Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-13

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4 day o. two later ssooad istag -.
rived eroa No kasssrhso0k. - sepay -
che Of Lucys suggesting . reodesvo0A
! confess II drew up In my minA some-
what painful picture began TO baiieSe
my wifs's fears we're In somswsys val
MIS-. Lucy q Hancock, Lon6oo." (as
beforel
DEAR MADAM-Ithank you Cor yours
and win meet Jon on the day and hour
zen mention At g. PanurAs depot You
win know me when you SEQ me. because
l shall wear dove coiored dress. with
bonnet - Match and = pair Of gray
spectacaea neapectfuiiy.
uSesA =. EAsrn1ncoK-
! laid Il down add sighed. "A Now
England schoolmsrm: exclaimed with
groan. 1T sounds rather tsETihle. A
dove colored dress and > pair Of gray
spectacies! l fancy ] can picture her TO
myself-a tall AID bony person Of GER
tain age, with corkscrew ourls, who
reads improving books and has visws
Of her own about tho fol6liment OF
prophecy"
But as my spirits went down. % Luz
cy's went up. Ike tho old man and wozn-
an ip the cottage weather glass. "That
looks moro promising" shs said. The
spectacles arc good. Perhaps after all
dear Bernard may escape. don't think
he's at all the sort OF person to b taken
with dove colored bonnet"
For some days after Bernard came
homo finn Cambridge We chsncsi good
deal among ourselves about Miss Melissa
Easterbroos. Bernard took quito my
view about the spectacles aud dress he
even drew on IN envelope fancy por-
trait OF Miss Easterbrook, as he said ham,
self. "from documentary evidence" i
represented typical schoclmarm Of the
most virulent order, and was calculated
to strike terror into the receptive mind
OF ingenuo11youth on simple iDpectiou.
At last the day came when W. were to
50 70 Liverpool. We arrived at6t. Pan
cras In very good time, and looked about
ON the platform for tan and hardfaced
person OF trslnsas.antsc aspect, arraycd
IN dove oolored dress and pair OF
gray spectacles. But ve looked IN vain;
nobody about seemed to answer to the
description. At last Bernard turned to
my vito with curious smile: II think
I've spotted her mother" he said. waving
his hand vaguely to the right. THAT
lady over yondsr-by the door OF the re
treatment room. Don't you seea That
must DO Melissa" For NO knew her only
as Melissa already among Ourselves; 1t
had been raised to the mild rank OF .
family wsticism.
Hooked IN the direction he suggested
and paused tor certainty. There, irreso-
Lutte by the door and gazing about her
umldly with fnquiring eyes. stood the
prettlest, tiniest. most shrinking little
western gifi you evet saw IN your nie-
sttlred' as sne said, IN : dove coiored
oress' with bonnet 20 match, ana . pair
osgray spectecies. but on, wnss dove
coiofed dress' waiter Crane might nave
Designed is-one OF those perfect Savei-
ing costumes OF which mo Amez1can girl
seems TO possess . monopoly; and tho
speceacles-weli. TIC spectacisA 0ough
undoubtedly real, added just Q touch OF
piquancy TO an otherwise almost pain
fu1iy umad and retiring little ngure.
The moment ! st eyes on Melissa East
eroroox. VAL candidly admit, Was
ner captive at once; snd even Lucy. ~
she sookea o her. reiaxed her facs IN
volunsarAy INTO . sympashsuc smile.
AZ 2 rule. Lucy might pose - . perfect
model OF the brteish masron IN her am
pier and matursr years-cainly ter
rible," - On American observer oooe DO
scribsd the genus; but as sight OF
Melissa she melted without struggle.
Poor, wee little thing, how pretty she
lar she unclaimed with . start fou
VAL readily admis that wss grses deal,