The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-25

should come along the street but Lucy, with book in her hand. She was on the opposite sidewalk and did not look up. She would no, look at hotel on Sunday. asked the landlord abou, her, and he told me all there was to tell. She was living in one end of little wooden cottage over toward Winooski. another factory woman occupying the other par. of the house. They made home ,o- getner. The landlord said Lucy was ar excellen; woman and might have m arried one of the overseers in the factory any time she choose for years back. bu, ,ha: she preferred single life.
 When go; back 70 Chicago kep: thinking abou; Lacy Cary. The old times when we used to li?e in Whining ton came back to my mind. The truth of it was. was getting along little. a, last, in Chicago in her way of property. and found myself all the while planning how Icould have Lucy Cary near me
 Did you wan, 10 mary her. Tim othy.' inquired Mrs. pembet.
 = l, was not that" he replied; bu. wanted to become ac9uain,el with her again. knew tha, she was the bes, girl had ever seen. She always was rus, IS good and pious as anybody could oe We were like brother and sister a,mos. when young and when thou sh; of home and my folks and old Wilmington ana the college days. somehow Lucy was the centre of all. In fact, almost everything else was gone. Ny folks were scattered. and Lucy and Uncle Jason were nearly the only persons Up this way ;ha: coG.a lay claim 10. There IS kind of lo1e- some streak comes over j man when he has been grinding away is s~ea: city for good many years ard comes back to the old places and sees ;hei~ so fresh and green and quiet. and ke can: se, over i,. He will cling 10 anything tia; belongs ;o old times. 1 was strongly
 influenced ;o write to Lucy. by. finally did no,. determined ;ha, would ge, al could for two or three years and then l would come here anu face ta.nss. would get something comfortable aa. would have place cou.d call my own in Chicago. Then. when had i. liked, would come and see Cncle Jason and Lucy ard stand .he racket. Of course !; was nonsense to feel shy. bu: |; seemed to me that could not say a word until had something to brag o'. They knew. ia general kind of way. tna, was ia Chi cago, dealing in pork or doing auc,ioneer- ing or something, and tha, was as much humiliation as l could endure. To be sure, II was nothing ,o be ashamed of. for had been an honest. faithful man: bu, to come back 10 my friends emp,yhanded at that. was more than could stand. If had EaI anything. or 6feH anything. just to take the edge of, I could have managed it. As it was. looked ahead and worked. If any man in Chicago has tried and planned and ,oiled during the last three years, am that man. There has been picture before my mind of pleasant home there"
 And have you calculated to mary Lucy Cary. inquired Mrs. pembe-, in an eager voice.
 " Perhaps i, was no, rus. in that way thought of i;" replied the narrator. very seriously. You know told yoG ,ha, the landlord sad she preferred l single life
 Timothy Tompl;ins excla!med me old lady apprehensiveiy. don; deny |: don't. Think how dreadiuily yo@ wi, feel you Nnow you have :o.i :. he
 ' l, Is nothing n be ashamed of. Tim- othy, sad Mr. pen5e:. in ; s.nd and sympathetic voice.
 Ii you pu, l, ii ,ha; way aaswerei my old classsna.e. IT strangely mocynfl, tones. :" all ean say Is. there was never anything between us-no,hing ]; all
 And did you come here this time io see her" inquired Mrs. Fember. almos, starting from her seat. and with he :hy,i. of sudden guess ln her vo:ce.
 suppose t was as much taa; 2s any thing. replied Tompkins. dogsedly looking down. and pokins with shor, stick in the ground a; his fec:
 And that is wha. has made yoc a.. se queer. unused Mrs. penl5es. Have yog seen her:
 Let h:n: tell he story. Caroline" urged the old gentleman. peevish.y
 Tompkins looked sloonlily og: upon the lake and the broad landscape for few moments. and then resQm:ns his mar rative. said
 ." As was saying. have worked hard and have go; l nice .i.i.e pie. 1T, wo1;.. ;hir;y-nye thousand dollars. When made cp my mind n come eas, this sum- mer the money ,o pay Uncle Jason for what he had doue was l.. ready. |, made me choke .o think how long hai ie: !, run. l figured l, ap as neAr IS could the two hundred iha, came ;o me in col lege and the TWO hundred at;er ;ha.. ard l pu, in the simple in,eres; l; seven per cent. according 10 the l'o,k s:a;e law, which brou:h; the sum ,o;al ap 70 nearly nine hundred and .c TX !. aii right l made 1t an even thousand dollars. Then l bought new backskln bag and wen, 10 bank in Chicago and go: the money all in gold. knew ,ha, would please Uncle Jason. He once talked of going % California to dig. suppose he had neve. seen pile of the real yellow coin in his life. wrote to him ,ha. was 10 :, be in Burlington and that would be ever' 50 glad if he would come over and see me l met him yerterday afternoon as he go, of the boat down as the s,eamboa. land ing. He knew me and knew him. al- though we were both changed a good deal. After we had talked a little and
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