Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-11-28
CHAPTER I.
THE HEIRESS AT FIFTEEN.

THE HElRESS AT FIFTEEN.
NO, really, Jerry, 1 cannot have it.
No. my dear child. you really are
this really is more than l can put up
with ! have overlooked great deal.
for. OF course, this is an out of-the-w ay
place. and dress is not OF much Conse-
Guence here; but you seem to have no
conscience in the matter. And really,
tor a great girl OF fifteen to be go ng
sbout such a figure why, who. seeing
YOU to-day, would G. er dream OF taking
you for young gentlewoman: They
would take you or fisherman daugE-
ter-nay, or the fisherman himself. |
should rot be in the least surprised II
anybody meeting you going about as
you are now were to take you for one
OF the fishermen of the village"
The suggestion was, sooth 10 say, not
altogether unmer tel.
..Jerry'-a fond granddame's alb
breviation for the more elegant Ger.
aldine'- had. tor convenience sake,
inserted her brisk, healthy young per-
son into an ancient yellow o.lskin fish
ing coat. which completely covered
every feminine garment urderneat /.
and the collar OF which, standing up
round her ears, was lost beneath the
shade OF one OF those seafarlng glazed
caps known as "sou'we =teEs," whose
long faD wo Id obviously ward of the
severest wctting.
With bare hands plunged deeply in
capacious pockets. and pair o the
stoutest boots which the village boot
maker q man accustomed to make for
po1ghboys and fishermen could pro-
uuce for none but these would have
pleased his present customeri-the
daughter OF an ancient house and sole
heires5 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 toe
much" murmured Gcraldine's grand
mother. in the piteous &C. ents OF weak
disapproval, common to those VINO
ha, c long since found their tyrdntS
~ really ought rot to allow 1t: kn w
| ought not"
whoever sees you began the oil
lady aga n but time was passing. anC
It was necessary this should be pat ;
stop to.
wv 40 is there to see me?" cried the
defaulter merrily. Il say 'who:' an.
Echo answers 'who?' Now, my deal
granny, you had best say who your
self. and let me Or, there s a dear.
How can you tell whom you MAJ
meet"
SBut l never do meet any one"
-"That's not to saw yoI never may
And for you, yogug lady, my grand
daughter to be marching all over th'
place -
"Oh. dear, I never thong ht OF Inarch
inc. Not but what | could marct
finely in this nice, comfortable coat,
shaking herself anew into 1t, "ou
there's this difficulty. that there's No
road where | am gong, and one car
hardly march through peal-bog ant
b!rchen-wood. oh, we arc only golni
to fish the burn, and never mean
to be seen at all. not even Dy you
granny L had Geen going 10 sup gu
by the side door, ana scutIie aioils y.
the garden wall, only that had lei
nv rod and line in the window here
and you were such tlresohhe, hiS
chic GUS old granny. that you popped
out upon me before codld escape. L
was a shabby thing to DO, dear, IL wa
indeed ~ and the sou 'wester waS Se'
from side to side reprOachiuliy.
"You madcap thing"
"Oh, madcap tn hing." quoth Jerry
pbilosopnicalIy. You often call M
that, YOU know. And if these clothe
keep me from getting wet
Clothes. my dear child, call Ihing
by their rlgnU Hdine7- 1Il' ea ai|io''
and oil skin .,-,,
We'll, this salicIoth d anu oiishih ni
Il keeps me from getting cold an
sore throat -"
"Oh, if you must go out in the RAN
1t ls certainly pettcr hoU W u ~
risk OF getting coiu anu .in so,o ,or ,n rn,, +
But 1t Is really hlSh si. 'I -,
give up this sorl VI III
young lauy ike you ,,oa -, q
'Ought 10 De sittihS TAT
the great drawlhg-rooili suiai 80
skeins OF worsted, or scrlDDitn urT
warts OF music paper - -
with indignant contempt. ~ Ina.
you, dear, not as long as IA .,.i'l ne.p :.
And do not believe you WIZ ever 1ul
me into young iady oi inao 5
il | should live to be nIliufeu' W
thousand" added she, Sun i ~ i.iIt" Gonn an
getically- 'As Ii couiu 9Lt uO 49,. b.