Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-04-18

and then, taking a winding path over
the brow of the hill, and descending a
little on the side that fronts the Golden
Gate, they stood before the cottage. 1t
was little one-story place, with gar
den in front full Of rank, cvergrown
geraniums and trailing Australian vines
struggling on either side the straight
and !, eedy path.
''This can all be done up nicely, you
know" said Mr.. Harley, cheerfully.
"There was no time for it before you
came in. 1t has been empty and neg
lected for so long that it looks rather
wild"
Mrs. Adds answered in the same
cheerful spirits; she was so grateful to
them that she would not show any re-
greet But as she was crossing the porch
TO enter the doorway, shivering chill
struck her that it was impossible TO de-
scribe or account for. The house was
not dark. Those kind friends had had
it lighted; a lamp burned on the table;
fire blazed in the open CRATE; what
could have given that shuddering chill?
The children, however, made amends
for her silence; for they were loud in
their delighted comments on the new
house, and their surprise at it. odd fur
niture.
The room was a small square apart
ment, with an open CRATE and a front
and back window. Its floor was covered
with checked mating, and there were
two or three curiously-colored rugs laid
over it. Besides scarlet sofa and two
large chairs, much worn and faded, were
some tiny Chinese tables, and little
cabinet placed on one OF them. To the
right a door opened into smaller room,
containing only a bed and an old walnut
clothes press. Out Of that was larger
room built sideways and in the shape oil
a letter l.; it had two French windows
and a cheerful lookout citywards. A
small kitchen completed the house.
"Being night, it looks little dull
observed Mr.. Evans, as they wen
: through the rooms, "and smells earthly
r but that's owing to its having been shu
j. up so long"
It did smell earthly. The very al
[ seemed close and heavy, and Mrs. Add
; thought it might be that which causes
D her strange oppression Of spirit. Every
). thing needed for their comfort was a
; hand, and the gentlemen departed
! leaving GTdlG1ui u6dIiS NSi1AA4tA bLCL1
J. The days went on, and the feeling {
oppression, as Mrs. Adds expressed i
It wore lighter by degrees; but she alway
n had d sense of it more or less. Onl
when she was at work she did not s
y much feel it. Her kind friends had e.
d erted themselves to get her plenty
Il work. 1t was hard at first, but she la
h help, and got reconciled to it. tt
little room leading off the parlor W;
,e made a playroom for her children
a was lined with scarlet chintz. II
d large, curiously- shaped room was mac
in the bed-chamber.
n. So she worked, and prosperad, al
st began to put by a nice little sum eve
month toward repaying Mr.. Evans al
III the other gentleman what they had a
7 vaneed her. Her expenses were n
be large. The rent of the house was !
markably low, and she sometimes wo
8 dered at it, hoping that Mr.. Evans W
m not paying part of it himself in seer,
1v He said he was not, but she could Il
III help fearing it. They had no ne
, neighbors but farther down toward t
is Laguna was a settlement of Spani
to people, whose children would come
10 dl10 peep IAAO III
rails That their house had been
lit habited by Spaniards, who must ha
n quilted it in a hurry, was evident,
be the furniture was all Spanish.
Is. When it first was, Mrs. Adds COT
adj never distinctly trace or recollect, I'll
h. she heard her children allude
an some one they called "the lady" S
uI grew accustomed to hear them talk
lie her, but when she at length asked an
adj planational of who the lady was, the
ne seemed to be some mystery in the
-as swers. The children only saw the Ia
lat g at momens," they said; they wol
"a look up from their play and see her
he them, and when they looked again sh,
be gone, they did not know where.
MS Does She come into the gard
nd Nancy ?" asked Mrs. Adds of her cid
do girl. most intelligent child.
ad She comes indoors as well, MANN
to "Comes indoors as we'll What d
he she say?"
ne "she never speaks at all !
ri Nancy's answer. Mamma, she j
lev comes and goes ike the shadow in
Law garden"
nd This was very strange. That it
ore some person from the Spanish set
rit ment at the Iaguna who came up
ner indulge her curiosity, Mrs. Adds
rlv sure OF. The next leisure hour she
the she walked out that way, taking Mar
,ad and bio ding her point out, the lad
no she saw her. Mrs. Adds did not a
as. gether like the idea of strang
to entering her home at viii without &
has ing leave.
is 1t was a bright sunshiny afternc
n a and all the Spanish people seemed t
the outside their cluster of huts EMO,
she it. The women were sewing, the {
and dren playing. Mrs. Adds walked all
exchanging pleasant looks and I
h or with these people, as is the custom
,nlv an unsophisticated place like San E
cart cisco, and they nodded and smiled
for again. oE
M "Do you see the lady, Nancy ?"
low asked in a low tone.
ada. "No, mamma, | can't see her
the where Il
and All at once, as it were, Mrs. Adds
zerv came aware of a certain curiosity in
manner and looks of these peopl
tho they regarded her, far beyound
W natural curiosity excited by stranj
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