The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-01

They wondered what she wuaid be
like-tbe DsN cousin who VAS Gaming
! TO Red wood.
L believe abe 10 called Nab. said
papa Feed. 4 thiok she was nas.ed
Mabel. She is aboat seventeen, and
has been 10 school for the last six ysars.
She has no home now shsthsr grsnd-
father is dead, and must come to rs
More than that cannot tell yoa. girls.
Whether she is till or short. dirk or
fair. pretty .r ugly. | c.nrot say
never sav h.r Ia ,ay iife.'
SO Bell and Ger.y wandered. All
their lives they bad lived very quietly
o; X dsood. having no com panions ol
their own age. sducated by private
trachsrs and never having been i've
miles from the spot Whsrs they we're
IL w.s po wnndL e, thersf,re. thar
they thought cariously Of this unknown
cousin, born on the sen. Who had gone
abroad as . child, whose homo he'd
been among the White Mountains. who
had spent 90 many years at school. and
could remember no mother.
'Sne must bs very lonely. said gentle
Gerty
she NUT know q great deal 10 have
tfavel,d d. aboit ~ much. said the stale
ly Bell
They we're tall, srsosful. soft ey cd
girls. having much swestness of ns-
turs aud o singular, delicate beauty,
; inherited from their mother; and after
awhile thsy came to the cpnclusi0n
that Nab. being . maternal cousin,
looked like the1selves.
Il hope she likes music. ssid Gerty.
and sings
1 wonder IL she enbsoidsrs and eau
do fancy work. added Bell.
i an told that she 10 very ghly &C
complished, said Mrs. Reed, thought.
fully. but 80 are you. my lisars.'g
Like mst mo. hers. sire hoped that
tbs unkoown cousin woaid not prove .
riv.l to her own charming girls. Aud
Yet she was prepared ~ love the orphan
and be very kind to her.
II viii bs evening ~heu they get
bers hope the open gfsts aud the
tights viii make the rooms lock pleas
ant aud dlhomelike to James, daughter,
said Ms Reed.
0rrty practis~d, and Bell embroider-
sd Parma violets. until the clock struck
seven. when they heard wheels npon
the drive aud rushed to the door.
It WAS dark, but by the light Of the
carrisge lamps they saw Mr.. Reed hand
to the ground . pstste dainty figure. 20
small as to be child like; but there was
the grace and confidence of . priucess
in the air of the girl - She gathered up
her rirh travelling drcss aud turned to
the door. Mr.. Reed came up the steps
at her side
This is Nab. my dears Come right
in TO the fire. 1t 10 o chilly night
In moment they found themselves
ell together within the luxurious psrlor,
and NAB heard the gentle tones of her
aunt and cousin. They took her wraps,
and che stood revealed among them. .
delicate little creature, yet with y
strange air Of Complete self-possession
.Thsnk you. 1 have not suffered
from ,hs weather ! an very comfort
able. sue said; yet there was . cold
ness. or something akin TO it, in tho
silvery sweet voice. and Bell and Gerty
instantly conceived the idea that she
was great deal Older than themselves.
She was seventeen. shs said, aud was
very glad to have left school. and
thought Red wood would be very pless-
ant. Gradually. the soft solitude
which had filled Mrs. Rsed's face gave
way to . look Of gravity and trouble.
Nab was 90 utterly different from her
own timid. conHdipg girls that she
bsgsn ~ feel % . loss with her. And
in iass than half IN hour. Bell and
0srty were conscious Of feeling Of
disappointment. At length came the
hour for retiring.
4 will give you : bsd.roon adjoining
your csus,ns. Nab, Mrs. Reed ssid. so
that you will not feel lonely; and il
you need anything in the oight. b.
snrs 70 speak,
For an instant she fapcied grateful
look in the long lashsd blue cyea, bat
the cool, silvesy voice was usaltered.
and thinking hessslf mistakes. she oon-
tented Asrself With gentle good night.
and saw Nab 70 awsy With her coasins.
i declare | haven't kissed hsri ]
voudsr IL she cares for one swong u.s.
said Mrs. Reed to her husband. She
10 very self possesasd young lady.
and-and somehow seems % held me
Ut arm's length
she 10 quite pretty and veil -bssd,
You'll like her. I've no doaoe, whsa you
get better scquainted.
Up stairs. Gerty had said te Nab:
shall help yoo undressf Perhaps
you would like to have me. il ycu ars
tired. often help mana aad Bell
Nab declined. politely; bat her eyss
dwslt IN Instant % the lovely faco oi
her cousin with : look q wonder. some
thing hard and glistering she placed On
the drsssiug table BY the bed. Gsrty
turned pale.
"A pist.lr che ALTERED. involuntarily.
Yes. Are you sfraidf Yoa peed Det
b. : rspiied Nab. \ haveaAeee forced
10 trAvsaa ssuas deal slen4 aSdI and
is ssfsr 10 carry one, sbe s1ded. qaick.
IL nnthrssdine her brown '0r1ids.
Il voald noe touch one for the world
dat think ve ever had one n The
hoass l,efore.' soswssed 6erty.
She sav Nab lock the pistol in .
drAxer before she went 20 bed. The
next morning she reported the iDcidsn,
- her mother.
what : strange girl. 's.claened Mrs..
Rsed.
shs wss foecrd 10 repaat thp ejaeaia-
lion many tines dsrsne the ssxt ehrss