie, on her comfortable seat
can scarcely refrain from bursting into
song. Mays cheeks ae blushing like
the rose and her lips, half apart TO
catch the sweet, fresh air a.e as red
as tomatoes; the anxious look has en-
tirely disappeared from her eyes and
she is the same MAY who stood look
ing down with a smile on the tall fig.
ure on its knees pinning up her dress
at the country pail.
Presently they come to q steep nil
and Heron persuades the Dutcdman
70 descend At a walk.
What a lovely view" says May.
Look. Carrie It is like a world in
miniature The farms are like toy
houses. Where are we now? Haven't
We come some distance"
Yes; We are on Blackberry Heath.
This is considered the prettiest part Of
the estate"
What estate?"
The Letchford. Il extends as far
as you can see
And he waves his whip indiiferentiv
TO east and west.
May is silent for a moment: looking
down from the eminence on the broad
range of fiels and streams-on farm
after farm, homestead after homestead,
meadow rolling upon meadow. and
wood stretching into wood-she
realizes for the first time the wealth
and power of the man whose wife
she is 10 be-tne power and the wealth
that she will snare with him.
For a tull moment he is over
whelmet by the extent OF it.
Surely" she says. this does not
all belong TO you?"
He strokes a speck of foam from the