Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-24

QuiSs lItlS SiII, you may oOtnC
spend an hour with me-"
Casting codtemptuous glance at
thu speaker, the girl said
care you Mr., Arthur Cannon p
Yes. Did you not know it be-
fore ?''
"No, and [ am sorry to know it
COW"
"Why so, you elf2' retorted Ar
thur. sm"ing in spite Of himself
ooh, be ause don't like you. and
[ don't thin [ ever shall"
Bot way do you not like me,
E nap lou don't know me yet "
"Because you look so cold al me,
and Won gave my d y such hateful
push just now. If you don't want
mo and Carlo to stay here, Mr.. Cam
ron. we can go away" and she drew
ner little form up proudly.
The stern mans heart was soften
cd. His fancy was won by the in-
dependence and candor of the friend
sss chill and, drawing her 10 his
side, he said
"And suppose / do want you to
stay very much, what then p
"Why, then, sir, ! shall be very
glad 70 do 40, CHAT is, if Cab is
", leone too), for it is beautiful
place now, with the snow all over it,
and | know it must be grand in sum-
mer. Then you have no naughty
wife to torment me, like Cousin John
mas, whose house | sLaid at before |
came here. | hate ladies; they want
Ii lie girls to behave so nice and
proper Can't | always do as |
please here p
Arthur smiled at the original ty of
The chill, and repli ed
"When you please to do right,
certainly. And Etna, lst nae say to
you that you are very welcome to
my home, aud that | wish you to
stay with me.
Arthur CamrOn's heart was won
by the simple candor and artiessness
If the child. Of one thing he wa
-ure, she would never deceive him.
Sire was as different from her fair
haired, blue-eyed mother in nature,
AZ she was in appearances.
Times soft and silent foot prints
passed on and each day the orphan
became more aud m re dear 10 her
guardian. The compact made on
he bright December eve, was faith
fully kept, and little Etna's bright
taco became the sunlight OF Cannon
Hal IL was she who welcomed
Arthur each worning to the break
fast table; it was her hands that
warmed his gown and slippers in
wluLor, aud ornamented his library
With fl overs in summer. True, old
Prudence conn .lned bitterly OF
Tue wild freaks of the little savage,
a. she termed her. Bette Garter
f cd from her outbursts of temper,
but E ma said it made 40 diff renee,
hat she didn't want q troubl 4some
maid. Helen, the bouse gu, APP
prised Mr.. Cannon that 1t was inn
POSSIBLE 70 keep a house in anything
nike respectable order where Miss
E ma uas. Books were strewn all
over the house, sheet music was toss
ed in every corner Of the drawing
r, ,om. and heeps of weeds (the young
,aGy called them fl wdrs) were piled
On c BARS and tail -, and then, TO
crown all, that pgly foreign beast
h.A
sofas and sometimes on the beds.
Is of a similar nature came
tom old Jones, the gardener, VINO
.xpostulated against the ruthless
destruction of hls finest roses, and
rarest blossoms, which were frequent
~ inverted in TO garlancs for the
ad Jrnment OF Ca DDS neck. Eut all
Of these mlsdemeu nOrs were regarded
oy Arthur Cannon with indulgonc :,
aad he allowed no one to interfere
With the pleasure of his PEI, VINO
did rs she pleased, and forced the
household 10 submission To her wish
es.
Aud SO the time passed, until Ar
thur awoke to the consciousness
that his pretty, wiIful protegee was
growing up 10 a comforta5l, state OF
ignorance, music being the only sci
ence of which she had any knCwi-
edge. And, as be was on the eve OF
starting for Europe, on a tour OF sew
4ral years, he determined to send
her to boarding school. s. at the
close of a d | gh tul summer, E1na
departed from CImron Hal. In a
tew weeks Arthur's departure foll)w-
ed. and the ii all was loft to the care
of the servants.
Five years had gone, on the wings
OF light aud shadow. Yeaes had
wraught great changes, like snn-
oeams that come and go.
It was Christmas eve again at
Camrou Hall. Toe night was bitt
cold the snow had fallen since the
early dawu, and now lay in glitter
ing heaps beneath the dancing moon
beams but no breath of air penetrat-
ed the CIR mson curtained windows,
or chilled the occupants ST ths libra
ry. Arthur Caalr0n had, but short
time previously, returned TO bis ma
tive land, and cot week before
summoned home his werd to grace
Christmas festisals at Cannon ID Ill.
The morrow would bring hosts OF
yav vonno company to the now
quiet home. and the proprietor al
most regretted it as be gsz1d upon
the beautiful dark face of Ezra, a.
she sat opposite him, robed 10 sim.
ole dress OF crimson merino, 10 which
she looked falrer to him than wnet
iecked 10 silks and Iaces. IL CLASSIC
contour Of form and features, sh'
was as fauItless as any marble crea
ton of genius, and as Arthur Cam
ron feasted his eyes on her Ibveil
ness, be sighed as he thought OF no"