Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-09-15

3 ten at.suppers it had slipped from hin
that he had eaten nothing since break
q fast that morning. Mrs. Brooks mad
up her mind she would see he ate hi
supper at all events; so toward the en-
OF May she was always in the dining
room when that meal was served for him
EARLY in June, while he was in tn,
dining-room, Mrs. Brooks pulled lette.
out of her 4Spocket and said: sttMr
Colthurst, i got a letter from q lady thi!
i morning. She has been recommended
to:come here by aslady who stopped her.
by lady who was with he for fev
months last year. = want to answer, til.
letter at once, and ! cannot read part o
her letter or the signature. Will 70,
be so kind as to try if You can make i
out?" - ( :. = Z 80 :
''Certainly. Let me see it,"
4 He took it, and after looking at il
awhile, read out: IS ~ *@# =
DEAR MADAM:-My friend, Mrs. Slipstone
tells me, ! should be luckyif you would ALLOW
three weeks-business takes me to London
My niece accompanies me. We shall need tive
bed rooms, opening into one another, and "a
private sitting room: We come up to see doc
tor. You need not be alarmed. The complaint
| 10 AACAtAAoA' LUZ Odu6tlUua |All CARLY
reply will obige, - :, :, - - a. -. -
'.Yours faithfully, HELEN GAY.
Five nights after that Miss Gay-she
proved to be a spinster- arrived with her
niece. i. ~ e. - .
'You remember said Mrs. Brooks
that night to Colrurst, as he ate his sup
per, the letter showed you. few DAYS
ago from lady recommended to me by
NIno 1,1r
was not very legible:" = :. That is it.
Well, they came this morning. I don't
wonder her coming up to town for advice.
don't think she has many weeks life in
her. She's bent on one side, as thin as
charity, and quite yellow and pinched.
don't think she came a day too soon,
poor old lady. She isn'tyery old-noth-
ing like as old as but death is on her
tace-death is on her face" 4: $40
81 am very sorry for the poor lady, :"
said. 'Colthurst, seriously. He had a
sympathetic nature and serious manner.
"But her niece, Mr., Colthurst, her
niece! I don't think ever saw any Que
more lovely. She is fair and slight and
tall and graceful, the picture of health,
and no more than, eighteen, A most
perfect lady. A lady in her carriage,
her speech, her smile. They are,I be-
ieve, of very good family; but young
Miss Gay would do credit to the best
house in London. She is soft-mannered
and cheerful I cannot tell you how
much was struck with her. She is the
loveliest creature I ever saw in all nv
life, and so amiable. To see her smiling
all, the time to cheer her poor ailing
aunt would win any ones love, man or
woman, old OF young. have seen her
only twice, and then for no more than
few minutes at time, but never any
any. one else grew on me in so short a
space. ,E%.s ~ ,~Et
Next evening as Colthurst was COM
ing home he met All elderly ladyyand a.
tall, slight girl walking slowly toward
Mrs. Brooks. He made up his mind at
once that these were the new dodgers,
drew back, and saw them enter the
house. This was complete confirmation.
He did not go into the house then but
walked around the house three or four
| times. It was such q pleasant. thing to
thinh%he could 60 up to that door at any
moment, open it with his latch-key, and
walk in. !. ~ 81 4-#
When he woke the next morning, the
birds in the square were singing, the,
sun shone out vaiiantly, all looked gay.
and young. AS far as the square was
concerned, old earth looked, only in it's
teens. The clean, handsome housemaid
was standing at the area-gate, taking, on
behalf Of the cook, the bread from the
strong, wholesome looking baker. No
children were about yet, but a nursery
window opposite was open, and he could
hear the words Of the children as they
dressed, and subsequently, said their
prayers in loud, unfearing voices.
| That morning he met no one before
leaving the house, but the servant who
gave him his breakfast. ll&day he felt
uneasy, disconnected. He wished it had
been a holiday. He would have liked to;
stay home and look at his specimens
When you come to think of it, business
was such poor thing after all. Answer
ing correspondence and seeing men and
undertaking to do this, that or the other
thing was such q eolorless, dull way Of
spending fine day like this, when one
might. read in the: Enclosure, and look
out through the railingsat any one who
might happen to pass.
He was in q great hurry home that
evening, he knew not why. He usually
came by bus, read his paper on the top
and thought that drive through the fresh
evening one OF the most deli htful events
ofthe day. This evening he fancied the
undesirable ones business place should
be- go far from ones place of residence:
At last he reached the square. And
now hea was in, no hurry TO- enter the
house. He walked all around the flag
way and then went into the enclosure.
He walked up and down the path in. front
of Mrs. Brooks'.a. 1tswas close uponS8
o'clock when he unlocked the gate,
crossed. the roadway, ascended the steps
and thrust his latch-key into the hole
He pushed open the door, and as he did
SO he saw coming down the aunt and
niece. They were dressed for Walking.
He. drew aside, bowed and raised his hat.
-" Thank You, said the elderly lady,
as she passed him.
@Thet TAN, 1.-the sformls of the girl bent
slightly forward, and q smile of gracious
recognition came upon her sweet young
face. ,IssS -
He had never seen anything so lovely
in all his life before. He would have
given the world. to turn around and swalk
out In the beautiful soft evening with
, her. > He had often before been attracted
J bysbeauty, hut never as now. AS spirit
such as he had never seen in woman be
fore hung about this. girEx. There was
wifhhher mostsexcellent looking gentle.
man, There came With her subtle
presence, a. promise Of serene srepose:
!, Yousgott from her no hint Of change, Of
growth, of development, of progress. II
J seemed Pas tn ngh Bhe shad reached the
| Elysian fields, tliea. goal of hope, The
) sphere of immutabi1ity.
- What q sweet, girl MISC Gay is!
Md MIS- Brooks ahat. night while she
, ate her supper: ss::She doesn't seem te
i know thstshe 'iga ood-l docking ozthst she
/ is 50 amiables Iknew Inever ssaw s1ot
, eyes. If her aunton1y kept her in Lon
/ bnsand bDnaM her OUT she would 81
the beauty 81 The season photographed
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