The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-16

Warrington, Alice must IN some way or
other, be gotten rid Of for, the time. =, /,
That evening, at tea, Mrs. Sutton, after
adroitly leading the conversation in the
proper direction, remarked to- her hus-
band: ~ sY*4 s9L ~ .a,..7 gs )
By-the-by, my dear, when, did; YOU
last hear from your Aunt, Curtis? fear
that we have Of late rather neglected tile
old lady" 'o7T8as!IdDg
'"'"S So have often told you," returned
her husband, who was an enterprising
business man, not SO worldly minded as
his wife. "Aunt Curtis was veay kind
to me when / was a boy, and certainly
deserves more attention thanI have had
time to bestow. She is g. old, and ,infr,n,
too, and yet in four years not one OF my
family have been to see her. p" S's'A ~
Why, it is such lonely out of tile
way country place. returned his wife,
!" that really to 90 there seems quite an
undertaking. Yet don't wish to neglect
the old lady. She wrote last year, that
she would like to see the girls, now that
they are grown ;,and Alice's mother YOU
know, was her favorite niece. Il am ssure
! she would be gratitied at visit from us.
Indeed, now that we speak Of it, I and
the girls may as we'll run up to Copley
Farm for day or two...siWhat do you
say, girls1" '4L ,@ sal a. lai4
Let us go, aunt, by all means " was
Alice's quick reply. II should like to
see my mothers aunt; and you know it is
lovely In the country at this season. = -
@ Isabel shrugged her fair shoulders, but
prudently said nothing; and on the fol-
lowing day the three ladies, were at the
quiet, old-fashiOned little farm house,
some twenty miles from the city. ,aoa'7j =:
It must necessarily be brief visit,
for Charlie was expected home-Mrs.
Sutton had not said a word, except to-
her daughter, about expecting Mr.. War
rington-and so,3 after day and a night
at the old farmhouse, they were prepared
l to return to the city. .%u@7s
g. " 1t seems pity to leave the poor old
lady so soon, said Mrs. Sutton. "She is
so intirm, and that housekeeper of hers is
:, not, 1 suspect, over-attentive to her COM
! fort. Then she seems so fond of you
Alice, and enjoyed so much your reading
to her. wish that one of yougirls could
remain longer; am sure it would be a
comfort to the poor old lady, G2sfa 5'.o&
Alice needed no persuasion. She was
a kind-hearted, amiable girl, and her
sympathies had been enlisted for this
lonely, intirm old lady, her mothers aunt,
who seemed so forgotten and alone in the
world. Her own mother had been of
very delicate health, and the young
girl, accustomed to attend upon her, had
+ 1S%%1o ~,
comforting the sick, and making dainty
little dishes to tempt feeble appetite.
Then she could read to Aunt Curtis in
the sweet, low voice that had been such
a comfort to her mother, and she felt also,
what the old lady had said, that I" the
very sight of a bright young face in the
silent house was as cheering as ray of
sunshine onfa cloudy day."
SO Alice remained at. Copley Farm
while her aunt, and cousin, rejoicing at
the success Of their innocent little scheme
returned to the city to welcome Charlie
q and his friend. -n,.a-t IA 3..-., =.
4 1T was disappointment to find that
4 Charlie had. arrived without his friend
4 Mr.. Warrington. = That gentleman, it ap-
peared, had a previous engagement to
spend few days with a relative, whom
! they found awaiting them upon the
steamers arrival; but he would make his
appearance in week OF SO, and mean
time Mrs: Sutton wrote to Alice that she
could remain at Copley until Charlie and
Isabel went up for her. '''t'- p. . '''''>ss
Alice had no objection. She was greatly
enjoying her visit to the farm. It was
the first of October, when the country is
most beautiful, with lingering of sum.
mer glory mingling with the deepening
lines of autumn. ~ a@,@t
She was an imprisoned, lover of ma
ture, and yet, city-bred, had never. before
seen nature in this glorious revelation OF
.autumnal Beauty, and it dawned upon
} her like the reading of some new and
beautiful poem. ta o. ait.@ Hi =. Ds5fa.,
J "Strange that, there are people content
to live in the city, when the country is sc
a beautiful - she thought, one evening, as
standing knee-deep in ferns, beneath a
!; canopy Of crimson and gold foliage, she
gazed in dreamy delight over the lovely
enesc before her.
, A rustling in neighboring thicke1
; startled her. There was a sudden shot, a
whirring past of brood of cartridges
| and the next moment a dog rushed forth
J deliberately followed by a gentleman in
J a gray shooting dress. .4 II "a.
As his eye fell upon the young girl
: standing in graceful, half-startled man.
ner, he lifted his cap courteously ,-
} 81 hope that have not alarmed you,
he said. IL should not have fired had
!, known that lady was near''
, The dog bounded back with dead
} partridge, which he dropped at his mas.