Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-06
THE WANDERERS RETURN.
The welcome Return of Long
Abroad Waudercr.
.'The melancholy days are come,
The saddest Of the year.

The saddest Of the year
But then, Mr. Bryant has never
been in California in November. Lit
tie Miss Poole every one pretiXes the
adiective used 10 agree with Mr. Bry-
ant when she lived in New England /;
but as she stoops to pick some flowers
from her friends garden roses,
pinks and pansies-she thinks differ
emily.
How sweet and fresh everything is!
What a beautiful emerald the grassy
lawn! What a lovely blue the far-oif
sky hecked with feecy clouds -
clouds suggest We Of rain in our eli
mate. Miss Poole opens the gate and
steps into The street How clean the
sidewalks are how spring-like the
atmosphere Her step is brisk as she
trips along. There is a bloom on her
cheeks. a sparkle in her eye; but,
then. there is bloom and sparkle
everywhere with our first showers.
They have not become monotonous
yet There is no mud to mar the
clothes or tke temper; no slippery
pavements, slushy crossings, or un-
wieldly umbrellas to interfere with
Liit progress VI hitt l'i'tNibi nam A4iA'e' p
of such ills two months hence!
Miss Poole heard snatches of song
through open windows where house
wives are busy with brooms and
busters 1t is a pleasure to work where
there is no dust when everything
without glistens spotessiy in the
morning sunshine. Even the stray
fowls show their appreciation as they
file with eXultant strut after their
leader in search of tender verdure
peeping up between cracks in the
planked sidewalks or ringing the cob
bles i'm the streets Everything seems
to rejoice on this balmy November
day and all the more because the
memory of the last "hot spell' Of only
a few weeks before still lingering in
lanpuid contrast. Then, humanity
was sweltered into debility under a
relentless, hazy sky. King Sol asserted
his sovereignty with an uncompromls-
ing front, and all nature wllted IN
acknowledgment of 1T.
Bat we have nearly lost sight OF lit
tie Miss Poole, or we would have, if
she had not stopped to say a few kind
words, and leave the greater part OF
her flowers with poor invalid she
sees sitting in the doorway of an hum
bic home. Then she climbs hill and
turns into a court which is lined with
neat cottages. She stops before one
whose porch is empowered in nastur-
tiums and madeira vines; but before
she enters, her eyes wander over the
beautiful bay, which is Just now break
ING into glad little rippleS in the sun
light Crafts of all descriptions, from
the small sail boat to the large mer-
chant vessel or the grim man-Of-war,
here find a safe anchorage. She enters
the house where young girl is prac-
ticiug ON the piano The music ceases
as she smiles her welcome.
"What back so soon, aurty
eyes. dear Mrs. Swift didn't need
me today. and | ann goiug tenor
row instead
By this time Miss Poole has remov-
ed her hat and displays an abundance
of soft gray hair that beautiful kind
which is tnged with gold, and makes
one long 10 give it a caresslng touch
with reyercut gertipS. She has a
calm. sweet face, and deep violet eyes
which rest upon the girl with am eN
preston Of fond delight
You are pleased about something.
Have You heard good news Aunt
Annie.
The inquirer is only fourteen, but
she is fully head taller than Miss
Poole. She has the grand statue ano
llowerlike beauty common toso many
California girls. Her face is one thai
was made for smiles, yet it wears q
subdued expression whicht tells rlane
than words, of recent sorrow. There
is scarcely need of the sombre dres.
she wears. on the black ribbon tina
ties her bright hair to tell the sac
story. 1T is but three months sine
She lost her mother
Miss Poole is somewhat startled q
the question; hut with "a woman
readiness She hands her tho flower
and asks her to put them into water
Then she answers the question b
as king another
How do you like che idea of Mr.
Swifts dining with MS ON Thauksgi'
ing, Dora .
"Mrs. Swift"
If Miss Poole had said Queen Mi
lorna, the young RlIt t'utN H't nav
displayed a greater variety Of em
tons. Astouishment. delight admI
alton, reverence were all eNpresSt
i'm that simple exclamation, Fh
Mrs. Swift, who was accustomed to ,
i'm her elegant dining room, before
table laden with silver, hue Crysta
and painted china, should take h
Thanksgiving dinner with them. w
she really awake
While She is tlpts wondering M
Miss Poole is fondly regarding hC
we will return Go Mrs Swift, i'm who
garden we met Miss Poolenot long
fore She Is q stately woman ~
wears her mourning robes Ikea q0ee
yeta sorrowful one, for tue tears 9
wet ON her cheeks. Her Surrouudln
are beautiful, but they bring no 10y
her healt How can they, when
choicest treasures lie buried IA the q
taut cemetery Two mounds ha
been added to the family plot dnrt
the past year her dear husband q