The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-06-20

Ing up her movable property ana depart
ing from the house. Then Miss Barbara
was wretched For three days she sat in
solitary state, and then, sending for her
i lawyer, directed him to insert an adver-
tisement in the leading papers to the ef-
feet that she wanted "young, neat and
lady-like person" for companion"
'sNo more old women for me-" she said
savagely, in response to the lawyers look
of surprise, 'safter the behavior of Jane,
who has been with me for thirty years =
and then authorizing him to examine the
applicants, she sent him away and wait
ed
Two days after the lawyer returned ;
accompanied by tall, slender young We
man,who came to see if she miss Barbara)
would engage her. Miss Barbara's black
eyes looked keenly at her for some time,
and after inquiring sharply into her an
tecedents, references, and the like, Miss
Barbara pronounced herself satisfied and
Alice Worthington, as the lawyer Gale d
her, was duly Installed in the office of
companion" and most charming COM
panion she proved to be.
Miss Barbara was at first disposed to be
bit critical and cautious, but the young
g.rl was so anxious to please, so sweet :
tempered and amiable, so quiet and self
forgetful, that Miss Barbara's severity
melted away by degrees and at last she
began to love her attendant and try in
various little ways to make her cheerful
and contsnted in her new home.
| "Alice," she said one day as the young
girl sat opposite her before the fire, chow
old are you :"
Not quite nineteen" was the shy answer
! And Miss Barbara looked at her in
surprise "Not quite nineteen" and yet
so quiet and dignIfied, and womanly; it
was almost Incredible. Miss Barbara
looked at her again, and with new ap-
probation in her face she saw how pure
and sweet the fair face looked, with the
shy brown eyes half-hidden by the white
lids she saw how smoothly and plainly
the brown hair was fastened back, how
neat and trim was tho dark dress, how
snowy were the cuffs and the narrow col
lar, and her heart was filled with wonder.
A girl In the nineteenth century wit out
8 rufde, puff, crimp, an overskirt, a
sash, or a suspicion of a panier about her /!
Truly, wonders would never cease and,
as she gazed on this rar 00is, her heart
was filled with pity for poor John, who
had thrown himself away.
"She's just the wife for him." she
thought, (" if he had only waited little
The would have liked her, I am sure
And then she dismissed the thought with
a sigh, and turn ed to Alice for consola-
ton. 4
As the days went by Miss Barbara's
heart began to yearn for her nephew.
She loved Alice dearly, but even she did
not take the place of the absent one. His
handsome face haunted her day and
night, and often as she heard a sud
den noise in the hail. or at the door she
would look up eagerly, half expecting to
see him as she used to do. II am getting
DID," she said sadly to herself perhaps
[ was little hard with him-my bow
I'll ask Alice"
And so one night she called Alice to
her, and as she sat at her feet in the fire
light, as John had done so often, she told
! her all about it-and how she lonned to
see him again.
81 am getting old, Alice" she said. ct
may die soon, and l want to see nv boy.
Perhaps | WAS wrong about his wife. 1t
would do no harm to see them just once,
Alice"
And Alice answered gently that per-
haps it would be better for them ali to
do so; but she avoided her kind friends
eyes and there was scarlet flush on her
face that was unusual
The next day, Alice, under Miss Bar,
bara's direction, wrote little note to
John Barton. "Tell him to come SOON
said she /; and as Alice wrote this, Miss
Barbara sat and thought intently for o
time, her face resting on her hands. "Tell
him. she said again, "tell him that he
may bring his wife if he likes-T can at
least see her to please him." And SO the
note was written and the message dis.
patched. aa 5of
After this decisive step was taken Mss
Barbara was in Autter Of nervousness
all the time. She donned her richest
dress, her most costly cap, and then sat
expectant until she heard Johns step on
the stairs, and John came in himself as
of old. Of course there were a few
minutes during which they beth talked
at once, and then, when the first excite.
ment was over, Miss Barbara suddenly
grew grave. Where's your wife?" she
said in her old grim way, and John rose
and rang the bell.
"She's down stairs. I told her to stay
until | sent for her." And then, as lac
servant made his appearance, "Show Nv
wife up" 2lo b08 7tagI t2Il'~
Miss Barbara waited quietly.
$50 on will love her little, for nv sake"
pleaded John, as light footstep was
heard at the door, and then, greatly 10
Miss Barbara's surprise, Alice Worthiny-
ton came in. 1 1872 3aI
ts"My nephew, Mr. Barton, Miss Worth
ington, she said, and then turning to
Alice, / am engaged now, and you may
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