Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-08-28

and I'll-yes, I'll found an asylum fol
idiots. Now you understand me. y
And Briggs marched of, leaving his
son TO his meditations.
III stay here" said Philip TO him
self, "father and will quarrel. Bet.
ter give the dear old gentleman q
chance to cool of. I'll ruralize d
little"
That afternoon Philip packed port
manteau, and with n fishing-rod and
mineral hammer started off TO Mont
gomery County, where an old college
mate OF his had married and settled,
one whom he had long promised to
visit. When he arrived there he
learned that Boudinot and his wife had
gone to Long Branch for the season,
and their servants with them, the
house being in charge of care-taker.
Philip heard Of good fishing in stream
four miles off, and concluded to try it.
He found lodgings at farmhouse
near the place, owned by man named
Seth Cooper.
His quarters were quite comfortable.
The house was an old stone building
OF ante-revolutionary erection, and
was roomy. He was assigned u cham
Der upstairs, looking out on trinity
kept garden, in which old-fashioned
flowers and pot herbs were grown side
by side, and which sent pleasant
fragrance through the open window.
The room itself was adorned with
pictures and knick-knacks showing
feminine taste, and the bedstead was
furnished with hair mattress, and
not the bag Of feathers of the vicinage.
Decidedly" said Philip to himself.
"there is another female on the prem
ises, than the substantial Dame
Cooper, and with some refined taste. "
But neither that day nor that week
did he see any woman other than Mrs
Cooper or the hired girl. However,
the cooking was good, the country air
and his walks round about gave him
an appetite and he was content. He
fished the stream closely, he rambled
here and there, hammer in hand and
bag at side, leaned on fences and
talked with farmers about "craps"
and the weather.
In q weeks time the thing grew
monotonous. The fish were not al
ways inclined to bite, good specimens
in quarries and IN stu grew scarcer
and his stock of talk on farming was
nearly exhausted. He began to think
Of going to the Branch and hunting up
Boudinot. As he sat upon the veranda
one afternoon debating the matter, u
wagon was driven up the lane and
stopped at the door Lightly out
stepped n young woman in neat trav-
cling dress, and the driver followed
her with a large trunk. under which
he staggered, burly as he was. Mrs.
Cooper came from the kitchen and ex-
claimed, 'Why, it's Gwenny, de-
clarer'
you dear old Aunty Ruth" said
the newcomer hugging and kissing
the farmers wife. Il came to have q
BOOu ulIne lOf II month";.
"And so you shall, my DEAR" was
the hearty reply.
Philip took an ocular inventory of
the looks, dress and manner of the
as he took off his hat. "a
sweet face and graceful figure and pre-
sentable anywhere" was his internal
comment. Here's luck. / shall not
visit the Branch yet"
You have a boarder. aunty," said
the girl, when up stairs with Mrs.
Cooper.
Eyes. He's Mr.. Bee." said the
other. at don't look as if he had any
call to work for his living, judging by
his white hands and his fix-ups, and
he's plenty of money"
"BeeP Then he isn't u busy bee.
But he's good bookings if he be agree
able he'll do for a walking-sti
Mrs. Cooper's mistake as to Philip
was natural enough. When she had
asked his name on his coming he had
said. in his airy way, Phillip b., at
your SERVICE" and she had taken the
sound of the initial for his surname.
After she had called him Mr.. Bee sew
eral times Philip saw the blunder,
smiled at it, and, as the naval officers
say, made it so;" and when Gwenny
came to the table she was introduced,
"Miss Gwenny. Mr.. Bee" AS she
was the niece, he concluded her name
to be Cooper, but as the farmer ad-
dressed her as Miss Gwenny, and the
wife as Gwenny. Philip chose
the more respectful of the two.
As Philip was a gallant young
gentleman, and as the young lady was
charming in manner, he naturally paid
her much attention. When q young
man and a young woman are thrown
together under such circumstances it
Is not unusual Tor Irritation to follow.
II is generally a foregone conclusion.
Philip soon learned that "Gwenny"
was diminutive Of Gwenllian, and not
Of the more stilted Gwendoline, which
interested him. Philips mother had
UoOh u L OWOi, WIN w Cl5ll DlOOu III utT
veins, and bore the same name This
later Gwenllian was a mystery to him.
For the niece of rather coarse farmer
for Cooper, though a worthy man,
was the reverse Of refined-she dis
played unquestionably gentle manners.
Then she showed fair knowledge of
any subject touched upon in CONVERSE
lion.
What was shea teacharp She had
not the look nor the way of school
na'am. A governessp Possibly. If
80, in a good family. But her belong
ngs were not of the secondhand kind.
Philip had a keen eye for female APP
parel. Her lace was of the rarest;
her gloves were perfect and of the
newest; her dresses were pretty and
though quite in tone; and
though she displayed little in the way
If jewelry. the stone that sparkled on
he head OF lace pin was unmistak-
,hlv "a diamond Sha had hoo, yyoll