The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-04-01
MISS SCAMPER.

None at the Rappaquah Sulphu,
Springs knew who Miss Scampe,
was, and few cared to know. She
came with an old gentleman, who
registered the pair as IS. Scampel
and granddaughter, New York City.
who were doubtless poor folk on q
holiday. They had no servants
with them. The old man wore a
suit of rather rusty black, and his
trunk, an antique leathern conyen.
iency, bore the letters S. S. In brass
headed nails The young woman's
trnEk-she hid but one-was large
enough, and of modern make, but
it was apparently well filed, since
she had shown but three dresses all
the three weeks she had remained.
One of these, OF rieh material, she
wore OF evenings the other two, OF
some washable material, were worn
alternately In day time. She had no
ijewelry beyond a plain gold brooch.
One of the eligible young men there
said that the ScamDer has one Sun
day-go-to-meeiin' and two work day
suits, for which his neighbor should
have kicked him, but didn't The
eligible young man was looking for
an eligible mate in the person of Miss
Bolsover, the great heiress, whom
the society papers had said was COM
ing TO the Rsppaquah though, as
she hadn't come, the Brown 8 young
man Of the society paper labored un-
der delnsion. The match making
dowagers did not fear this modest,
pretty and well cultured young wo-
man. for the gilded youth, who were
also lying in wait for Miss Bolsover,
much more gilded did not dangle in
her tram. Indeed, she had no train,
Her business was to look after her
poor old grandfather, who was not
in good health. and with whom the
waters seem TO agree. Didymus
Dodd, who had scraped an aequain-
tance with old Scamper, as the fel-
lows irreyerently called him. seemed
to be her admirer; but Didymus
was nobody. He was well made,
tall, handsome, and of good address;
but he was only an upper clerk in a
Philadelphia insurance company.
To be sure, be would beSuperinten-
dent after January, rice Higgins re-
tired and superanuated. and would
then draw 8 salary Of five thousand
a year. But no one knew that, and
the possible good fortune to poor
Miss Scamper and had they known.
Eve thousand a year was no great
matter. So the field was left to Miss
Scamper and welcome.
Didymus only began paying az
tenions to Miss Scanper out OF
courtesy, and because no one else
did but the more be saw of her the
more he liked her. and ii ended in
his Icing badly hit As he and she
were the only impecunious people
at the OLD fashioned resort-the
other visitors counting their dollars
well up in the hundred Thousands
the matter attracted attention, and
by way OF manageable sons and
daughters, scheming mothers lent
the affair all the quiet encourage
ment possible. And this passed in
TO more active nature from two
little incidents that occurred about
ten days before the end Of the two
months vacation of Didymus.
There was Mrs. De Nyse at the
Springs, who was well known as an
amateur vocslist Of merit, and whose
voice, though little reedy in the
upper notes, had been trained so
well as TO make her worth hearing.
One evening. when a few were in the
parlors, her friends besought her to
favor them, and so on, and she ex-
pressed her readiness. but there hap
pened to be no aecompanist. Miss
Scam Der. who was chatting near by
with Didymus, looked up, and quiz
city said: Perhaps ! can serve you
that way, Mrs. De Nyse."
Gar you play at sight, Miss
Scamper inquired Mrs. De Nyss.
Miss Scamper nodded assent, and
seated herself at the piano forte, and
accompanied the voice with such
good Judgment that the singer was
delighted.
~ wish / could carry you about
with me, my dear" she said. But
do you not sing? Yon surely must Pr
"A little" "
Urged by all around, Miss Scam
PEI. 70 her own accompaniment sang
an xfia rom n Tfuvatore. Her
voice proved TO be a rich soprano of
fnn register, clear as = silver bal,
1nd sdnirnhly cultissted. There
WA momenas pause when sbe had
done as th0gh not to. Ice : note,
and then D stoyzn of applause
16re ~ a ssnss4ion. Everybody
t67ko6 Of kee eemethod, and the gilded
youth Eese IN npturea- The mann
mas conferred, and concluded that
Miss -Sczmper was q member Of
some church choir, or attached to
some English opera troupe. who
knew ? But they we're civil. There
was party going over to Almont,
Colonel Parsifall's place, next day.
Would she go? She assented- Did
g11asei1 - u aiog yaioe:
is a riding party, Miss Scam
pr. / know the best horse IN The
iitexy sable hGn, md e yoa1l per
nil =. III se5are = fdfsou-n
70 which she replied in the same
tone -Thsnk you, Mr.. Dodd /; you
are very kind but | have one al
command already. Get that foel
yourself."
3 annsuhG3rsh DidyuWW1-
ored. but she added: mine shall |
not disgrace you" which was . dis-l
tinct intimation that she expected