Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-11-01


"TfIs IS sleuT THAT wAENs oSE's eoUL."
has been in a shivor ever since We came
holne'
There is not luch of you except your
sopl 70 SILVER, lay dear" laughed Mrs.
Holmes.
Ithought had grown vastly corpulont.
But Cupid says / have wasted away. For
his society,"
The idea Of calling jack Gurlcy Cupid
1t always annoyed him; it made him SC
helpless With fury-A big bluff follow to be
called Psyches Cupid, especially when he
was about sixteen, and all llnucizes and feet
rs that your baby looking through the
doorf' said Miss Fawcett, twirling q willow
twig which she had snapped of during her
ride The great .qonster how lac has add.
cd to himself. Come here, Thomas Holmes,
junior, and sec your aunt"
Toddles slyly shut the door and patted
away. Tho vision was too wonderful for
him. Miss Fawcett was exceedingly slight,
and tremblingly alive. She had low.
browcd face, clear as alabaster, and the
color of her eyes varied from yellow to VIC
let, according to their expression, They
followed every speaker W it'll change and
sparkle. and her playful nostrll and round.
cd check and chin spoke in unison with
them. Phoebe White thought her tho most
beautiful woman in the world, rs she her
self passed inside the door to be introduced
Miss Fawcctt stirred in response to the in
PRODUCTION, and sent through the room
current of rose fragrance from the bunch
OF yellow roses vt nor belt.
ssKessEkcarne on Saturday 80 should be
sure of seeing YOU" she exclaimed. Mr.
Gurley has been telling me about YOU
Mrs. Holmes lifted her eyebrows.
'.I'm very glad he has" said Phoebe. so
innocently pleased by the sight of Miss
Fawcett that the young lady laughed.
Il believe we aren't going to be bit
strange / always hate or adore people on
sight. Madam Drusle here was a big girl
at school when l was . little girl, but /
pinned to her and have hung on ever since.
| hardly let her be eourtcd in peace To
this day | believe Tom Holmes considers fne
q lons-lcggcd girl to whom he must reT-
force offer his other arm If he wants Il Iain-
ute with prusie
"You forget how early cupid began his
siege of YOU said sirs Holmes.
'Sicge don't cell 1t siege when cur
people made the engagement and threw us
Mt each other. You should have bcen
the way that follow used TO glover
when his mother made him dance with me
at ehildren's parties. Miss White He trod
on my feet, too. Inoyer forgavc him.
But he has improved" laughed EIrs.
Holmes.
"You can't improve q Gurloy. The CID
Irish is too strong Ia them. Can YOU both
come and ride with me! ! know this is
I busy morning with you, Drusic, but ] az
ways made il point TO interfere with your
affairs.n
Mrs. Holmes excused hersclf on many
accounts, so Phoebe White only went with
Miss Fawcett behind hor ponies.
"Whcre do you want to go." inquired
/ Miss Fawcett, rs her low phaeton entered
! the road THAT is, after we have driven
I through Grcensburg main streets. They
are smooth, oven ct this tmo Of the year,
when other roads are full Of ruts."
anywhere said Phcooe. Il love TO be
outdoors in this humid air without having
to feel the ground moist undcp my feet.
Spring weather aalscs one feel so new"
4 She thought suddenly CT Thorncy, chop
ping wood across the Black Hollow, ;-n3 half
regretted being at ease herself and in TIC
company of this untroubled girl
! Miss Fawcett observed her closely from
time to time IS they poked along the fence
corners,
/ 1--WE been abroad several years. she
said, ''and dropped all my old etrings. The
girls are changed about. In schooltown
so many of ones intimates are transients.
We used to have the house full. Now it is
really lonesome fer ne l haven't settled
myself. Sometimes think never can set
tie myself. You know my aunt lives with
me, of course But we don't get on. She's
so set on having her own way. She's
mann mas sister. My father had no sister
Only brother who went OF and died, or
he would have had half the property. 1t
was real convenient of him. Besides he
was so ugly, poor nan, with deformed
mouth 50 he couldn't speak plain; and
know it would have torn me all to pieces.
can I even remember him. Mr.. Gurley says
you have no relations"
. have brother said Phoebe.
I'D like a sister, SELL Fsgcho, IAN
older sister who would take ali the care and
leave me nothing T. do but spend money.
How nice it must be for you! You can live
! just as Bohemian q life rs you want to.
II don't think Like Bohemian life,1 said
Phoebe.
''Oh, do! I've always wanted to be
boot-blacl1 or an actress or wandering
poet
when you have your beautiful homer
beautiful cagcl who wants to be tied by
her foot to perchH'
II should love every stick and every blade
of grass on my homestead" exclaimed
Phoebe. ut tears me up by the roots to
change from one place to anotheg. sheuld
think you would be 50 happy 10 have your
home and all sorts Of ties provided for you.
No strain, no uncertainty, no half-witted
brother depending on your undisciplined
brains
us your brother half-v7ittedl How ammus-
! ing he must be. And it would be perfectly
delightful to me if l did not know what was
coming tomorrow and the next day and the
next
.You wouldn't like" said Phoebe. forci-
bly,, ito be logged by an evil fate, TO have
your best wishes crossed, to run Ike fugis
tive through the world
~ es, l should, said Miss Fawcett," watch
ing her with interest II should dote on il.
There would be some variety in that