Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-03-21

Dat not Tor t!lcIn as - hurried. or
them as Is married an | fatter M
self as | knows. being myself 4 mar
ricd woaaD, this ere hUou residenc
amt alt, nor yet quarter lar2c
enough. 4 lnan mav be es fond .
lbs wife es evor It IS possible for i'm
- be n woman NAV be- es fond Of her
usband as er ever ken be, but they
don't want to be knocking up agin
each other all the livelong day."
Here the figure in the rowan berries.
9:rnr ari.v,l,se.. oas.e.' 'nt,>t s:ss'.
drawing-roorr. The tall patrician
man. preternaturally embarrassed,
strobe into the tiny dinins-room
aud tbc oarrlIous carctaker waa lvf4
10 finish her speech to empty beLchr~.
Sbc imagined herself to be woln1in
Of singular peretra;lon, however Ii
was her boast thnt She gould gasp :.
ai.natoh at 9,.ailce and take Il all IL.
~. clbiS sue Nto y ~ h.|'ttH ~
concerted till flntter of snirts Alnote
lcr ear, an the wo:nan with the
rowan berries renppearcd, the m&l.
having gone upstairs, saying IA Il wins
per, with Indignation trnceable III
every word;
"That gentl.man Is a perfect
sirnnger to me. | nave never eeen
him before today L my life. We
cianced to arrive II tho station to-
3ether. And now You can so. There
is no occasion for Won to follow M
over the honse-I prefer to look at i
alone. By the bye she added, q
should advise the owners to put it III
other hands. You evidently don t
want to let it..
1t does rot take long to look over "a
4 six-roomci cottage In ten minute,
4 the man was ont.o the sl5po OF gar
! den III the rear looking Idly ahe al Of
him across the reach. lie had seen
III a flash through the stair case VIM
dow the rowan berries going upstairs.
He caught in flash now the rowan
/ berries coming down.
"'Woull she go straight ont by the
hall door?' h. asked himself, 'or
come into the gnrdAu?'
A rustic of the silk skirts coming
down the path towards him, glimpse
Of a comtiy figure sllhouetted molnen-
tarlly against the pendent ivy, was the
agreeable answer to this query.
CAS- We have both come long dis
tnnces, and indispntnbiy upon the
same quest" she began, 'lt is bu
ia,r il Iced the right and civil thin
to 10, | think, to ask You II yon hay,
come TO any decision about the hous
| believe here her eyebrows wen
up and >ne showed gienm Of teeth
I'm uli business, matters man take
precedence.
But in matters of sentiment" n
interrupted her, woman
''Sentnnent:' sac sad sDo yor
think, then. even n her business tran
etc,lon~. woman i, necessarily senti
lnrntaI?'
:! certainly do, he wertd.
ct, MD -, ,.,rar ~
TAGGED edge OF the reach. and stoo
looking away across 1t 10 the gree
meadows. opposite, eacn detail Of he
charming person duplicated IN th
water With il,tractln- accuracy.
An. Ii vou knew !ne better" sh
said you would lind that / an
most prosaIc creature. | threw asli
sentiment ten year, ago, when | thre'
aside my youth. Ny head at this mo
ment, if you could see the working
Of 1t, Is full IF the prosiest specula
tions as TO the drainaIe of the CO
tnLe, tie exact character Of the 80
n which II stands. for.E have 4 stron
aspicion that II i butt upon ella,
| am pronoundlng. too, wnether ib
the kitchen rang. Tne scnIler
>triles me as having been thought
AtterwA d j; aud about the bathrool
fittings | am lus' wondering.
seems Il, me they are inadequate.