Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-01-14
NOT AT HOME.

from his other hswung q bundl
wrapped IN o coarse cotton hand
kerciiefu His coat was Of coars
}, grey, and had evidently seen har
9 service, though still perfectly Who'll
) and neat. The traveller wake,
slowly along, aswe 'have's said, ex
amining carefully as be passed tn
names the doorplates He final
ly paused before a dwelling of
SNOWY exterior, which, if wcocredi
the testimony Of the plate upon th'
door, was occupied by Alexande
Beaumont. age. aaw ia '
'AleXapder Beaumont Yes
that's tie house, murmmed t.,
traveller to himself, as he ascendeC
the stairs and rangrthe door bell.
d Ills summons was answered by ;
servant who, after moment scru
tiny, which apparently was not of
very 5fayorable character, sale
i reughly3-ea adl r3.H aaa
sAWell, sir what dolyou want p
SIS Mra Beaumontat home r. said
the old man, without needing the
Intentional rudeness3f5 3f5l 5da raJ Up
vFNo, sir, he is notN .adt lr8 3.
IIF"Thent perhaps j. can sec his
| wife XXI sds ,rsiH -H5mor % ni ,
,lF"I think livery doubtful, hut l
EWill sect andtheseryant Withdrew
without inviting the oidsmah tOien-
liter, thoughthe day was cold,dand
lhis2 2clotlIing iseemed hardly sufIi-
cient tOprotect him fremits inclem
ency.1ni hra .Yi|2iup 7aa b9gY
Beaumont wasreclihing on
a fauteuil in a room handsomely
| furnished. The last new magazine
wasrin her hand,y and her eye vas
listlessly gIancingg over its pages
She was interrupted I'M her reading
by the entrance of the servant. d
| IdsHWeH, what now, cBettyi2sH / she
inquireda5yo b3hlgod ,a3aUtei ic
h d.There is a. NAM down stairs
wants tosee you, ma'amse i.Ii4ti
IlG ''Msn a gentleman, You mean 2
bib 'tN0. ma'am, said Betty, stoutly,
for she well understood what made
up gentlemenli i'm theI conventional
sense of the term 'itisn'tiagen-
tleman at all, for he's got on an old.
grey coat, and he doesn't wear any
gloves" ag11ap" rt'1D,ain" .Ha /
h "Whatpcan he want ofme ~ .
rs 81 don't know, sure; heinquired
after Mr. Beaumont first.
I'd "You didn'tabring himin the par
Ior, did gou@ a9il4l shi afrras Il
The girlshook her head a9uI
j EYou did right, and you'd better
tell him I'm not at homeR haoF u
pg gMrs. Beaumont is not at home"
said Betty, re- appearing az the
door. hsrn . gGI3sl tsR9. adI ID
q II suppose that means she is ena
gagged, ? said thelold mans ''but |
believe she will. see me when she
learns who'll am. Tell her that /
am her husbands uncle, and my
name is Henry Beaumont"li
old rag tag masterls un-
cleP' said Betty, wonderingly, as !
she reasoended the stairs. ru5y ]
ag"Gpod heayensl' said her mis-
tressa"i it isn't that old vagrant !
that strolled off years ago, nobody
knows Where.gmI did hope he wo'dI
nevere comeback again. And now
1 suppose he1s as poOras a arntandj \
wants help. Well, he won't getit
if I can help it;abut lsnpp0so L
must see him,"sd aatr 3t V. aaI
10 Tie lady descended, fully prepar
cd to give the visitor afligid recep-s
ton, bli'99t huB a1a8 ad 't.# 4.
II am not mistaken" i" said the old
man, with feeling "'tismy nephew
Alexanders wife, .rusr 81.
g"Iou are right, sirs / am the
wife ofMrs Alexander Beaumont;
and ! suppose from yonr language
you areT-ugt5 8 qUtaa adE "a OF (,
THis uncle Henry, Ah, mel |
have been gone many, manyyears,
and itidoes me good to return once
more among my llindred.Pna il
a,The old man leaned on his staff
and his features looked convulsiye-
W as thoughts Of the pastcame Ov-
er his mind, Mrs, Beaumont stood
holding the door as if waiting for
him to depart She did not give
him any invitation to entar,o hnh |
'Is your husband well p inquir- L
sd the visitor looking in as if he
expected an inyitatIon to enter and /
'efresh himself, after his walk, by
IN interYalof rest an b. lsil s
"He is. If you have any mes
sage forshim, you may leave it with t
ne, and l will deliver it, said Mrs. /
Beaumont, desirous of ridding her :
'elf of the intruder as speedily as /
possible III jsdl 5a. suj y
Youmay tellhim / have Called" q
jaid the visitofin a disappointed
one, "and that Ilwould like to have 7
Ieen him. @ t.9t eta $50 h11 I
J"Irwill tell him Y andMps Beau c
MOTT was about to close the door. {
) 4Hold There is one question q
nores What became of lAlexander's Y
lister Anna ?''yHa be 'sa d fp h
'She! o I don t know much about {
ier,H was the rather disdainful re- d
ily,7 "Bnt ! believe she married a
Jerk. mechanic, or some such per Y
on His name is Lowe, and he !
ives mi Norton Street. is that
lI2pa t0a3oHai s.l GWlb ls 's
'eThat is all. ~ And the old man t
1rned his steps toward the street i
with many forebodings t
est his second visit might be as S