The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-22
OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
ny HELEN FOREST GRAVES.

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"To let ?" said the agent. Ready
furnished? For month? Really, ladies'.
TIM very much afraid 1 haven't any prop
erty In my hands-not at present, at
least-that will meet your expectations
I've plenty of unfurnished houses, and
plenty to rent for "A year. But for this /
month"; There isn't any such real estate
in the market-there isn't, indeed"
1--WE don't wantan unfurnished house, "
said Angela Frost Es0Ac ~ D's 4
"And we have no occasion to use a
house for year, added Josephine, her
tall, blooming young sister.
The agent bit the end of his quill-pen.
and looked at them obviously, from be-
hind the ink-splashed rails of his desk
1--WE are school-teachers" Miss An
gela explained, land we have just
months vacation; and we want to spend
it in a healthful country resort, where l
can botanize, and where my sister can
ske tch in water-colors from nature"
"Ah!" said the agent-"ah! Indeed,
m very sorry, ladies, but L don't think
there's any property in the market here
abouts that will meet your ideas
"What time does the evening stage
leave the hotel?' Josephine asked rather
despOndently.
"At five, L believe" the agent re-
piled.
And the two ladies went slowly out of
the stuffy little room with its high desk.
its floor covered with cheap oil-cloth |
and its general atmosphere of stale to- |
bacco-smoke. = sst1 7.ea ID
"Tm so sorry, Angel" said the |
younger. 1.-The air of these pine-wooded |
glens is the very thing flor yonf /
asthma" F5t 80 5. 4
"And the little river in the deep gorge
10 rt.l, L
paintings, 10, said Miss Frost, fondly.
Couldn't we live in barn ?" sug-
gested JO, with comical arch of her
eyebrows.
I'm afraid not, sighed Angela.
The real estate agent in the meanwhile.
had hardly smoked n pipe and read the
local paper before the door burst open,
and short, stout lady, in a pink hat and
feathers came in
''Mr. Muggeridge, . said she, handi
him key, you may let Ivy Glen, o.
you may sell it-ready- furnished, with
COW, apoultry-house and the pory-chaise
thrown in T"
wildered. -
I'm tired of it, " said the lady. "Su-
sic and Jennie are homesick to get back
TO the city, and so am |. I've been with
outs servant since Monday, and now
I'm going to take the evening stage to
town, and meet my husband before he
starts for Ivy Glen. l dare say he'll be
vexed, but L can't help it. And I've left
word at the Dairy farmhouse for my
brother Duke to follow u.s."
You couldn't let it for a month ?"
experimentally hazarded Mr.. Mug
geridge.
"Td let it for three days" said the
Indy. '
81 could find you tenants for month, F"
said the agent. And, perhaps, at the
end of that time, something else might
offer"
ryery well," said the lady There I
is the key"
And away she went; and Mr.. Mug '
geridge clapped his hat ON the back of {
his head and set off, in hot haste, to the
hotel, for an interview with the two
young ladies' who bad 50 recently Left s
And So 'ithappened- that 10 and Anpel4
Frost took triumphant possession 1vy
Glenaa, romantic cottage, half covered
with tire, dark green, Rlossy leaves of the 4 !
vine rom whichit derived its name, with .
a bouadjr piano, md all the pictures4 !
garlsnded with pressed ferns and ziried1 |;
autumn leaves. and a ibrarysf novels. 9
MRS Fitch must dust have we beer, "a Very |
literary person, said 10. Na y
"tnd musical, added Angel s.-''s = - a
"As for q servant, one wouhlpai y.be,ae i
nuisance, said 10. ~aAfss ~ L
''Ill groom the pony smyself;. said L
Angel: Hes -<ho bigger than a New c
foundland dog the darling" d
"Andstn milk the cow and feed the @
dear little chickens declared pretty lit
tie Jo. - !. D. - - q
ITS really an earthly paradise, said d
the elder sister y a
so it is, assented Jo -
The, two sisters passed three days of i
ravinesS and cool, 'tfiiowsr.enameled woods S
thatssurrouudcd Ivy Glen. t
Angela made various valuable addi-. 1
tions to her herbarium, and Jo.sketched L
leafy snooks,s bits of falling water and. c
sunset effects to her. hearts content, j.
until finally good, oldfashiened rain, :
prsonsslaem rs Il s6s e ls5a2I SafiSf eed
"How stqpid4his. is said 10; starting =
up from bef book, as the twilight shad- Q
ows bropdsd darker and darker in the
room. Vets go down tosthe barn, and
talk to Dick and Frizzle. Poor, dearsl =
they must be as lonesome as we aresS
Now Dickwas the pom, aud Frizzle n
was tho COW; and 70 and Angel were 4
All e'tty uPputbp most dlectlQuateis isfmS
of intimacy with them ssss .
1t was quite dusk, when Nfarmaduke h
Frami1sham opened the hall-door and y
strode esins, shaking fhes .raifelrops from. I,
his shoulders as is he had been a@huee
Newfounfnan dog. ana fiinging his fish I,
ing-creef and tackle on the table. !
Lou" he~ called, all over the house. Il
in cherry. stenfprian voice Lonisa!s d
But as might DE expected ne answer IL
was freturre& aila he went. ub 70 acct L
tain pretty little circular walled room. Ia
where he had been won't to keepshis slip. W
pers, gun1case, and sundry other mas 81
culine appurtenances, when soiournine Il
with his sister, Mrs. Fitch, at IVY. Glen.
-'atsas quiet here, he muttered, un- :
derFhis breath. s'as an enchanted castle e.
Whereas Loua-where are the children?' c'
But he paused on the threshold. Even rt
by the waning twilight, he could per-
ceive that a'general transformation had
takenplaceS0 .- \ fNnias ~ ~ sert Z
-Apretty easel stood near the. window, : :,
the tall standards Of the old-fashioned e.
dressing-bureau were knotted with blue a