The sun., 1900-08-19

for n Shiis ma nsht her .s n reward Tor any
little fayors might bcstow upon you In my lds'
"Immedlatsiy upon receipt OF this bslliter;
ent request i began a reply In which assured
SonditShs % 0d tbat fS Ssd 9S@sb sISon bl1R TO bs corn
s%EC 'S Of 'p pRo house SOsS tnd pno Iot % SaGsh Mrs.
myself % in the he" nttempt Before could finish
tention | pid TeceiVsd III" q ' telesrain G from, Uncle
Jared's lawyers apprising me OF the old gen
teman's death, and urging me 20 come TO
the th6 6Tst% % person f'i Interviewed id was Mrs. Craw-
ford Her bright brown eye,s Hd era sTSo,SSds sSd
notwithstanding my recently penned promises
TO Uncle Jared, I looked her up Immediately.
It s you whom shall fhswfofG. hsys rSr pSs 1Hs
ma eious greeting. ,-, ,,,o,o Iorsd.
letter, / 'replied. although what you and !
should fight over Is more than / can make OUT.
For answer Mrs. Crawford led the way 70
one OF her parlor windows and pointed across
The that was house whose coIunlnea column q
| porticoes and soft gray and white unts were ~ ~
Snusss SnnSe " tee farsh hsHness Ines @ Of master
statue are unlike daub Of rough mortar.
Whose house is hatr asked
Yours said Mrs. Crawford
How came 1t herer asked.
On, said she. IN answering tat shaIl tave CIV o
you the history OF the only real t,2a6o rn nSSs Ss
sure. / have been beset by little annoyances.
such as the death Of three chIdren who ,' swsi, a
scourge of caterpillars which prevented the
| growth OF my sycamore trees, but those were
pSqsd i1GiSdeRhs S and S OHIO su
ysy No tsea. yoW Uncle Jared owned the p,9ct ,at
oi land on which II stands. and & tmLty-d90. dSn
property. Which aaioined mine. j. tried, BY
induce him % cell mo The prope5ty but .S 5%rsd %
/ Rfl6hOTnnAeQ
ths By q ground thTSgsS sheer coptraTnsssa 4, ,sa
linen ME. ne oessn % 70 Du1a % usal bs nens oonede
With The. general outline Of Althea. but he re,
fused. I wouldn,t,' said he, have even ny ~
dJp ddIJGrkn30 90 e Ahes p0wn oDd octasona
MS are round and white. must say Mr. sack1 Il
fnSS y9Ir uncle TSs Sst v N9 RsrS comS S nto
more tracta6le. .-..,,. ....,,.u .. Me-
bgt was nor tractt9pie aGeorqing . 20 nIs aYs
inherited deep streak OF Uncle Jareo per. per
versity, along with the house and lot for the
sp esTs in asnSra apd heT stve OF archec
But for all that vas sincerely attached 70 the
home' where called reeuIarl{ 9nd me Detter tr
came 70 KNOW hsr the more auihH1u nj @ ioI
so S H Her answer aHST was not une1psced You
DO mo honor, she SAID, ana thank you but
az present, Athea Is my 1rst care, am VeIy
.
ton, The ishhook and suspender lndusules
are established on firm financial basis. ana
dsned boS gum But fers z one 81 bot c
town escutcheon. hEe YOU very much, "
1eeo slr, JSGES0h 2ut m 'sn t iha5[y & you navy ws
remodelled that house Of youro until it CORE
the wedding may come OF az any, time you Ike.
This decision put me, In most distressing
auandary J wanted mrs, SraNlora. . apd ,,,ti i
%anteo 20 presGTvG the slpSf ptaGy I5 ry Ui or ng
way For two months vaS9ted iGt bctTS%n
ne duties Of loyer and selfish incllnation;
the fields far beyond Althea's rod-briok hid
e9usness ana studied the sltuati9h IN az w
phases When stsrtea ~, oacS 70 t Athea 5ria haa
Instructions to Asht and to begin attentions 'ts ms
% my sSTse f9e next dy cTS whSR W9fd Wtb
terms Of Mrs, CTawi2rds conditonsl surfei9der'
~ was . CLOCK when l. rettIheu 10 Aithea'
But that day day AZ portion Of the population still
labored. As ! neared home found. to my
surprise. that my own home was the scene
were drawn up beside the fence and huge
mounds Of red brick were being dumped there
from nt1 tS 9Sek eann oS fbs n
nary, manouvre, and l Kept stu and awaited
developpents, The next morning more brick
Penters and maIons began the task OF tearing
down and rebuilding my house The orderly
iHdIlncI IL NllOH VIC WI Htu piONctu,u ln- |
dicated that they were under the control OF
strong guiding hand, and smiled az the thought
OF whose hand that was for three days !
sat meekly in the midst OF the clattering and |
hammering and made no protest on he |
fourth day aocosted man who was slashlng |
viciously AZ the trimmings OF my finest bay |
window BY whose orders are you doing |
thsg j asked.
The man never ceased In his work OF van |
dallsm. Slater Turner, he said terscly.
Il went straight to the Office OF Slater 4 |
Turner. AT whose command are you working |
all that havoc on the property OF horatio Jack |
sonf' said J..
Slater d Turner toyed with their pencils |
sheepishly. We are under promise not TO |
tell,' said Mr.. Turner.
well, ! am Mr. Jackson ! returned |
fercely and II am not furnished definite and
correct information, i shall bring suit against |
you for damages at once
In that case said Mr.. Turner i suppose |
II is only Just that you be told the truth Our |
employer IS Mrs. Elisa Crawford
II thought So said J. exultontly.
-0n Sept. "a my house was clothed IN rs
fnal layer OF red paint. and the last vestise
Of beauty In Altheas archite ctural design |
was irrevocably committed 10 unmitigatcd |
uglincss. Before had flushed eating break
fast on the morning Of the 25th, ! saw Mrs.
I mere was nov tsGe OF triumph, VISIBLE IN