Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-18

evening. 81 like Mis- Louise % well
that I hope you will soon bring her
home to me-
And VOC will like her still more when
you know her better, mother" said the
younQ man, much pleased BY this praise
of his betrothed- "She h wonderfully
clever. Young as she is-only twenty,
Won know-she has already written sev-
eral essays for scientific MAGAZINES, and
helps her father continually in his law
work"
IL think you have every reason for
believing she will make you happy" aid
Mrs. Valiant a. she bent ovsF her son
snd kissed him tsnderiy. But, Harry,
you know my bobby. il she neat? That
"a a virtue Of great importance in my
eyes, since you are 10 make your home
With nee"
And in my eyes. TOO" said Harry,
smiling. The necessity Of order and
cleanliness has been 20 impressed upon
me, from my youth up. that sloyenly
woman il my especial aversion. Bat
have never seen Louise otherwise than
veil and neatly dressed, mother"
Miss Harrison u q model housekeep-
er, I know" said Mrs. Valiant, and
very probably Looiss'' home is as well
II will take notes for your special
benefit when I pay her my hrst visit.
said Harry, laughing.
Three DAYS after her call upon Mrs.
Valiant Louise was summoned home BY
tbs illness of her mother. Harry 40
companied her some distance on her
Journey, and promised 10 visit her az
IL .nulA vnVvniA him
70 do %. Meanwhile they were 10 cor
respond, Mr.. Harrison having given By
letter his free consent TO their engage
ment.
Il was a cold, rainy day in March. A
very dismal, uncomfortable day, Louis
Harrison thought, a. she sat in her bed
room and looked out on the muddy, vel
street. Before her was q small table
Uttered with writing materials, fancy
work, patterns and VARIOUS odds and
ends. Bot she was not working, Tor she
had lust received a letter from Harry In
which he announced the pleasant new
that he would be with her tomorrow, and
she could think Of nothing else.
81 wonder what time he will cal" she
said, az she opened the letter for about
tho tenth time and scanned the closely
written pages. ~ must have the parlol
fixed up and tell Susan TO build . fire in
the CRATE"
At this moment the door opened and
her father, q tall, handsome but rather
carevorn-lookinc man, entered.
"Why. father, supposed you had Ront
to your Office long ago." said Louise
| locking mn in surprise.
"No; as usual breakfast was late, anC
I've been looking for the last hour fol
that bundle Of newspapers put on tn
shelf of the library q week ago. Som'
ono has nodded with them, Of course
and they are not to DO found. Can't yos
mako search for them, Louise"
Certainly" answered Louise, will
cheerful alacrity; "and II l ind them
| will bring them down 70 your ONCE thu
afternoon. A walk will do me good, an(
| I don't mind the rain at al"
| 81 want them ~ soon a. possible
said Mr.. Harrison. "They are Of i'm
portance az reference In . case ! havt
coming up soon. IL that q letter from
Mr.. Valiant? and whom are We to hav'
the pleasure of seeing him9"
Tomorrow" answered Louise, blush
ing, "and / am sure you will like him
father"
al hope %, my dear, for your sake
But will he like you IL you appear befor'
him in that wrapper1 It strikes me tina
your toilet il calculated to shock any
veil regulated young man oct Of su sen
| timent."
Elbow you love to tease. father" sale
Louise, laughing merrily. You know
/ ollS "a sun -OsrlA snAn<o NM
to appear before Harry in sucha state q
this," and she glanced down at her dress
an old wo0llen wrapper, faded. soiled
worn and bearing tho marks OF many inl
stains. IL have new blue dress Il
wear. Blue il his favorite color"
Mr.. Harrison smiled and left the room
and Louise. only waiting TO put Harry
letter safely away in the top drawer o
her bureau, ran down stairs and into tn
library TO search for the papers.
Never had her appearance been les
attractive. Itamply justified her father
| remark, and would have given her aunt
could she have seen IL, the heartache f0l
. week. The soiled wrapper was ninul
belt and hung loosely about her; bel
hair, gathered In an untidy knot at thu
back Of her head, was held In place BY
q broken comb; and a dilapidated ruohe
surrounded her slender neck. She Wort
| no cuffs, no pin at her throat, and thu
braid which should have bound her darl
petticoat trailed on the door for nearly q
yard behind her. A pair Of black slip
pers, worn at the toss, and run down al
tho heels, completed her costume.
While searching in the library for thu
papers she came across hook on sub
ject which had interested her deeply, and
forgetting everything else, che threw her
self into chsir before the open CRATE
IRE and began 70 read.
Sooompletely ABB ,rbed did abe become
that she did not mark how time sped
Her slippers fell OF. and her feet, Glad
in dark stockings sadly in need Of darn.
ing, rested couspicuously on the fender
But she needed nothing, had thought fol
nothing but the book which 90 fascinat.
cd her. She was unaware that the libra
~ door had opened and that . young
man stood ON the threshold regarding
hcr with eyes In which astonishment and
disgust could be plainly read.
Nothing was lost to his view. The
soiled, ink-stained wrapper, the untidy
hair, the dilapidated roche, the slipshod
slippers and Sattered hose made up the
details of costume suCh ~ he never
saw before. and which be fervently hoped
be might never 80 again.
LOUISE
Harry"
With q face suffuaed With blushes Lou
Use spranQ 10 her feet, letting the book
fall With q crash 10 the door.
~ found that / could get Oh q day
sooner than I supposed when I wrote
you, two days ago" said the young man,
In voice 20 stsrn that the girl scarcely
recognised Il - that Of her lover, "and
! did nos telegraph. thinking 10 give you
q surprise. fear, however, that Il 10 an
unpleasant one Tor 10 both," and with
ont another word. and unmindful VI the
look Of entrsaty In the eyss Of his BE-
trothsd, be turned on his heel and left
tho house.
Louise cried herself 10 deep that night.
She saw that there vas bus 0ne courss
opsn to her 10 pursus. Tia next day she
wrote 70 Harry, releasing him from his
engagement.
His answer va 10 return 10 her al thu
letters she had written him.
She never aav him again, for her pride
would not permit her 10 revisit Briar.