The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-08-29
MISS NAN.

Slender, but not thin, with soft hazel
eyes and long lashes, pale complexion,
light brown hair, with here and there q
strand of gray, not pretty, but attractive
looking, simple in manner, speech and
dress-that was Miss Nan.
That she was an old maid was beyond
dispute. Her most intimate friend would
not have denied it If he could. Though
for the matter of that he could not, be-
longing, as he did, to the feline species
and not being blessed with the power of
speech. She was turned" SO If she was a
day, and the most hopeful of that social
scourge known as matchmakers had long
since scratched her name off their list of
possibilities.
Miss Nan lived in her own cottage, and
the lawn in front of it was the neatest in
Tiffin, as the little parlor inside was the
tidiest. The three cats that monopolized
the hearth rug in the parlor of evenings
were as sleek as could be and exceptional
ly well behaved for cats. The furniture
was of quaint pattern, but the easy
chairs were comfortable in the extreme,
and If the little earthenware teapot was
half as good q brewer as 1t was q singer
don't blame her for indulging in its con-
tents rather freely.
That Miss Nan had a good heart and a
kind one 1 can youch for, and so could
many barefooted urchin and many an
overworBed factory girl. There was no
Sunday school teacher in Tiffin as beloved
by her scholars, and they all knew the
flavor of her famous cookies. was not
surprised to hear one day that Miss Nan
had had bit of romance in her life, so
long ago that the younger generation had
never heard of 1t and the older generation
had long since forgotten it,
There had been a certain handsome
young man who had courted her in the
old days, and not unsuocessfully. He had
been practicing law for three or four years,
and his prospects were unusually bright
He was genial in his way, but proud to q
fault. He had never been lady's man,
and despite the fact that many jaunty
caps had been set for him he had almost
been set down for young bachelor con-
firmed in his waywardness until he mot
Miss Nan at church festival. From that
evening the predictions toppled over like
cardhouses, for, though she did not appar-
emily reciprocate at first, he was "a deter
mined wooer, with youth, good looks and
winning tongue to back him. So at last
she melted-of course she did, for what
else was that woman's heart of hers Gre
atedP--and the gossips began to wonder
when the day would be set and to sur1nise
among themselves that it had been set
and was still secret. But whether 1t
really had or had not been Silas Grantley
knew and Miss Nan knew, but the gos-
sips never did find out.
OF the matrimonially inclined young
ladies who had set their caps for Silas
Grantley before the fateful church festi-
val none haa seo tnom 80 aroiulIy, no
hopelully as Lizzle Mlhks. ono was
preVoy plO Oh woman Jung sinoe Cno
WIG Oh hehpeckeu husoahul' WIN spar
KING DlacK eyes, snarp features anu
tlgnO htole ngufe ohao sho WINS WIN W
ueck oue WIN one B'iycsD rippons Ailiosi-
hapie one hau Spanlsh pioou III ner se,ns
ana was PROUD vi ~, anu Prouu Vi n .,
temper uoo' Ihouen oiias iiau hosoi p",'
her any SERIOUS "oUeneioh, sho nov up
peareu aIoracoiVe W MN uhoi no lhe'
MISS NAN ~ ~ hau NOV oeen ioI Sii"o,
there Is no Geiilhg Whao inishO hoO haVo
happened. MISS MinAs was nov y1uns
lauy 10 supnl' W suoh q ooO's, e. ..ai'o..
c"iii'iy' anu oho oiu.i was v,av sio ,a ..
hnu any ihtehTioii VI su , " ~ az
aii' ohe aiy apouV 'he oiano 'n .,'. ono $40
sips hau sevoiou ~ etoisiaooo,,ly "'i,o"e
themselves ohiC e,ie uay hnu iin y, uson
sec, siio c'iine W Que oohoiueion iii''o
ters nau progresseu lar enough anu ., n,auo
an aiCernooh caii Oh hei suooessiu, ii'ai
ohe icle her preo'y airs anu s."oes az
nome Win her gay rippons .hao ,hoi"i ,
anu was sau ehouen usuro "non 10
hoseess ushereo her ih0o Ono paiiol-ono
eaiho hoVio pariol, ohousn ' -
hooher was living oneii' anu ~ mes "
OF 10 her .,io ~ was III a,'el yoaie ,...'
Mlnks tolu her sOory wen anu me e'S Di iya
1ears over ~ 700. Sho 'olu NV o.,as ,i nos,
Wooeu her anu won hor "i'u i,ou 80
10 marry no,' am, how Sno uay . .a 49,
hanleu' anu now nc ,'i Nepo up Nj 1no y 10.
uecepvioh even aiscr n1 nau ileO tas a.
herseli, ana now heareiessiy no pau h na..
~ 1hroWh her oVcr anu iausn.u "o ~
inen "hch sue saw .hao ,no 81 $500, 'o -
size appeareu soreiy croupieu BIO ueeA my
remorseiui anu vowed thilC sne ougho no'
to have tod her' Ihen she grew hysVer-
lcai ana ralied against an mon anu uo-
spised hersei. ior an ioioo 10 nave over
trusted ono Oh oneni, her au1i.or was WY
quleo through ~ an puV hiNAio t 'i,llf.s
knew onao hcr shaio iiiu poe' a ssisno
one ana went home exuiting' Aioer sho
had gone, MISS Nan ala whac many an
other girl IN her place Wouia haVe uohe'
she had hard cry She ana nov ceii ner
motner. She couiu not nave 1oiu any ono.
She hatea 10 thlhk onat even h,~Aie H ,lAls
knew inc man she ioVeu III suci, an aiOcroes
light But the mere taco Oh thihklhg oi
MIN soitened her' ana she hopeu-aye, ~
the loyalty OF her neart, she .rus'ou MI, Snae
Siias had Dcen mlsuhuersSoou- noro
should Dc no MISUNDERSTANDING poow cen
them' ono ueoerinlneu 10 20, nm, Ina1 ,
evening, Wheh nc caiieu' aii ohao siio i,uu
heard. bue tangled snrouen nor ero .,.ae
was sore ieellhg Oh olsappoihIlaenS tnnV
Slias could nave even careisssiy . ~. WV"