Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-31
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NO. her place is atthe house. Nv wife
was an Eastern woman. and had relatives
by the name Of Clark. They have hunted
up some kind Of a relationship. and have
struck up great friendship overit Kitty.
rs my wife calls her-.Per c. she will
always be to me--fits right into our house
hold. as if she belonged there Wife
needed a companion. The children needed
a governess, and / needed some one at the
house TO straighten my books out for me.
when can think to take them up, and 10
write orders when I am in a hurry.
have never had woman in my office. nor
Chinaman in my kitchen don't take
kindly to the new order Of things"
:. Per c. and Eliza, the wife, are tax
ing singing lessons and brushing up their
German, and don't know what all but
do know that she more than earns her
wages by the additional light and life and
interest she brings into our home. She's
a rare woman. Bronson. rare woman,
and there are plenty Of people in Chicago
who are finding it out. You must 90 home
10 dinner with me this evening and get
acquainted with Eliza and the children.
and see what the West has done for Per
~"
lie had planned to surprise her. but OF
course he could not make that admission,
aud had 10 accept the invitation to dinner
like any otheresenileman. and went about
all day with an underlined pain in his heart.
lest. Just a he approached her. she would
fade away like the hswer maiden of hi
dreams.
Mrs. Sturtevant was never surprised to
see messenger coming with a billet from
her husband. The one this morning, bow
ever. was Of unusual interest.
Hes GOMEZ il said. Il knew he would,
and he looks a. if he had been thr,u IN .
siege. You must tell her, tor we wont
allow her To be surprised. Yon ought 10
have seen the man. with his heart in his
eyes, when ] opened the door upon him
just now, and the blank look which sue
cceded when he found me Ia be the only
occupant of the office. ! shall bring him
mp to dinner. Have the children down :;
we will receive him like "A family friend.
want him to see that a mans best riches
are in his home. And mind you, Eliza.
wc won't leave them alone for a moment.
III he wants iayors he must ask for thela.
think Miss Clark cried little for JOY
~ she knclt beside the low white bed in
her pretty room, and instead Of uttcring
any spoken prayer, saying simply. in II
prayeriul spirit. Il shall see him again -
But experience had Taught her better than
TO admit one stray CLEAN Of hope into her
warming heart.
She was in the back parlor. telling the
children story. when Mr.. Bronson en-
tered the high. handsome rooms with his
jolly. busting host.
4 ~. ell s.
saying Just the right thing when he was
presented to Mrs. Sturtevant. he was still
looking for the quiet maiden, whom he
had almost begun TO think of rs Great
IRE Of fancy.
He had never seen her surrounded by
children before. and thought at first. ''She
has caught CLEAN of youth from them"
and then the thought asserted itself.
''lIad known my mind we might have
been married these seven or eight years. -
and still approaching her through the
long rooms, at the further end of which
she had risen and remained standing in
tie centre of the pretty group, he
thought:
This plump. girlish figure in blue
silk and white lace and frizzes, is not she
at ALL
i'it MISE tliTh sUllitu anu piNSflttl. anu
held out the small white hand which he
took in his own for the first time in all
those years of acquaintance. and as he
held it fast said bravelv before them all
IL can't do without you. and have come
to ask you to be my WIFE
ala. ha.' laughed Mr. Sturtevant Il
wrote 10 Eliza the first day was in your
office, Bronson is in love with his conf
dental clerk. but he will never know it
until something happens to remove her
from her position Thank me for open
ing your eyes. my man.
per c. became Mrs Bronson hut the
wedding did not come off until the fol-
lowing spring.
1t was well that Oliver Walker was
such n treasure of book keeper rs bus
a great deal during the winter.
The mother and sisters of Bronson adj
mire the wife of the head-of-the family
exceedingly.
They like Western women" they say.
and they are glad to have Clarence mar
ried and settled in Il home of his own.
One day not long ago. ai II family din
ner in the grand hurry Hill mansion, the
older sister said.
1T has always puzzled me who Kate
rcsembled now | know. 1t is Miss.
Miss; have forgotten her name, your
old accountant. brother.
Perhaps replied the young man
smiling across the table nj his wife eyes.
can see the likeness myself. although it
Is 4 long time since she was called
- Ro sion Traveller