The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-03

little children, with a litter of dolls and
dolls clothes, and lady neither young or
old, who welcomed them with . quiet
friendliness, pushed away great work
basket, brought forward another chair,and
made them comfortable without fuss or
disquietude.
Ernest introduced himself; then, my
uncle. Your brother promised to be here
to introduce me to you," he said; "but
like the rest of the world, he has been
tempted out. see. Have you had many
calls to-day, Miss Dicksona"
"Two-counting yourselves" replied his
hostess, with pleasant smile. LET me
show my welcome with cup Of Coffee
She filled two cups from q cafatiers which
| stood before the CRATE on 9 genuine hob,
and advanced tiny sugar bowl and cream
jug.
Miss Dickson half started at the sound
Of the voice, and looked straight at him
for second. Unconsciously he returned
the gaze then, coloring, and half en-
barrassed, he leaned over the table to ex-
anime plate Of green MOSES in which
small ferns and vines and minute scarlet
berries were imbedded like q bit Of
mosaic.
"Straight from the woods" he OBJ
served. Zone rarely sees anything 50
Countrywide in the middle Of city IN
winter"
"They are all of the winter growing
sorts" said Miss Dickson. II dug them
up at Orchard Bay only little more than
a month ago, SO they have not had time
to lose their freshness"
"Orchard Bay? That is one of the
new seaside places in Connecticut, isn't
it?n mid Ernest 1.-THE Pooles were
there last summer, / think. They liked
!, it,"
"Yes. people like it, l believe. There
is an excellent hotel now, and good fish
. ing and sailing. To me it is spoiled, for
. l knew it in the old days when there was
no hotel and no summer people and no
!. fine new name, and hardly anyone had
heard of it except the few families who
: lived there. The place was delightful
then"
! rs Orchard Bay new name2" asked
Ernest "What was the old one9"
:. dragon"
: aWhat queer name! Was it your
= home, Miss Dicksonl"
:. Il beg your pardon, with a little smile
Harry should have explained that am
not his sister, only his sister-in-law. My
name is not Dickson. 1t is"
"Hope!' cried Mr.. LOTUS, with q sud-
= den certainty of recognition.
g YES. Hope Meyrick. And l almost
think you are Alick LOTUS
ct The old friends shook hands warmly.
Re ITO fancy that should hot have known
a you directly y said Mr.. Lotus.
4 1T is twenty years, you know. | did
+: half guess you from the sound OF your
q voice, but your nephew forgot to mention
+ the name and that it could be really You
ia seemed SO improbable that hesitated tc
III think So"
g, ."Your grandmother" hesitated Mr.
w LOTUS.
d. Hope shook her head.
N. "Grandmother died five years after vol
ne sailed she said And Julia, my little sis
Q; ter Julia-do you remcmber2-these art
or. her children. We are all scattered now
er NV brother James is settled in Chicago
y Tom in California; Susan (you never knew
on her; she was our eldest) lives in Pernam
Die buco. ! keep the old homestead still, blu
ar this winter poor Harry Dickson needed mt
50 come to him.
-. "a "Uncle Alick," said Ernest, glancing a
." his watch, II don't like to hurry you; blu
* we have forty-four calls on our list still
10 and"
" my dear boy don't apologize. I've n
- idea Of being hurried. Go and finish tn
&c calls by yourself. l shall stay here
p little while longer-that is, if Hope-Mis
no Meyrick will allow me to do s0.'
to !" Pray stay a. long as you cam sal
lsy Hope, cordially; and Uncle Alick stage
q stayed till dark, stayed to dinner, an
nal through long evening; and, homeware
Iiss bound at last, glanced at the still lighte
Al windows Of the Brixham mansion as J
vent by, and muttered something throug
Ms beard, something that sounded lik
- IAN escape, by George! What an escape
That was last New Years day. Alie
!. LOTUS makes no calls this year. He sta.
II his own house to enjoy, a. he says, Il
sensation Of having home to stay in.
= an ample handsome house in fashio
Il oble street; but all over it, from attic
~ basement, reigns the same atmosphere
"a graceful use and comfort which made 7
e dainty little rooms in Fifty-fftli street
M nttractive to their guest twclvemon
I'D since No wonder; for the same han
~ preside, the same taste directs, and eve
er day is made plcasanter, and all life
~ Frightened by the new-old love, viii
2n waited 50 many years for its reward, Al
n whose embodied perfection Uncle Ali
II calls by the pretty name of-Hope.-H1
80 per's Bazar.
~ At Leu ST. Remy, in Belgium, an !
Ia .Holl;.,x< eorcafinn haa lately occurred.