San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-16


invalid, had not allowed her faculties to
rust, and Margery's time when at home
was well filed with work among Cousin
Sarah's poor people. who were numer.
Gus, and the course of reading which
Cousin Sarah declared she needed %
form her mind.
Helen bad written for her to pay thoua
a, visit, and to bear her company until
she should feel more at home in the new
neighborhood, which Jack declared was
a most desirable one. ..r...
Bring your summer dresses and any
nice books that you know of, and dare
say we shall do very well with the. chill.
drens company and Jacks in the even.
ings, Ii it was any one but you, ! should
feel it was selfish to ask for long visit,
for any one who needed entertainment
would be badly off, bnt l know if any one
eanfind books in the running brooks, ser.
mons in stones ETC., you can, and be-
heve Jacks farm has a fair share of the
latter at least on it. am glad our live
hhood does not depend on what Jack
raises ON it, though we have moved out
here early so that he can see to the
spring work This is confidential-l
share Jacks enthusiasm as much as |
can"
So to the satisfaction of all concerned
Margery was established for long visit
at the "Josey Jones place" which, with
its wide, new porches, water pipes in
the house and rechristened "Fairview."
would. not have seemed like home to the
Jones family. The view, Mr.. Carleton
explained, was fair, though you had to
go to the second story to see it or else to
the top of the hill in the adjoining field
but from either of those places it was
fair-to middling. At any rate, it
proved a pleasant home to the little fam.
lily that lived there now, and with the
help of Margery and Mr.. Somefs, who
proved an attentive neighbor, the many
advantages of the place and its vicinity
were explored and discussed. The drives
were said to be very pretty, and the
little party were all fond of driving. In
an open carriage, which was roomy
enough for the four grown people and
the children, too, when the evenings
We're mild, they all declared was the
incest way of seeing the country in its
fresh spring dress of delicate green, with
shades of red on the new leaves in the
woods where the little twigs had sent
them shooting out early and they had
not time to turn green. This wide open
carriage, Mr.. Carleton declared, had the
merit of allowing a great number of at.
tractive combinations,
If Helen and he had something to say
to each other-which was usually the
case-she could sit on the front seat be.
side him while he drove; or, if they ha6
matrimonial squabble, Mr.. Somers
could sit with him and they could dis
cuss farming and the merits of the
horses. If Margery should appear in a
new hat Ok if he felt more than COM
monty brilliant, he might invite her to
sit beside him. Helen was so accus.
toned to him it was hard to dazzle her
with his CLEANS of wit. The first of
these combinations, however, was the
favorite, and it gave Mr.. Somers an CD.
portunity to know better the girl who
was frequently in his thoughts. She
attracted him from the first, and he had
then thought it would be easy to know
her well, but he found that he did not
make as rapid progress as he had hoped. |
She was so bright and pretty and |
friendly with him too-she and Mrs. |
Carleton were like sisters, and the chill |
dren tagged after her, Helen declared, |
until she felt jealous. He must exert |
he found, if he wanted to in.
terest her, and he began to feel very
anxious to hear from Mr.. Nelson. If
she should prove to be relation of the
injured old couple how would she feel
toward him when she came to know the
wicked story of his people? She had de-
cided views of her own, he knew, though
she did not obtrude them, and her
standard of morals as well as mind was
nigh. 1t would be very hard to have
hose brown eyes look at him with the
he had once seen in them
when she was speaking of the strong
aking advantage of the weaker.
Mr.. Nelson had been allowed his own
ime and methods of making inquiry
bout the heirs of Stephen and Margery
and after leaving Mr.. Somers,
he day after his uncles funeral, the
awyer had been pressed with more ur-
ent business, and Mr.. Somers had heard
othing from him. But one evening Mr..
,arleton called his wife aside with great
nesse to hold vine that he wished
o train over an old tree trunk at the
DOT of the lawn, and asked her for the
ddress of Margerys cousin, Sarah.
why in the world do syou wish to
rite to herr" asked Helen, dropping the
inc in her surprise. HAS some one
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