Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-11-26
cHkP7KR xxru
lINn YAna lHaua

/
day. and nne Afternoon. with q touch Of frost d
| the AIR, and q touch OF north IN the wind and
touch OF brown on the leaves OF the trees In my mi
garden aud toash OF rheuu nj " n, nv ola son !,
| In Sely. this year. having Enattsr OF a hundro.
pounds saved and no ona lola. We it to and my N
neral nses ani little debts being sur 70 Gov
| cred by the sale OF my f.w sticks Of furn tur,
| tnought 20 myself on mt 90 take one more holi
day before lie down in the 4hurchy ard and draw
,ne green eoverlet over this poor old body for th
| long sleep Shake a loose leg this summer Johr
Book" said 'Next summer blue and eloud,
skies, sea and land. may be all TO you" Accord
ingy packed my little matters up took ticket pel
steamer 20 nfracombe. and stuck notice on nj
door that Dr. Book would return In fortnight from
| date.
Here remark thata pleasanter san than thi,
down Bristol channel no man eau take On ont
sue are the eisn coast and hills, with here busy
Town and there hamlet nesting smoag the greer
slopes. Presently we got to Lynton. aud the mar
VINO does not call those green moun ntaIns and ricf
valleys, sloping right down TO the waters edge Sc
that you might almost fancy the woods and hin.
were continued under the blue ocean-the man whs
does not like Lynton, was going to observe had
better walt for scenery till he gets into tn. new
creation Il being certain that he will find nothing
better in the old one.
The water was smooth. ami as we glided past mile
after mile OF coast aud It went behind and van.
ished, "Dear hearth thought l. .just so INV three
sna,seveny anus, year' have slipped away. All, many a
bright and sunny spot leave behind me- thought
IN that long reach Of years; nothing to come for
my tottering frame and white head like the merry
days that are no more!" But when turaei round
the land and sea ahead OF M were shining in the
evening sun, brighter than all that had gone by.
was so full of these thoughts that never noticed
my neghbors Presently little girl Of three wears
Ishould say. dressed like real quality just able TO
run on her rect, came to side and looked up I'm
my face. bright. handsome little face It was
with nose and mouth cut astonishingly for SO
achlid, and rich dark eyes She looked at me quite
confident
well little missy" said. awhat may your name
be'" '' ''"t A""Ae
She looked fxedly at me, as young children will
but never spoke. Then up came her mother whom
l mad not seen beiore-a lady dressed beautifully
and she took the childs hand and was smiIiny at
me pleasantly, when
Bless me! Miss Hardware" said l.
why" exclaimed she, you must be DR. Booky'
Do you know there and then sac sat down besIie
me, and told me oil about It, r =
MY husbands name is Pemoroka"
indeed! SAID, making believe to know moth.
ing.
And We live in New Zealandp
Bless my soul!" exclaimed .,-
And have baby beSide-a little boyr' shs
said, almost like child herself; "and we are SO
happy!"
Just then her husband walked by a tall handsome
man, and he stopped and looked at me.
This" said his wife, "ls an old friend of mine"
Your good lady, sir" said getting up aud max
ing my bow, lis kind enough to put 1t in that
way" nan, ~
After time he sat down beside M, Just as afrable
as she and while the mother played with the child
ne told me SO much that. putting what heard to-
gether with what knew, Why" thinks l. "here
Is the end Of the novel put into my hand!"
may as well tell you all l learned then and at a
later time. The good lady Sister Catherine had
died and left her property, which was comfortable
TO vanity Hardware for dowry; the bank failure
mad not been, after all, complete break up for Mr.
Pembroke had in ths end secured five hundred a
year; they were living in New Zealand, farming;
Mrs. Pembroke had somehow picked up all kinds
nfp farn ut~l,.-
Warwick 'hire and coul grill q steak most wonder
Iul; In addition to grilllng steaks she taught in
Sunday school and was great favorite with the
bishop lit was curious that Mr. Pembroke said I'm a
very emphatic voice that Mrs. Pembroke was a
great favorite with the bishop In fact, he told me
many things, being, you observe. quite affable all
the time.
While we sat talking. Miss Vanity .(Mrs Penn.
broke, ought to say came alongside of u.s. leading
her pretty dark eyed girl - . ~.
what do you say to thiS,' she asked, "for a
specimen of a little New Zea anderf'
"Why, ma'am," answered. II am not much of
traveller myself; but from what used to see In the
picture books, think, ma'am, the race is lookn,
up"
Here may remark that never in all my seventy
three years saw so happy couple. l never saw
wife so proud of her husband. so happy and salts.
fed in his love. Inever saw a husband, after four
years Of marriage, so unaffectedly lover and ad
mirer What sort Of society there may be az any)
In In New Zealand am not aware; but don't fancy
The steamer turned into the little harbor and
Mrs. Vanity Pembroke told me as follows:
My husband has sister named Mrs. Neville
who has taken house for the summer at Combe
Martin. about six miles from here. We are going to
8 tay with them"
And there sure enough. was the carriage waiting
at the landing place. Grand carriage enough,
horses, polished harness, coachman
footman. all as smart you please Nurse and
baby got In; then dark ey ed beauty mte next Mrs
Pembroke: then her husband. How handsome
both looksd!-quite carriage company.
"Good-by, Dr. Book!" they both said; and wac
raising my hat, and the horses were pranclng
away when the strangest thing happened tnat /
ever knew in my experiences. -
Mr. and Mrs Snow were staying at Ilfra ,o.ni,
Just then. Being still on friendly terms. 4 Ll.n
had kindly offered to meet me on my r tu.u all
take me home to tea Now. just as my ha. IL, In
the air to bid the grand folk good-day, 1 saw the
eyes OF William Snow and Vanity meet. William |
las maintaine ed an excellent character always but
am bound to admit that he has grown rather |
stout added to whc h. he is particular as to his
'having and sometimes wears his collar more than
,ne day; and when you meet him. as on the present
,ccasioa, on hot summer evening after hurried |
walk, he scarcely looks his best. He by no means
uggests the idea Of love In summer lane among |
he wild roses.
Now, If could only describe the look of vanlty's
ace when she recognized him! There was nothing |
II pride In it, or anger, contempt Was 1t self. |
eproach? Was 1t sorrow? Was IT. Why before |
ould collect myself carriage and all had driven |
way. i. Ter rls r au.,..s.. |
Only, just as the carriage turned the corner OBJ.
erved Vanity put her hand into the hand of her hus
'and and look up into his face The light of the |
unset was upon her, and Inever her in her full
oveliness until that inst mt when she vanished |
rom my view forever. .Yi..' 3,
William and myself went home to tea. He took
he meeting with his former sweetheart tolerably
ool only he was curious to know how she got that |
Inc carriage, and spoke pettishIy when he heard Of
er marriage Somehow Mrs. Snow seemed differ
mt to mo that evening. her manner striking me as
and her dress and appearance clumsy, |.
which hal never noticed before The tea table
90, was rather in mess and the children had been
ating jam pretty freely. William was very hot,
nd what with his being somewhat dusty in the face
nd MS beard and collar as before. and he having
so taken off his boots aud put on a par of CARPET
lippers, although things looked friendly, still you
bserve. there was something Of contrast After
IA William put his legs upon two chairs and had
ap. |