Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-08-17
oil. XII,
MISS GERMAINE.
BY JUSTIN Mccarthy.

~ -Nl'l''j lI'NIl -HNllOulNCN, lulDpN-
ded in gardens, and so separated
from the outer and busy world Us to
seem no part of it. One of these
which had been tcnantcd bv success
sivc generations of the Gcrmainc
family almost since the days of
New Amsterdam, was understood
to be quietly offered for sale some
two or three years ago. The flmi-
Iy had run itself ont, both in wealth
and in numbers. 1t had dwindlcd
down into a widow and her daugh-
ter. Then the widow died, and the
daughter Of eighteen was left alone
in the world. Her health was
somewhat delicate; her means were
small. She was ordered by her
physician tc seek warmer climate
for at least two winters, and she
made up her mind to sell the old
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n"! 'l' "''si' ~ " 'l o"o''l 'oI'''' ,
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5;n, D ior Lor % tho c,.o m;rht L@
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onn,, al ''o ho Iwm,IJ ro,bornoycr soil
:, ;"' al IA 10 n.;,Lnnt h,n mono,, )-o,,n,
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MIR; hoWon o'o 'i1' see very wen
now inc money coolo 'G oo!e >, ".'i'-
oIlt, put II was no use us '''N'Is'
! he yohhg I'oy "oO'" "I' I''i '"I
mouse 10 any one "io>G IooNS ,r '''o
manners u'SPicasc" :, nGr' n ;. GiHI9
ana many all engine o'Ie' "I'' MI
hoWan oFlnE almost 10 a 'o"I'0''o"'
ln''l MISS uer'no'Il' ~ " S''I'Yt ' AT
the other party 10 'nG PropoSe'' o'r, "
gam ana tNen the lnlnS was 'V I'LL
end
Mr.. Rowan was a builder ana =
house decorator, whose principal
premises were somewhere IN fourll
avenue. lie had always looked al
ter the Gcrmalne house, attended I,
!'S repairs anu lcotoo' '''Vti'' N'l'
llS ga'-ll''i"g IN "roer anu III eyer!
oII'cr way Dcc'i i'S PI"c''T'' ''H''':'
man ever since nc SIai'eu m ~ ~ o5'a', !,
ness lor I'''ll'el'' l',S ! l"''iei ''I' 'i'
been gardner 4 TO l'r' ,'orul'l"'' IT 'n'
gIahdlatlleT o' our "cioi"c' " ",
hoWa" !. , mao n Pro'l~le" ~ II 'l,v i"',,,,2 n,1
TI ms iS','et ''''In , ug''l ,1. ,I 1L' Wv,
declined put le alw'l3 ,: ''iu ~, .h' M'
same 'n'e1TS! o''u u,,oI,'o" ,,, :" ~, -,
mouse ""'' 10 IT, UI'G'""'' :! ,,,Ln Iool,
oi'o oI Ct'"""r r,', p,.nr,,,b;nn cor Miss Gpr.
y" m,ino %,''' FROM r,rl the tn'6 6orjrrin~ Of hel
% motbor,s r,,nrrol TO fine selling OF
%"r h,U'''h, bonso HI. manner to tbl
woman wv, was still somewhat as if h,
wofn woin|" mrre " bonse decorator or
I,nd-stnword and she a lady O
GREAT fortune and powerful patron
age.
'sT rho ,n,Omn was drawing on, an,
a.. I..to,. ;,,s;stod that Isohnl mus
, s''o 'I Ioavo Now N,o,l, and ro ci,hc
T to Florida Or ALGERIA. T6c hous
w. ,,',a mnt soIJ Mss Gcrmoinc ho,
;,,"t m"3 no,,soJ r,J' s or cycclIcnt offer. be
l"'" p,,'.n ,t'" tL" nontlcr,n moj,inr il ho,
T''1e "a. c,,I I'a' - b;nt : tGnt he nronoscd t,
tnrn t,v ,"I, hcr f,tbcr,s library into a bill
Ii,rd-room, % She grew pale, locke,
at ,l'I Mr. Rowan. and he knew til
tL;nr ~ l wos ot an end,
'", ,,YLo n,:ll,r rlco,lo1
wbon t%c G",I gentleman or had been bow
mI'o,, W. o". '"G i" Eo coriJ cas;ly be induce
Io' :" ,.;'.o g"' ,,n tbnt notion if you onl
w "oI5 e od him IN Won know, and lust ex
r1nr" 'Ininsd Tho, how yon feel, and
P'"l y 4lo ,,o,nn Iody,
, ,1..'t MEYER, r,,lm was f's '"' y0s tonn was q
eloquent lgP!yi y;.;,,o :, 80 'I thot Of NJ
lGa''' as ocv.ol.o c g" !" 1ama;s p, an
hooher II .i: ial,iIu5 2;s,,non"o "a, Mot Tsah,
'hcrc was :,;,, '"ia ",,'t,e'o " l,oon bor vor,
was III " n Po'IslY,i pn,ho,,,. w ,ras soon or
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