Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-04-25

This is your room, my dear.
When you have arranged your toilet.
your uncle and | will be happy to see
you in the sitting ROOM
Everything bore marks of wealth.
but vas as Anticipated as its mistress
The heavy, tall posts, old fashioned
iron bedstead, with its quaint canopy
and curtains, must have belonged to
the great grandfather OF Miss Pru-
dence. 1t contracted grimly with the
pretty little French one she had occu-
pied with Eva Boswell so in fact did
everything. But the room was large
and pleasant everything was neat and
arranged for comfort, and June soon
became at ease and happy. At least
she would have been ii Aunt Prudence
they called, and there was little dan
ger of their attempting to repeat it.
The truth was, the old maid distrust-
ed the good-looking Fred. She could
not but own that he was "A gentleman in
every respect, but. as she had conclud-
ed to adopt June, she was not going to
have any horrid man around to per-
suade her into foolishly getting mar
RED, when she intended her to be the
comfort and nurse of her declining
years. Henceforth, June, with all her
life, and youth, and loveliness, was to
be sort of prisoner-never going out
save to ride IN the old barouche of the
Griswolds when the weather was pleas
ant with the stern, yellow face of Miss
Prudence, looking older and more ug-
ly by contrast with the bright, dove
eyed, golden-haired girl who accom-
panied her. Occasionally they met
Eva Boswell and her brother, dashing
along in their neat phaton, surround
ed by party of friends, and June
turned away signing, and with difficult
ly keeping back tears. But she dared
not give expression to her thoughts.
"The Buswells are nothing to you.
my child, and never can be, said Aunt
Prudence, when they CHANGED to be dis
coursing one day upon the manner of
her coming They did only what
was proper under the circumstances :.
just what your Uncle Nathan and /
would have done but they are frivol-
Gus, fashionable people, and the sooner
you cease even to recognize them, the
better"
June thought, with smile, how I'm
Gle Nathan would look and feel, hug
ging and kissing blooming girl like
herself. But she only gave another
sigh. thought what might have been,
and answered
"They were very kind, aunt"
Yes, l know, and your uncle and /
wrote them formal letter of thanks
That balanced the obligation"
1t was the last time the subject
was mentioned between them, and
at length they passed each other as al
most strangers. Not that Eva and her
brother did so until they found i, inn
possible to keep up the acquaintance
They reasoned correctly that such
state of affairs was not according to the
wishes of June, to whom they had
taken a great fancy, especially Fred.
1.-The devil take the old ogress of an
aunt" he uttered. as he saw June pass
ing, looking even more lovely than on
the first meeting. 81 wish that some
thing might happen so that | could
gain the entree of the house"
He wouldn't have confessed, even to
himself, that he had fallen in love with
the girl at the first sight. No, nothing
OF the kind. He only pitied her on ac
count of her close confinement, when,
like other girls of her youth and beau
ty, she ought to have been enjoying
her life, as bird does sunshine and
liberty to fit among flowers. But try
as he would to think of some plan of
visiting her. he could determine no.
thing, and was about to give up In
despair, when an accident came to his
relief.
On returning home one evening from
Il ride, he saw crowd collected IN
front OF his door, and upon inquiry was
told that an old man had allen from
apoplexy. One glance revealed to HIM
who the man was, aud he instantly him
to be carried into the house. and dis
patched his sister to Prudence Girls
void and her niece. They came. Ply
sicians were summoned, but all IL vain.
Nathan Griswold never aroused from
his sleep-was never moved until he
was taken to his last restir G place.
Dark days followed. The blow was
a terrible one to his sister. He had
been to her as husband, children,
brother, everything, All her love was
centered in him, ami she was complete
~ Frustrated
Fred Boswell pitied her suferings,
and did all that a son could have done
to relieve them. He attended to her
would not listen to her leav-
ing the house until everything was ar
ranged to her satisfaction, and then he
and Eva accompanied her and June to
a little cottage he had hired, and seen
furnished for her, upon the banks OF
the river where she had been born.
"Yon will not leave2N said the old