The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-09-27

must attend to these things, and Tihby was
so anxious to be useful.
And in a month the jerks Glen HALF
way House was full Of boarders. Some
people came there. for the view, some fol
the air, some for the delicious quiet which
brooded over the crests of the hills. Mrs.
Wayne eontentedly read novels in her own
room, and libby kept determinedly in the
background, while Hannah Ann was con-
stituted managing agent in the general and
proved herself fully worthy of the occasion.
I'm payin' expenses" said Hannah Ann,
with pardonable pride, "and laying up a
little interest on the mortage Nobody don't
foreclose on my folks, not + know it
And Miss Elizabeth shall have new dress
in September, just as sure as my name is
Stokes -
libby was busy enough now-what with
the house-linen, concoeting of rare and
dainty desserts, which were degree above
the solid buildings and thick pies in which
the soul of Hannah Ann delighted, and the
score of daily duties which seemed no one
could tell hcw, to fall to her cheerful lot.
And one day Hannah Ann mounted to, the
sttic-chamber to which libby had transferred
her household goods.
"Miss Elizabeth said she, in low
voice, Zone Of the boarders would like to see
you"
"One of the boarders, Hannah Ann
What one?" cried libby, dropping the bot
tie Of oxalic-acid with which she was taking
ink-spots out of the literary boarders' towels
cts the old gentleman in the barn
chamber" answered Hannah Ann. He's
sittin' on the rustic seat under the apple
tree, with his white umberiI, awaitin' for
YOU"
"I wonder what he wants. Hannah Ann ?"
Goodness knows p said Hannah Ann.
And with the most dignided air which she
could assume upon such short notice, libby
descended to the appie-tree, where the gill;
flower apples (called " sheep-noses by the
rustic inhabitants of the neighboring vales)
were just beginning to stripe their emerald
spheres into crimson
The old gentleman was not very old, after
all. He might have been forty, but he was
certainly not older. He was straight, rudy
,omplexioned, handsome, with dark piercing
eyes, and only here and there a silver streak
in his dark-brown hair = Mm
He rose and bowed to Tbby libby IN
,lined her head to him, and secretly thought
that if she were well acquainted with Yin,
she should like him very much.
~ hope, sir, that you have nolualr c
complain of ?" said libby, rather royalty
"Not in the least" said the gentleman
"On the contrary, highly approve of the
manner in which things are conducted here
libby drew herself up.
What did it matter to her whether this tail
parsonage approved or otherwise? .aa55z
II am Southerner," said the gentleman
Are you 2" said libby, still with hauteur.
az came here to enjoy the troutfshing,'
he vent ON. 81 had other business in these
mountains, but stopped here to enjoy the
July sweetness Not until now had l the
least idea that you and your mother kept
this place."
"We don't, said libby with roguish
'P"'Aio III hei eye'. Ai"nhah ann AoePs
It, We keep Hannah Ann! But we have
no income, and twas imperatively necessary
that the tradesmen's bills should be met
We are ladies, mamma and II And -
4 IL Ii no discreuit 70 iaaies q stuuy tneif
self-respect by earning an honest livelihood"
said the gentleman, quietly.
"My opinion, exactly" said libby
"But," remembering her dignity, 81 don't
know why you should be so interested in
our affairsn III
libby tried to look very frozen, indeed
Because" said the gentleman, 81 am
your Cousin Faleoner." lagfNaftq
Inc rosy niood INQUIRED 70 inc very
roots OF the girls hair. inyoiuntariiy she
started. 5glst&l&GB = EtBCit3i
" Yes, he sad, smiing oomposediy' !
came 70 the North TO hnd you out, and
acquaint myseif with the true character OF
my unknown relatives. 10 my surprise,
accidentally learned that the name OF my
andiaoies was wayne I hio eNPecteu 10
find you languid, fine ladies, without an idea
beyond dress and fashion. On the contrary,
l discover tnat you nave SPIRIT energy
noble Independence. don't know whether
to congratulate you or myself the most"
And libby, poor child, for her part, do
not know whether to smile or to burst INTO
tears.
This, then, was the Cousin faiconer--the
Southern planter, whose unknown person
atty had always been the oedu-'de@ OF her
mothers words and thoughts-tne coid,
courteous gentleman wnom she n''' 'ausn.
herself to hate. But, DO what she eouid' II
WAS not possible to hateslm any longer
You are my COUSIN, sala MT. faiconei'
Yes" acknowledged Iiopy' al"
your cousin Your second cousin, at least"
Second or third, it matter but little" "
said Mr.. Falconer g We are all that IS left
Of the old family. have come North to
ask you and your mother to return with me
to Cressida Vale, in Alabama, to be my mo