Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-09-29

polite instance Of the sympathetic o'd
grandmother, managed to swallow some
hot aromatic herb tea basllY coucoct-
cd.
Bv this time The gentlemen re-enter'
ed. The man who accom- panied The lady
being clad IN some OF Pope's hagsy,
clumsily-made babil ments, while his
par:per herself looked 10 less comlcal
dressed in combination Of ggandmolh-
er's aud aunt Sa-ah's snare clothes.
My Hrst duty, Mr.. Mailer, is to thank
you for your hospitality, upon which L
have so suddenly trespassed; and my
second, 10 introduce my companion and
as Mss Bogert and Leonard Dfury,'
s,id Tie gentleman, and smiling, with
the careless ease which at once betray-
ed his city breeder.
You are quite welcome, I'm suTe,' re-
turned Enoch.' and l trust you will
make my home your own as long as
nossiblc. My little granddaughter is
often lonely for want of cougenlal com
psny. She was born in New York, and
be~ iather was head book keeper Tor the
well nova firm Of Taylor & Co. Three
years after bis death, her mother, a
b, liant, accomplished woman, even ii
she was ny only daughter (he added
with a dcprlcatiug shake of the head)
'passed away leaving tLis dear, shy
glrl 10 me-
'Wen. Pop exclaimed the Squire,
with the mix .ure OF Weste.n slang, e.
froulery and civilized language which
cha, ac;erzed ali his guam 'domahc
speccbes; L must DC od Mr, Drdry s
conveyance S al 'he bottom Of The d'r'
and tomorrow, f fine we VII see What
We can do toward fAiu' the smashed
concern. recon the shaF.s IS done ''',
and III take the horse home, Us
maybap, you've none too much room
IN your stable with all the COWS ate
calvin and soforih. Good-day. WI
see you all again, friend
Hasly adieux were exchanged aud
carly couulry bedtime directly ensuing.
Edna led her young guest up to her
room. which vas the mos commod'ou'
10 tbe house. -
Aunt Sarah slept IN a small bacT
chamber and NJ. Drury n a sp2fe Que
ado nioa; wh3c the OH couple, dsl <
ioq 20 Climb STARS, occupied a similar
,oou on ,ne ground floor. THIS beng
,be Gcst time cur heroine had been loE
iima,ely associated with any one o. her
own ace ard requirements for many
vc,r.. ,hey uade fare TO talk all n'so'
concerning people and scenes n the
dear civ where Edna had buried her
marcus ard 80 many glowing scueneS'
Yor,s,u' heath u sleep after wh1e
ovc oogc, I'd hem, and souewhA' laLe
,seoes. norciag ,.r, ir">a to d."
~, hast a'ready rr lmed.
De- , ibe ,opGGeucrs eSc'. 20 ~
..rn.~' I'll a old lci new 't'eu' how
,or ,.o.e..>n,d.1 'uess and Death
by poeumo.i, had dcoriyed her o. The
! da.oc Of - cpoiug a celeba.od '"'-
leqe wi ere Z W.. rlmred she Gas 70
enc. Tie mex ctn and eventually
a. Coa'- sad ,ox the litto hone and
= " ,om.o,:5 NJ. Bro,c bad .iri'en 8"
kew osc,ae, where broken up. 1n''
w EIoa', 2ret, ,r,e,.
II, Irad. j., ,rpan>d. had Ie'e'''o q
Iio..u..o,at lbe very sewi1.9v where
Fha wished 10 study. aod Instead IL
r.naloil. 10 yicJra;c. bad Oh Der way
back 10 hoo. after Christmas holidays
,un or with youpg Leonard D"nrv 10 be
car1 -,;yrN mauird. This was lo'
", many mom',os Of sec'ecy ana
bu -. I'll, hrcak down occurred J0s'
as..-, we. e IN I've road 10 ine n'rso'
hou.e IN the yia',Ge OF Wayerly. Nevel
ha,in, participated in any active TO
T. once before. a feeling o' intense '0'eres'
neryaded Edua's m'nd an( she WAS 'm'
neGiate'y alive nocc'si'v OF co"'
,ear the lscls iom Der suors N''e'
1at,og questions and acid, mar9 OF
WAYS.
b. he heavy d.;ing snow u tic
hree ,uo.eqrpn, DAYS not on'v com
" siely vetoed ,he consum nation oi
| ,.e clandes,ine wedding ceremonies
1ul prevented al access TO the Na'io'
domicne Iom lie world outside. "A
las, poor Ell ~ WAS happy.
Erarcioa,ed from lie light house
lhol6 du.ies She re9alGei rs d'udgery
hcr sole task was 10 deuoie hersel' l'
,,e eo,crr nreut o. her 'mproml'
liver ucsis. and suppress all Lnow
Iedte OF lhe'r 5e j. IL 4io ious secret
The old {. ackeG p apo rang win sucr
me,ode and ne parl0f with such mus
c., yo'ces. that The a.ed Homestead
seemed tufued iuio vcrlabie oIches
iron.
Pop NAilor. 100. who was man
s,me e6nca on. and had studied tn
rod;menls of med,u;oc in his esrlv yoUd
r was delighIcd 10 exercise his profession
al knowledge on the par,lal'y drowned
vounp 70 KS, aud 10 d scuss ihe moderf
scientific and political themes ol Iotcres
with Mr.. d ury. To all h's advice ant
, somewhat arbitrary opinions but sui
, mil,ed with gr.celul comp'acency' an
7 successfully defed he per'eVe lag cur
r o.ily OF Au1t S4ia'.
! On the foul;h day Squire PhelT
/ called with lis large family sleigh W.T.
: capaciiy for holding ten or doze
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