The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-07

| house looking into the square He went into the
! city every day Immediately after breakfast ana
was not home till near six in the evening He
was quiet and unassuming, spoke IN sou, low
/ voice and never was pleased rs when he could
steal in and out unperceived lie had no COM
paniOns or friends. He lived altogether TO NM
self No one ever called upon him. He always
came home straight from his business and went
/ to his room. At O'Clock he came down and ate
! some supper mostly in silence. Mrs. Brooks had
a great liking for the young man, and oftenssaid
she wished he would have some of his friends
with him Sunday. But he always made the
"Thank YOU. Mrs Brooks. Itis very good of
you to think of it. But there is no one 1 care to
ask just now"
he spent all his Sundays and his evenings
/ his books or his eases of specimens Toward the
end of May Mrs. Brooks thought he was looking
very i'll, and attributed this 10 ms want of variety
/ in life, and, she feared, his great caTelessness
about meals. Often at supper il slipped from him
/ that he had eaten nothing since breakfast that
morning. Mrs Brooks made up her mind she
would he ate his supper at all events; so
toward the end of May She was always i'm the
dning-room when that meal was served for him.
Early in June, while he was i'm the dining-rOOm,
/ Mrs Brooks pulled letter out of her pocket and
said
"Mr. Colthurst, got letter from a lady this
morning. She has been recommended To come
here 10y lady whfstopped hereby lady who
was with me for few months last year. / want
to answer the letter at once, and / cannot read
part of the letter or the signature Will you be
so kind as to try if you can make il out ~
Certainly. Let me see it,
He took it, and after looking at tia while read
/ out:
Delr lrdam:-NIy friend ,Ir. ship,tone tells me I
9fortnsht or three weeks {lsqe~s take me 20 ondon
opening into one another and private Siitns-room We
reply viii oblige. Yours faithfully, HELEN GAY.
Five nights after that Miss Gay-she proved TO
be a spinster-arrived with her niece.
'Nou remember said Mrs. Brooks that night
to Colthurst, as he ate his supper, the letter /
showed you few days ago from lady recon-
mended To me by Mrs. Shpstoue ~
yes the writing was not very legible."
''That is it. Well, they came this morning.
don't wonder at her comingup 10 town for advice.
don't think she has many weeks life in her.
She's bent on one side, as thin a. charity, and
quite yellow and pinched. / don't think she
came day too soon poor lady She isn't very
Old-nOthing like as old as but death Is in her
. face-death i in her face
81 am very sorry for the poor lady" said
Colthurst, seriously. He had a sympathetic ma
ture and a serious manner.
"But her niece Mr. Colthurst, her niece l
/ don't think ever anyone more lovely. She
is fair and slight and tall and graceful, the picture
of health, and no more than eighteen. y most
perfect lady. lady in her carriage her speech,
her smile. They are, believe, of very good fam
p, lily; but young Miss Gay would do credit To the
best house IN London she II sott-mannered and
cheerful. ] cannot tell you how much ! WAS
struck by her. She is the loveliest creature /
ever saw in all my life and so amiable. To see
ailing aunt would win anyone's love, man or
woman, old or young. / have seen her only twice
and then for no more than few minutes at a
time, but never anyone else grew on me IN 50
short a space
, Next evening a Colthurst was coming home
he met an elderly lady and "A tall, slight girl
walking slowly toward Mrs. BrooSs's lie made
up his mind at once that these We're the new
lodgers drew back, and saw them enter the house
This complete confirmation. He did not 90
into the house then, but walked around the hose
: three times IN such n pheasant thing
to think he could 90 up To that door at any mo-
ment, open il with his latch-key, and walk in.
{ When he awoke next morning, the birds i'm the
square were singing, the sun shone out vaiantly,
all looked gay and young. As far the square
was concerned, old earth looked only i'm its teens.
The clean, handsome hOusemaid was standing in
S the area-gate taking on behalf of the cook, the
5 bread from the strong whOlesomc-ooking baker.
No children were abroad yet, but nursery win
e dow opposite was open, and he could hear the
n words Of the children they dressed and subse-
a quently said their prayers IN loud, unfearing
G voices
t That morning he met no one before leaving the
a house but the servant who gave him his break
$, fast. All day long he felt uneasy, discontented.
y He wished il had been holiday. He would have
# liked to stay at home and look at his specimens
e When you come to think of it, business was such
poor thing afterall. Answering correspondence
a and seeing men and undertaking to do this, that
e or the other thing such cOlorless dull way
d of spending fine day like this when one might
IS read in the enclosure and look ont through the
'e ratings at any one who might happen to pass
n He was in great hurry home that evening, he
1t knew not why. He usually came by bus, read
D The GtObe on the top, and thought that drive
r. through the fresh evening one of the most de-
II lghtful events Of the day. This evening ne fan
Id cied the omnibus crawled and that il was most
f. undesirable ones business place should be so fa
e. from ones place of residence.
TO At last he reached the square. And now h,
at was in no hurry to enter the house. He walked
le all around the fiagway, and then went into tn,
e. enclosure He walked up and down the path il
Mt front Of Mrs BrOOks's 1t close upon O'clocl
ld when he unlocked the gate, crossed the roadway
ascended the steps, and thrust his latchkey int,
o. the hole. He pushed open the door and as he di,
ne he saw coming down the hall aunt and niece
IS, They were dressed for walking. He drew aside
ed bowed, and raised his hat
to 'Thank YOU" said the elder lady, as she passe,
el him.
The tall 1.-the form Of the girl bent slightly for