Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-08-28
A CONFUSION Or TONGUES.
THE WOMAN NARRATES.
BY EDGAR FAWCETT.

IT i absurd of Mrs. Ramsey; and | tell
sor 90 while seated at her little nonpareil
~ ~ -breakfast-tables right opposite her dear
I'D brirht-eyed face, almost as blooming
,n1rr its gray waves of hair as the plump
link peach am about to excoriate.
The idea" rebuke, ''of your fancy
mr. that shall be bored here i'll this love
~ snot for the next six weeks to GOMEZ
indeed enjoy every moment"
But Whitebeach isn't Newport" cpl
rrammatizes my hostess, with doubling
mile. 1T certainly was very good OF
Ton Gladys, to give up Newport, and let
Iva 90 in your stead"
Not at all, | contradict, with sharp
s+rpss Aunt Ellen could only take one
If rs; why should it not have been Eva?
had gone for two summers; Eva never
Poor girl, she deserves to see the whole
Inhabited globe from end to end If we
we're rich, Mrs. Ramsay, how / would
make them feast her eyes for her with
orpry inch of Europe that she cared to
look at. throwing in as much of Asia and
Africa as she wanted, toon'
But she is never the least saddened by
nor aflicti0n,' muses. Mrs Ramsay.
Last summer, when she stayed with me,
her slim white fingers were never weary
=,
d 'elesi M i-l - NJ
R9msays maids enters the room with the
morning mail. Each of US has a letter
Mine is from Eva. She is enjoying her
self unspeakably, and would be quite
h3ppv but for the thought that | have
riven up my Newport trip at the very last
,o,nonf inst hncal1se fancied that she
z-,uli relish como
"ooIu IeIISii so1nS, a ,o..o
As soon as l llaNe ledu my lcIttr, L
glance toward Mrs. ramsay, ana discover
that her face Is Wreatheu IN smiles, While
she levels fixed looks at her own letter
thr0ugh the gold ye-glasses she has late
!, dnGnod
-, Daor,, :, . eo,vanth boava, of
lou ote,i IL @ i''''' oi' VI
aILgSeHlcII' l Ichl"i n.
she promptly lays gown hel Itt'e! ana
aCCompllalcS the melIoWeSl little trlll OF
laughter.
And ca will Won ha GLADYS when Won
boar i i from NV nenhew Eric Pal
~, - IN 49, l@..o "a
inel' H'h el' '"Noo 4P III. lo''ol anu
losses 1t toward me, with another mlrth-
tul r0uldde. Read Tor yourself. asked
him here, YOU know, never dreaming that
he would Gomez
imnndiatpIy read aIoud the folIovvinr
Communications from Nrs Pamooy,S ra1a
So.
vo,,-- ,,-. .o-
WV lohh' august O. 100
MY DEAR AUNT EDITH: Rumor has Tor once
proved eetsclI not 70 De an eAceptlonai 1alsl-
n't, II YOU 3r nav He'fu tlldt my engagement
Is oIohth OIL YOU nave 4eard correctly; Last
ven MSS pIocht "hU ueciaTed disSoiu-
uon VI plI 'mei9HiP' having previously Cd
l@l"t0 ut Iuil CONSENT Oh the contracting par
ues;
Don't scream with surprise when you read
Una, am coming to Nhtebeach. Mother
ugt1Its lhaI you VIII. But, believe me, your
invitation has set before me, so to speak, the
most aIuring social prospectus of any plan
"AIcH can MT upon for spending the next
pIhlSh. l mad medltated Maine; had pom
GeI'o 'Le AuliQnudcks; had considered Lake
SUPERIOR but Nmteheach offers me, just at
present., greater charm than all. Viewed
noi purely social point, perhaps L shall
Tg1e "oo4t as eniVenng to you as skull
vi "1V Pailoi tahIe would be, or chronic
"1'Pg' Oh lhe door-beii. Nevertheless, you
nave Drought me upon yourself; you have
.''7"' me IKE 4 cold; you shall have me like
Ms Med'ies. shall take you at your word,
anu come.
SE5le my resolution was forming, mother
l,, ".S 'aS Ieco1ecttd mat you have the poor
s.l an" Uuiho Miss Oarthe at present staying
wan you, curing her sisters absence. Mother
so, 9sS'' Il 10 my coming Obstacle, for
So; I@G sue lola me that the artcuiate-
ts,H,I9 MISS Iarthe was there, matters
Br, "",t reached an abrupt settlement.
-.3 assure you, on the word OF gentleman
51r,, I Lsn.s' t,at consider, Just now land
; z1 AIo" whether have not always con-
. .'3.[u I,Ne"ISt) the attributes of deafness
"a. V y@,nohtss IN youthful woman to be two
lam sure that Mis- Gn@,Ie aSa ppSa S.I, ~
hui ucrba,s Won, ~; III 'iih VIZ NY
lgtaI retnt s ~, az. ili0 nov ~ mani d
YOU oy-the-by, to prevent the young lady
1' iohmg any tablets at me; don't want
1nPohte, and don't want to be cruel
ysuwfIi ru;mMtn, nad pest pause mere, or
Plrec ala 1bat ~ = no more 5t.ape .h;t
lesQhject of whether # is como 70 rain or
-.' and make little ESSAYS about The pleasures
u. saltwater bathing, his STAY at Whitebeach
.p 1ilf5ro"ly miss being stupid.
hsn them - am 's too nerme leaa with
Ill. sweet hope Of meeting a dear. gentle,
s.s..E .mother says she is prettv) fenoW-visit-
4aTiiess as well as tongueless. a creature
llrny IN t con downstairs looking fresh and
tod hat ,Ie morning, and not require to DC
g1er Of , no looks either; beautiful, silent
apon recIrs 81 ansnda 1r'alo chssta
W"., Of womanhood set in golden silence
III, rar 575ioroos, gossipless, earthly paradise
,s 5r5 T Orc than the trees, the flowers, the
~ .by, ,'' s"'isll'iie'
Reen five ,n a9o&oiy arrive 1, at Whitebeach be-