The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-21
virxinis Blaek-
Mary cravf0rd-
Jessie Bancroft

Jessis Bancroft
rhese b. kr<w 10 b refined and edu-
eatsd siris. He did not think At eniarging
~. IN b. s1ris outside Of TYainvsile. for
h~ did not know Of one Who might al the
rlsce be wished: and Why should be 60
elsewhere, anyway One Of these girls
would do - vel - any
He sat some time longer Ia thought,
then tore up the sheet Of paper, LEFT the
Office and WALKED rapidly home He and
his mother still occupied the old house
until the larger. ons his uncis had built
should b thoroughly refitted and ready
for them His mother uas only too glad
10 see him home early. and they sss down
in the shabby little yerandA that held %
many childhood sensembrances for Louis
After little desnItDry talk the latter said /:
aBus havent half azked after my old
schoo.mases. mother. Where are Alien
Benton and Dick wtsitsy It's fully year
since heard from either
When she had given him Ill the news
she could Of the boys, be sdted-ohl 70
careleszly:
aAnd the sirisf Virginia Black--where
h she, ssucy - ever"
'.virginiaY Why, she married . year
ard half ago. thought Wrote you- A
New York man Ia really low character. l
thought"
TOO badsD he answered, sympathet-
icaliy. inwardly groaning: ''One chance
gonep After . moment he inquired:
.And Mary Crswfordg"
20. she n still here, and . very pretty
girl: modest and sweet Is she always was.
I do think she il IS nice . girl as ! ever
knew
A good mark went down for Mary and
then
Jessie Bancroft?r
Her father il United States congress
man from our district now, you know, and
they live In Washington, not even spend
ing their summers here. She II very bright
and attractive, believe, though l haven't
seen her lately"
Was bis list to contain but one name
He must make one more effort.
Aren't there any nevcomersf Who
has the Bancroft placer"
THAT IL closed; but there is one very in
teresting new family heYe--the Chesters-
ct the old Goodwin place. There are three
of the children. Gladys, Dot and Joe.
Gladly sistwenty- or three. Dot perhaps 10
II don't know II she is quite. and Joe Is.
They are all very pleasant Mr.. Chester
manages the cotton mills across the river
from your uncle's--yours, mean. They
we're rich, am told. but through some
body or others rascality, lost all their
property and now have only his salary.
Gladys fairly leads the town in everything
wakes it right up"
His mother left to superintend the even.
ing meal, and Is he smoked an introduce
tory cigar he neditated. Mary or Gladys
He rather liked the dash OF the istter. but
very evidently his mother would prefer the
former. Finally he gave IL up with sigh
and went 20 supper. In accordance with
Louis custom. the meal was. In al but the
name, dinner. but be could not conquer
village prejudice enough to cali It that. SO
they had breakfast. luncheon and supper,
and Louis mischievously complained that
he had only had dinner twice since he had
been q OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it was al
lowable 10 have IL late.
When the meal was done he suggested to
his mother . walk over 70 the Chesters.
IL mustn't be so unneighborly," be said,
''They viii think have forgotten my man.
ncrs. II isn't very far"
20 they went II was still light, for the
calling time ut Trainville was at 7:so. and