| Show 4 CONTINUED 1 MARRIED BY MISTAKE fhy liy amy auy RANDOLPH well rosy he said throwing whig himself into the cushioned rocking chair and tossing his hat into the window seat ive heerd beerd of a fellow who wants to buy the clover medder up on the edgewood 0 road have you papa asked rosa rather faintly I 1 its deacon nehemiah heb Heh emiah lorimers Lo son sou up to hemlock hollow and Lori merl repeated rosa turning red why besl dont you remember deacon lorimer that got a bill from his first wife she was mehitable jones wal his son sou has bought the farm a binin and hell give me leven leyen hundred dollars for that ere clover medder only pm im afeard your mother wont be wil lint tosi to sign 13 guit it away ashes so set about keepin property in the famil family ly and its her land eleven hundred dollars is a pretty nice sum of money aril amil an that clover medder always an onto out o t ay corner 0 land however hes chomiw comin comia round tomorrow to morrow to see about it and I 1 guess likely hell talk your your mother over folks do say hes heys a verv very forehanded fore handed banded young man although 0 I 1 faint never seen him rosa paid very little attention to the squires circumstantial statements she was smiling to herself to think how little there was hi in common between deacon nehemiah lorimers Lo lank sons up at hemlock hollow and her handsome dashing young new only the name and we have shakespearian Shak esperian authority for saying 0 iu in a name there was more in that than rosa tho thought where is your mother asked the squire watching his daugh daughters a busy bands hands and thinking thin thinking kinc 1 0 within him himself self seif that she was certainly growing 0 prettier every day of her sunshiny life gone to spend a day or two stelder 0 faltered resa rosa endangering 0 her fingers 0 rather more thau than the apples in her trepidation lest the 0 good squire should ask any nare rubie dauw daug dangerous 0 erous questions but the squire evidently had no such intentions he leaned comfortably back in his chmir yawning in a most portentous manner and leisurely unfolding 0 a red silk pocket handkerchief for the purpose of spreading it over oyer his rubicund face so that lie he might take his afternoon liap nap in in a an I 1 n orthodox manner hes going to sleep thought 0 poor little littie rosa and I 1 told him she waited and fidgeted a minute or two in the faint hope that the squire might possibly change his mind but the clock ticked sleepily and the blue flies buzzed against 0 the window panes ina lna in a most somnolent style papal she ventured at last iu in desperation pe ration ehl what ejaculated mr millet starting up and throwing off the red silk pocket haud baud kerchief did you call lue me pet yes papa faltered rosa I 1 I 1 wanted to speak to you about well my dear about what rosa came to her fathers side and knelt down donn with her cheek on her knee you know papa 1 I told you the goer oilier day how dearly and truly he loved me and how how I 1 wa wits food fond of himl there it was all out now I 1 Non nonsense trash fiddlestick roared the indignant squire springing to ills his feet fact with a wrathful countenance 1 I 1 told you I 1 ilear bear another word and I 1 wont you yoa get carried m I 1 why you are but a child yourl youri fl ft I 1 ou nie ago age io from page 73 1 I am eighteen papal tims timi timidly idly interposed rosa bosa eighteen if you were twenty eight be some sense in it hush I 1 not another word A city jackanapes too just as if the honest farmers sons good enough for you yon just let him show his whiskered face here and ill 1111 give him a dose that shall shail last him one ope while the squires els face had browm fairly purple with rage rosa shrank back white and terrified alakl it was of little use to plead kents cause and she crept away to her own room iii til ill write to him she thought he must never face papa in this hisom mood I 1 am afraid we must give each other up only I 1 think it must break my heart 1 and she sat down to her desk to write lodimer a pitiful tear blotted note to kent lorimer mer entreating him to return to new york without making any attempt to soften her fathers heart or to see her when kent received the incoherently written message he read it over twice and laid it in his desk smiling thoughtfully to himself as he did so 1 I must disobey you this once my 1 little j I 1 ladybird lady bird he pondered I 1 should be a recreant indeed to abandon the precious prize when it is so nearly within my grasp I 1 indeed to have you yon for my own wife wire if you yon had forty unwilling fathers instead of onel one I 1 very unreasonable language it but son ion you must remember that mr kent was vas very much in love lote squire millet was climbing heavily into an fashioned one hoss boss shay at about noon the next day for he was vexed and at the unwonted absence of his bustling cheery wife and had bad harnessed up expressly to bring her home from elder slingerlands Slinger lands habitation eor was not her consent a necessary and indispensable spen sable thing in the famous bargain respecting spec ting the clover meadow hallo chos this a comin exclaimed the squire as he was taking the lines into tobi his hands shands rosal rosa rosa I 1 cayll say but rosa ross had retreated into the house she always was a sh shy little cree tur pondered mr abir millet 1 1 I bet a cookey thaes deacon Nehemia H hs son and hell jest have to wait till I 1 can bring mother back cause if she set her foot down to sell theres a clean slap and to the hull huli affair mornin sir air hope I 1 see you well wei youre mr lorimer I 1 calculate that is my name sir air wal wai walfi im real glad giad to see senyou you hows your father thank you sir sips he be is tolerable blowell well weli returned the agreeably surprised young i man 1 I am not mistaken sir in in su supposing that I 1 am addressing mr millet not by a jug full the beaming za squire its all right sir all right 1 you want my property and I 1 want to get rid ont I 1 guess well make a bargain quick enough thank you my dear sir ejaculated kent lorimer eagerly shaking the squires outstretched out ont stretched hand 1 I had hardly antici such kindness then I 1 may consi der myself sure of your donsen consent on sent t Sarta only you see I 1 must get my wife to say yes women always like to be bio consulted on such matters it certainly sir mrs millets illets consent would ouid w be most desirable at the same time you will not blame me for desiria desiring g to eon ton summate consummate affairs as speedily as possible As soon as you like sir the sooner the better said squire millet heartily s would today to day be bl e too precipitate 91 hesitated he s stated the bold young wooer ot a bit returned the squire and now mr lorimer if jest walk in iti and set down awhile my little gaall do her best to entertain ye and ill bring mrs millet home in less than two hours bours the squire drove away accordingly and kent lorimer entered the low wood en porch triumphantly rosa was hiding behind the window curtain in the back room tremblingly listening for the sounds of mortal combat between her father and her lover but bat as kent approached the ripe hipo bloom came back to her aspen cheek L TO BE CONTINUED I 1 |
