The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-11-21
A STORM ON THE COAST

IL was during one VI ''o', NV SP''
IN The month of June, when between
The MOSQUITOES and the heat life seemed
unbearable, that Dalton suggested u
basty retreat to the pine woods and gull
preezes on the Mississippi sound.
"By all MEANS" l said. There is
nothing doing in the way of business
here; we are tied down by reason OF
other peoples absence to our once
desks. SO we might Just as well take up
our quarters until fall by the blue wa
tiers of the gulf and run in daily to see
our mail"
Then | bethought me OF on elderly
aunt of mine. Aunt d'Arville, wnom |
had not seen for quite \ number OF
wears, partly from dislnclination, for
/ preserved a vivid recollection of her
unpleasant manners, and partly be-
cause | had been absent abroad repre-
s.nting our house. first in Hayre and
then in Bremen.
I'VE will 90 to Seayiew cottage,
said 10 Fred. Il have an elderly relative
who will take us in, have no doubt,
and as we will be out of the house most
OF the time fishing or sailing, the old
lady's moods and temper will not be in
tolerable."
Aunt Martha was a caution, remem'
bered in those days of my youth, when
I'VE were Familiarity acquainted with
each other.
suppose the poor souls temper had
been soured by her husbands failure
and his too philosophical acceptance OF
il afterward.
His death later on did not mend mat
tiers: for like all people of her exacting
temperament. and hard, determined
narrow-minded nature, she was te-
nacous in her affection,if wearisome III
degree in the repressed. vehement
purtanical way she had of showing IT
and her grief, while sincere and re-
spectacle. was an added ;nfliction to hei
surroundings.
Itywas dreary atmosphere in which
to bring up her only child, that pale
faced little cousin of mine, Adele.
! wondered vaguely what sort OF
young woman she had grown into
She was plain child. Her only re
deeming feature / could recall was hel
eyes. She had Inherited them from hel
father. They were large and brown
soft and brilliant, and were yelled will
thick, dark lases, which threw
shadow on her pale little face. making
her look, I thought, still more frail ant
melancholy.
What had induced Aunt Martha Il
marry our consul, Paul Beremmau'
d. Awhile, no one had been able TO dis
cover unless il was his brilliant wit
intense divergence from herself ant
handsome face.
Certainly no two people were eve
more dissimilar in taste and modes o
thought, and / fancy d'Arville, whom
always looked on as a most fascinat
ing man from his fine manners, versa
tile conversation and general attract
iyeness. soon wearied of his wife's to-
austere, methodical temper and habits
No doubt he failed to discover unde
her cold, precise manner the fine feeling
and nature which lay hid and did no
reveal itself. So, like many anothe
marriage, they grew apart, and whel
financial troubles befen she becam
harsh and bitter, albeit she bore he
burdens bravely, and d'Aryille drifte
into club habits and kept out of tn
house.
Seaview is a beautiful place.
a low, wide-spreading cottage. who's
windows and piazzas are covered wit
clambering rose vines and whose gree
lawn is shaded by gigantic oaks. it ir
vites 10 repose.
AS boy l would loll on one of tn
various benches under their shade
reading some novel or detective stor,
While the soft swish of the water on tn
narrow beach just beyond the gardc
gate played minor key to the thrill
ing incidents to the story. Or | woul
SIT on the gross and mend my lines an
nets, while little pale-faoed Del woul
SIT curled up with her Newfoundland
In subdued, silent way, by my side.
There is splendid fishing round IL
Islands out in the bay, few hours ri
across from Scaview," 1 said to Fred. &