The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-19
CHAPTER XIV.

Hewitt, rs the carriage drove off from
the door, bearing his darling ones, Will
Blanche, from his sight.
Mrs. Hewitt waved her handkerchie
till they were lost from view, when
turning to enter the house, she beheld
Rissey in close conversation with an old
woman, whose face was nearly covered
by an old black hood.
''Who is that?' she asked Of Rissey
rs soon as she came in.
"Dat be de same ole ereetur dat wu7
here de oder night. Pore ole soul, she
'peared monty anxious bout sumfin'.
She wanted to know de wust kind il
dis wuz Col. Hewitt's, and where Miss
Nora wuz gone, and if Massa Norman
wuz gone, too, an lots more tings dat |
don't muffin bout"
''Very strange that she should take
such an interest in our afTairsr' thought
Mrs. Hewitt But it's some of Carrie
NernOn's proceedings, III venture to
say. She is just like the dog in the
manger.' Then turning to Rissey, who
stood rolling up her eyes in great per-
pleXity, she said: 'If that woman comes
her again just tell her that Mrs. Hewitt
wishes her TO come no more, and also
that she need not trouble herself about
our affairs"
''Nes, marin, an / won't tell her
muffin bout Miss Nora Iillin' Massa
Pierpont best, nor bout goin' to be mar
ried to somebody, nor nufIin'?" replied
the cute little darkey as she closed the
door, leaving Mrs. Hewitt standing in
the middle of the room, perfectly as
tonished at her precocity.
"HOw came she to know anything
about Clarence, ! wonder?" said Mrs.
Hewitt 10 herself "But I suppose she
must have overheard us talking. /
viii go and inform the Colonel of Carrie
Vernon's work, for am sure it is hers"
and opening the door she proceeded
toward the library. Leaving them to
comment and wonder upon it, We will
follow our travellers.
They proceeded first to Philadelphia,
where they remained a few days, visit
ing everything of any note. From
there they went to Washington, in
tending to remain week or two before
proceeding farther. One evening they
were sitting in the pdrlor, looking at
the various guests who had assembled
NJ the w House, when Sonora,
turning to Blanche, said: GLOW natur-
al that voice at the piano sounds. Let
us go into the other room and see who
it is, for / believe | have heard it be-
fore"
'She has finished and is coming this
way" said Harry.
"Adele Summersr
sonora Hewitt -
And the two friends were locked in
each others arms.
"Why, how long have you been here,
and where are you going?" We're
Adele's first questions.
"Only a few days" replied Sonora.
Then introducing her brother and
Blanche, she informed Adele that they
had started for Louisiana to pay her
and her mother visit.
1--WE will return immediately. Come
into the other room. Mamma is there,
and I know she will insist upon your
paying that promised visit"
Our friends were soon ushered into
the presence Of the elegant and accom-
plished Mrs. Summers, who seemed
more like a sister than a mother to her
beautiful daughter.
Adele was indeed beauty, and real
lied fully all Harry's ideas Of the beau
tiful and refined. She was about the
medium hight, with a complexion as
fair as an infants, rare thing for \
Southerner. Her cheeks, lips and chin
were of the deepest vermillion, and her
large brown eyes were full of fun and
mirth, and when they peeped from be-
meath the long, dropping lashes were
sure to bring a smile to the lips OF
the beholder, so mischieviOus did they
look. She wore her hair cOmbed back
from her forehead and banded round
her head, in massive braids, which gave
her an almost regal appearance. And
such hand and foot, Harry thought,
as he.gazed upon her, that he had never
seen any one half so beautiful. "And
now if she is only as good as handsome, p
he soliloquized, ''why, she viii be worth
winning"
MRS. summers insisted upon return
ing home, and nothing wodid@do but
they must submit, which our party did
after obtaining her and her daughters
consent to accompany them hack to
New York and make good visit in
November
We will not follow them in ALI t,oir
wanderings about the gay canitaI
which occupied them about two ,y,.oI-s
but we will meet them now i, ,ha
house of Mrs. Summers-and a moonG
cent one it was, too. Situated in ~,
southwestern part of Louisiana was
their plantation of four hundred acre,
Of well cultivated land, which had ono,
been the pride Of the fond husband ane
father. \ neat row of comfortable cab
ins occupied one part Of the grounds,
short distance from the house, and her