Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30

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trary. So things had been IN the past
/ What they would fe in the future. WITH
Aunt Msriass o.d-fashi0ned Scottish
ideas about caste and rnaidsaly dignity
with William Maerus's high notlo.as Of
dutv. and the care be ougi.s 10 take Of his
dead friends daughter UIrA Grace Al
& len's lovaity on the one SIDE. and want OF
+ fight on the other, and with young Addy's
! personal pride 20 keep him 10 his point,
4 and conventional seasifiveness 10 make
him s,rbesr 20 press thai point-whas
+ tisey would be with al these warTiag ele-
roents 10 perplex and distract, remained
/ ueys 70 be seen Meanwhile poor little
Grace cried. and Aunt Maria and her
maid Jane generously resolved 10 make
4 the best Of bargain not wholly 70 their
mind
My dear. who's your correspondent =
asked Aunt Maria. for her tTife sfcrnly,
a.. iw0 or three weeks after her arrival at
HIGH Elm. Grace Aliens fair faoe flushed
and diTnpied with delight, when the servant
1 handed her letter, addressed In 3 large
I bold. weIl-wriffen hand
"a Addy. replied Grace. laeouicaliy.
Addy but who il Addt :"
Aidy Cayley. repeated Grace
/ Two daft words don't make one wise
answer aid Aunt Maria smiling and
! knitting her bruws al the ssarse moment.
-. Addy' first. and then Addy Cayley,
don't tell NE Innch. lassie. Come now.
open out Who and what Is this addy
Cayley who wrifes--eh, my heart bu' be
writes long letter. r
Il have not muck 20 :ai; YOU. Aunt
Maria said Grace. demurely - Addy
Cayiey is boy know poor papa knew
him. and Sursey. and he is with Mr. Tine,
the engineer and he's going to make rail
roads out in India some day. and I've
known him all my life, and | cant tell
you any more.
What's his father - asked Aunt Ma
ria, coming to the point.
Color sergeant in poor papa's regi-
ment, said Grace and for the first time
in her life she wished that Addy's father
had epauletis like majors.
"Colar-sergeant and in your poor
papa's own regiment Lassie, he's no fit
companion for you, said Aunt Maria
warmly, speaking broad Scotch, as she al
ways did when excited
Papa thought he was, and so did
Nursey, said Grace, with a certain sug-
gcstiyc drawing in Of her lips :; q look that
Aunt Maria was quick enough 10 read, and
wise enough to not qnite like therefore,
not To wish 10 provoke too much.
All but you see, my dear, it's your
guardian, and in his ease /, who have you
now between hands, She answered, sooth-
ingly Besides, what might be when
you were wee thing, Is no just blate for
a young lady in her teens and / think,
lassie, if YOU will reflect a moments con.
sideration will show you that the son Of
futI tg
not just tit friend for your fathers daugh
ter. But how came he 10 get such good
education 2" and she turned over the en-
veiope curiously. How was it he didn't
take to the ranks, like his father. :"
"Poor papa helped him, and Nursey had
some money, and another person, q Miss
Mead, where his mother had been house
keeper, helped him too said
Grace $50 among them all he was sent
! to good school, and now he IL with Mr..
! Tine; for he Is such a dear clever
boy" she added, innocently, "every one
loves him, and every one wanted to help
him. But papa and Nursey did the
most and papa liked me to be friends
with him." she added, with the same
drawing in Of her lips, "a little viciously
| this time.
"Well, my dear, well say no more about
it now" said Aunt Maria, shutting her
work. box with II rcsOlute air, as IL she
shut up Grace. and Addy, and all relating
to them. inside IT, your guardian is
coming home next week, and we'll hear
whit he says. II he likes such nm in
t;macy for his ward, well and good he
can suit himself don't approve of ii,
and so / tell you frankly but then, / am
old fashioned, and behind my day, dare
say. However, Will is master, and when
he's at home I'm only mistress. May be
you'll know the difference some day, little
lassie," she added, patting the girls
flushed cheek kindly, as she left the room.
"They shan't take me away from Addy,
whatever they do" said Grace to herself ;
and then she sat down and answered the
boys letter, and, girl.like, told him all that
had happened, with unintentional ampli-
fcatiOns.
IL shall have to work hard" was Ad-
dy's unspoken commentary when he read
her more than kind, and slightly less than
exact outpour land I'll DO 1t or die"
The week passed and the day dawncd,
the close of which was to see William
Magnus, Grace Aliens guardian and Aunt
Maria's nephew, once more ut home TO
take the slack reins into his strong hands,
and set those things straight which Aunt
Marias goodnature for the one part, and
fear Of interfering in matters beyond her
ultimate control for the other. used to let
go crooked There were tenants to look
after, and rents to receive, and leases to
renew for Will Magnus had supreme
distrust Of all professional services, and
preferred to let his affairs come to stand.
still in Aunt Marias keeping, while he
was rambling In foreign parts, to trusting
them to any paid agent whatsoever. There
was thus plenty for him to do at such times
as he came home and Aunt Maria was IA
little troubled to have this lassie and her
silly affairs added to her favoritc's bur-
dens. But 1t had to be done, and to Will
was left the task of coping with Addy
Cayley.
Somehow Grace was desperately afraid
of this guardian Of hers. 1t is that way
with young people when any one is held
up to them ms u bugbcar; and Aunt Maria
being weak on all questions Of authority,
had the habit of putting forward her
nephew as the ultima ratio impcrsonate, the
bogic whom no one could withstand. So
that when Grace was sent for In the
cleaning to come down stairs and bc in
troduced TO hA guardian, she entered the