The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-11

'llev6 can, Il Ia no lonely.f ,,tNi il
I'VE have never been lonely" snld
Hulda, after q 6horl silence, but OF
course we've Giwlyu had tho thought
that you were coming 10 live With ua
when You anis:'ui aellool,f II gwiii be
different wi.e.i yau co away thi5 tlme.p
| Amy ran cad .llrsN her nrnig around
them. IS y
1T Is q beautiful ioaio dears, and
You know I love you both 90! thoagliyyou
were my ME there, hut Il 60 ain and
golcnin here, mud you know I S;iai;.ci,'t
I.boen used to lt."s kae sii
1--we might reclte her pomo OF tho
plays Huldn," EaId Jane. I'M A
"What plays?" asked Amy eagerly.
Yes. I'm sure thhtwould nmusc hcr,"
said Hulda, II hope you don't think,
Amy, that we are women who settle
down and spend all our, time and mind
on our work. 5It
q The two left thereon, md Amy was
presently surprised by their returning
dressed In costume. With the first lines
she knew that they were dressed to rep
resent Portia and Nerlssa. With sur-
prislng ability In recitation and action
they went through the we'll known
scene from the Merchant Of Venice
i They could not have had moro ap-
prcctat!ve audience.
Amy recalled them again md again
with a storm Of applause q
The two little ladies had used the
years of their solitude and leisure In
learning from beginning to end a num-
Der of the plays OF Shakespeare, and for
4 amusement had bought several chests
OF costumes, md before the long mir
rofs In the drawing room had acted
many. parts together Z.
/ When they again appeared to Amy
from an inner room they were In the
costume OF Rosalind and Celia In the
forest ofiArden. so perfect was their
presentation OF this part that It cer-
tainly entered the borderland Of art.
"Bravo!' cried Amy in great excite
mcnt. "Well not go to Washington:
we'll have Washington come 10 us.
1 Well send a lot Of invitations. and have
the sayest home party that was ever
known in the country E5sg
To this plan Huldh and Jane gave
slow consent
A MONTH alter every guest chamber in
the fine old country house was occupied.
The news of his sisters wonderful &C.
accomplishments drew the beloved brother
In Washington to the, home he had not
visited for twenty years. Z.
They were mostly the brothers
friends and Amy's who made the place
gay with laughter and song. ifs
But one room was reserved for guest
whom Hulda and Jane had specially in
vited. 1t was late one evening after
all the others had retired that he or
| rived. Amy was greatly amused and
surprised the next morning when she
met on the stair one of the nearest
neighbors-an old gentleman who lived
just across the country. road
why. Mr.. Weston!" she exclaimed.
"are you the guest Of hopor?''
BE was n tall, handsome man with O
most dignifled bearing. ID.
I've always been an honored guest
In this house." he replied, holding out
bis hand. THE girls thought I couldn't
really be one OF the party unless closed
my house and came over bag and bag
gage. Now, IL you don't mind, Amy, just
keeping III to yourself, let them think
I'm q dignitary from some remote quar-
ter Of the globe, and they will uppreci-
ate me, but IL they know I'm John Wes-
ton. who lives across the road, I'll flg-
ure for slmpleton.' ~
mo. indeed, you wouldn't" Amy
laughed. You'll be the life OF the party.
] hoped you'd come over every day, as
you always do, but It will be SO much
nicer to have you in the housc.""t
Half an hour later, when the merry
party had gathered at the breakfast
table, the guest OF honor was presented.
No one had ever. a truer gift OF CONVEX
sation than John Weston. He naturally
assumed the position OF his long friend
ship with the family, and twas noticed
that Hulda and Jane deferred to him in
oil things as though they were used to
depending on his judgment
The following day It was rumored that
the sisters intended giving the balcony
scene from Romeo and Juliet, IN their
first appearance before guests
Amy had been out slelghing all the az
ternoon with a number of the young
people, and had not known that her
aunts intended representing these Juve-
rfle lovers. The drawing room was be-
ing set in readiness for the amusement
when the party returned. z 4 8
John Weston, acting as the stage arch
ftect, was hanging a painted screen
against the winding staircase. I'll have
with the woodblne," he was eaying to
/ There was q burst Of merry laughter
in the doorway.
20. Mr.. Weston, what are you do
fng?" Amy exclaimed, running forward,
Aunt Jane and Aunt Hul6a surely
can't act Romeo and Juliet"
Cant they? Wait till you see them
try It. You heard me say that live
across the road. didn't you?" he added
smiling NJ the young people who he'd
followed Amy into the room. well, we
need both houses TO circle around In any
way"
With q girl on each arm John Weston
presently went down the srow-becteu
path and across the rond to his own
home among the evergreens j s Z.
20 asked Amy who lived here the other
day." said one OF the girls. .tard she
said: An old gentleman who spent all
tcrested wondering what you were like.
=. What maGetyou keep 1t secret that you
? lived here?"
20, just for sport. I didn't really e1-
pect lobe able to keep It all through the
month"
l"But this Is such beautiful home!" 4
There isn't finer interior In the
country" said John Weston proudly.
J, j"Doiyou live here all alone?" NJ
. 5"Well, I'm over, the way a great deal,
and they are over here 55sf
Z 20. how artis.ic!" the other OF tho
y girls exclaimed. aa they entered the hall.
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