Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-09-02

hno came upon US as aDrupCly anu un
expectedly as an asteroid out of infinite
space. We had finished dinner more
than an hour before. and mother and !
were sitting on the veranda enjoying tht
evening breeze and fighting off an occa
sional mosquito. John, presume, wa
hobnobbing with Tom, the groom, in the
harness room. There was the sound OF
carriage wheels far down the drive. ana
one of the dogs barked. There was no
moon, and it was too dark to see the car
riage until it was almost at hand. Then
it turned out to be a hack from the vii
lage railway station.
1T must be some person in answer t0
my advertisement for maid. exclaimed
my mother in an undertone. What
an extraordinary proceeding! You must
tell the people at the livery stable.
Frank. never to allow people to come
upon us in this way"
said: apparently the person means
to take the place. Her trunk is on be-
hind"
That is sufficient" mother replied
i shall not take her"
Meantime the hackman had descended
door. A rather tall female figure got
out. At sign from mother | went down
the steps of the veranda and met her.
saw that she was young and well dressed.
She did not look like "person."
"Are you Mr.. Mainwaring?" she asked
in deep but very agreeable voice.
81 am Frank Mainwaring," ! said
"Did you wish to see my mother:"
II have brought her letter from her
brother" replied she. and she handed me
a sealed envelope.
"Do you mean from Edward FORE
stal?"
"Yes." -'
"Will you come up and sit down." |
preceded her up the steps and gave the
letter to mother, who must have over
heard what had passed and had risen to
her feet. From Edward. What can
it beY she murmured. Indeed we had
not heard from my uncle for 20 years.
Come in and sit down." she said to her
visitor in a somewhat agitated tone. 81
will read what you have brought. and
81 will stay here until you have read
it," returned the other, and she turned
away, refusing the chair proffered her,
and leaned against pillar of the veran-
da. AS she stood there the hackman ap-
preached and asked whether he should
take down her trunk. Not yet" she
'aid. Meantime mother had gone into
the front drawing room. where there
was q light to read the letter. ! said
at venture, If had known you were
coming, we would have made prepara-
tons
But she interrupted me. II took my
chances" she said. 1T is only 10 days
since left England. / brought the let
ter myself, because didn't wish to trust
1t to the mails, and it is all | have to
show for myself"
At this point mother reappeared in the
doorway. MY DEAR" she said in an un-
certain voice. "come here where l can
pee you. Are you-are you
~ am Sinhre," said the other, advanc-
ing with certain stateliness and taking
my mothers hand i'll hers. My mother
was strangely moved. She gave an in
articulate cry, drew the girl into her
arms and kissed her. 1t seems that her
brother-my uncle Edward-was dead.
He had died in London. leaving very lit
tie property and daughter, his only
surviving child. His wife had died years
before. There was no one in England
ON whom he had any claim-he had lived
upward of Is years in lndia-and he was
troubled in mind as to his daughters fu-
ture.