The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-13

only three months to establish resi-
dence and the legal formalities con.
sumo very little time; but strange to
say Mira Hicks Brown did not find IL
easy to pass tho time. The first
three or four weeks in her Hurried
state OF mind. she did not notice
but after that time passed very slow.
ly indeed Strange as Il may seem
life apart from Mr.. Hicks. Brown was
very very dull-and lonely. Yes
she had been hasty-too hasty-but
there was no turning back now. She
had burned her bridges and. be-
sides had ever q Lovedale retraced
step once takenP Mol And she held
her pretty nose little higher and
tried to look haughtily don't care -ish,
all the time feeling very miserable
indeed.
Everything seemed to conspire to
add to her load OF sorrow. She was
pointed out on the street as a, .colo-
nist;" men about the hotel whore she
boarded tried to thrust their atten-
tions upon her; and. although she
met through the pastor OF the church
she attended and at the home of her
attorney, many Of the incest people in
the city. she was almost entirely 10.
nored in social way. and it CALLED
her immeasurably. She a Loyedale
yes and Hicks Brown; for even II
the man who had bestowed the last
name on her did work for living. It
was a name to be proud OTTO be os-
TRACKED by these Insignificant country
people half the men among whom at
tended balls in Prince Albert or cut.
away coats! The idea! As II she
cared! And yet she did care. a great
deal.
And Mr.. Hicks Brown He was
working away as though fighting
time. He never gave himself q
moment II he could help it for
thought. Not word had passed be.
tween him and member of the Love-
dale family since the day his wife had
flung herself out of the house and re-
turned to her parents. He heard she
had gone West for divorce. and 1t
made him vince but he shut his
mouth more tightly and went at his
work still harder There were times
when he had to think. and they were
not pleasant times There was one
in particular. A few months before
he had begun to build. unknown to
his wife handsome new house in her
favorite suburb-and the time came
for him to occupy it and she was not
there to enjoy it His younger sister,
an orphan. who had just finished
school and had come to live with him,
was delighted with everything. She
ran all over the house. fairly gushing
with pleasure. and did not know that
her brother sitting amid the con-
fusion OF furniture in the front hall,
was thinking OF how much some one
else would have been pleased. And
thcre were two big tears on his cheeks
when he remembered himself and
arose to superintend the work of
arranging furniture.
Every body who reads the papers
remembers the Hicks Brown divorce
trial-how the defendant paid no at
tention to the suit how the judge. in
granting decree without alimony,
scored the fair plaintiff for seeking
divorce on such trivial grounds, and
assured her that he allowed a decree
only because it was plain to be seen
that it was case Of incompatibility
and how. two days after receiving
her decree, the plaintiff left suddenly.
and every body said. Il told you so
Il knew she'd go as soon as she got
It,"
But everybody does not know that
the reason she left so suddenly was
that she received telegram an
nouncing her fathers death. or that
when she reached home she found
that he had died bankrupt
Hicks. Brown knew it and his heart
ached with the longing to go to her
aid-and then the Hicks Brown pride
came to the surface. and his heart
hardened with cold snap and no
bent himself to his work harder than
ever
One morning as he rode into town,
Henry Hicks Brown was thinking how
lonely his sister must be- sometimes
out there In that slow little suburb
and an idea struck him. BY Jover' |
he thought its the very thing.
There are lots OF nice girls who would |
jump at the chance to be companion |
to 80 jolly a girl as Lottie." And he
stopped at the Sol Office and left a
Want" advertisement which stated
that young lady desired a COM
panion who was able to speak Fren CHI
and possessed sundry other &C
complishmen,s; must furnish best ref
erences; would receive liberal salary.
etc. Apply in person at residence.
No. - Grove street."
Mabel Hicks-Brown discussing
ways and means with her mother at
heir slimly furnished breakfast table
next morning, saw the advertisement
It's the very thing. mamma and
I'm going to see about 1t to-day.
must be done and I'm the
,ne to do it So"
'But Mabel 1t seems so-so-why
he idea Of
There. there's no use saying a
word. mamma We can't be choosers
my more And so it was settled.
At four o'clock that afternoon, Ma
vel Hicks Brown rang the door bell Of