The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-03-18

and rot out at F0kus. 1t Was q pretty
sort Of . place. out in the country,
With shs houses sesttered Q hsne uays
apart ike stingy ehicken.fesd.
"Lets walk down this sssd.' ovu
he '6ll We. come % . gvea Aeusefor Q
castle. an then ne kia ask Zen q
tax rs to board. an ef they wont do
it we'll 60 u the next, and 90 o.
"'All right says I. glad enough q
sse how pat be entered into the thing.
I'VE walked . good ways, and
passed some little houses that ne,thss
Sf ~ thought wssld Do, wisbost more
imagining than would pay, till We
come to . pretty big house near the
river. which struck our fancy in q
minute. 1t Was stone house. and j,
had trees around it, and there wss q
garden with wall. and things seemed
to suit 6rst-rate. 90 We made up our
minds right Of that we'd try this place.
"'You wait here under this tree,
says he. and III 90 and ask 'em ei
they'll take Us to hoard for q while
so waits. and he goes IN the
gate. and pretty soon be comes Out
and says. All right. they'll take Us,
and they'll send . man with . wheel
barrier to the station FIR our trunk.
So in we goes. The man vas q
country like looking man. and hi.
wife vas . very pleasant wsman.
TIE house wasn't furnished very 6ne,
but We didn't care for that, and thew
gave Us q big room that had rafterl
instid of ceiling. and . big 6re-place
and that. l said. Was just exactly
what We wanted. The room vas al.
most like q donjon itself. which be
said he reckoned had once been q
kitehin. bot I tole him that q earl
hadn't nothing 70 do with kitchius.
and that this was q tapestv cham.
Der, and I'll tell him ali abou,
the strange fggers on the embroidered
hangings, when the shaddsrs begun "a
fall.
ut rained Q little that afternoon,
and We stayed in our room. and hung
our clothes and things about on nails
aud hooks and made believe they was
armor and ancient trophies and
portraits Of q long line Of ancesters. ]
did most Of the make believing; bot
he agreed to everything. The man
who kept the houses wife brought Us
our supper about dark. because she
said she thought Ne might like to
have it together cozv. and 20 Ne did,
and was glad enough Of il, and after
supper 70 sat before the fireplace.
where We nnade-believe the flames Was
a-roaring and cracking and a.lighiing
up the bright places on the armor
. hanging around. while tine storm
which We made-believe-was a.raging
and whirling outside. l told him q
long story about . lord and . lady.
which was two or three stories had
read. run together. and We had q
splendid time. 1t all seemed real to
me.
The next morning was 6ne and
nice, and after our breakfast had been
brought to us. We went out in the
grounds to take walk. There Was
lots Of trees back of the house, With
walks among them, and altogether il
was 20 oletimey and castleish that l
was as happy rs a lark.
"'Come along. EarlMiguel.' / says;
let us tread q measure heath these
trees
".AIl right says be. Your Jiguel
attends you. And what might our
noble second name he? What u We
Earl and earl-es Off
"'Oh, anything says I. Let's take
any name at random
"'All right SAYS be. Let it Be
random. Earl and Earl-ess Random.
Come along
$50 We walk. about, feelin mighty
noble and spriogy. and afore long Ne
'ees another couple a-walkin about
,nder the trees.
"'Whois them ? says l.
"'Don't know, says he, but / ex-
,ect they re some o the other boarjers.
The man said he had other boardere
ghen ! spoke to him absut takin 10.
LETS make believethey're account
nd countess. says l. Count and |
,OnnteaS o.
"'Nlilwaukee.' says he.
81 didn't think much of this for q
oble name, but still it would do veil
nough, and 50 we called 'em the
cunt and Countess Of Milwaukee, /
nd We KEEP on . meanjerin. Pretty
bon he gets tired and says be was .
DIN hack to the house to have Q
moke because he thought it was time
!, have 4 little fun which weren't al /
naginations. and l says to him 60
long, but it would be the hardest /,
hing in this world for me to imagine
ny fun in smokin. He laughed and
ent back. while ] walked on,
makiu-believe . page, in blue
uhed breeches. was a.holdin up my
ain, which was Of light-green velvet
'immed with silver lace. Pretty
'on. turnin . litils corner. I meets
,e Count and Countess of Milwaukee.
he Vas a small lady. dressed 10 black. |,
I'd he Was big fat man about City
sars old, with Q grayish beard. They ,
9TH wore little straw hsts, exactly =.
ike. and had on green carpst-slip- +,
~. !,
They stops whep they sees ne, |.
ID the lady she bows and says good
ornin', and then she smiles, very {
easant. and asks il was . Twin here. {
I'd when l said I Was. she ssys she
Is too, for the present. and what
Il nv name. had half Q mind to
' the Earl-ess Random. but she was 4
pleasant and sociabls that / dido't I
e to seem to be maxim fun, and % I I
ID I Was Mrs DeHendersos. Z
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