The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-09-18
He took it, and after looking at i
awhile, read out:

II4S " ColIIt ALu WIN you Tor fortnight
three weeks-business takes me TO London.
My niece accompanies me. We shall need two
bedrooms, opening into one another, aud
private slttlng-roOm. We come up to see doc
tor. You need not be alarmed. The complaint
Is neither infectious nor dangerous. An early
reply VII obhge,
Yours faithfully, HELEN GAY"
Five nights after that Miss Gay-she
proved to be a spinster- with her
niece
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
Mrs. Shipstone?" Eyes, the writing
was not very legible. THAT is ii.
Well. they came this morning | don't
wonder her coming up to town for advice.
/ don't think she has many weeks life in
her. She's bent Oh one side, as thin as
charity, and quite yellow and pinched.
| don't think she came day too soon.
poor old lady. She isn'tvery old-noth-
ing like as old as but death is on her
tace-death Is on her face.
- am very sorry for the poor lady,"
said Colthurst, seriously. He had q
sympathetic nature ana a serious manner.
But her niece, Dir, Colthurst, her
niece | don't think ever saw any one
more lovely. She is fair and slight aud
tail and graceful, the picture of health,
and no more than eighteen. y most
perfect lady. A lady il her carriage,
her speech, her smile. They are, [ be-
lieve, of very good family; but young
Miss Gay would do credit to the best
house IN London. She Is s0ft-mannered
and cheerful. l cannot tell YOU how
much | was struck with her. She is the
loveliest creature | ever saw III all nv
life, and 50 amiable. To see her smiling
all the time to cheer her poor ailing
aunt would win any ones love, man or
woman, old or young. [ have seen her
only twice, and then for no more than
a few minutes at a time, but never any
any one else grew on me in SO short
space.
Next evening as Colthurst was COM
ing home he met an elderly lady and
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 tho house then but
walked around the house three or four
think he could go up to that door at any
moment, open it with his latch-key, and
walk in.
When he woke the next morning, the
birds III 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 its
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. All day he felt
uneasy, disconnected. He wished it had
been a holiday. He would have liked to
stay home and look Mt 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 cOlOrless, dull way of
spending n fine day like this, when one
might read III the inclosura, and look
out through the ratings at any one who
might happen to pass.
He was in 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 delightful events
OF the day. This evening he fancied the
omnibus crawled, and that it was most
undesirable ones business place should
be SO far from ones place OF residence
At last he reached the square And
now he was in no hurry 10 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. II was close upon s
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.
The tall, 1.-the form OF the girl bent
slightly forward, and a smile Of gracious
recognition came upon her sweet young
face
He had never seen anything so lovely
in all his life before He would have
given the world to turn around and walk
out In the beautiful soft evening with
her He had often before been attracted
bv beauty, but never az now. \ spirit
such as he had never seen in woman be,
fore hung about this girl. There was
with her n most excellent looking gentle
man There came with her a subtle
presence, a promise of serene repose
You got from her no hint Of change, o.
growth, of development, of progress. /
seemed as though she had reached the
Elysian fields, the goal Of hope, tht
sphere OF immutahilIty.
.'What a sweet girl Miss Gay Is,
said Mrs. Brooks that night while sht
ate her supper " She doesn't seem t,
know that She is good-looking or that She
is so amiablc. | know l never saw suci
eyes. Ii her aunt only kept her in Lon
don and brought her out, she would 10
the beauty Of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and her carte in every window.
I should be very sorry to see he
anything Of the kind. She is too goo,
to be beauty. Put a delicate ange
like her up among a lot of brazen mar
RED women. whose good looks ought I,
be 1t home instead Of stuck all over tow
for vulgar folks to leer at.
Well, I am not in favor OF thos
photographs myself; hut | think the Gil
0r,rht 70 be brought ont. | W0n1e