Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-11-08
CHAPTER I.
TVF HEIRESS AT FIFTEEN.

THE HEIRESS AT FIFTEEN.
no. really, Jerry, [ cannot have it.
IA NV dear child, you really are
+bis really is more than L can put up
,rrh have overlooked great deal.
for Of course, this is an Out-of-the-W ay
,,1aca and dress is not of much COnse-
'ruance here: but you seem to have no
,onscieuce in the matter. And really,
tor GREAT GIRL Of fifteen to be going
about such figure why, who, seeing
rou to-day. would ever dream OF taking
!on for Young gentlewOman? They
[ronld take YOU or fisherman S daugE
,ar-nav. or the fisherman himself. [
sbOuld not be in the least surprised if
ANYBODY meeting you going about as
Won are now were to take you for one
nf the fishermen of the village"
The suggestion was, sOOth to say, not
altogether unmerited.
"jerrv''-a fond granddame's alb
breyiatOn for the more elegant Ger
aIIine"-had tor convenience sake,
inserted her brisk, healthy young per-
,0u into an ancient yellow Oilskin fish
jng coat. which completely covered
every feminine garment underneat l.,
and the collar OF which, standing up
round her ears. was lost beneath the
shade OF one OF those seafarin9 glazed
caps known as sou 'we-ters, whose
lone flap woJld obviously ward Off the
severest wetting.
With bare hands plunged deeply in
capaciOus pockets, and pair o the
st0urest boots which the village boot
maker a man accustomed to make for
ploughb0vs aud fishermen could pro-
duce for none but these would have
pleased his present cuStOmerl--the
daughter OF an ancient house and sole
Eeiress o large estate, presented an
appearance which, it must frankly be
confessed. was liable to confuse the
mind of any ordinary beholder.
1t really is too much, quite too
much." murmured Geraldiue's grand
mother. III the piteous accents Of weak
di,approyaI, common to those who
have long since found their tyrants.
-. really ought rot to allow it: | know
ought not. -
.e,ry's eyes twinkled.
"WhOever secs YOU" began the old
lady again bat time was passing. and
It was necessary this should be put q
stop to.
"Who is there to see me?" cried the
defaulter merrily. II say 'who:' and
Echo answers 'Who?' Now, my dear
granny you had best say who your
self, and let me off, there's a dear
How can you tell whom you may
meet"
But uevcr do meet any one"
That's not TO say you never may.
And for you, young lady, my grand
daughter, to be marching all over the
pace -'
oh, dear, I never thought of march
Ing. Not but what | could march
@nely in this nice, comfortable coat.
shaking herself anew into it, "Dut
there's this difficulty, that there's no
road where [ am going, and one can
hardly march through peal-bog and
hlrchen-wood. Oh, we are only going
to fish the burn, and | never meant
to be seen at all, not even by you,
granny. [ had been going to slip out
10y the side door, ana scuttle along by
the garden wall, only, that [ had left
my rod and line in the window here,
andNou We're such tiresome, mis-
chieyous old granny. that you popped
out upon me before could escape. 1t
was shabby thing to do, dear, 1t was
indeed . and the sou'wester' wag ged
from side to side reproachfully.
"Go on majcap thing"
"Oh. madcap thing" quoth Jerry,
phllosopnicalIy. you often call me
that you know. And if these clothes
Keep me from getting wet
Clothes. my dear child, call things
by their right names. This sailcloth
anu oil skin -
Well, this sailclotn and oilskin. II
II keeps me from getting cold ana
sore throat"
oh, if you must go out in the rain,
It Is certainly better not to run the
risk of getting cold and sore throat.
but II IS really high time for you to
give up this sort of thing. jerry. A
Young lady like YOU"
Ought to be sitting perked up on
the great drawing-room sofa. winding
SEelns of worsted, or scribbling over
wards of music paper" cried Jerry.
with indignant contempt. mo. thank
you, dear, not as long as ] can help 1t.
And | do not believe you will ever turn
me INTO 4 young lady of that sort even
II should live to be hundred, or
thousand, added she. still more ener-
geclcaly. LAS if [ could sit down and
Iawu beside the fire in that great hot
uraWlng-r0om this glorious afternoon,
when the waterfalls are crashing over
the rocks, and the big trout below VIII
&c all on the alert. and it is but throw
ing 4 line to have them bouncing after
You. Oh, | couldn't do it, | really
eoHld not do it. if tried ever so. Ana
what's more, you would be sorry Tor
me Il i did, Madam Granny; and then
, Know how it would be, YOU would re-
ient just TOO late, and never. never,
never forgive yourself for the cruelty
OF 1t. So there kiss and be friends
anu don't keep me one other Single
second, there's dear, good, KIND
granny"