West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-12-14
foreangcr plump on Lord Wnltor,s

&" Because j foaryou." hc answered: you arc
your golden hair
please don't 90 on" interrupted
Z" like the poem, but some way it isn't
pleasant now"
Hardly appropriate" he answered
closing the volume dreamily, and then
added:
l suppose you think Lord Walters
friend fool?"
&" He is the type of large class; but,
Mr. Alcott, are we not tread NJ on dan
gerous ground? DO you know what
lies Just bcyOnd?n
Yes, that most exasbcrating ques-
ton of 'woman's rights Aurora
Leigh settles that for me
1T takes soul to move body he
repeated slowly. 1t takes high-soulcd
man to move the masses, even 10 a
cleaner style II takes the ideal to blow
a hair s-brcadth oil the dust of the act
ual. All, your Fouricrs failed because
not poets enough TO understand that
life develops from within
''Ncyer was trucr word spoken than
that, Miss Ellis-'irom within Ittallcs
soul to move the masses and nc
cording TO my observations, it makes
very little difference 20 whom the soul
belongs. Men of intellect never have
subordinatcd women. See what excel
lent care Goethe takes Of them. Look
at Fausts Margaret, the nstnctively
pure child growing into a sclf-rcliant
woman, and see how, rs Wilhelm
Webster develops spiritually and intel
lectually, he comes naturally upon
women of purer and more innatcly re-
fined type first Mignon, then Natalie.
afterward Theresa and Macaria-thc
last a star soul
81 thought rs much" said grand
mother, entering just here. 81 felt
sure You had come when ! saw the
light" and no pet last child, Il baby,
was ever more welcomed than by my
dear dead father mother.
You promised me, David, You would
certainly go to bed at eight o'clock, 80
said the old lady, reproachfully, after
having satisfied herself that | hadn'
changed bit since she last saw me.
But how could IP' he asked with
comical gesture in my direction.
"Nell, | hope you won't be any the
worse for it tomorrow" said she, land
now to bed with you this minute"
Dear old Nagrant, good night, - said
the gentleman, with a rare smile, obey
ING instantly; land pleasant dreams to
you Miss Ellis"
Nice boy that" said grandmother,
rs the door closed.
"BoyP' l repeated.
yes, boy"
HE is twenty-five years old if he is a
day"
"What of that? You are twenty: and
what are you but n girl, | should in
qulre? -Four weeks ago there didn' {
anybody round here think he'd ever ret
out again. The doctor gave him up
and his sister was almost crazy; but the
fever turned and he went TO sleep and
slept two days steadily; but when he
woke up he was rs bright rs baton. ~
did not see my new friend for two
days. lie had oyer-eXcited himself. and
the result was solitude for this length of
time. | roamed the fields and haunted
the woods, read, wrote and thought.
never did so much thinking i'm so short
space of time, with such unsatisfactory
results.
Where under the sun have YOU been
all this afternoon%' said grandmother
as at sunset the second day dragged
myself into the kitchen porch
! up a tree.
| "Up a tree?n this with considerable
disdain in voice and manner. you
have torn a great slit in your dress.
Sue, and you look like a fright. have
wanted you NOR II your worth-for the
last three hours.
What are you making, grand
mother?'
"Panada."
"How many quarts of this stuff does
your patient consume, Mrs. Bliss. i'm
the course Of twenty-four hours?"
That Is according TO his appetite.
Miss SaucebQN, - said rich voice nc my
elbow; and there stood Mr.. Alcott.
NO. 2, he continued, gravely.
They've sent for me UP To- Jones'
They think the baby is dying. broke
IN grandmother, while / stood blushiptr
/ like an embarrassed schoolgirl.
" And want You to keep house and
take care Of him while ] 90 up awhile
and see # can do anything TO helm
them. When this panada gets a little
blt cold sue, put I'm two tablcspoonfuls
+ OF brandy; that's the bottle on the see
ond shelf And the provoking old
lady tripped away as cOmpo,rdIv as If IL
were the most commonplace thin0 in
the world for a young lady 10 be- left
T with the care of an invalid and the said
/ invalid man and n stranger. A few
/ minutes suIiiced TO place me entirely at
my ease, and no veteran hospital nurse
was more compOsedly cXactng than I
I'm my new role. Grandmother orders
were explicit; David mustn't think of
such q thing as reading aloud. and he
must lie on the lounge in the .itrn0-
room until She returned. Such an even
ing rs that was. / read TO him ont of
Auerbach and this took ms naturally
% the Rhine and then found that nv
companion bad travelled AMONG an NV
iayor.te European cities What won
deriul pictures hc drew mcos the Cam
pa0na, the Coliseum and the Forum'
How exquisite was the play of the
moonlight ON the Sabine Mountains.
ana how charm.ngly picturesque the
sketch Of Tine old Roman rampart- boo
some place bar. and bIac. with nyc.
with mere and there patches oil scarlet
and green made of peoples and .yy.
Grandmother came too soon Six
week, of Ih.s 'oice t1r u1uc Iifc and
Then
There &. mo good of ufo but Iov,-tu.
what c.sa looks g,oI H some shade aur-
love gUd- Boo gives worth
J knew a- we'll as fhe Queen and poor
Con lance wha. there was in Irfe worth
living Tor what love meant. \1t ono
word was pokcn between u. OF the one
subject that aI' cugrO- soi u-. and raf I
know That h's heart was .rreeoea.I,. .r