The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-05-25

'P S.--Write at once on what
day and train to expect you, and |
will send Hugh and the carriage to
meet you. T..
"P. S. No. 2.-When | showed
your likeness to Hugh he was capti-
waited at once, and declared he had
never seen charming face. What
will be say to the original?
F. T.n
Mrs. Travers was correct there !;
Just how much so she did not know.
The truth was, although nothing
could have induced him to acknowl-
edge it, Hugh had fallen half in love
with the pure, patrician face of Ell
nor's photograph, and in his heart
of hearts he had invested her with
all the attributes which adorned
his exalted ideal of feminine perfec-
ton; and it was with secret disap-
pointment that he had heard of her
intention to visit his sister, after
what he felt sure Florence had hint
ed at in her letter. For Mrs. Tray
ers had taken it for granted that FL
nor would come, and Hugh's high
estimate of delicaey could not but
be offended at what he considered
well, to put it mildly-a visit of
inspection for he really believed it
to be that, Notwithstanding his SIS
ter's vigorous protest to the contrary.
But in that, he acknowledged 10
himself, he might be mistaken, and
if SO, why, Miss Vance would have
every reason to believe him a for
tune hunter, should he remain to
play the devoted during her stay
with Flossie SO he considered it
the wiser plan TO take himself of, !
which he accordingly did, telling
Mrs. Travers to call it sudden busi- |
ness, or anything else she liked.
What Elnor thought Of him we
may Judge by the exclamation that |
greeted the close of her friends epis-
tie. A bright, angry flush burned |
on either soft, rounded cheek, and |
the blue eyes flashed with indigna-
ton, as their owner sprang to her
feet, tossing the letter aside, clench-
cd her dinlpled hands, and, proudly |
cresting her royal head, exclaimed,
passionately:
"Does florence Trayers think for
one moment that | would be gull
ty OF the unwomanly conduct at
which she more than hints in this
letter? Does she suppose that
would seek her brother-would visit
her house with the avowed inten-
ton of making his acquaintance
An, Florence, you make a great
if that is your idea Of Elnor
Vance, and | have made a greater
one in the estimate of your brothers
character. Judging from the pie
ture which you showed me [ con
sidered him a noble, refined gentle
man, but | see / have been mistak-
en-. 'He is particularly anxious to
see me, is he? Well, Mr.. Hugh
/ do not think you viii
have the pleasure of playing attend
ant cavalier to the heiress just yet
awhile"
And the scornful emphasis on the
word ''heiress" viii give US an idea
of her suspicious as to Mr. Castle
mons anxiety" to see her.
II had intended visiting Flossie
this spring anyway soliloquized
Elnor, seating herself and speaking
in a low tone, "but this" with a
contemptuous glance toward the
letter, ''has completely altered my
purpose. 1 had anticipated so much
pleasure, too" in a desponding tone.
'But, oh, | know what III do"
with sudden Frightening Of the
sweet face, "Ill go right down to
Aunt Sallie's and stay there the '
whole spring and summer. Dear S
old Appleton can fancy / smell
the honeysuckle that grows over the I
front porch and peeps in at the {
kitchen window. And dear Uncle
John and Aunt Salllel How glad /
they will be to see their little Mel ;
iel There III be safe from fortune /
hunters, at any rate. l viii throw ;
lside the heiress and simply be ]
country Nell. But now I will an {
,wer Flossie's letter, telling her | :
will be unable to accept her invita- |
ion this time" It
One week later found my heroine I
| guest at her Aunt Sallie Wares, !
whose substantial farm was situated
about mile from the bustling little {
village OF Appleton. The soft breath /,
ofspring had just begun 10 awaken
INTO life the jonquils and harebells, {
md the sweet blue violets, when t
Elnor reached the place. Uncle &
John and Aunt Sallie welcomed !
their little Nellie with open arms
for they loved her for her own sweet
self alone. Aunt Sallie had nursed
her through a severe spell ofsickness !
in her infancy, and since then had
loved her as her own. +
Elnor's visits to the farm were the
gala days in the lives of Uncle John
and Aunt Sailie, and they never tir-
ed of petting little Nellie" as they
always called her. Elnor, too, low !
ed to be with them, and it was a /
sigh of perfect content that she !
breathed as she sat the first evening
Of her arrival in a low rocker on
the front porch, inhaling the fra
GRANGE of violets and honeysuckles. /
and thinking exultantly how she {
had outwitted the two conspiratols,
as she mentally designated Mrs. ,
Travers and her brother.
The gentle afternoon breezes ,
were stealing through the vines i
that clambered over the front porch
of the Ware homestead, every l
breath drawing fresh incense from t
the sweet flowers nodding their ,
fragrant heads beneath the soft !
blue of the April sky. Down the
road, leading through the wood OPP !
posite Aunt Sallie's, Elnor slowly
walked along, every now and then F:
to pick daisy or butter
cup from the myriads around her. ,
She was on her way to the village !.
post Office, thence to stop at the !
s'store" for some yarn, which Aunt
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