Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-28
Se1etted Sfo'y.
~COusin Frank"
BY MRS E.. II. HOUGH.

I must now bid you good morn
ing, Miss Ogden my train is abou
starting am sorry you are obliged
to remain here until tomorrow, il
consequence of the break in the road
but YOU will find everything pleasan
here at the Sherman House. / hay
entered your name on the book, ant
have also given the name and addrrs
of your father, which will be all tn
guarantee you will require for tn
best treatment they can give You.
This is all right, Mr.. Werden, ant
| am greatly obliged for your kind
ness, was the pleasant response.
The lady whose attendant had thus
bowed himself out and away was :
happy young girl of eighteen, wh'
! had been spending the holidays will
some relatives in st. Louis, and was
now on her way to her home IL
Rochester. She had been accustomed
to travel, both i'll company and alone
and did not regard it us very serl
ous calamity when she learned from
the gentleman in whose charge she
had been placed, and who had ac,
companied her as far as Chicago, that
she would be obliged to remain there
Il day or two.
1t was now eight o'clock in the
morning, and having breaktastcd III
her room, and While thinking how
pleasant 1t would be 30 And some one
in that great city whom sbssknew ,sh,
chaucrd ton roH!emhrr hating heard
her father say I lat he LA'l. nephew
residing there lS'~Le uau" Of Charles
Brown, Il dealt.. in hardware
The city direct" having been sent
for, gave her the a,.dre>s.uf Charles
Brown. Hardware, and within I'll,
next twenty m!nutcs q cab placed the
yoNng lady, with hcs satcheI j" hel
hand at the door Of his residence.
The bell had rung, and steps We {
approaching the door, when our hero
Inc began for the first timc to query
with herself as 10 whether she had
gone into the tousiuing business III
the most prudent way. Would 1t
not have been much better TO nave
sent her card and informed those
cousins that she was at the hottI and
would be glad to see them She must
now 20 ia and eav to the lady
=, i am "a cousin of your husband
My name is Agatha Ogden, and ! am
IL daughter Of Ralph Ogden, OF 10
chester, New York.
How different an awkward trans
action looks, when we get fairly INTO
1t, from W bat it docs when thought
Of OF seen at a distance
\ am much pleased to see Gu, Miss
Ugdenn WAS tie form IN which the
young lady was rccyvcd by Mis-
Brown. Please let ne take your hat
and wraps My sister, Miss Will
liams,' she added, as the lady ythus in
troduccd as she entered the room.
NV husband is ont Of the city, but
will return tomorrow. His brother,
Frank, is at the store, and will be
home to lunch. ! know very little
in regard to my husbands relatives,
and do not believe Frank knows
much about them, he having left
home when not more than ten years
old.
/ do wish | was back at the Sher-
man House Agatha said to herself,
the first moment she was alone -
These ladies seem very kind bnt
how extremely awkward | shall feel
if the gentleman should not be rel
a.ive of mine, after all They will
think, and so shall |, that have
made very great fool OF myself -
And even if they are my cousins, they
will no doubt suppose that | came
here to save my hotel bill. But am
here now, and they are making me
welcome; Of course, | cannot do ether
wise than remain until the elder
brother comes home. do wonder if
other people ever act as foolish as do
sometimes? How father and mother
would scold me!
Frank Brown, th5 cousin you'd be
lLrt 20 luap-, was an earnest young