Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-06-21
aNererlr shoufed fhe colonel.

~ Kill. AOn Xuasu uO ioItScT piCA-
- banjo in his moments Of idlcness;
MN Jim ratified the bones no more
~ work was done; Amity ceased her
oRing TO the tinkling of the gourd fid-
and the talk in the kitchen was
Shed; It was rs IL Mawse Nicholas hac
~ Mrs, Leonard and Miss Elvira In
&kctivcly stunned each other; Flora
4 <tuook the piano, and Missy sulked in
Snrners; but the colonel held his head
Ekigher than ever, hiding his mortiflca-
l3on under cloak OF pride and silence
4 1hAt forbade sympathy.
81 No one named Nicholas; even Missy,
|y5hcugh her heart clamored for her broth
-, found her tongue refuse its Office In
& ayrosence of her stern father. The child
4 understood intuitively something Of the
orce tumult that ragged in the colonels
5s sreost. A great awe. not Of her father,
& TT of what he suffered, took possession
~ her, ar d compelled her to silence; but
3 ~ sole object in life now was to follow
" brother. To Missy this seemed an easy
kdertlking IL she could only get away
low Thorne Hill; but she was afraid
r. \ enture alone any farther than the
AWto AZ tiC Sho VI tshS aNthbN' AA'sS
& 20 saS gazing wistfully through the bars,
- hatiis herself for cowardice, on the
& pFning of the day that old Gilbert was
1turning from his bootless errand; here
& Sad ehe been ever since breakfast, and 1t
&wns now nearly eleven o'clock; but she
5 md not yet made up her mind to venture
n k51Aatside, when she espicd a carriage COM
n M along the road. This sight created
Va sudden diversion In Missy's bitter
houghts.
sits Cousin Myrtilla" she exclaimed
n1pud. "Sbe's brought Lottie and Bess!''
a vision Of wild frolic down by the
4 ring rioted in Missy's brain, as up she
4 3omped TO open the gate; but when the
cnrriage passed through only Cousin
b gyEtiIla looked from the window.
You didn't bring Lottie and Bess!"
& egied Missy, in deep reproach.
We'll, no, didn't" said Mrs. Herry.
Came OIL In such swivet. Never mind,
& hing 'em next time. Open the door,
III EnKkin," she commanded the driver,
sAnd let me take this child in"
Missy made no objection. She was
Ind OF her Cousin Myrtilla, and she ad-
2nfred that lady's snowy dress. Such
y #oantiful pink hyacinths within the bon
6ot brim that framed the faded old face,
nch lovely yellow roses outside; such
Z oewildering lilac organdie, with its tu-
4 multuous putfs and frills; and those pur-
~ shoesl How Missy wished for pair
x1ust like theml But these pomps and
4 1anities soon palled, and Missy's thoughts
3 reverted to her trouble. "Brer Nicholas
= gone away!" she said abruptly. "He's
,S married to Dosia Furnival, and he can't
e never come home no mo-" And Missy
began TO cry.
q This was no news TO Mrs. Henry; she
had learned all about it. tut! tut" she
3 aid. "Who says he'll never come home
oSaing Don't cry; ! am going to see what
u can be done about it,"
& This consoled Missy, and by the time
the carriage arrived at the house she was
v quite cheerful again. Cousin Myrtilla
& y come! Cousin Myrtilla is here" she
4 announced. joyfully rushing into her
aunt's presence; and Miss Elvira, in the
topd belief that Cousin Myrtilla would
+ prove tower of strength, hastened to
& the parlor.
ssOh, cousinw she said with tears,
'syou've come to house of mourning"
Now, Elvira," demonstrated Mrs.
Herry, "why should you talk as if Mich
< o1as were dead!"
n .lt Is worse than DEATH" sighed Miss
Elvira. "My poor brother!'
swell, yes" said Mrs. Herry, with an
y answering sigh. Her son also--an only
+s ~h{i1- NOT bann T., .ral;t A., ,bn e,
ily; neither had he married acceptably;
but Cousin Myrtilla had overlived all
that, and today was fat and rosy and
happy. "And ! suppose Jasper Thorne
4 = doing all he can to make things worse
Z with his stiffneckedness, and thinking
himself q philosopher when he is only a
3 fool"
"OhT Miss Elvira said reproachfully
I've known him, my dear" con
ttuued Mrs. Herry, "man and boy; I've
known Jasper more than forty years
He never was wrong in his life"
Miss Elvira looked bewildered.
But came here to talk to him, moi
about him. I've a message for my
& cousin, the colonel"
"Oh," starl.nered Miss Elvira; elf it't
s about Nicholas, I'm afraid
= 1t is about Nicholas, aud am not
III afraid" Mrs Herry declared, stoutly
You miserable coward, Elvira; Just be
{ cause Jasper Tborne has heavy eyebrow
+ and high and mighty air, you dom
dare hold an independent opinion. Go
call your brother; have that to say I,
him 1t is best he should hear"
sHd.t,ff Me- Elv;ra obayai. That Il. -,
Missy TO tell Glory-Ann to tell Griti
8 Jim to tell Tom Quash to hunt up tn
colonel, and bear him the informatio
that Mrs. Herry wished to see him.
The colonel made no delay In answer
Ing the summons, but he was very cere
nonious In bis greeting he overdi
eserything now in his desire to appea
q unmoyed.
Mrs. Herry, however. had not know
him so many years to be easily deceived
y ut viii kill him." she said to herself
sunless he can be persuaded to recon
e0iAtion." Then she spoke out:
"Cousin Jasper, there's no need 70
peetension between you and me. In
older than you are, and I've seen troubl
with son of my own. 1t is best I
look things squarely in the face. Nicl
caAs has made an unfortunate marriag,
but'-
"Nsdam!" said the colonel, in dee
I'D angry voice, with hand uplifted
ceest. His face had turned a ghastl
- that made his black brows loo
Doker than ever, underneath which h
- glsamed hike lightning.
~: eat gazing at him. fascinated; an
HsirA shrank visibly; but Mr.
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