Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-05-24
THE SiBYL'S CAVE.
BY VI. 4. S
From Godey's Lady's Book.


do not think you will find any
mention of Cawley in books Of sum-
mer travel. 1t is only baby village,
Graded in a pretty green valley,
through which a clear, slow flowing
river runs. listers and pullbacks and
parasol pockets are unknown to Cav
ley, whose sturdy young men and
pretty maids live beyond the dohsan
of that tickle queen, fashion l have
always been regarded by the people
of Cawley as q person Of vast travel
and acquaintance, having a brother
and two sisters ii the city, besides a
host OF friends, among whom, while
my father lived, | had spent a great
portion OF my time. When my father
died, leaving that strange will, giving
me the house and plenty Of money to
live comfortably, not to say luxuriant-
ly, only providing | never changed
my residence, the first prospect Of
living at Cawley all the rest of my
life was almost too much for my bet.
Ter self. But when my brothers. wife,
Laura, put the idea into plain words,
saying to me that | could keep some
of tbs furniture, and perhaps a pair of
old shoes in the house, and spend my
winters in the city, only going down
to Cawley for few weeks in the
summer, it came to me that that was
not what father meant when lie left
the will, and | answered her rather
sharply:
That would be cheating father
wien he is in his grave and cannot
help himself. | suppose the law would
give me the house jHst the same; but
! will keep the spirit of his request OF
give everything up, and l could not
bear that strangers should have the
old house.
They would have been glad to have
taken me home to live with them; for
though one of those badly slandered
old maids, l had always got on well
with my Young nephews and nieces,
and there was property enough to
support US all. But | did not want TO
live on charity, and l told them |
would come up to town for the holt
days, and they must some of them
spend the summer months with me ;
and in that way | lived quite happily,
feeling much better satisfied with my
self than if | had sneaked out of keep
ing fathers's wish by any of those
very small holes the law provides. 1t
was before those dangerous creatures,
the tramps, had began to rob our fair
country of its peace and quiet, and |
dwelt securely in my little Eden with
only man and woman servant who
had grown up in the Silver family,
and who had cared for me ever since
was born.
On this particular summer Of which
| write, the season at Sllvery was go
ing on with great gayety. How could
it be less than gay, with dozen or
fourteen young people all bent on en-
joying their fresh youth and freedom,
driving, boating, pic-nIcking, dancing
on the lawn on moonlight nights, get
ting up tableaux and theatricals in
doors when the weather was bad, and
in short, entering with enthusiasm in
10 every innocent amusement their
fertile brains could devise.
| want to say before | 90 any fur
Their that | am not real match
maker, lest you should think before
l am through this story-If you care
to read it out-that am one of those
designing nuisances in society who
are always more interested in other
peoples affairs than their own. am
not matchmaker, but did want
Royal Hayne to fall in love with my
niece Kate, and if | did not try to
throw them together,perhaps did not
really try to keep them apart.
Kate was my tayorite niece, and IN
my opinion the prettiest girl at Silvery
that summer. | always thought OF
/ Shakspeare's Katharine when looked
at her, which was often; for, though
plain myself, l loved to look at beau
tiful people
"And bouRy Kate, and sometimes Kate the cuTst,
| But Kate, the pretsiest Kats in christendom"
and | wondered, when watched her
imperious wilful ways, where and
whence would come the Petruchio
/ that should tame her.
When Royal Payne came to Sir
very, said to myself, here is the man
who might subdue Kate bat, as the
weeks passed by, and they showed no
signs of interest in each other, | be.
can to think that | had been mistak.
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