Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-26

book to them, ana they were uoC sure
If they knew a dandelion from hawk
weed.
No Arthur said to himself; even
ignorant Of these important facts Alice
Darrell was the sweetest girl he
knew" But opportunity to tell her
that and other facts was evidently hard
to find
=
At last Lady Eustace was breathing
more freely. After much pretty fooling,
the barrels visit was nearing its end,
and there was no engagement. BY to-
morrow Miss DaTreA and her sister
would be In their own untidy, ram
shackIe home, not to re-enter Castle
Eustace till there was a Mrs. Arthur
there, too. The hero himself had not
been very amenable, and had rather
resented his mothers return, ito spoil
the fun" as he undutifully ex-
pressed it.
The pretty piquant face of the
Younger Miss Darrell had looked anX-
ious, even sad, on this last day-signs
that were as balm to her hostess
anxious mind. And now, when every
one had gone to bed, and Arthur was
to start early for Galway, his mother,
who had seen the good-byes safely said
in the drawing groom, had retired to
rest and to sleep.
At her window, looking out on the
moonlft river, sat the poor little girl
whose hopes had been so high. To-
morrow her visit must end, and yet,
Arthur, though she felt he meant much,
had said nothing. She really liked him,
end would be so glad to marry him.
Never in her life had she had so much
of his mothers company; been the OBJ
iect of so much solicitude. Now it was
nil over. She hated going back to the
untidy home, the scrambling meals,
and narrow means; and mother" too,
had had hopes of her marrying we'll.
The opening of a window above, and
the appearance of a tOp-boot dangling
by a string outside, alarmed her for a
moment, when a well-known voice said !:
CRY and reach it. There is some
thing inside for you!"
To seize the tongs was the work of 4
moment, but to reach the treasure was
more difficult. At last the boot was
deftly landed. But. alas. the tongs
slipped, falling with a crash enough to
awaken the dead. >or worse still, the
unsympathetic living, on the terrace
below.
When all was quiet, and the note,
which said everything his heart could
desire, was answered there still re-
manned the task of getting the tongs
wit did not desert him, and. sure of his
Alice, he crept quietly down and Sc
cured them, leaving them in the hall
to astonish the house-maid. 1t was too
great risk to pass his mothers room
for she had a hosrid yelping cur who
never could distinguish between friend
and foe.
And early walk planned GALWAY
sent to the winds), and silence de-
scended on the big gray house once
again.
The appearance at breakfast of the
young people together was the first
announcement Lady Eustace had of
the foiling of her plans. Sir John,
however. had been in his sons conf
| dence and had given his consent. After
all. money was not everything, and
heireSses, he knew, could be "kittle
cattle TO drive, and the young people
were much in love.
Months passed before the secret of
how the proposal was made leaked out
and now Lady Eustace thinks with
! King Lear-better the serpent's tooth
than the thankless child.-Philadelp
Telegraph.