The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-06-08


temper, another has headaches, and nov.
when We thought we had 90, jewel, here
she Is iaintingi"
Il think We ought to try and revive
her, said Bert, taking Charles hand.
while Kate led the way. But when they
reached the school room Miss Van Orme
had recovered her senses, and was sitting
in an armchair, while Mary vigorously
famed her pallij face
For nercy's sake, what made you faint,
Miss Van Orney' cried Kate "You al
most threw Charlie into commissions"
Miss Van Orme stood up aud looked be-
yond Miss Aberneth to Mr.. Greaierex.
standing in the doorway, who came for.
warl to her relief Instantly
You must not stand" he said, leading
her back to her seat IL think have
I found friend OF mine '-turning TO Kate.
why dId you run away from your
/ friendsG he questioned, relieving Mary Of
/ the fan.
IL ran away from my enemies, if you
please
do YOU call me oneg'
Perhaps we had better withdraw" said
poor Kate, tossing her head to conceal her
chagrin Come, children
Thank yen" Bert answered her. III
should like few minutes alone with Miss
| Van Orme, il you please
"Oh, you had better 90 back to Miss
| Kate in the drawing room, said Miss Van
Orme, when the door had closed upon
them; sit will be a shame to disappoint
Mrs. Aberneth and, indeed, | can get
on very well without you SIR"
/ "But cant get along without YOU"
] md vet Won know moi htutr at oln,,.
me"
II AN satisfied with my knowledge. |
know that you are charming, and that
/ love yop'
You love a woman sailing under an
alias2 am neither Mrs. Small nor Miss
I Van Orme"
81 don't care fig who you are will
marry You tomorrow, if yo- consent, un-
der whatever name YOU choose
G,nerosity is catching. / will tell my
story"
81 will not listen to it, except from the
| lips Of Mr.. Berthold Groaterex."
please yourself
"Thank you. Then will come for YOU
tomorrow, aud we will be married in
church" But when lac returned 10 the
drawingroom and told his story to Mrs
Aberneth, she insisted that the wedding
should take place at her house
Everybody was taken aback at Greater.
ex when Berthold wrote that he should
bring his bride home the following week
You may have seen her" he wrote
when she was Mrs. Small, and lived i'm
the cottage in Lovers Lane. You remem.
Der, perhaps, that you once sent her some
summer sweetings. owe my happiness
/ to those precious apples. Caroline will re
member the occasion, because she offered
TO part with some OF her wardrobe TO the
/ poor widow.
OH OH cried Caroline, "he has mar
ned the Widow Small and all her children!
How could he? She's old enough to be
his grandmother. Oh, dear dear dear |
shall never want to see another summer
sweetlng as long as | live wish YOU
would order Spades TO cut down the tree.
mamma. No wonder an apple brought
trouble into the world and shut folks out
o. Paradise, 1t keeps its reputation up
, finely! To think that the heir of Greater
ex should marry hideous old widow"
! Guess her surprise when Berthold opened
the carriage door, and there descer led a
little person, who threw aside her vail, and
disclosed dazzling skin of rose and lily
hues, eyes like summer brooks brown aud
liquid, hair a ripple Of conference.-the
semblance Of an angel in flesh and blood
"Where-are-th e-the cnldren9 gasped
Caroline.
Yes" laughed Berthold "and where
are the wrinkles, and the gray hairs and
the sunken eyes2 is she an awful Old
fright, Carrier
summer sweetings are not 20 sour az
ter all, mamma, said Caroline, later. 81
guess Spades may spaTe the tree
/ The next week Berthold overlook Maria
Upton in his walk
Il saw Mra GrcatereE in church saii
she
odd you see an antiquity with a false
front piece7'
Now don't be dsagreeable; how could
known BY the way ] have some news
10 tell you avn engaged"
ALLOW me TO congratulate your lover.
suppose you mean % entertain him with
those precious old letters Of miner
~ our letters? Oh, haven't the rbos,
Of one left ! curled my hair on them long
ago. it was only the empty envelopes with
which | teased you. But tell me about
Mrs. Greaterex ] hear it is like a story.
Yes perhaps you have heard Of the
PrudhOmme heiress2 ! remember when
the affair was much talked Of and think
ing it sad enough. You zee. Pauline was
the last Of her family-sbe. and a cousin
. who inherited IN case Of her death The
common report was that her Loneliness and
sorrow worked upon her mind till she was
pronounced insane. and carried 90 an asy
lum, and the cousin. being guardian and
next heir, was left in irresponsible charge
Of the fortune, which was very large