Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-10-13
Granny Carrigan's Cap
Box.
A TRUE STOR Y

lhOE ! OHI.
4 My wifes cousin was slender, old-fashior
ed looking girl, with quiet, retiring manners
and habit OF Hiding about with almost noise
less movement l used TO call her the littl
gray ghost.
Ii seemed to me, when my wife first broach
ed the subject, Quxotic notion to take th
girl horne with us, but Nelly 3 heart is so large
and so lovingl
"Just think Of the poor child alone In tina
wilderness" she said with plying eyes; "an
we have plenty to spare"
$50 has Aunt Cheyney."
ayes, but she lives In the backwoods, as sol
itary place as can be found. Her mother ha
been dead for years,her father has been an inys
lid ever since she was ten years old, and nov
| that he Is gone, 1t doel seem hard tha: sh
should be condemned to solitude and old Aun
Cheyney. At least, let II, invite her to com,
for q season; let us give her a few months o
pleasure, poor child! She will be so delighted
20 astonished with this bewildering New
| York"
| I consented, of course, as good husbands are
duty bound to do, and on certain October af
ternoon, drove to the station for my wife,
cousin. l knew her the moment she made her
appearance, though had never seen her be
| fore.
The little creature appealed to my sympa
thy at once by her indescribably forlorn ap-
|
her lustrous gray eyes, her only beauty, roy
ing around, startled to unwonted lustie at som,
new thing.
as this Susy Myriam?"
Eyes, was beginning to feel little fright
ened at the confusion" she said: "You arc
cousin Nelly's husband"
led her away from the crowd, and she wa:
| silent and strange the whole way home, utterly
preoccnpied with the sights to be seen at all
hours in our great metropolis.
From that time Susie was one OF us--I mean
In all that pertains TO the manners and customs
/ Of the household, and yet could never feel
| any nearer degree of friendship than that
sih which welcomed her the first dag to ouI
home. 4a-p-
"She is so hanly," said my wife. "Y ou
don't know how many little things she does
| and yet can't prevail upon her to take single
present from me-"
"She don't care for little vanities,"I said,
"Don't she? she's as fond of nica things as
anybody, I've found that out, but she has all
| absurd notion that unless she earns costly jew
els, she won't wear them; won't be dependent
even on me for the most trifling ornaments
Sheadmired the little, old-fasbioned pc arl brooch
that you always liked so well, and offered ii
to her,"
"Did she take It,"
"No, insist as l might, l could not prevail on
her to accept 1t. have tried again and again
to tempt her, for really have so many useless
things that l don't wear at all but 1t Is no
| manner Of use. She Is the most obstinate
little creature ever saw"
lime passed, aud 1 became accustomed to
| the slight gray figure sitting beside my wife,
or fitting about like a contented ghost. Wife
had found a companion for her solitary hours
and l was glad. Together they haunted the
picture galleries, the art saloons TO-
| gether they shopped, drove In the park or
lunched.
"Whom do you think We nat to-day" W life
| asked me one evening when we were alone to.
gether. "Of all menin the world, Harry Loi
dale, whom haven't seen since he returne d
| from Europe, and he has picture at Lozier's
| that everybody Is going wild over. 1t is a beau
| tliul thing-you know never could talk art lar
| gon, but it satisfied me as pictures never do. -
When saw him he seemed quite as much alb
sorbed in studying Susie as she was in iudying
| his picture.
| You don't know how pretty she locked
You needn't smile, her eyes would redeem ny
l face. Suddenly Harry saw me, aud came up
/ TO the place where ] was standing. told
him how glad l was to know lie was get
ting famous, but he only nodded, and said Gag
erly:
"That young lady seems TO be intereste,l-l
"Yes that Is my only cousin, Susie," re.
Piled
/ "Your cousinl pray introduce me-" and
John, as sure as you are alive, that will be .
match"
! "Nonsense," was my rejonder. l knew
| Harry Lonsdale, and Susie was not by any
means his ideal.
| Harry liked dashing, handsome girls, viva
cious, magnetic girls; of the Treslyian style
with oval faces, languishing eyes and haught,
| lips. lie had sketched such to me by the
| hour, and l knew some Of the young lldie
| with whom he was on very intimate terms =
| The idea Of his fancying this cold gray littl,
creature with no figure to boast Of, and man
ner so quiet that slie was hardly noticed, wa
| preposterous.
alt fattered him to see her absol bed by hi
picture" said "only praise him and lin no
sure but Beelzebub himself might hold him IL
the chains Of eternal friendship. Harry Ions
dale Is tho vainest man ever saw for a maj
who really is great genius"
"Well, we'll see" said my wife, with that con
6dent little nod of hers. 1t will be suffi Glen
punishment for your unbelef If l only have
, the chance to say some time, 81 told you so.
To my great astonishment, Harry called a
! the house three evenings out of the week. afte
that, and under the influence of his presence
that little gray cousin grew positively beautl
!, full. noticed change In her department.
. She seemed at times more preoccupied; a, 9th
| ers elated, mirthful, almost wildly happy; par
ticularly on those days when it seemed proba
!. BILE Harry would come. began TO share IN
| wifes anticipations, began to watch Harry
he did seem exactly like an impassioned lov
er. a.s
About this time, my wifs said to me ons da
} that Susie was receiving letters from some far
j of friend.
) "I notice when they come; sometimes hant
, them to her, but she never mentions then
, again. Shouldn't you think she would spca
| about them?n asked nv wife.