Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-11-19

A STORY OF A HAUNTED HOUSE.
BY H0LME LEE.

BY HoLME LEE.
III. THE FLOWER OF NEVIS COURT.
BY the time that spring came round
again, Nicholas Drew and Adie were
quite settled at home together. The
child had the run of all the six rooms,
and one especially was given UP to her.
Here she had flowers which bloomed
splendidly in the wide subuy window,
and pair of most musical linnets in q
cage. She was stirring. vivacious child
subject 10 wild fits of laughter and rarer
moments of gloom, which gave Nicho-
las, who loved her as the apple of bis
eye, strange uneasiness at times. She
WAS wayward and wiful also, but very
atFcctionate; not slow to offend, but
prompt to seek forgiveness. She had no
application, and no striking or promi-
ncnt talent. 1t was long before Nicho-
las could coax her into learning to read,
although she was, in fact, little, indo-
lent, freakish, loving thing, whose tears
would gush at sharp word, and whose
smiles were the essence OF heart-sun-
shine, it took SO little to make her hap
Ply, that it grieved the old man to see
her otherwise, and the restraining hand
he had kept upon her will was very light.
Tho living in Nevis Court, amongst
poo: artisans and the like, Nicholas
Drew was not of their class; he had been
born in that house before it was l,t -
in apartments, when hi; father, a..
tiourishing individual ti..n himself, TIA
a., l.. l. -
auy remembered this. though he felt thai
he was not one of them; that his genius,
his education, and certain innate re-
finement springing from pure and gen
tie heart, made Il wide quit between them
which not even the miserable old tartan
or his visible privations could by any
means bridge over.
Circumstances began to improve with
him now, tor very natural reasons; he
sold his etchings ut moderate price,
and also condescendedto give lessons i'll
drawing at several Schools in Eversley,
which he had formerly refused to do;
but he still adhered faithfully to the an
Gent cloak and the felt-hat, while he
delighted see Adie dressed kcaspring
flower. 1t was quite picture to watch
them sitting side by side i'll a stall at the
Minister'S; she with such a soft pome
granate blush on her face, and he as IA
ded, gray, and antique in shape as the
queer effigies niched above them. They
also often walked in the streets togeth
and Aides beauty was far greater pro-
lection to him from gibe and sneer than
ever his own scowl had been.
As she grew up, her disposition be-
came quieter and more plant, and she
submitted to be sent TO one of those
schools which Nicholas attended. Here
much was done towards disclplining her
impctuous character, though her natu-
| raj adherence of rules sometimes came
out very strongly. She appeared igno-
rant in comparison with other girls, but
she was not really SO; for the good old
cngraver had taught her much biblical
history from his stories of engravings,
and imbucd her with some desuitory
knowledge by relating to her, pleasing
or terrible narratives from general his
tory. Her strongest instincts were
in her affections; size did not Judge,
she felt; the reflective elements seemed
to have been omitted from her compo-
! ,ition altogether. She never readily At
| tached ben self to her schoolfelows. and
cared for nobody's compaIiioDship SO
much rs Nicholas. Him she regarded
with AN enthusiastic, devoted, childish
reliance: be was at once the best, the
wisest, the dearest, and the most pic
juresqae Il old men; she took pride in
the Ia tan and the beard which others
ridiculcd, and identified herself so com
plctely in all his WAYS and oddities.
that it was not safe to allude TO them be
.ore her.
He is not like other people," she
echoed one day after weak girl, who
mad laughed at him,-''not like other
people. No; how should he be like
Them, Could he shipper rs men do who
nave nothing in their heads but wind:
lie has great heart; ne has a full iii.
lie could have bull. lie Mins;yi te.4
YOU. He ought to have lived long =.
and then he would have been = past.s
If that grand society Of Francs Macon
we read about to day. He is a great
good man, and every body else is-Bah,
Why do YOU vex me: If Won want to
.augh. laugh at some one | don't love. >
Adie had dangerous light in her south
rn eyes, when she was angry, that init
mated very excitable passions, and even
he possibility of quick blow following
he hasty word. 1t was wise to refrain
rom irritating her: her school-compan-
IONS acknowledged it with dim con
used fear and admiration for the fer
i'd carnestness of a temper so unlike
their Saxon calm. Her gratitude, thai
sas almost passion; her imagination
% vivid and So picturesque; her warm
unny lcveliness. attracted others even
shile they remained as a bar of separ.
ton between them. She, as well a,
| Nicholas, was not like other people: but