The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-19

pefate, until 1t was routed by the Icy spears
Of the first frost.
TRY my pillow Inhaler" suggested Mr..
McGregor, the boarder with the catarrh.
A violent 1utter OF the yellow curls ex.
pressed their owners opinion OF the ineili.
ciency'of this remedy. /.
u intend to 80 to one ofthose Wisconsin
summer resorts" coolly announced Lii,
between two terrific sneezes.
but there's no money, child" gaspeL
Mrs. Taflord, utterly forSetful OF the pres
ence Of the boarder.
II know it," said Lii; "but you have
heard Of the New England girls ut the
White Mountains2" =. r.
"Go as Mattresses to the hotel don't they?
SO that's your idea? Good for you, Lii i"
applauded Fred.
Would you disgrace the family, Lii ?"
sternly demanded Mrs. TratIord, when her
daughters audacious proposition had fairly
made its way through the channels Of her
not over.acliye brain.
II will do anything that is honest rather
than sneszs for six weeks" eaid Lii, with
resolute dimples deepening at the corners
OF her mouth, and an emphatic click Of
the heel OF her Newport tie on the stone
hearth, that showed that che was thoroughly
IN earneet.
Lii had been the household autocrat
ever since she was a cherubic but de.
termined bsby, 80, as usual, she had her
way, and the guests at the Arbor House, in
Wisconsin town whose unpronounceable
name was tribute to an Indian tribe who
had hunted, fshed and, held pow.wows
there when tho place Was part of the
primeval forest, had new waiter.
And surely since Eve attended 10 the
wants o! her celestial visitors, in the dainty
manner described by Milton, more ideal,
neat. handed Phyllis never waited on the
table.
The French china was os smoo.h as satin
and gls:ened like mothel-of-pear,; the
bowl OF each spoon was a. tiny silver mir.
ror, and Lii hereelf, in her fresh blue
giDRhama. with her lovely debonair face
under q fluffy aureole OF bright hair, was
as aesthetic an appetizer as the pyIamic OF
autumnal flowers that always gloTed in the
centerol the table. a.s
OF course, Lii was envied by tho servants
and condescended 10 by the boarders; bu.
the little incidents thatsometimeso occurred,
such as that Of the Rsv. Frederick Ullu-
layte's warning her that her curls were
'snare," and bestowing upon her as
parting gilt manuscript sermon on the
text, Servants obey your masters" gave
comical zsal TO her masquerade, and she
ebjoyed herself thoroughly.
Owing 10 an arrangement she had made
with Mrs. Harmon, the proprietress Of the
Arbor House, che had several hours OF each
day to herself, and these she spent out Of
door. She was rarely without compan.
ion, for all the children had fallen in love
with her at first eight, and circled about
her like his moons around Jupiter.
"Oh, there's I'LL" said little Harry Stuy.
vesant, the sou Of arich young widoxer,
catching eight Of a familiar, sunny head
through the fringe Of trees that bordcred
the river. sob, Lii, row up here, aud take
me with you!" he cried, and breaking from
his lrish Nurse, and running to the end OF q
stump that jutted over the water, be waved
his little sailor hat, to attract Lill's atten.
ton. !.
But q fye-year-old boy was q heavier
weight for tho half.decayed stump than the
asthmatic old frog that had been frighten.
ed away from his fayorite sunny seat by
Harry's invasion. 1t broke, and Harry fell
into the water.
"Oh, the darlin's kilt, and he's the very
jewell Of his fathers eyes! Ochcne, ochont!
and it's me fault, intirely. I'll drown me.
silf !" shrieked Bridget, in true Hibernian
frenzy, as she rushed to the waters edge.
Then she paused at the brink to let the
course Of future events settle the question.
"Te be ,r not to be-" for Lii was rowing
with swift, long strokes in the direction Of
the little brown head, that bobbled about
among some lily.pads like new species Of
aquatic flower.
It was only the work OF few moments
for Lii TO lift Harry to the boat and row
ashore.
"Now, DO sure that you take him home
at once, put him to bod in hot blankets,
and give him some ginger tea" she direct.
ed, no she placed tho shivering little fellow
in Brldget's arms.
Bridget promised faithfully, as she show.
cred tears on Harry, and the blessings Of
all the saints on Lii, but when the first
transports oil her gratitude abated she be-
gan to question the policy Of such an &C.
ton. 81
1.-THE Captain will discharge me without
character II he knows that the darlin' had
fall into the wather," she mcditated.
"An' ehure what's the use OF putting the
BY TO bed at all? When Pat an me was
childher we never moinded tumble into
the wather any more than fish would
ploind that same. Shure I'll just let him
play in the sun and dhry," she finally de.
cided.
c. tho oold thot roo ~ ~ orartoJ h., Al.
! proper preventives fastened upon Harry,
and the next day he was flushed with
fever, and calling with every hoarse breath
Tor Lii. ass. - i;i--
iii you can spare her to 60 to the child,
Captain Stuyvesant will make her time
good to YOU" said Harry's stately grand.
mother, as she stood tanning herself In the
sitting kitchen where Mrs. Harmon was
experimenting the dessert. "IIs veri un.
fortunate that Harry should have taken
such fancy to her, considering her poui.
ton. can't think fiom whom the child
inherited bis low tastes-certainly not
from me" she concluded, delicately nib.
bling a bit OF candied ci.ron.
HE knows lady when he sees one,
which Is more than bis grandmother
does |" grumbled Mrs. Harmon, eotto
voice, chatting under the bond OF secrecy
that Lii had imposed. 5i5
Captain Stuyvesant gave such o start Of
admiration when he came into Harry'a
room that afternoon and Saw Lii bending
+ over tho bed, with the sun catching bel
fly-away hair and turning 1t into an azure.
ole, that his mother privately resolved tina,
be should not see too much Of this pretty
Florence Nightingale, lest lie follow the 70
prahensible example Of his son. 4 ~ 5,Iffz
But what could she do when Harry wa
as devoted to his father as be was to LII
Z when one little feverish palm must b,
clasped In Llll's dimpled hand, and tn