LOVE IN A LOG CABIN.
"And this is borne!"
Kuth Delano gsize.l about ber with a
mingled foeliug of wonder, joy and dis
appointment. Three thousand ruiles
bad sue traveled across the continent
to reach the home her husbaud had pie
pared for her, and this is what she
found:
A lonely ranch among the foothills in
Southern California, with a plain log
cabin for a home. Not a restige of a
plant or flower around it, bills t retch
ing brown and bare under the July sun,
and not a shade tree in sight.
"One might know thero never bad
been a woman near this place, " said
Pvnth, her eyes slowly filling with tears.
It neumed so comfortless and barren
after leaving her mother's old-fashioned
farm-house in Maine, full to overflow
ing with inviting, comfortable things,
and surrounded with flower gardens and
orchards, and where every nook and
corner suggested the deft bands of a
woman. Hlie felt bor very heart sink
ing within her. - Then, seeing the eyes
f ber husband fixed upon her she
forced back the tears. Had she not
said, like the Kuth of old, "Whither
tbou goest, I will go; and whither thou
lodgost, I will lodge?"
Would any place, no matter how fall
of comfort it might be, ever be home
without him ? Had she and her baby
Enth not wept tears of joy when the
letter came telling thtm that papa was
coming from California to take them
home ? And bad not every foot of the
way been a joy to think he was once
more with them and that they were to
have a home ? She stroked the hand
f her husband, who held their little
Ruthie in his arms, smiling through
her tears.
"I know, dear, it is a new country,"
he said, cheerfully, "and you have
done the best you oould."
It was the truly wifely spirit, and in
his heart he blessed the true woman
who said it. (
"All the ranches look kind of deso
late," he said, "where there' no one
tmt men about; but now we've got a
little woman here, things will soon be
looking different."
t Inside of the house she found every
thing neat, at least, and that was" a
great comfort to her, and if the parlor
was barren-looking, with no carpet
upon it, the kitchen was full of con
trivances which women like, and she
knew that John had thought of them
lot her. After supper they sat down
on the little porch in front of the oabin
to talk of plans for future work. It
was just at sunset, and as Ruth sat
placidly looking at the view in front
of her which, after all,' was a fine one,
taking in a glimpse of the blue Pacific
and a background of purple mountains
she began to lose the undertone of
Eomesickness which had so marred hor
me-coming. She thought how beau
tiful a home might really be under the
shadow of the lifted nines, and she
resolved, with John's help, she could
make hers one to be proud of. As if
in unswer to her thought, John went I
into the house and returned in a nio- !
ment laden with two parcels, which !
he dropped into Ler lap.
"There, Ruth," he said,' "you can't j
guess what these ore, can you ?" '
I am ufraid not," Kuth Baid, eying
the mysterious-looking packages won
deringly. j
"Well, you know the house isn't ,
very beautiful yet," said John, bis good
face fairly shiuing with tho little secret
ho had iu store for hor. "But I guoss
you'll find something in each of those
parcels that will help you beautify it."
What could he mean ? Ruth took up
the lighter but larger one first. To her
surprise it was full of garden seeds,
small packages of every kind, almost,
she could think of.
"Well, how lovely 1" she said. "Now
we shall raise all the vegetables we
need, and our garden will rival dear
mother's at home."
"Yes," said John, "and go ahead
of it ; for California beats the world
for flowers, and your garden will be
just as lovely in Winter as in Summer.
There are twenty varieties of roses
alone among that collection of seeds."
"Isn't it wonderful to think of?"
cried Ruth, as delighted as a ohild over
her treasures. "And what can be in
here ?" she continued, as she opened
the seoond parcel. "Wonders will
never cease," she exclaimed the next
moment, as he pourod a whole bag of
Silver into her lap. "And what is this
for ?"
"To buy your parlor furniture," he
replied, laughing at her amazement.
"Honest ?" She looked at him, her
Drown eyes sparkling.
"It is for Mrs. Dolano to do with as
she pleases," ho said. "I have saved
the money to furnuth the cabin with.
and thought to have fixed it up before
you came, but concluded on seoond
thought that you could do better than
I ; so there's the money. Buy what
yon please, and fix up the plaoe to suit
yourself.
-wen, 11 you am t tno best John m
the whole country," Ruth said, almost
laughing and crying iu the same breath
How could she ever be homesick again?
And that night, instead of crying her
self to sleep, ns she bad thought that
afternoon to do, she lay awako from
very joy, thinking of the pretty thing
she could buy and make for the cubiu,
and imagining how picturesque it would
look coverod with Lady Banks rosux,
and how sweet the violet beis would
be iu the Bpringtime. And so the very
next daysho set the hired man to work
laying off a garden, and all that wouk
and tho next she spout bor spare timo
in digging aud hoeing and spading.
The following week John took her to
the nearest town, and she solocted tho
various articles she desired for tho
house. She managod to furnish it
quite comfortably, aud under her doft
fingers all things began to boar a home
likolook. The plaoe lost its barren
aud shiftless look, and even tho do a
Harold soemed to feel tho ohange. He
so loafer WMdersd aimlessly about as
thongh seeking a comfortable spot, but
went to sleep a pictnro of perfect con
tentment on one of tho soft rug in tho
Kitting room, keeping one zoalous eye
always half-open upon his playmate,
ltutliie.
. The months sped by in spite of all
the hardships she had to endure for
life is hard for a woman in a new coun
try on light wings for Ruth. She
made the best of all her trials, and was
ns sweet aud contented as if she bad
been iu the fair home they had owned
and lost. Though often her limbs
ached nud her bead was weary with the
weight of work which fell to her share,
sho never roinplaiued. Not once did
she prow fretful or reproach her hus
band for taking hor so far from all that
she loved.
"Ho is doing tho bot that lio can,"
she always said to herself, "and what
would a palace be without his love?
Besido, bow much I have to be grata
ful for." Aud soroohow the rouiom
brance of tholr first evening in the log
cabin would always bring tears to ber
eyes. It was such a real proof of bis
love and thoughtfnlnoss for her.
When the next Spriug lengtheuod
into Summer, nnd ber swoot face began
to wear a tired look that he did not like
to see, be came to her one evening, say
ing gravely:
"Ruth, pack your trunk to-night; to
morrow I want to take yon with me to
San Diego. Important business calls
me there, and you and Ruthie both need
a change."
"But how can you leave the ranch?"
Ruth asked, "just now when you are
most needed?"
"Oh, Redly will take charge of the
place, and the men will work for him
as well as for me."
If Ruth had noticed him just (then
very carefully she might have seen a
twinkle in hi even that would have
made her suspicious as to this "busi
ness trip" to San Diego, but like a
dutiful wife she packed up aud asked
no foolish questions. When they
reached San Diego, much to her sur
prise hor husband did not go to a hotol.
He gave the coach mau some directions,
and they were driven to au elegant
looking house in the suburbs.
"Why, I didn't know you had friends
here !" exclaimed Ruth, in surprise.
"Oh, yes." said John. "I have a
numler of them. This is the home of
tho best friond I have in the world."
"Why!" John nearly took her breath
away. She thought of hor shabby
travelling dress and Ruthie's shabbier
cloak with dismay, but she made np
her mind to make the best of it for
John's sake, anyway. A lady oould
always be a lady, no matter how she was
dressed. A neat servant openod the
door and ushered them into a hand
somer reception room. The house was
beautiful insido, and everything was
new aud of the latest fashion. Ruth
sank into a finely upholstered easy chair
with a feeling of momontary contents
For a moment she almost wished sho
might be the possessor of such a homo,
and theu hho put aside the envious
wish.
"Make yourself at homo, dear," John
said, "while I see the master of the
house. He is probably iu his study. I
will return when I have spoken to "him
privately. I know he will bedelightod
to know you uro hero, aud will welcome
j on."
How strange John never told mo
of this frieud of his," Ruth said to her
self, looking at the haudsomo engrav
ings on tho table near her. 1'resently j
lie returned, but not as sho expected,
wiili the master of tho house, whom
sho was feeling a little iu awe of.
"Whore is he ?" she asked.
"Hero.
"Hore ? Why, John, have vou lost
your mind ? There is no one with
you. You and I are alone." She be
gan to look frightened. What if John
had really lost his senses ? He had
certainly acted queer about this San
Diego trip.
To Her further amazement he burst
into a loud laugh, and, taking a stand
in the middle of the room, said, with a
polite bow :
"Dear Mrs. Delano, allow me to in
troduce to you the master of this house,
John Delano, esq., your humble ser
vant I am monarch of all I survey."
"John, you are surely going mad,
and I with you. For heaven's sake,"
she entreated, "tell me what you
mean 1"
"I'll tell you what I mean, little
wife," he said. "I mean that I came to
San Diego last year during the land
boom, went into real estate business
and cleared a small fortune. This is
your home, and all that is in it belongs
to Ruth and John Delano. The ranoh
and the log cabin were simply a trial
of your love. I wanted to find out
what kind of stuff my wife was made of."
"Ana did you And out? she asked of
him, woman-like, not knowing whether
to laugh or cry over this great joy.
"Indeed I did. She was weighed in
the balance and not found wanting. I
know now that her love for me was
strong enough to brave all trials for me.
Honeefortb sho shall be queen of my
prosperity."
"It was a very pretty little drama you
choso to make me take the principal
purt in," she said, "but I forgive you
aud I am satisfied if you are."
"Completely," he answered, with a
lover's kiss.
"Do you know, dear John," she whis
pered that night as she held Ruthie up
for her papa's good-night kiss, "that I
doubt if I can ever be as happy any
whore as I was in that little log cabin
of ours, in spite of all the hard work I
did. Love never soomod before such a
sweet compensation for all of life's
trials."
"Well, if that isn't just like a woman,"
laughed her husband. "Like Lot's
wife, forever looking baok. (Jive bor
heaven, and two to one she'll be sorry
sho ever left earth.
Ruth only smiled and hold her peace.
She knew that he would ever hoid
their log cabin days in sweet and sacred
remembrance. Umaha World.
A Gold Bullet.
From London Answer.
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