Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-03-23

I.r instance. MISSIONER has raEen
= r.st fancy ro =. That was one Of my
u..-,r, 10 ao.I.u- tie fete here. The
o.. place pgi - best foot foremost to-
L.-.l W.-~'uy-r wants 8 house .CSt
r...- -.z- Sow that his daughter Jeanne
j. D.. society they will be wanting 10
entertain good deal presume. de
is charmed with tie place
Tpu flushed holly.
"pf course. s.r, you told him that
R-.Etau wa, not u the market
$50. .ay dva. boy. told him moth
ia o.. rur ald Il would have been
l..-t j. advised have made II 4 rule
.u lie never TO slam door IN a mans
face unless am quite sure | am % the
r.-l, side a it.'
"a hope son would not advise ne 20
>sN Tire old place, Mr. Matthews. l
u.-At lease j, Tor time. expect TO
m.., my own home here. expect TO
bring my wife here. have never
rlur-.t e any other place s. home
LEASED property runs 10 the devil
fast enough. Tom. BroXtou 5 & need
Iv,>.y large and expensive establish
l...- Tor a solitary young gentleman.
Pm. PERHAPS shall not always be
solitary. ST Men marry. you know
Til, w.r- "a wistful smile and look
ia; >,-u..-i 70 appeal for compreAen-
>..l. Eat Us guardian knew we'll Low
Js harden BIS A-ar; Z the day u provo
cation. ...> atracLmeu; u the boy 70
t-v old homestead had come 10 him as
a G.~a-.rra.!e surprise. lie braced
L.I~a.. against iLe shock Of It,
'i.,, Ran 10 marry, boys. not often
-s.u>Hle ones. That Is Matrim0nv Is
a remote factor il your affairs as yet,
far uo-e remote and uncertain han
tie depreciation Of real estate in this
county AMI the rapid decay Of this
property. But we viii not agitate that
p".D' further al present"
"LLaua yoU, SIR said Tom CRATE
fully. lie was only too glad not to
put himself in fencing posture at once.
HIS guardian resumed blaudly Il
haze devoted every moment Of ny
RAJ. leisure hours. Thomas, to mapping
OH ID plan Of travel for you. In point
II fact. il j. a rcsurrected map, one
that yaar dear father ana drew to-
grtarr. You VII! recognize his mar
-ul notes. We had planned 10 go
over tire Very ground want you 10
t4a- and after year OF travel 10 To-
cate in some quiet German town for
auo.a~r year Of supplemental study
and reading. was looking at the old
map only last week. am sure IL
would please my dear friend Rufus TO
have his son carry out our itinerary"
why did he not go-you, l mean:"
said Tom, politely including the lawyer
il his eager desire TO at last hear
something Of bis fathers boyish days
Women cot in the way. We both
fell In love. with Your dear Aunt
Lu,etla your father with your mother
So you see. my boy with a benignant
smile how necessary il IS for NE to
guard against similar catastrophe
IN your case. ~ course You would hEe
to ste little something of the other
side"
Yes, sir, suppose so, but
cot course you would" said his
guardian. rising and taking his hat
and riding wuip from a chair near by
"luu would hot bc half man If you
i.t not, But all that will keep until
. tomorrow. You are tired, and 50 am
|" He held out his hand cordially.
Ride over tomorrow to dinner We
. can devote the afternoon to your at
fairs
And Tom promised that he would.
He followed his guardian to the front
door and closed il after him. The
Necessity FOR locking doors was an I'M
. recognized one in that rural and law
abiding locality.
lie walked back into the library and
dung himself down on sofa between
the front windows. Simon had told
him he would find a lamp urn'lg in
his own bedroom. He would 20 up
/ presently. but just pow he wanted to
SMOKE and 20 back over the whole of
tLdt jolly evening which had ended all
too soon for him.
Tie scent Of dying flowers filed the
room. The strains of that last waltz,
the one he had waltzed with Ollie.
haunted him. He hummed ii audibly.
lie was In love. He was otliyious OF
tin. or loss OF sleep.