Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-27
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sYss.o Lociss Rayuocd said. nod
dtr4 fsr head 90 that tie Roicec-brown
hair On her forehead danced ecqre.-
sishiy up and down, yes. am pretty.
hat I dat think am sufficiently bead
ifrl 90 ssrd AZ the yogra usn o. ny
aequaicfance into eessacies over ne; and
know aD pretty
AID "A she Razed couposediy into the
depehs Of her mirror. she took from her
b<is vishesed White rose and bcnch
Of faded pink kyaein:hA, then archsd
her handsome eyebrows over teen In .
puzzled fashion.
Philip Marion gave me the rosa
she soliloqcizsd- Philip - very
handsome iellov, ard always did have
aveeknsss for hArdsone fegloxs; and.
besides. they say he 10 risang young
man in his profession Well. l Ike
talented lawyers. too, % ! viii keep
the rose . little while And hess are
Max Hub<rt's hyacinths-poor, silent,
awkward Max. And yet there Is some
thing about him that Won't les yoa
despise him He certainly IL mos hand.
some, and yet his face reminds yo1 OF
one Of those old marble creations one
sees in the Academy OF Design Wei.
won't throw the hyaclnths away. either;
at any rate n0t Till come back from
Grandma Carlisle 3
A few days before, Grandma Carlisle
bad written a piteoas letter 10 her
stepson Up in town, setting forth that
she .vaz not feeling AZ al vel this
winter, and vas so s"nssofDe ste did
not know vhat TO do with herself.
and begging one OF Ter three grand
daughters TO come down and stay With
her awhile.
And Louise had ss.0nishe<i the whole
family by volunteering TO CO.
my dear child Mrs Raymond said.
you don't know What 700 are under
taking. IL 10 connzor farmhouse, and
- svfuIly lonesome"
And the old lady il ~ full Of vhinns
a. an old lady can be- said the elder
sister. Augusta s'indsed, you may 90
for oil me-"
WE'LL Louise had declared. Il am
tired Of balls and dancing and twelve
O'Clock snppefs and masinees. and I
mean to so and try the other extreme
Just for fun
You viii find IL anything bot fun.
my DEAR Mrs. Raymond reloined, sd-
iusting her eye glasses upon her aristo-
cratic nose.
"Weii. at any rate, I mean TO try
Louise persisted. valisnsly; "a and, papa,
want you TO write TO grandma that |
am coming"
The scene was indescribably beautiful
20 Louise Raymond that frosty winter
night. - the jolti.g. laundering old vag-
ON. With buffalo robs thrown OVER the
sest and the sleepy old horses srosting
along IN front. came into the turn Of
the road from which she cocld see the
ancient farmhouse, brown with q half
century Of s1ns and rains. while the
brown. wooded hills rose np on every
side, and one frddy BEEN Of light
glanced from the windows under the
caves Of the old house. making very
beautiful tbs briehsnes aerOw the road
In fruns Of the door.
..Yoa'n End Ii desperate lonesome
aaid the sungh ckarsoseer Who had been
sens to tbs depot 10 meet Mrs. Car
liste's granddaughter. bat shes ex-
lively
Loueaome- cried Loaise, Rlesfully,
~ she spFang cot upon thu frosty grand
Why, think IL i splcrdidr'
And sks entered the CHEEKY Kitchen,
all aelov vita roaring ire OF pine logs
On the hearth.
Grandma Carlisle had evidently ex-
pecssd her, and n evidently b~ssirrsd
hefseif for the occasion; for the sahis |
vas spread With hos shogscake, baked |
apples fairly smothsrsd In rich yellow |
cream. Quiyextne Q1ince Jslly and horre- |
made cottage cheese: vhiie she old lady |
nessstf. Ia trash cap and ribbons, came
tegvard on her cruackes 10 welcome her |
granddaughter.
Why. my dear" she cried. taking |
. long survey, yea are ~ pretty ~ |
"Yesfr Louise said. b!ushirS and |
laughing. oh. grandma. what . eio- |
nous dfv you have Got. and What q i
darling old-fashioned tea urn. Oh. |
how good everything does smell. I
alsl''
And before LOUIS RAYMOND sieps /
that night she had taken Grandma Car.
hsle's ksars By storm.
She had been an inmate Of the farm
house fce fen dAy when q storm came 1
"a, which made the old l&dy's rheoma-
tlsm HFuw N much vorSe that she uAs /
obliged to keep her room: bus Locise
won't about ~ ligks-hearted a. ever. do
ma the whole work Of chs house With
such assistance A. john. the hi.ed nxn.
v2a able 10 reader he..
HE nin had fallen all day sseadify.
blown kither and shisher by tie Wind.
which houied luSuhrsocsly through ths
Rosnes Of the hills: and at Lass. as txi-
light vas srstlin1 down over the stormy
Earth. and Iontse vas sitting rvsSfuIly
and thoashssolly before the Orr. John
came In With the uea<sse.
Miss Louise. there's tvo c~nsfsmen.
ram bo1nd, outside. PEARS they've N ix.-
ed their way. and their horses il clean
tncksxed oof. and its full trn rnile roand.
oein' ~ the Chestnut bridge Is washed
Away on the main road. and they want
20 know II we can't give EN- q RIGHTS
shelter. / told 'em Mrs. Carlisle vss
eack. and ] Want boss. hot l would
81 The yoong woman What doss the
Loaiss invs,untariiy WINGED 4 listle
nd then laughed Al Jehns unpublished /;
language
.Of course they may como in,s she
AID would net tnrp dog awayI
ffom the door on such night as shis."
bat imagine her Amarensens vh~n.
turning b welcome the strange gentle
men. che heheld in them no ssrsnSsys as .
". but Mt. Philip Marian and NJ. MAJ
Hubert. literally dreEched With rain.
hair noses rs<idened With the ecad Wind. /,
They stood hlznkly regarding Ass but
Louise, fully mistress Of the sisassion.
sens forward yah the erace Ok yocns !
Good evening. gentlemen. PRAY. !
seels hits nearer tbs Gre. hardly
'uGpoeea that in the storm hound ssran- /.
een Who sought shelter here I was 10 :
xeteome old acqusintarcex am clad.
h0.ever. to Be- u service 10 roc. John.
MI Jon see thai the esnsieuen's over
1oeas are attended 10 as oaceS Thsv Ara Y
ndeed d1nehed.~
On. Mia kAymsnd. exceedingly clad \
2 - ycn. ! am sure sxsramered NJ. :
4arirn. - b. aukv2rily permitted his
hug hike hand 10 tooch hers, .hua. IL 4 v
nav inquire. What may yoa pcsuihly be
long m snch place - thiss- In
Didn't John tel yoz,~ she aaksa. /,
nth demure innoc<ncs. II am aeia,
he Acusruoxk hsre.~
Mis- Raymood"
Well. vhy uo&s'
But Ar. Marion had NO reply ready. ,
. only rubbed his Aans2s and smsscd
eeoty - be advanced toward the gate n
y ~