Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-12

golden ringlets smoothed back from her
white brow, and her hands clasped in
an unearthly quiet on her breast. Ellhu
had never known how her girlish heart
went out toward him. And now Ellhu
had come acme!
As Sara Homes grew up and develop
ed from the tau angular girl into the
queenly and self-possessed young
woman, the thought would sometimes
occur to her, as she stood before the
mirror braiding her dark hair, IF he
should come back, would he think me
pretty now Rosanna is gomez" The
broad low brow, the oval cheek and
dimpled chin answered; the healthful
color, the deep, dark eyes, the sudden,
bright, bewildering smile, said, eyes. ,"
For hers was now a higher beauty than
Rosanna's pink and white loneliness
had ever been, and the treasures of her
mind and heart might well have won an
older and wiser man to love her long
before Elihu came home.
And now she drew a long breath, and
set herself to recall all the incidents of
that sudden and startling return.
Tea was over-the milk was strained
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piazza, under the shade of the naples
and locusts, while her father read bits
from the weekly paper aloud. Her
step-mother was knitting, her sister
Grace was lining hat, and her brother
Ben was whiting out toy boat from
bit of wood, while she, Sara, sat beside
him and held his tools as he needed
them, and lost herself in areverie about
her hero in the south.
A carriage drove up the village road
and halted at their gate. The driver
descended from his seat and beckoned
to her father, who hurried down to the
gate to meet him. After talking for
some time together, small trunk was
lifted down and left beside the gate.
The carriage door was opened and tall
figure descended, and. directly after,
Ben, who had followed his father in a
fit of boyish curiosity, galloped back
with distenled eyes, whispering loudly:
Mother-girls Cousin Elihu has
come and he has lost every cent of his
property down South F.! [ heard the
driver tell father so And they have
sent him off up here, alone, because they
thought he was going to be sick and
there he is you see, leaning on father
and the driver, and he can't but just
walk. Isn't it blamed shame of those
Southerners ?"
"Mercy!' exclaimed Ben's step
mother, rising, as they all rose, wheI
the tall, slender figure approached.
Sara looked up with her heart in her
eyes, to greet her hero-no less here
to her for the pitiful history of loss aud
ruin that she had just heard
He was a tall, upright, elegant look
ing man, with q fair complexion, large
melancholy blue eyes, long straight
nose, dropping eyebrows, fine lips, and
a firmly rounded chin, that some couu-
teracted the istless sadness of the face
His hair was turning gray, and the
heavy, golden brown mustrche had one
or two threads of silver, but with that
exception he wore no look of age.
Elihu was well but plainly dressed in
a travelling suit of gray. He removed
his hat as he drew near the ladies, with
a courteous grace; but he looked in vain
for the warm welcome from the second
Mrs. Holmes and her daughter Grace
that he would have received from his
own cousin had she been alive.
Mrs. Holmes bowed to him coldly,
though civilly; and Grace, angry with
him and with herself for the sudden
collapsing of sundry ambitious hopes
which she had never confided to any
one except her mother, swept him her
latest dancing school courtesy, and af-
fected not to see the hand he held out.
Elihu colored slightly and turned to
Sara, whose large black eyes were fixed
with look of tender pity upon his re-
fined and melancholy face.
''You have a face that [ ought to
know he said to her gently. "You
are my cousins child, dear Sara [
hoped she would be here to meet me
when [ come home at last.
Sara heart was already full, and this
reference to her dear mother, caused
her tears to overflow.
"Dear Cousin Elihu," said she, tax
ing his hand in both hers, "my mother
remembered and loved you to the last
day of her life. She would have been
glad indeed to see you here once more;
am glad, too. All my life long I have
looked forward to your coming
"But you did not expect to see me re-
turn SO poor" said Elihu, signing.
''Poor Or rich, it matters httle,' re-
piled Sarah fervently. 'You are here
at home once more, and that is enough
to make us all rejoice
"Aye," said Elihu, looking from her
beaming countenance to the cold face of
the rest, 81 should have been glad to
bring gold enough to make me welcome.
But what has happened has happened,
oT,6 I do rr-icp 70 oo,,o,,}o,1, Fo,,ci,,
Joshua, for my cousins sake Of the old
times when you and were boys togeth-
er, I suppose you will let me stay at the
old homestead for few days 70
"Eh ? Oh, to be sure! Stay and well
GOMEZ stammered the farmer, who,
feeling the eyes of his wife and daugh-
ter Sarah fixed upon him, was like
man between two fires.
So it was settled, and Sarah flew
about like a good fairy to prepare sup
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