Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-06-09

about each other and half-laughing
half-crying, swung around and around
in the little sitting-room till the Cal
fed from itscushioned chair and the
canary by the window outdid itself in
song.
Let me read it with my own eyes,
demanded Jean, reaching for the letter
futtering in Laura's hands. Some
thing over 10000. Think of it Good
old uncle we never saw! to not will ii
| to some favorite clerk or housekeeper
to let it fall as private instead of pub
lie charity"
/ Now if father and mother were but
| here. Dear old Dad! He should new
| er have eaten another meal out of a
dinner pail, but should have time to
read and travel" and Laura's gentle
brown eyes overflowed.
| The sisters had been mother1ess
since long braid and pinafore days
but the patient, grimyhanded iron
| worker, their father, had died but the
| year before
Have you decided what you want
| most to do?' asked Jean, across the
breakfast table next morning.
You tell first" and Laura smiled
fondly at the bright face opposite
Then ] shall tell for you first You
shall leave that old Office forever.
Next winter you can go to Boston and
| study something on the culture you've
| always sighed for And I? Oh never
| another hours school teaching when
| this term is finished because l am not
| the timber Of which good schoolmarms
are made. / shall go out into the
| green country and buy myself a farm
| with red barns and brook and duck
pond, and l shall have pigs and
chickens and geese and turkeys and
woody lambs and two horses of my
own to drive"
'Oh Jean, you'll lose all your money.
running a farm, and men will sell you
spawned COWS and unruly horses. And
| you don't know a Toulouse duck or a
Berkshire ram from plain mongrels.
Remember how father lost all his saw
ings in farming venture. Your hired
men will strike just as the timothy is
Jose scales on your Southdowns and
your butter won't come because your
COWS have eaten garget. Come to
Boston with me and study landscape
gardening"
But Jean shook her pretty head and
said, Il have a plan" Producing an
| advertising page she read
| Bellayre Farm. Limited number of
| boarders taken. Shade and fruit trees,
| fresh vegetables, cream and butter.
Elevation, pure air, attractive view.
Address VIM. Ayre Yapham, Vt.
But, child, that paper is a year old"
The very reason l selected it," and
Jean nodded sagely. Where they
take boarders there is work. / shall
write that | am young and willing and
| will work for SO a week."
| CAS- kitchen help! Why, child, you
But I want to learn kitchen ways
will have to eat In the kitchen and the
hired man will make love to you! I'll
never let you CO.
and about the duties of hired men. :!
shall pretend to be rather stupid and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ayre will teach me and
maybe let me feed the poultry. Peo.
pie always love to enlighten ignor-
ance."
Laura protested in vain, and as Mrs
Ayre promptly accepted Jeans offer,
she at length yielded to Jeans merry
anticipations and joined with her N
regarding the summers experiment as
vacation frolic. ,ax}>Ex.~.
! But don't on any account let your
love of fun reach your treatment OF
the hired man." was Laura's parting
admonition, and Jean, sober faced at
the separation, promised faithfully
| Yet her first letter began:-
As you feared it was John Ofallwork
| met me at the station and he seemed
| to approve of my clean bingham and
sailor hat. But ease your mind, for
Mrs Ayre was there, too, and | like
| her. And the farm! 1t has every.
thing and all so trim and sleek and
we'll cared for. Big barns, red COWS,
white ducks and pet lamb at the
back door. Before the house is a
! long line of naples and beyond them
a great meadow commanding miles OF
beautiful river valley and far blue
hills. When | told Mrs. Ayre that my
name was just Jean she asked me if
were Scotch. Of course there could
not be the least harm in my looking
blank and saying didn't know, and it
was too funny to see that she immedi-
ately set me down as below the cattle
on the place which are all pedigreed,
or blue ribboned, or something highly
respectable. Don't worry about John
Ofallwork. He has not looked at me
since he took my trunk check at the
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