Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-03-07
a Summer Someog.

.hat.a's q day Nufk dlVEe vs. JNSA :
s,,,.,,ned the landlady OF the Angler
49, n the useful individual who was
,,,sit..r. coachman, groom and gardener
~ mrns. under the comprehensive
a,,nallation of 1.-THE help" There's
+ban two ladies waitin' at the depot
for We already, ! reckon. Make haste"
I'm ready now, missus," said Jack,
su,kily. "Who am l TO ask for?"
ia, if they amt both Miss Smiths"
,,,da,I the landlady. "One of 'em is the
rIch Miss Smith that is coming down
i see about the estate that has been
lsft to her by her grand ther; and the
ether is nobody in perrickler. Only
vans to board here for the summer.
Mind. you're perlite TO the Miss Smith,
for she's likely to settle down here
for good"
How shall know which is which,
asked Jack, doubtfully.
you can tell by the looks, most
likely said the iandlady.
And as the help drove away, Mrs.
Mullen entered the house to give or
dars to her chambermaid
"Only two rooms left empty" she
said--''the large one on the second
floor for the Miss Smith, Ann. The
other'll have TO take the corner room
at the head of the stairs"
Ann nodded DomeStics were fami-
liar in chose parts" much after the
fashion of the damsel who figures in
the customs of the country" Mrs.
Mullen took look about the parlor to
ascertain whether everything was in
order.
Everything was in order save a pile
of magazines and yther papers spread
OF before handsome young fellow
who lounged lily upon a sofa under
the windows.
A man who, although he was "only
common soldier" and withal by
brth nephew to vulgar Mrs. Mullen,
Of the Anglers Rest, was a gentleman.
He was recruiting his strength at this
pleasant mountain inn, and preparing
for the future drudgery at a certain
desk in dark city counting house,
which appeared TO be about the first
thin ever likely to Offer itself to him
now.
He was standing in the garden when
Jacks wagon brought the two Misses
Smith, who came from opposite quar-
tiers and We're not related to each
other, despite their names, to the door
of the anglers Rest"
For onte Mrs. Mullen declared to
herself Jack had not merdted the APP
pelation Stupid" The best seat had
been given to lady attired in gor-
geous silks and laeesa lady who wore
on her finger any number of rings,
who was so positively the rich Miss
Smith that any doubt on the subject
would have been madness. A very
handsome lady, too, in Mrs. Mullen's
estimation.
She was not an amiable young
woman, plainly, and sat with her nose
in the air ignoring the presence OF the
slender girl in a gray travelling dress,
who was, Of course, the other Miss
Smith.
"Do alight, miss she cried, cour
ASying and hobbing tow rd the COM
handing figure which had descended.
"Such disagreeable day to travel"
1T is horrid hot" said the lady,
shaking out her skirts. "rake care
Of them trunks, will yoll five Of EN-
and the poodle. and my parasol, and
basket and veil. Don't let nothin' get
lost"
The other Miss Smith waited for the
removal of obstructing property be-
longing to the Miss Smith.
She was fair girl. with none of her
predecessors glowing color-quite
plain, Mrs. Mullen thought; and when,
In answer to that lady's inquiry about
her luggage, she replied: u have only
this small portmanteau and a trunk, :"
there was no more doubt that she was
nobody
But Arthur Hall. looking on, mere
unprecedented bystander, returned an
other verdict on the two ladies.
The rich Miss Smith was a full
blown not if-looking woman-but
vulgar and ill-tempered and the other
Miss Smith, apparently a poor girl,
was lady, and beautiful too, thought
Arthur, with such a face as | should
like to see on the other side Of my
nre$de when have one.
That day at dinner he was intro
duced to the two Misses Smith and
heard with his own ears the full-blown
damsel declare that she should stay
at the Anglers Rest until "all was
settled and the timid girl who was
somewhat rudely cross questioned by
her hostess, admit that she had taught
music and that she was an orphan.
From mat day and hour Arthur Hall
ocame the knight and champion Of
mis- neglected guest Of his aunt's
hotel
The Miss Smith was fawned upon by
every mortal there. The regular
Jamilies' We're amply able to take care
Of themselves But little Rose Smith
was evidently not accustomed to a
public table, and would have been but
poorly served but for this Quixotic
Arthur. While more prudent young
men paid court to THE "heiress," for
Mrs Mullen had published the fact