The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-16
OUR BOARDER.

When Miss Dehone came to our house
to stay, it was well understood that if
we were to her liking, she was to re-
main with US for the rest of her days.
And as we thought that the payment of
her board would be quite an item in
our little housekeeping, we were re-
| solved that, of course, we would be to
her liking. Moreover, Miss Dehone was
| q distant-indeed, a very distant-con-
nection; mammals great-aunt's second
cousin by marriage, or something of
the sort. And distant as that was, we
were the nearest and only connections
she had in the world, so that-I am
ashamed to acknowledge that we were
SO poor as to be obliged to encourage a
mercenary thought in the matter-so
that we might possibly come in for
something by her will, if she decided
not to leave all and everything to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Cats, as she had once formally declared
her intention to be. .s~.. -.
Sarah did not look on the innovation
favorably. Sarah was our beauty of
beauties-I wish you could have seen
her in those days-dark and tall and
straight as an Arab, with such u carna-
ton on her olive cheek, and such blue
black hair, and eyes like midnight and
stars, Just as different from Emma as
dark from dawn; for EN- was all fair
and rosy and dimpled and yellow
haired, while Kate was gray-eyed.
black-lashed, and pale. As for me, 1
was always q little dud; but was
mighty useful = =
Well, Sarah said she had rather go
without everything forever than intro
duce q stranger-and such q stranger
among us, and EN- seconded her. EN-
didn't say it, but she was pretty sure it
would interfere with her beaux to have
an old lady always sitting round, with
her blanket-shawls and foot-stoves and
big tabby cats on each side of her, to
be waited on every minute or two, or
else to give you heartless appearance;
and it was well known that Miss De-
hone had the greatest contempt for the
young men Of to-day, who had deteri-
GRATED so sadly since her time. But
Kate and persuaded mamma to our
side. and that made a majority, and
Miss Dehone came. And she iDds an
soap-stones, and rubber bags of hot
water, and terrible attacks of colic,i and
. lap-dog, and q parrot, and q pair of
and for the rest, the most inquisitive
little body, with her sharp black eyes
peering from all her wraps and caps
and strings and things like mouse
from q bundle of rags. And. to Sarah's
CONSERVATION, she singled her out for
the royal favor at once. You have
the Dehone eye, my love-" she said,
with series of queer little mods; 81
looked just like you at your age" And
Sarah said afterward, with asperity,
that if she was going to look Just like
her at her age, she wished she might
die now! f-a-- " -
"Just think how horrid it will be
when Arnold comes" said Sarah to me.
There she is perched with her pets in
the corner, and there she always will
be, with those dreadful eyes of hers, too.
Dehone eyes, indeed! And she will be
asking all sorts of hateful questions
she'll be asking him his intentions, for
all know" .s0s
Asking Arnold Parnell his intentions!
Sarah guessed that mamma had been
on the point of it any time this twelve
month; for mamma held her husbands
girls to be q serious responsibility, and
here had Arnold been. as she would
have said if she had put it into words,
IN tne way OF Sarah's making an e1gl-
BILE settlement all this year and more. \
Mamma is cheeky-I beg her dear old
naughty pardon, she calls it her habit
of self-respect-but somehow, like
I" grandfather's clock" she always
stopped "short" of asking Arnold any
questions that she could not have ask
ed prince of the blood royal; and If |
anybody ever looked like prince of
the blood royal it was Arnold Parnell.
That he was madly in love with Sarah
there wasn't the least doubt in my mind,
and doubt if there was any doubt in
Sarah's. although l dare say that about
some things one is hardly quite sure
till the articles are signed and scaled.
But she was such q proud and stately
piece that she would have died sooner
then have given him, or anybody but
me-nobody ever minded me much
one sign concerning her feelingsi and