Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-03-04

ter, / am told, OF a German IN Hudson
street.
"That's right, aunt. Her father has
the biggest corner grocery over there,
and he has made his pile-I mean has
made money since he's been there"
'How long has he been here?"
"Going on 25 year. Oh, he's almost
an old Ninth warder now. Hes some
in politics, and his family is right in it. !"
"Percy, l never knew them"
ST know, but you wouldn't. 1t amt
my fault. Iwanted to have them all
over to mothers SO as you could be in.
troduced to them"
The old lady looked as though she
would answer this, but did not. She
was silent moment before she pro-
ceeded:
$50 her father is grocerg'
Eyes, like Mr.. Jamison, who you
like we'll enough"
"Mr Jamison is gentleman, my
dear. The .misfortunes of his family ycan
never alter that The Jamisons are of
the oldest Greenwich families on both
sides. He is grocer by necessity. This
person Of whom we are speaking is one
by choice"
''Well, Aunt Martha, it's as good as
being truckman, and better. /"
Mrs Leveen WINGED.
"You might have been q judge like
your father or a senator like your grand
father. WANTED you to enter political
Life"
Politics is pretty low down these
days." Percy remarked. 1T amt what
| it was. Besides, tried to get an Office
from Mike McNamara, but he said I
wouldn't do in any office where the pay
was as much as the trucking pays And
I guess that's about SO. ~
The last sentence was cheerfully
spoken. Mrs. Leveen locked at her
nephew's rnddy cheeks and sighed.
IT do wish, Percy" she said gently,
"that you eonld have found some one in
Greenwich. That part Of Hudson street
where these people live is way beyond
The outskirts Of the old village, out
where the hog fields were till the immi-
grants began to settle around us. -
"But what's the difference, Aunt
Martha? It's all one now. There amt
no Greenwich any more; it's all just
New York city. So what is the use of
pretending?"
The impatience in the young mans
tone amazed his aunt almost as much
as the sentiment he uttered Never be-
fore had he failed to show her respect
On the contrary, the humbleness of his
lemeanor had been a grievance to her;
it did not become one Of her own. blood
to manifest the same awe before her
that an ordinary Ninth warder did.
THE old lady Strengthened in her
chair, the lines about her mouth stiffen-
ed, and her eyes glistened like her
knocker, as she answered:
'Percy Dean You forget to whom
you are speaking. You forget yourself,
sir, and your good breeding is evidently
suffering from the associations you per-
NIT yourself. y
Percy was frightened. The last time
he had been rebuked in this temper by
his aunt was when he was a boy. He
meant mo offense.
IT beg your pardon, Aunt Martha, ;"
he murmured.
Mrs. Leveen took her knitting from
the table and worked busily at it till
she was quite calm. She looked up after
every few tirusts of her needle, indig-
nantly at first, then coldly, and finally
the habitual expression of kindness re-
turned to her face.
II dare say you are in q hurry to go
to town, Percy, and shall not detaiil
you much longer. You may tell me
something abont this yonng--this girl
How old is she?'
She is going on 10, Aunt MARTHA"
Is she cultivated, educated? Come,
Percy, tell me all about her"
She went through the grammar
school, I think, but she had to work
after that So she can't play the piano
or sing, but she is q nice girl and can
tend the house and cook, now that her
mother's dead. !"
That's right. She ought to be able
to manage her husbands household
But tell me more about her. rs her
voice soft, are her manners gentle, is
she modest? Describe her to me, my
dear. Is she pretty?'
Percy was encouraged BY the few
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