The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-09-25

ant would engage her services for the
time she had named.
So Alice set about her preparations.
She would only needtwo new cambrics,
but even If they were to be worn
by . table girl, there was no reason
why they should not be made pretty,
and pretty they were.
The first day of July found her en-
route for the Adirondacks. It was a
day when everybody seemed to be
going somewhere, and having made
herself comfortable, Alice gave herself
up to the study of her railway eompan-
ions instead of the new novel in her
lap.
Now It happened that q gentleman
occupied the seat directly behind, and
it happened also that this gentleman
was the particular friend of Ned Hol-
den. Mr.. Herbert nlesley, of whom
Alice had often heard but never seen.
But Mr.. nlesley had seen her, that is
not in the flesh, but in a particularly
good cabinet photograph which
adorned the mantel of his friends
library. He had paused TO look at it
on his last visit to the Holdens, when
Tom and Lawrence, ssthe boys" vol
unteered the information that that was
Aunt Alice, and an awfully jolly aunt
she was, too.
"Why, you know" said Tom. eager
ly, .'she amt afraid to let a fellow
ball with US down at Newport, and one
night she got us out of an awful scrape.
Mamma wouldn' let us go out rowing
L a1o-o 1 >1r1l-fI lo1- - ~
know. Another boy had the boat, and
il tipped, and we got an awful soaking,
and Aunt Alice found us when we
were afraid to go into the house, and
struggled US up to her room, and sent
us up dry clothes, and she went down
and talked to papa SO as to give us a
chance 20 go down the back stairs and
come in the front door," During this
rather long sentence, Herbert ulesley
had studied the bright face with its
honest eyes, rather decided looking
mouth, and the hair worn in loose rings
quite low on the forehead, and he had
mentally decided that she looked Jaw
fully" nice.
Indeed. SO well had he studied the
picture that when Alice entered the
car he knew her instantly.
But Alice herself was ignorant that
she was being observed by any who
knew her even in such a remote way,
and having grown tired of her observe
tions of her fellow passengers, she gave
her attention to her book, leaving Mr..
nlesley only opportunity to admire the
classic coil of light brown hair at the
back of her head. There was little in
Miss Disbro's appearance to indicate
she vas going out to service. She had
that air Of quiet elegance which many
handsomely dressed women lack, and,
in her well-itting travelling dress with
dainty cuffs and gloves, she appeared
much better dressed than she really
was.
Now in order to have furnished ma
terial for a truly orthodox story, there
should have been a railway accident OF
q very distressing nature at this juno
ture, giving Mr.. nlesley an opportuni-
ty of rescuing our heroine from a most
perilous situation, that they might
have become acquainted in an approved
style. Instead of this, however, the
train went rushing OF in a most com
monplace manner and only one little
incident occurred.
At one of the stations. Mr.. Hlesley
went for a stroll on the platform dur.
ing the ten minutes pause. Then
Alice, glancing at the seat behind her,
saw, strapped with an umbrella and
canes, a fishing rod encased in a cover
upon which was embroidered in very
pretty letters, q. Illesley, Tarrytown,
Hlesley of whom she had heard sc
-orroL oIor% ~ Ma~v1oo ga -or- -sae
fellow only a little bit to fastidious,'
Mary had said.
Now, it happened (p) that on return
ing to the car. Mr.. nlesley entered a
the opposite door to that at which he
had left it and so, for an instant the
eyes of these two people met. and Alice
had time to notice that her brother-in
laws friend was a remarkably fin,
looking man.
After this trivial incident nothing
occurred, for at c. Mr.. ulesley lef
the train to meet a friend who wa
staying near there for the fishing. Blu
20 interested had he become in his fai
travelling companion that, if it wer
not that Brooks was to meet him wit
a horse and cart, he would have beel
tempted to go directly on to L., 70
he had noticed that her ticket bore tina
for A. for Alice sbe law him IeaT
tbe train With q feeling of relief i
was mot DESIRABLE hat sbe should mae
anv one who MIGHT acc;dantallv III,
cover who she was
7 The morn;ng after ber arrival I,
l. arraved in one of the new cam
brics, and reporting herself ready fo
duty. she was initiated into the myste
: ries of the dining room. It was not s
bad. after all. as she had feared
mighs ne. The other girls we're, a
, most without exception, quiet, lady
like girls, who had put pride in the
pockets and welcomed this as an az
ceptabIe change from school work; the
, her room was comfortable, and fort1
| natelv she OccpDiad If alone. and