Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-08-27
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scarcely strange that Halcyon Hart
ford swayed delightfully."- between The
real world and dreaming that June al
teluoon, with the feecy gold OF her hair
all guiluesS Of pin or comb. and the
tell sleeves falling away enchantingly
from her round white arms. while one
trim slippered foot hung from the edge
OF the hammock
"Halcyon! Halcyonl Where are you
now?"
/ 1t was enc of those exasperating
voices which, once having been sweet.
had now a vibrant jar to its tones,
painfully akin TO shrillness.
Halcyon frowned a little, and raised
herself on one elbow.
"Oh, aunt Hal, don't scream so! l
was Just in such a dream of delights -
"Wel, you should have answered,
thenw
Aunt Hal came ont of the wide shady
hall with an effusive swing Of her dra-
Iery and seated herself in n bamboo
chair close to the hamock.
She was comically like her neice
at least as much as a woman Of thirty
eight could be like a maid of eighteen.
There was the same yellow luXurience
of hair; but harsher, dryer and sug-
geStiye Of dye; the same pink and
-. -. o.
~ 49, ',,','S9 = - eiiil pen,
tooth t,-. 49, - ll'''lli VI y.'i'' ''ii'
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m, 1T, Il.
noi,f,,,I,. - "es' , 9i'e WIZ was
III ~ -, - -, 80 VIC o'''
She held nm = letter to The view of hon
noice
.3ybat has bapnenedq" drovsi1v do.
mandcd the latter liftinr mir ne
blue ewes fringed wifi, darj. I,sl,ee
srTbe sfr,noest tbin,,r,
"Auother offer of n,orriaoag'' hazard
cd IIaicyrn. settling ON tba unliEoliast
thing which couId i'm boy oriui,u ham
prn.
"TIcw djd Won r5assg' with o. 1ittl,
cxultapt cbucl,Ie. 'Eyactlv The dear
foolish lad-and he SO much Younger
than /, WHY. he couIdp't have been
| twenty-one whom no went to Ron,-
bay. an al was nj least thirty tban-"
's1hirtv-fve. Aunt Hail. said Hal
cvon. the merciless
''Was it MS much as that? Wei. he
seemed desperately ir love then
though I never tool, any notice of the
child But 1 suppose in that country
of blackamoors one can't helm thinking
about all the women one has ever
known Mt home: and he has written me
two or three letters"
.q1os ho,p
rIaIor1r so+ s+,.o;ob+ nm e., ,to hmm
mol. NOW, No H. Ilno 80 ,,,o[-,5
THO boat mad hro,ght a e,sh 20 hon
MI. ,-hioI on a. TT,I,s a,,.o,,,f,,,
co,Id nat ,ivoI
.,p,t narar lola ,,o,, 3, sold tbo o1
dor haarty .1,oc,nso ,.a,,o,cborod
tI,a+ a., ,,,,, :, cot - -, al ,,,,l
aftair between ". and Cborlia plas.
San whom vo,, wore NJ hoar,ling school
md 7 tboHgbt yon ~ ma ho nottlod
Ana boro,s t t1o nronos,I NJ 1ast door
u+th III. ,boto,.,.,y,t on, orclosod y
ST, St ot IN mo p, 500 t. ~
WIZ =. hr,,,o GOOD faoo q ,,,,s
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Iaol,o1 mon 1,'hon tha Avonconi,n
soilad 80, ,,,roo ,,aor, mao INF rat -,
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o. ,"moha5 hy.s,+o,.io,1,,-
tnnt M ,,i,,l,IaJ ooo,,ot+is,,I,, NJ tl,o
- 20 ~ an,.c1aro. 49, ~, enc
81, ,,,oa,,,,a T., s,,iIo
-think-I-shall"
"And you fourteen years older than
he isl"
People don't think about such things
as they used to do" reasoned Miss
Hartford the elder Eros is immor
tai, you know"
Halcyon sank back into the hammock
and reopened her book.
"You must 90 as you please Of
! course" said she. after that quota
ton about Eros, l have not sug-
geston to offer"
jealous, poor darling" thought
Aunt Hal with a thrill Of pity And