Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-16
A LEAP-YEAR STORY.


LuttrelI, as the carriage in which lie
and his daughter had been driven FROM
t'ontenoy entered ii broad avenue lead
ing to Il stately nlansion. Elolse looked
with iauguid interest at tie house, the
broad sweep OF lawn, the grand Trees
| REPRESENTING uIe estate OF r;lIlk Wei
don.
| les, papa, she said, quietly. Il
reluenIuei lue pIstce quiLe well, although
wis Oily auvdI Il years old When We
| were here last. l suppose lie iauy ou
Tue porch Is Mis-. " eiuon.'
"les-yes-dnu rank is there, to-
/ Dear me, Elolse, l Wish you Wuuiu not
look US Ii you were asleep"
| thus iluIuonlSued, LiOISe sat more
erect, a1u put some animation ulo ner
| greeting as the carriage Stoppeu at the
Loot Oh Gle night OIL urold steps leading
! to the porch, Where Mrs. " eIdon alti
uer sou waited To welcome their guests.
| Ii had been understood III the tainlIies
| OF w eluon ana LuClreu Tor years that
l Il rank AND Elolse would one day UNI te
| Tie fortunes and estates ny Il marriage.
| The young people did hot consider tnem-
selves 10 De formally betrotued, but
! when Old MI " eiuon died and LETT luis
chuIu AMI lifelong friend Mr.. iuttreu
as one of the trustees for the property
| his son would inherit when he came
vi age, he certainly expected Lioise
| would reign at Weldon park When Mrs.
| Weldon Franks mother, died; and
when Mrs. Lutreu died i'll Paris, she
! urged her husbands return 10 America
with the conviction that il would ue
better now Tor EloIse 10 marry Drank,
since she had devoted much of her
life ~ ner mothers state OF mviliulsm.
ii WAS eight years since the LulIeuS
had left America TO travel for the bene-
lit OF Mrs. LuttreIs health, when she
| ueu. In that un1e, LloIse had been
under The cure Ut Il German gUNerneSs
Ill Germany, Il french governess i'll
Paris, and an English governeSs LII
London and III Italy. She hau studied
music under the best masters, had dab
UIeu III art, had gone INTO society dL Ii
" keep papa company When hei'
mother was i'll. Early developed, she
had never yet had any love affair, and
When Frank Weldon was sent abroad
To Anlsn his education, and joined TIE
Lutuells, Llolse gave him Il cool but
friendly reception, quite prepared to
marry him OH the foreign platform, to
please papa.
1Aey were together III many foreign
Cities but tneir IUNe-mahlug was OF the
| most lanSuid description, each giving
the other cordial liking and thinking ar
uenl IeennS quite superuuus under lne
CIRCUMSTANCES. They parted III Pans,
and Frank had been 1T nvluc nearly lMu
years When he welcomed lue LutlereIis
| 10 America and To W eluon Park.
You must MAKE us Il ions visit be-
Tore you 50 houle, Mrs. " eluon uau
written TO E1olse, 1t Is 50 long Siucc
your house WAS opened ulat il Win not
| De nablEIDle 1or months, anu you viii
NC 50 near Lnat you can easily Superul-
leiiu all the cle;llulig or rennlsnlnG.
SO, after Il few days fest i'll New
York, the Luttrens autographed 10 Wei
uon Park ana were met ut the Station
10y the carnage.
IL nluSL be confessed that Mrs. Wei
don was not pleasantly impressed by
the entire coolnoSs OF her uaugnter-ln-
| Iaw-elecl. She was ii Wilrm-nearted,
nlpulSlve little woman, Who ldoiized
her only son, and She made little allow
ance tor the early maturity into Which
ElOlSe had been forced. Ii chilled her
10 see how c;lhn anu seIf- posstsseu this
SIrl VI ~ WAS, ami even the SLatues4uu
CHARACTER vi ller suberD beauty ratncr
appalled, Arl. She gave frann Il uII-
frightened look us Tie guests swept
up lne Staircase To the FOULS preparusI
Ior them, and frank, as SUI They
We're Out OF hearing, broke mo Il Doylsll
HuShter. Nearly i've years older than
Liolse, lie looked younger, being blonde
ana DOylsh, while she was brunette aud
stately. 1 think, i'll her heart OF hearts,
EioIse rather uesplseu lbs merry, light
hearted nature, but Size never EXPRESSED
any such opIulons.
When The guests Joined mother aud
SOU LII the dr;lWlng-rooul, before dinner,
they were both surprised 10 meet u
gentleman who was introduced by Mrs.
Weldon, as my brother, Or. Gerrish,' =
and TO lind this member OF the family
Il cripple and invalid. He was tall,
snght-built man, Of 81 or So, with q
delicate, renned face, and with one
shoulder deformed while there WAS u
decided halt In LIS gait. Shrinking evil
IDENTITY from notice, he yet made an eff
fort TO aid in entertaining his sisters
guests, and conversed in a low, sweet
voice, almost womanly in its delicate
modulations
1t was not until the next day that
Frank, sauntering through the garden
With Eloise, spoke of his uncle.
NO, he said, in answer to her quest
| iol, he did not live here before you
went abroad. He was practicing medl-
| cine then in Boston, but he was injur-
ed by fall, and he lost his property
III some unfortunate investment; SO
mother insisted upon his coming here, To
take care OF her While L was in Europe.
Since then, it has been easy to persuade
him TO stay. He enjoys the seclusion,
aud he Is d close student, contributing
largely TO medical literature, though ne
! has ceased to practice. He can not
trust his nerves sinve his accident, and
u doctor dare not be nervous
| Does he suffer much?'
Not physically, but [ think he does
mentally. He was ambitious and an
! enthusiast in his profession. 1t was
hard to be cut short in what promised