The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-08

cotton gloves, and one hand firmly
grasped a lumpy carpet bag, the other a
fat umbrella. She looked comfortable
and common from top to toe. She
peered at the group through her steel
bowed spectacles, and tucking her UNI
brella under the carpet-bag arm. she ex-
tended her hand "Wa'al, now, 1 s'pose
yer don't know me. I'm Jerusha Hev-
ington-yer cousin, Jerusha Heving-
ton"
The strickin family were dumb. Mr..
Fenton was the first to recover. He
took the proffered hand and shook it
warmly, and led the lady to chair,
begging her to be seated. He could not
say that she was welcome, but he tried
to make her feel as if she were. Mrs.
Fenton then came forward. and sitting
down beside her, asked some friendly
questions about the journey; and the
girls. little conscience-smitten, offered
to take her things.
"Wa'al, I guess 1 won't Just now,
thsnk yer-I've got to go and see about
my trunk in a minute; he'd it left in a
grocery store jest around the corner.
The young man was awful pleasant when
I told him was one of your folks-he
seemed to set heap by you."
GOOD graciousw thought Florence,
with shudder. IT wonder if she has
been going all through the city advertis-
ing her relationship to usr'
"Wa'al. Samuel" said Mrs. Jerusha,
''yer've two fine likely gals; they'd
oughter help their mar sight in doin'
homework and SIGH. 1t must take
powerful heap O. work to keep all them
fussin's clean"-with an admiring,
rather awe struck glance about the
room. Then she went on, "Is them all
the children yer've got, Maria?"
Mrs. Fenton answered that she had
two more, a son and O daughter. Mabel
offered to send for her little sister, think
ing that a child might make converse
easier, but Miss Jerusha answered, with
such evident alarm and disrelish, For
laws sake, no! I cant bear children,
that she drew back, offended. Mrs. Fen
ton looked annoyed; but Miss Jerusha.
unabashed, began to complain OF the
awful drought up in their place, while
an awful silence fell upon the rest.
A quick light ring made the girls start
and fervently hope that it was not Mr..
Vanderpool-I am sure for the first time
in their lives. To have Mr.. Varderpool,
of all beings in the world, see this dread
full relative-Mr. Vanderpool. whose
father belonged to the oldest of Knicker-
booker families, and whose mother was
an F. F. V; who was SC fastidious and
refined himself, 1t took only few sec
onds for this to rush through their
brains, when in Mr.. Vanderpool walked.
He was greeted ID rather embarrassed
manner BY them al and Inveigled into a
seat a. far as possible from Miss Jerusha,
OF pre.snse q i1s being cooler by the
window.
BIT Mis- Jsr-.ts Didn't mean TO be
If n e. t.n.fzr,o1u.i-shs got M from
H. ehkSr k-.6 sznlkei over 10 the
rvgp
WHO'S shls y1r-nz zEry she blAudly
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VIE Essr ss1ss1n ssrzf1rsr-
NkhsI- VIA L usrT red face. intro
d11sesi ~NasH HsETaxzo1- mentally
grateful tAsE5 fe1s z.scss EEs1'E NGlkins on
Sloo4z-
Mr.. vKr<1zrpoal n-sele AZ xstOnished
bow, bzs Ma yerzsEz held out her
hand, and gave kis Al anmerciful grip,
exelzirning heartily, Tn real glad to
see yer, mister. But SEE here, sis"-to
Mahel-'I amt ashamed o'bein' your
cousin-yer might hsv interdooced me
as SIGH
Then ordering Mr.. yznderpool ''to set
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