Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-13

although the most expert hands al the
business enneavored To quiz him. they
got nothing for their pains. The louise
was higher and higher, and when com
pleted, was pronounced by the aston
lshed people of Tishbury, nothing
short of a palace. Then came large
boxes, small boxes. and middle-sized
hoXeS IN fact, every variety of box
that could be imagined or conceived of
was hauled IN wagons from the near
est railroad station, which WAS four
teen miles distant. That was reuli-
lar carnival of easy work and good
wages for the teamsteIs. One box,
labeled "piano," was a subject of
much wonderment, for such thing
as piano was almost unknown IN
that part of the country.
The three women who were hired to
scrub the floors and give the house a
general cleaning were looked upon as
| neroineS. The poor creatures We're
| overwhelmed with the interest people
suddenly began to take in them, but
We're more overwhelmed with the null
| utndes of questions they We're called
upon to answer. AS they were by no
means unwilling to talk, curiosity was
rather awakened than satisfied by their
| reports of the carpets, sofas, mirrors
and pictures that adorned this worder-
tul house. But the widest excitement
was absolute slumOerous repoSe com
pared with the frenzy the gossips man
aged to work themselves into over the
! arrival of some half a dozen servants.
The housekeeper was looked upon
with that wonder and almost rever-
ence which Is sometimes accorded to
great literary celebrities. Then a
whole week of suspense passed away
without any further developments.
Some of the most anxious had ven
tured to call upon the housekeeper,
but they found it rather unpleasant
than otherwise, as she received these
advances in "A manner that said rs
plain as words could speak it, please
attend to your own affairs.
Saturday afternoon, at four o'clock,
the stage came in: but instead of go
log directly to the tavern, it stopped
at the new house. 1t was "A moment
of intense excitement for those who
were watching this proceeding from
the windows Of the neighboring
houses. The driver, having dismount-
ed, opened the coach door, and there
from issued a rather good-looking
man, wearing the finest of black broad
cloth, the best of brown hats, the
blacklist of boots, and last, but not
least, a pair of spectacles adorned his
face. We say adorned because he
was one of those whom spectacles be-
come. Very dignilied he looked AS he
walked up the long gravel path and
entered the house with an air Of pro-
prietorship. Evidently this was the
arrival of the owner. and before
night the interesting fact was dis
cussed by every tongue.
The next day he appeared at church,
to the entire satisfaction of the con
gregation. AS soon as the benediction
was pronounced he quietly walked
out, not waiting for the usual cere-
mony of handshaking, which the dea-
cons and elders expected to 60 through
with upon the arrival of stranger.
Now, it so happened that Monday
had been agreed upon by the young
folks rs the best day to go nutting.
Accordingly, with the utmost indiffer-
ence to the storm-clouds that were
gathering that morning, they set off,
but the clouds passed over, leaving
the sky bright, and all was well, be-
cause it ended we'll In the evening
as they were returning along the
river bank, they UNEXPECTEDLY came
upon the Great Unknown, as Kitty
Kline playfully called him. He was
standing upon the rivers brink, his
hat off. and his eyes fixed upon the
opposite shore with the vacant eX-
| preston of one in a reverlr. They
We're in the shadow of the woods; he
| stood in the full rays of the setting
sun, which surrounded him with that
! peculiar light that beauties every
! thing it touches. The flaming colors
of the dying leaves and he still waters
on the one hand, while on the other,
the shocks of ripened corn, the com
Portable looking farm-houses, nestled
here and there, and the village in the
distance, surrounded as 1t was by the
wonderful golden glory Of sunset, rem
dered the scene strikingly picturesque,
| and as they were i'll the shadow in
stead of the light, they noticed the eff
/ feet probably more than they would
| have done otherwise. OF course this
set their tongues to prattling, but, like
all their previous discussions, it ended
/ only in the same vague wonder as to
| who he was. and whence he came.
That night Kitty Kline went up to
/ her room feeling tree and lonesome
or rather it was that disagreeable feel
/ ing people call the blues. Why she felt
SO she could not have told, but, some
/ how, since that grand house had been
4 built up, right next TO the Kline hum