Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23
THE OTHER MIR. LEE.
Chicago Daily News.)

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Fetching" fails to do her justice. Soml
women would have given ter
years Of their lives for hei
eyes alone. Her complexion wa.
dazzling. Perfect in form som,
said; irresistible in features all the worlC
said. And then her taste in dress. Posi-
lively that girl had genius for dress
So Miss AIuir-Arnsworth said, and her
utterances guided everybody in and near
Juniper Slope.
Tho locomotive had steamed away with
a long-drawn whistle, leaving her stand
| ing irresolutely on the mere makeshift or
o. platform. Miss Cheeyer glanced anx-
iously up and down the dreary railway.
then at the rough pine shed termed by
courtesy the station. The squirrels We're
scamperlng on the branches over the
shed, the SUMS rays seemed TO be burn
ing the sand on tae steep road trailing
of somewhere back Of the shed-the very
air palpitated, and not soul was in
sight, save the boy wearing q check shirt
and straw hat minus a ribbon.
A frown, a very decided frown. was
growing upon tile pretty face when
sound Of falling gravel and sand caused
Miss Cheever TO turn around. \ nne-
looking young man with a full beard ana
very matter-Of-fact manner turned the
corner of the shed. The fr0wn faded as
rapidly as it. formed; in It's stead q smile
nlumed her face as she said:
Mr.. Lee2"
AT your service" He advanced and
lifted her hand ere she was quite sure
she ought 10 forgive him for his mex
cusaLle delay. She might have had a
disagreeable fifteen minutes had he not
appeared just when he did.
are you in the habit Of dropping from
the clouds?'
THE simple truth is the harness broke"
He did not tell her that it broke when he
was coming down the most dangerous
place on the HILL she was TO learn that
later. and 10 appreciate his rare selt-com-
mand and courage.
But" looking with all her eyes mp the
curved road. where Is the-the--'
1.-THE buggy-we couldn't use a carriage
on the slope-is a little way up the hill.
+ am sorry; ] dare not bring # down here
I'm the shape st is now"
81 don't mind "a bit Of walk. ] rather
like it," She proved it by walking up the
hill faster than he seemed inclined 20.
But II was only a short distance. When
he had seated her comfortably and placed
her satchel under the seat She inquired
how Julia was. Julia was her cousin.
and Mr.. Lee was her cousins husband.
Julia was all ready to come down FOR
you herself when a visitor came. That
accounts for me-
Miss Cheever turned and surveyed her
cousins husband very deliberately.
81 was afraid / might not like YOU
He was as grave as a man awaiting the
reply Of the first woman he proposed 10,
as he answered after due reflection, SEEM
ingly:
"Win I do. do you think?"
yes" said Miss Cheever quickly. /
'eYoun pass I'll tell Julia II there's-any- !
thing left out"
Thanks"
ooh, You need not affect such high and /
mightey Indifference. II Julia hadn't mar /
ried a man above the average every way I
Id-well. I'd have been disappointed"
You think a good deal of julia"
"She is the dearest, the most sensible. /
Ievel-headed. truest girl | ever met. And !
ny only conddant. DO you think Tvs no /
light to express my opinion about her
lusband2"
He laughed as he replied. mo fair
minded man could question it,"
you are younger looking than I antici-
1ated. Why you are uot older than
lula"
rs that a shortening or a thing 10 be
toned for by qualities TO be discovered
PRESENTLY"
THAT depends Hamilton could shape
he finances of a nation. you remember al
R."
He glanced sharply at the brilliant COM
,lexion beneath the coquettish hat. There
vas curve In her mouth that he had
ust discovered. Certainly beauty and
haracter were not always divorced; both
we're blended in the lines that made her
)yey.
Dies your cousin resemble you, Mr.
.ee?' The question brought him down
rom the clouds. Two such women as
fiss Cheever and julia were not easily
0und In one day And II was his good
0rtune to enjoy the company OF both
Because If he does l may b. tempted
D ratify Jula's selection in a practical
'ay."
Either the horse was FESTIVE at that /
ioment or the wind u.ied Mr.. Lees hat