Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

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Observation-Disclosures,
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s s;a,a ! o.;..a sy peoe soseaeu m sui ael,
..e.e ues 70 '..t0 eo1.s % al ''1s. ..o tooAe1
worthier representative Of m ancient
race than I fear he really was.
$50 they have put the stage at that
end, in front of the pillars, he remarked,
nodding at q wooden erection. "Quite
right could not have placed 1t better
myself What, Brown Sir George is
In the drawing room, is he2 and tea, as
perceive, is going on at this moment.
Come, Col. Middleton Aud we fol-
lowed the butler to the drawing room.
am not person who eaaly becomes
confused, but must own did get con-
fused with the large party into the
midst Of which We were now usheTed.
! soon made out Sir George Danvers, q
delicate but irascible looking old gentle
man, who received me with dignified
cordiality, but returned Charles greet
ing with certain formality and cold
ness which was PANIED to see, family
affection being In my opinion the chief
blessing Of truly happy home. Charles
I already knew, and with the second
son. Ralph, ruddy, smiling young
man, with any amount Of white teeth, l
had no difficulty; but after that be-
came hopelessly involved.
was introduced to an elderly lady
whom ! addressed for the rest Of the
evening rs Lady Dnnvers, until Charles
casually mentioned that his mother was
dead, and that until the deceased wffe's
sister bill was passed be did not antici-
pate that his Aunt Mary would take
upon herself the position OF stepmother
TO her orphaned nephews. The severe
elderly lady, then, who beamed 80
sweetly upon Ralph and regarded Charles
with such manifest GOODNESS was their
aunt, Lady Mary Cunningham She
mad known SIR John slightly in her
youth, she said. as she graciously made
room FOR me ON her sofa, and she OK
pressed very proper degree of regret at
bis sudden death, considering that he
had not been a personal friend In any
way.
I'VE all have our fMllts, Col. Middle
ton,' said Lady Mary. with q gentle
agh, winch dislodged little colony of
crumbs from the front Of her dress "Sir
John, Ike the rest Of us. was not ex-
enpt. tnouRh ! nave no doubt the soft
emng influence OF age would have done
mucn' SINCE knew him. to smooth acer-
Dinee OF character which We're uhfortu-
iHtsely strongiy marked IN his early NE.
aie nao evidently NOS Known BIZ John
III JUS ,atef years
AS she continued to talk IN this strain
1ehoeaForeu 70 make out which OF the
young lanies present was the one TO Whom
AaIpn was engaged was undecided
as 70 %hich ~ was or the TWO to whom i
haa already been introduced. Girls al
ways seem 10 me SO very much alike, es-
Pec,aiiy pretty girls, and these were
porn o. them pretty. ! 90 not mean
that tney resanbled each other IN the
ieaso' TOT one was Ozark and one was fair;
3as winch was MISS Aurelia Grant,
Ealph,s hansea, and which was Miss Ev-
e'yn DerIacR. q COUSIN OF the family,
cou0 not make out until later IN the
evening, when ! distinctly saw Ralph
KISS the fair one IN the picture gallery,
ana instantly came TO the conclusion
s s.ll. slie was 'ne one 70 whom no was
engagn
asked Charles II ! We're not right, as
We stood IN mont Of the hall fire before
sne rest OF t1e party had assembled for
a a,nner, ana ne tola me that had indeed
n1t the nail ON tho head IN this instance.
thouga for MS own part he never laid
much stress himself On such an occur
renee, having round N prove misleading
N the extreme to draw any conclusion
nom IT. he further informed me that
Mss Derrck was ne young lady with
dark hair who had poured out tea. and
whom ne mad favored With He Of his
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