Telegram-herald., 1889-11-23
THEIR NEW NEIGHBOR
How Bertts Managed the PreIirni-
uaries or = Love Atatr.


gery h4d dashed into The cozy room
Whers her three sisters we're sitting
she ~zs shining with ra.n, from The
hood Of her silver-graY p g0ssam=r % The
very tips Of her ruhhers. The runy
brown eurls across her forehead we're
sprinkled with bright drops. and her
checks were glowing from her rapid
wax
You dbtf~ interogauvsly chorused
three eager voices.
II really did,
''Is hs haadsome9" asked Janet who
appreciated all beauty as intensely as
only piaiu-loo6ing person can
'IntellectlaL lookingt' inquired Clo-
tide. who dipped daily in-o Emerson,
and profsssed To aiore Raskln-
Jolly" querled little BERTHE. who
Was a. the age when jolly people seemed
created for her especial amusement
~N0-no- o-uo.' laughed Margery.
'sSot handsome. or lea-nel-l0oking, or
even Jolly He IS simply the most awS-
ward-l0oking mortal 1 scer beheid.
And she broke into a peal OF heartiest
laughter a. recollection 0f her encounter
with their new neighbOr.
''You see 10 was this way, girls, jerk
ing OF her gossamer, and disclosing a
form attired IN dress OF chocolate cash
raere-a form that vas trim, slim and
wiloxy IS hat ot sweet seventeen is
att % be. II vas running homo In q
great hurry-for It's chillier out than
voc folks lmagine-and just as / came
opposite ths gate Of The Oaks
I stopped very suddenly For right
there vas the most tremendous black
dog ever saw. I said: Go Way and he
didnt bulge. I shook ny umbrella at
him. He wasn't bit afraid. said: IL
YOU don't got out of the way III hit
YOU and hs actually grinned- There
was moth ing % DO but step ont in tho
street-it was so muddy, tOo-and walk
around him. But Just then-I suppose
nv dilemma was apparent from the
house-down the path - came running
Oh. he looked so ridiculous. He is about
as tall a. Jacks bean-stalk, lean ss a
lath and brown as an Indian"
'sVellr' exclaimed Janet He must
be charming"
sOhf" cried Margery. going OF into a
fresh paroxysm o. laughter What
with his glasses and his coat-tails flying
straight out "a he rushed % my rescue
he looked ike some great. curious, COM
ical bird"
Birds doaS wear glasses, corrected
Psr+ie was his coat a swal low-tail?'
The appeal for information was ig-
no-ed-
well. ~ called of the dog, and
apologized ior tho monster, and-thst's
all
Il wish he'd ofer ne the use OF his
Hbrary.~ sighed Clotilde
"They say The oaks Is a perfect
palace a. far "A furnishing goes" muir
INJURED Janet.
II think I'll ask him 70 loan ne the
lovely ntt's white pony decided
Bsrtie.
Bat this rash resolution was ruthless
iy crushed
Tho Oaks had been shut up - long
ever since the Eearneys bad come %
live in the gray -rrHen cottage near ~.
Its owner had gone abroad on the death
o. bis mother. three years ago, leaving
his hand dsone house in the care Of a
couple Of servants But now that news
cf his return had spread. curiosity vas
rife in The fash enable suburb ~ River
view And not the laast interested
were Give SterU nr's near neigh bors.
A pleasant room This In which the
sisters sat. 4 horne-iike room, even Il
the carpet VAS thread bare. the chairs
venerable. the dauasS curtains darned
perhaps al the more hone-liks for
shese suggestions of social service and
sxperienre.
Janet vent on With her task Of 70
r,,HaTin.r an old dress Ciotl1e went
over 70 The window ard looked wistfgl
" through the drirzlinT rain 70 che rod
brick chiuneys which rose above ths
house which held che coveted books
Marrerv. ohs7ing a sudden impulse
had snatched up her ever-ro sly sketch
hook froul tha cable. and was scratching
virorousiv away Al ecstatic giEgl
f-cua BerHe. who vas peepinE over hs'
shoursa-. called the attention az th'
Others - her work
~vhat ia it7" asked Janet
Margsry looked I'D wi.h nod and
smile.
"Wsits moment.
On her brisk pencil few. tha dimpls
in her pretty cheeks deepening as he
urs@rhisvous smile grew.
There
she heldup ths opsn book. The other
f-<&ed around ner.