The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-07-16

ever that means.''
That's just what he is.''
''If that proves to be the case. / must
! look after him, tor that sort of man Is ia
| theirs special adn,ira ton"
| No do lht you will look after him. His
met have said it,"
! DO you call him handsome ?"
| II do
! That's something 20 his credit" ="
His face is boyi>h yet, because he is
well preserved. morally and physically,
but when age and trial shall have developed
| the latent lion in his face. he will have an
admirably impressive presence
'%Alice Winans. what has come over
| you? What kind of merry humor have
| you fallen into !? Have you set your wits
| to WOO my heart tor the new man? Hand
some. well preserved. morally and physi-
/ caIly.' IAN nndeyeloped lion among men,
quoth she. Why, that is the blessed fellow
OF my dreams
| '-Well do know it. Judith,sdear. And
! thou hast him. and he'll have you. Good
night and Miss Alice departed for her
own couch.
| Judith retired, and fell asleep more in
| tercStrd in the humor of her friend than in
| the character or conduct OF the new man
but still not without considering him, as
| far as her observation warranted.
| When Colonel Holten had shown Nor
! man to his room, in the good. old-tashion-
ed way. and was about to bid him good
night. he said l.:
! ''If you are an early riser, Mr.. Yaydoie,
and tipd no one but the servants stirring
| when you get up, come to my den. 1t IS
| in the southeast corner of the building.
! right hand side along this hall. l am nsu-
| ally up betimes in the morning. | shall
be busily occupied. but l will find you
something to do
When Colonel Holtcn left him for the
! hight, y orman T,drcsSed. paid no atten-
ton to his wounded shoulder. and then lay
down to sleep. But there were too many
new arrangements among his ideas to al
/ low of his sleeping for several hours. He
:veut over it, his mind his leaving home,
and all that had happened to him and by
him. on his way down to-the city, and then
he tried to forecast his position in Colonel
HOlten's family; but that being too COM
plex he gave it up, turning at length
drowsiiy upon his pillow, to tall into a
half dream. in which lie saw Judith Hel-
tens grand. muScular grace moving about
the house. and heard her strong, contagi-
ous laugh ringing him at last into a sount,
dreamlesS sleep.
This laugh of Judith's, by the way. was
an interesting performance, which broke
at first on her face in smile of deepencd
dimpleS and cleaning teeth, and then shook
her into Il conta giouS grace of contortion.
which she could not resist, nor anybody
else. AS one of Colonel Holtet's "old
time pards,'' when he returned to his
bachelor home in the mines, describing
Judith Hoten. said "a feIler could at
ford to make a id fool Ut himself any
time. if she'd laugh at him.
In the morning Norman was up and
about at an early hour, but he had heard
heavy. slip;er-footed steps along the hall
before he was out of he'd and as tie sound
of these steps wen: in the direction of "the
den, he followed the sound, and. knock
ing at the door in the side of the hall, was
bilden to come in,'' and then passing
into a room which had the appearance of
the office of a hard-worked counselor at
law, with its desks, its library. its pigeon
holes. and its pape-s, he waS heartily ac-
custed with
"Ah. Mr.. Maydole! Good morning.
sir. Pleased to see you. Hope you rested
waiting for an answer he added. pointing
to desk III the middle of tile room,
''Amuse yourself looking through those
accounts-saId to tie tanyled-see what
yo4I can find out Then taking out his
watch. I've snoothed his thumb across its
crystal, and further added. We will work
till half past eight o'clock, then breakfast.
then go down town. then you work at
those account books as long as you feel
like it, and afterward follow your own fan
cy. If you think you find point that is
crooked. report it to me- Without an
other word he sat down to his desk. and
Immediately relapsed into the spiritual
trance of business absorption.
Norman took his seat without remark.
and straightway went to work. The books
proved to be those of a mining company,
containing what purported to be the bust
ness records of the working of the mine
through several years. For all he could
make out at a brief examination, the books
seemed mechanically we'll arranged, and
kept with artistic neatness as to penman-
ship, ETC.; but Norman, as occasional as
sistant to his father in the county clerks
office. had seen fancy papers make a very
poor showing of facts, and was, therefore.
in no wise tlazzled by the matter of style.
He had also in his time. even from child
hood. sat by his fathers side in court.
watching the proceedings in lengthy liti-
CATION of commercial cases. and had mark
ed the shrewd attorney examining books
of account and book-keepers and these
early impressions, coupled with his late
course OF commercial education had brought
him forward not i'll prepared for the
task in hand. AS no particular point had