The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17
"a and 40 East Washington Street.

day. Broths. eggs and milk, made her food
bowl OF milk and some bread was beside
her on a small table-her regular supper she
said, after which, at elk O'clock she locked
the door aud remained quite alone all night.
But" asked, suppose YOU are ill?'
well. but never am. Maybe YOU think
! might die here all alone2 So might Bat
have been alive over hundred years and
my time must come-and might as we'll be
alone then for nobody can keep il off,"
She remembered her duties AS hostess aud
said 1T might please the young people to 90
up stairs; there was ballroom there aud
they might dance IL they liked. "ft's teen-
ty-hve years since cared to go mp there"
che taid. Sometimes send toe women up
to clean bat don't know IL they do"
(ehe looked after them with some interss.
then said, disapprovipgly, "They are Fl ie
young men to be throwing their lives
away
The Young people found II so curious that
they made noe go up. The ballroom was
across the whole front OF the house, with
many windows and handsome carved mar.
Bile fireplace at each end aud deep closets
either side of these hreplaces.
Like Queen Elizabeth, Mrs. Cfugar would
seem TO have kept oil her fine clothes. The
whole walls were hung thick with dresses ~
silk and satin and velvet, "pelisses' trimmed
with far, braided riding habits, and elabor.
aiely trimmed mantels OF queer rich dam
asked black silks; while the closets had end
less b0nnets and caps and turbans-those
bonnets OF trensn dous size and hne leghorn
straw costing from fifty TO a hundred dollars,
and their wells 10 the knee OF fine old Eng.
liBh lace; gold and silver India muslin and
hne gold embroidered cashmere tnroans.
Such things made museum OF fashions
from about 1920 TO 1910. Then seclusion bad
set III.
There were treasures OF good lace In shswis
and lace wells OF great length-loyely things
for front breedtbs. Some were In old Eng
lish Boniton, n charming refined lace large
cafes with long tashepds, IA hoe French
pssclework on muslin, and frilled richly
with yards upon yards Of Mechlln or spiiery
Brusseis lace; and there WAS shawl aud
some founces az selloNed Hpauish bionde
which u wa dstraciing 90 sss uprsei. S,ms
India tcaffs we're LETT We fenaied tue shawls
might have gone % the negro quarters
The air OF the ro0m vas still aud dead
only light ever pepstraisd there. Adjoining
WIS bedroom with all thlags In perfect
orcer-to the eve The plump high feather
bed ard pillows had their fnr time stained
old lin.n, aud Oh the toilet table. which had
the usual dimity cover aud hsngings. was -
lrrge plncuthion. One OF the officers ssci.
dentAlly rested his hand on this WHEN 10 ais
shock ~ crumbled toto hatness."
Tie world astir outside the civil war Ia
fell nrocress-here the silence OF the grave
before death.
II seemed inhuman 10 leave her 80. She
said we had best start that we bad four miles
OF hilly road and the country not SAFE AID
it's time Tor me To get 10 bed Bat as We
looked back through the sunset nt the silent
house and pictured that solitary old ngurs
putting iuef away for the night, va ssked
Ourselves II that life was worth living. AUD:
by way Of answer. above the ringing trot OF
the horses and olank Of sabre aud spur, rose
cheerfully a round young voice singing out
his fayorlte German war'song:
1.-The bullets ring
The riders shout
We ride where death IL lying.'s