Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-06-20
LOST AND FOUND.

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llsuiierable nuisance living in the mids
of mills and factories, having for you
nelghbOrs wOrkmen and mill-haiids.
Indeed, her august Indignation knew
no bounds when the manufactory of Mr.
ShieldS was erected just outside her gar
den, ON the ground adjoining.
The village was a village no longer
but town, spreading its borders owe
the hills to the east and west. to tn,
north and south.
And down in the valley was the throb
bing heart, teeming with its busy peo
He.
Its factories and mills were being
erected in what had once been tho
suburbs of village.
My aunt, Hester Stuart. and her
daughters, Geraldine and Clotilde. wer,
ladies of fashion, and all that the word
implies they were.
The greatest ''catch" of the season
the newest opera, and the STYLES were the
sum total of their conversation.
1t was conceded by all the household
that Miss Geraldine was the lady of the
house.
Even the mamma called her Mis-
Geraldine.
1t was a high miSdemeanor to omit the
important prefix.
Miss Geraldine always had the first
and best of everything; and Clotilde was
obliged to submit to her, sometimes in q
very humiliating manner
L, the poor dependent orphan niece.
was chided 10y one and upbraided by
another, until, between them all my
Lines were hard ones.
thought if my aunt possessed such a
thing as a conscience, surely il would
say To her, sleep no more.n
When Mr.. Shields was building, and
my aunt WAS unacquainted with his per-
sonal history, this sooty manufactory,
with its smoky chimneys. was an eye
sore to her fastidiouS taste.
1t ought to lie declared a nuisance,
this grimy old factory aid those greasy
Workmen,
What a desirable view from our sit
ting-roOm window,
1t is outrageOusl"
Thus would my aunt comment upon
Mr. Shields workshop.
But very soon it began to he generally
known that Mr.. Shields was a bachelor.
Then she began to cultivate his ac-
quaintance and TO court his favor.
He was rich.
He would be such capital husband
for Miss Geraldine.
Siege was laid Immediately, and if
cunning diplomacy was to he depended
upon, surely the citadel must surrender.
Mr.. Shields was reported to he per-
fectIy imperviouS To the arts and wlleS
spread out for him by mammas and
daughters who were on the lookout
SO to speak.
1t was generally supposed that he had
been through deep waters
The gossips said that he had, when a
iourneyman and poor, loved a lady whose
father would not consent To the match
until he could produce stipulated sum.
He worked hard, and began to amaSS
"A fortune.
But the girl was tickle, and before he
was ready had married another.
This embittered him.
Now he was welded TO his work.
Business was his idol; money his wife
and children.
He scarcely gave Il second glance to
any woman.
NV aunt and Miss Geraldine began to
Law their plans, and the distant, reserved
Mr. Shields WAS often invited to balls
and dinners
Almost any afternoon yOu could hear
them laughing and exchanging merry
ssillies from the window.
As the days went by often noticed
him looking intently at NE as perform
ed my daily work.
Sometimes. when | was dustlng the
sitting-room. | would chance to look
towards the mill and catch his glance.
often wondered what he thought OF
me if he thought of Inc at all.
Perhaps he was only medltatlng, iost
in his speculations, and his eyes happeh-
ed to rest on me.
tortured my brain to find a solution
10 this enigma, asking myself II was
vain enough to suppose that Kenneth
Shields was thinking OF me.
This Indifferent man was only thilh
ing of his gains and losses.
He had no possible interest Ill Slri
who washed dishes and busted rooms III
her aunt 5 fine establishment.
Shall | tell you how his appearance
struck me. and how deeply | became III
terested in him, in those days!
cannot describe him quite as he
appeared to me- h,o,,do
can tell you only of his sunny BLONDE
hair and his deep gray eyes, OF tie wen. /.
built figure, standing perhaps hVe iee'
seven. ,..e.,1 ,ooIla
cannot tell of beautiful Apohor
taII and beyond all men fair; but can
Sar s in nure truthfulness that tins CAIN,
aImost grave face fascinated ana uIeM
me on with powerful hoiu WIN" ". 0'''0'
fairer faces had no power to DO. ,o,
felt my poor heart hut1erihs "ii0"
his ewes rested upon me. IL, 80,
I crept away to chide myself VIII I,.', ae,
nowed yigor in the privacy OF my OWL
apartment. f,;I;.,r with him
and his daily appearance L pesm nn,e :.
watch for. and when lie faiieu " IN M,
often went TO my room, ana clieu' JUS
ont of sheer loneliness. o,tbougl
His presence was solace; altiloosl i',a ~
no had never spoken TO me, yet M"-, sou
nnd m d,sc6nsolate when he was apsel.;
one evening my aunt anu 0''
"Giv wsS % assisting them, when chances e.
70 drop Miss Geraldine's IVORY i"i any
break the tiny mirror. COR and
Oisha She tanned me smartly on the ear 'nlu =,
- T Litter anger. said, lyon awkwai'
little fool Now my fan Is ~ II q eare n,y
condition. Ii you ca'lhol NC "''