South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-10-19

handed over 10 the care or the loUso.
keeper. Very soon she was fast a.
sleep in ~ ol1-fashioncd room that
woaid have seemed very ghos,lg 10
her. only that she was too sa;ignel TO
take mach heed of her surroundings;
and besides. her maid was in the dress.
ing room, and within call.
Tho next morning, Dor,hy was
down for Q: 80 breakfast, and was
shown into bright little morning
room. Mr.. Lambert met her, and
WAS so kind and arxioae 10 make her
happy and at home ;ha. she very soon
found herself talking 10 him rs if she
had known him for years. Instead of
his being an acquaintance Of few
hours only. She was rather an un.
. conventional little person, aud by No
means stiff ar cold. She had warm
hearted Irish manners, and looked ut
the world in u trustfll way, believing
people and trusting In them firmly,
unless she found that they we're not
to he depended or, instead of proving
before trusting, as cold uatared aud,
perhaps, wiser folks do. She had
beor brought up By All old uncle, for
whom her elder sister kept house
They had no brothers. and their par.
entS had both died year before. Mrs.
Newton was their mothers siater-iu.
law, but her husband had Quarreled
with the girls uncle and guardian,
Mr.. Nayton; SO i; was not till after
the death of the latter that Dor!hy
and her sister had been allowed 10 90
to priarton. Now, however, they
| hoped to eperd good deal OF their
time there; bat this was Dorthy's frat
visit.
Mary Nayton, her sister, was about
twenty seven, sn5 exceedingly placid
aad sensible; but she took tuings so
quietly that Dorthy was always allow
ed to 60 her own way and do whate-
yer she liked; consequently, at TWEEN.
ty-tarec, she had learned TO think and
act for herself, and rs her nature was
/ iuPuisiyc and warm hearted, she IN
dulgcl in 4 great many theories Of
her own, hated coaventohaliiies be.
iieved firmly in platonic friendships,
and not unircQucndy got into irouGle
i'll consequence.
Ii very soon strncz Hugh Lambert
that she was different from most OF
the girls he had met, and she interest.
ed lin accordingly.
Ii was with feeling Ofre;ief that he
found the road would bc impossible
! for some days. so DC wrote 10 Mrs.
Newton, begging her to let Dorthy re.
/ main wlta him, Instead Of returning
home, and asking al elderly cousin,
who lived q few stations of, 10 come
and act as chnpcrou.
The old lady accepted tie invita-
ton and the post allotted to her; but.
rs she was great invalid, Dorihy and
Hugh were constantly lett together,
he liked to sit in the dual. and hear
her sweet voice singing to hjin, to
watch her arranging flowers, and to
consult her about the garden. The
girl felt supremacy Eappy-he was so
KIND to her, such an agreeable COM
pJA!on 10 every way, that she tho,
ron5hIy enjoyed bis society.
n fortnight went by, and the road
WAS pronounced perfectly safe, oven
ilo floods had subsidcd So Hugh
had no excuse for OBTAINING bis far
guest longer, auI though very reluct
ant 10 part with her, he drove her o.
yer 10 Priarton,
She ras standing in tac hall az he
left that rjSat, after dinner, aud held
ont her hand 10 say goodbye.
i can't thank you enough for all
your kindness shc said, soitiy.
Nay, my child / cannot tell you
what pleasure il has been to me-
but,perb0ps, sou will know some day,
he replied and she went up stairs
wondering What he meant.
She believed SO firmly in pia.onic
friendship that she would not let her
self think that her feeling towards
Hugh Lambert was anything else.
and although she knew ho Iisbolicyed
in her theory in she Abstraction they
had argued the subject very watmly
still thought that hi5 sentiments
were well defined in her case.
Hugh Lambert felt a7 if something
very bright had come into ms tic
since he had known Dorih. She
was so quaint and naive in speech,
new aua fresh with hcriIcas anu tuco,
rics, go free and unaffected in manner
and yet 80 vomauly wihaI. that dur.
ing those fow days 4hey hal spent TO.
gether, she had completely won his
honrt. Bot DO was not likely TO act
on he sprr Of the moment he was
SO much older than Sue. bow could he
ever expect that bright llt,o boJy to
regard bin az anything but study
going lIienl2
Bot still, day after day, he world
ride over Co see her az Priajtou, and
when be returned, he would sjt and
tlin.; OF now Size used 10 look IN the
rooms t.at now seem 30 des5l4'o.-