Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-10-14

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/ ~ - and erected in the
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builders hopes; and
ocenpicd finally in bis despair. intended
originally as the palace Of some inehoate
California Aiaddn, i usually ended as a
lodging house ii which some helpless widow
or hopeless spins5er managed to combine re-
| spectGhility with tho hard task of bread ret
ting. Thatcbcr's landlady wa one Of The
former class She had unfortunately sur
vived not only tcr husband but his property.
and living il some deserted chamber, had.
after The fashion Of tho Italian nobility. let
out the rest Of the rain a tendency %
/ dwell npon these facts gayo her conversation
/ g peculiar significance upon the first Of each
month Thatcher had noticed this with tha
sensitiveness Of an impoverished gentleman.
But when, few days after her dodgers sud-
deii disappearance, . note came from him
/ eaHtaiuine draft IN uolle excess of all M
aars and charges, tho widows heart was
lifted, and The rock slnitton with tho golden
Wand gushetl beneiicence that shone IN now
gown tor the widow ana il new suit fol. a.1obn.
ny, her son, new oilcloth in the hall better
service e the dodgers, and, let. Us be thank
ful, q kiHdlier consideration fort poor little
blacheyed FAINTER fr6m Monterey, then
dreadfnlly behind i'll her room rent. For. 10
tel the truth the calls iipan Miss
jla Ha,os Geant purse by her nm
Gle had lately been frequent, perjury
having decliaed in The Monterey mar
ket through excessive and iniudicious supply.
until the limo of demaraatian between It ind
absolute verify WIS 50 finely drawn that vic
tor Garcia had remarked that ahc might rs
wen tel the fruits at onc9 ana save his soul.
s.ilce the devil was in tho market.
Mistress Plodsitt, the landlady, could not
resist the desire to acquaint Carmen De Haro
with her good fortune. @Iio vas always n
friend Of yours my dear, md know him 10
be gentleman that would never let poor
widow suffer- and sec what he saws about
youP Here size produced Thatcliors note and
road: zen my little ncighbor that / shall
come back soon to carry her and her sl.etcbine
tools of BY force, and shall not let her ra-
tarn uatl she las caught the Black moim-
tains aud thctod rocks she used TO talk about,
and ptib the Blue Mass mill in The foreground
Of the picture l shall orlern
v hat is this, little one3 Surely, Carmen.
thou neeslst not Plush at this, thy first grand
o.fer tioly NiTgini Is it Of a necessity that
l1on shoudat saicl. the wrong end III Inv
brush in thy mouth, and then drop it in tly
lapi Or was IL taught thee by tho good Sis
teis at the convent 10 stride in that hoyish
fashion 10 TIE side Ct Thy elder, and snatch
ffom their baitds the n1issiyo thou wonldst
rend' More of this We would ia.oy.. o Car
men--sinallcst Of bTmettes-speal., little one.
even in thino own melodious speech, that |
may commend thee and thy rasu discretion to
my own fair country Women
alas, neither The present chronicler nor
Mistress Plodgitt got any further inforlna-
ton from the prudent Carmen, and must fam
speculate upon certain facts that were already
known,
Mistress Carn1ens littio room vas Opposite
e fhatcIers, and once or twice, the doors
being open, Thatcher had q glimpse across the
passage Of blacls-haired and & sturdy. bow
ISL h,tle figure in o great blue apron, perched
% 9 stoel before an easel, ana On The other
bend, Carmen bad often been conscious Of the
fp'ros of ta5acca pipe Penetrating her
ci0-.ered clusion, and lad seen across the
passage, vaguely cnveloped il tho same nico-
tine Cloud an American Qlympian, in a
rocking chair with his feet on the mante1
shelf They bod once 6r twice rnet on the
staircase, on which occasion Thatcher had
greeted her vith Il word or tho of respectful
yet half humorous courtesy-a courtesy
which never really ofGends true woman.
although it often piQues her elfoplomb by
TIE slight assumption Of superiority ii the
lumorist. A woman is quick 30 recognize
the fact That ih5 great and more dangerous
passions arc AWAY serious and may be ex-
cused if in self-rospeet she IS often induced to
try if there be not somewhere under the skin
Of This laughing Ncrcutio the flesh and blood
q a Romeo Thatcher was by ma
turo tofcador ana protector; weak
ness, md weakness alone, stirred the
depths of lis Condensation, fear, only
through its halfhumorous aspccts-and Oh
tis plane he was pleased to place women and
children | mention this fact for The benefit
of the more youthful members Of my species,
end am satisfied that q unconditional sur
render nnl Tie complete laying down at ths
foot Of beauty ol ail strong mascuinity IS
cAeap Callicisn that IS u:itra.l5atablo tc
most women worthy the winning. F3r a
woman must always look up to the man She
truly loves-even if She has . 80 down on her
knees to do it.
Only the masculine reader will infer from
this that Carmen was iu love with Thatcher;
tho more critical and analytical feminine eye
viii sec nothing herein that might not have
happened consistently with friendship. For
Thatcher was no seltinentalist; hc had hardly
paid compliment to the Girl~cven in the
uaspolen but naos6 delicate form Of attention.
There were days when his room door was
closed; there were days days succeeding these
blanks when he met her Us frankly and
naturally rs if he had seen her yesterday.
Indeed, on those day following his flight the
simple-ninded Carmen, being aware heaven
knows hov-that he had not opened his door
during that period. and fearing sickness, sud-
den death, or perhaps suicide, by her appeals
to the landlady, assisted unwittiugly in dis
covering his flight and detection AS she
was for a Few moments Is Indignant as Mrs
Fl1Ieitt, it IS cvideu. that She had but little
sympathy with the delinquent And be-
sides. hitherto sho had known only Concho,
her earliest friend, ord was true to his
memory. os against all Auarisanoa, whom
she firmly believed to be his mudaras
So She dismissed the oirerand tlenaa from
Ier mind, ara Naot lack t5 her paintings
fancy rortrai; Of the good Padre Ju,ipero
Sara, q grcat missionary, Z. ho, happily for the
integrity az bis Zones ana character, died
some hundred years before the Americans
took possession Of California. The picture
was fair but unstable, and aho began ia
tliai seriously of sign painting, which was
then much more popular and marketable
Aumdnihed head Of San Jaau da Baulista
ariGcial,v framed in clouds she disposed q
/ To a prominent druggist FOR $50, where it clil
good service us exhibiting the cfrees Of foul
bottles of ''Joaess Frecl5e Iradicator, anil il
i r,laas,,,t 1,.i 5,aI,+},llsive Way revived III,