The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-02
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INST 1 remember my Aunt
naroara, q was oyer forty years OF
age; out she could never have been ac-
= handsome woman She was
very tail . very angular, with q long
Inln zee a most remarkable feature
oI Wnicn was q oma NOSE OF com
manoing proportions. But as b had
one OF the kindest hearts In the world.
ner paucity OF good looks seemed a
master OIL trlnlng moment to those who
a the privilege OF knowing her well.
IL was at my request that, some W or
three years before bel death, she wrote
d following narrative of an actual
occurrence in her early life. / put the
manuscript away at the time, and did
not come across it again till the other
day. On looking over it once more, it
seemed to me not unworthy of being
transcribed for q wider circle of readers
than that comprised by the writer's
immediate friends and acquaintances.
You ask me to go back in memory
(beg1ns my aunt to what seems to me
now like a period of remote antiquity,
when l, Barbara Waldron, was twenty
f0ur yearS OF age, and my sister Bessie
nve years younger, and endeavor to
put down in writing the little story I
told you by word of mouth a few days
ago.
You must know, then, that in those
far-oH days my sister and / were keep
ing house for our brother John, who
ut that time filled the position of stew
ard n land agent to Lord Darlington.
nou we Hved IN was a pleasant
but somewhat lonely residence, about
q a mile from the little country town
OF Levensleld The house suited us
Ior several reasons; In the f1rst place,
.n1 le1s Wa low IN the next large
Mail9o gareen wa attacned TO 1t, IN
Mnlcn bessie 2 spens many nappy
nosssi any IN tne tniru place, was
2 s.oe entrance 10 Dorrlngton Park, by
wnicn my protner oui axe a short
70 me nan ne had busl-
Iess VIII ms Eorasnlp OF MS LordshIp
La business win nm; our household
- snsii one, ~ BESIDES ourselves
compriseo only mary GiDDs, a middle
ageo uni ana ner niece, a girl OF
siAseen- oonn, morse n gig were
tookeo after py q young mar named
reuben Gates, VINO did not, however,
sesp On she PLemlses. An important
- uu.ios was W reserve q
gey ineo tne LeVensneid pank the rents
eue TOE the and other tenants
OF properly neld unoer Lord Dorring-
eon. a snch tenant was . certain
mt. oniiioo, corn ana g merchant,
VINO was noted 1or his eccentricities. 1t
vas only IN keeping with MI. Shillito's
aggravasng way o. aolng business
tnat ne should never pay his rent at
tne tme otner people PAID theirsi that
ne snould always pay 1t in gold and
notes instead OF giving a check for the
noun. as ne was quite in q position
to have done: and that he should make
. point OF bringing it himself, instead
Of naming a time when my brother
might nave called upon him; and
nnally, mat ne seldom arrived with the
money till after banking hours.
we come now 70 . certain autumn
evening Kitty hadJust brought in the
tea-tray. 1t was growing dusk, al
most too dusk to see clearly without the
lamp, but Bessie and / liked to econo-
mize the daylight as much as possible,
especially now since the long winter
nights were so close upon us. John
had come in for a cup of tea. This
evening he was going to drive over to
Nethercroft, some ten miles away. dine
there with some friends and stay all
night. After dinner there was to be a
dance, and L was not without my sus-
picions as to the nature of the attrac-
ton which was taking him SO far from
nome. although he ~laughingly pooh
poohed soft impeachment when ]
challenged him with it. John was in
the act OF putting down his cup and
saucer when we ear a noise of wheels
outside, Wnicn presently came to a
stanu opposite the house. He crossed
the o n peered through the win
oow.
Its old Shillito. come to pay his
rent" he remarked a moment later.
~ l 11u ai1er Danklng TIME, 8
,-ant dmn nNnce ne Isl! ne
49, 49, na, AZ. aoouI zen mln
stsTt IF Prasentin H. h.liI.o Irap
ssN;natv nonnds LII eaIne oaos !,
he sa;d SsTsra hsd $50 ]. no1es,
desI s;n mornnm - " iocA ~ up I'm my
mav ransrL
eustoJy If monav and othea ies ior Ine
80 h. - maaya saluaoies
- ylSs:.mN ~ ooluioh III tnose
~ 20 coun-
h:came . "oy appo"f ona'e since
..Pnt tha mona I'm
n. vonr desL wng,t M" = f I q. a,s .a Sale
Rassa "on ~ JOINT asked
cnougn Mlen9uG 9ouoe, seeing
~ ouo ous o1.eeites SHOWS il6s
Pnosen IneIe. onIy, as a matter OF
Dus,less' snoala prefer TO ave mad 1t
IN coners OF tne Dank. Presently
ne added: line old fellow was half
seas over, as ne generally is; and ]
nave no DOUBT with SO many houses OF
2 py tine way that he Will be soaked
through and through before he reaches
nome. l wonder II ne goes to bed sober
q night IN his lffe?'
A few minutes later John kissed u.
and babe us good night. Bessie and
went to the window TO SEQ him start;
but by this time it was nearly dark.
He waved his whip at us as o as he