The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-09


. success in town last season, so coul
afford to be so. Nevertheless, Beatric
T was In various ways shown that she was
>. stranger within her fathers gates. r.
little boys were brought dow to see he
+ dressed In their company clothes an
manners. They were good, ordinar,
t undressing little fellows and no dout
Miss Clauson contrasted them with it'll
5 golden-haired pet OF hers at Oakbury
Although the ladies were civil 10 eac
1 other they did not sympathze. Lik
many others, ady Clauson wa, utterl
unable to understand Beatrice.
Never If you can help it, marry
wldowcr, she said to bosom friend
NO one can tel the anxiety first wife
child is-no one who has not experienced
it. -
at must be, " said the friend will
great feeling.
''lf she did not always dress SO care
fully, continued Lady Clauson, sorrow
fully, i should believe she ha made uI
her mind to be an old maid and might
then do some hing for the boys. She has
more money than any young girl shou d
have. "
Carruthers called and told Beatrice he
had received letter from Horace, beg
ng him to spend few days at Oakbury
before the Lent term be an. sit is a
great complim mt lie said.
YES, answered Beatrice, every great.
Are YOU goin y.'
'Ihat Is for you to decide, not me-
Beatrice dropped hereyes and was silent.
He wa ted
DO yol forbid it?'' he asked, In that
authoritative voice which women love TO
near with man. Still she was silent.
lie repeate the Question.
u have no right to forbid it, she said.
"ftu have every right. We do not al
Jude to the past, but we do not forget it.
Look up and answer me- Shall / o TO
Ilaz 'ewood?r
Strang to say, he spoke in Command
ing way, such as he had never before dis
played when addressing or. Perhaps she
liked him none The less flr it, With an
EFFORT she raised her ey, to his. 1T is
most unwlse," she whispered.
'Unwise you mean for me, of course, "
ne sad quickly. THAT part is for me to
decide, not for you"
She held out her hand impulsively. "We
can be friends Frank" she said.
Always, answered Carruthers. ssAnd
w we may as well decid t. g down to-
gether."
To this she made no oh e,tion. and
Frank love-making ended for the time.
Ills dreams that night may have been
peasant ones, but as for Beatrice she sat
ior hours In her r ON gazing in the fire
win paine ', hopeless lool on her face.
Inc 'lttle line which Fran had ONE
hoticed tween her brows seemed 10 have
or wn dCepe, and more distinct
Ii Carruthers ad hoped for a great deal
from That jour o. to llacktown he was
doomed to be disappo nted. Events oc-
CURED at HazlewooI House which took
Beat'ice ak in hot haste and alone.
one morning Horace and Herbert were
In earnest discussi II respecting a hin
patll' the paint OF which showed signs of
wear The question was whether it should
De sent to the auctioneer's and sold for
tne best rice, or should BE- re-iapanned.
herbert, who was given to .e rporizing,
favored the reparalion. II race. who was
more thorough in his ideas, thought it
should go at once to the sale-room. The
matter was so important and Interesting
that neither of the brothers heard the
sound OF carriage wheels outside the house.
Inc wheels were those belonging to a
gig genuine unmistakable gig. Whitta
ker, who saw it come up the drive and
stop at the ont. not the side door, was
much Disguised He did not know the
trad tlonal responsibility en;oyed by the
driver of gig. lie drew the line at dog |
carts. Syl anus's tricycle. was only borne |
WIN because 1t carried clergyman.
The gig in question was driven bv n |
man who dismounted and nelped To tbe |
ground woman with a good -tempered |
looking shiny face. and who was dressed
IN refreshingly bright colors. One of
them rang the bell timldly, and after a
Dehttlng interval the dignihed Whitaker
,ondess ended to open the door. The man
isked II the Messrs. Talbert were in.
ms collective style Jared upon Whitta-
>er' VINO Lad been In the family long
enough to remember the time when
Messrs. Talbert x Co. was a well-known
orm of address. He replied that Mr..
Ialbert and Mr.. Herbert were in. but at
PRESENT engaged.
I'VE will wait until they can see us. :"
AID the man. So Whitaker let them
ONE Into the house. They wiped their [
Get on entering so carefully an | thorough G
that all doubts as to their beng 5
ersons of any importance were at once {
CT at rest, Whitaker felt he was quite |
iyht III Offering them chairs in the hall. G
hey were too respectable to be left [
'anding but the gig and the feet-rubbing Y
red into the drawing room. :
What name sh,ll saye" he asked. 7
we are strangers, said the man. s
y GU can say we have called on private a
nd confidential business. 4" a
on had better give me your name,
aid Whit aker. h
Mr. and Mrs. Rawlings" answered e
he woman 4
20 VIII ttaker went up stairs fonnd hi, Il
lasters, and told them that n Mr. and d
lrs Raw ing, wanted to see them on a
I waite and confidential business. o
rawlings, said Herbert with n shud- Il
er. I'VE know no one with such AN ayv- il
Il name. Who are they, Whittaker9', p
81 have no id "a SIR" said Whitaker p
S his maste s aliudged the name horr d
10 he felt half offended at it being SIM b
oiei tina he knew any one named Raw h
ngs. ''"
Where are they9" asked Horace. q
IN the hall, sir Whitaker felt "
lankfu that he had not been temnte5 n II
We them sit ing room honors. u
Whitaker said Horace prayelv q
we shall be extremely ANNOYED If Won VI
we let persons come inside our house n
no are Dook-hawkers, or, worse still. L
ose VINO try to buy up secondhand
othes. as these people say they come ON
'lvale and confidential business. "
However they put ttelr eyeglasses nm. h,
i'll went down to the hall and confronted ly
er visitors They found woman W
nose pm listinlc attire set their teeth ON 81
ge, and ale-faced man with rather D,
ON nent light blue eyes. and a weak ly
,klng agitated kind of face. The broth st
; woniere nightly what these peonle as