Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16
BY J. n. CONNOLLY.

it seems to hurt him. "Contentment," a
simpering maiden, with long curls, red
rose over her right ear and basket Of
cherries in her lap; Hope" another lack.
adnisical maid, with white rose in her
hair, and her eyes fixed upon the appari-
tion Of an anchor in the sky. But the
chief work Of art Is sampler" done
in colorcd woods, upon canvas, by Mrs.
Mulveil, in her girlhood, by her affirmed
to be "Rcbecca at the WE'LL" but very
liable to be mistaken for Abraham at the
altar upon which he purposes sacrificing
Isaac.
The most impressive article Of furnl :,,re
in sight is mahogany chest Of drawers,
very large and darkened by age. with
handles and ornaments of polished brass.
Fox's Book of Martyrs" and The
World and All it Contains'-the latter
Il surprisingly small volume for So large
Il titlc-nre on the chest of drawers. to-
gcther with a conch-shcll, which is SO
proppcd up by a hymn book that one does
not readily notice how Danny has cavcd
il in with hammer, "to find where Its
roar comes from"
Mary Elder gldcs in, sits beside Hetty
and whispers to her:
oh! How much he reminds me of
Grant Guthric!"
Doubtless any other presentable young
man. coming on Johns mission, would
equally remind the poor, lonely soul of
her dead-and-gone lover but she actually
| does find so painful the memories evoked,
that in a short time she withdraws, and
John sees her 10 more during the even
ing.
Mrs. Mulvcil. not having her knitting
in hand-this being Sunday evening
| takes "cat-naps" Of uncertain length, be-
fore the fire, demonstrating a pcrverse
capacity for coming broadly awake the
instant he tries making love to Hetty.
Each time her eyes fly open she starts a
new theme for conversation, without re.
gard to what preceded 1t. In this way,
the goring of one of her most promising
hcifers by an ill-conditioncd COW, is fore,
cd upon Johns unwilling attention. The
ast-mentioncd subject rcvives rccollcc-
ton of the old quarrel over Il somewhat
similar incident between the Cameron
and the Mulvcil now peacefully slumber'
ing, side by side, In the church yard, and
she grows moody and sullcn. IL John
Cameron were not the best "catch" In
that part Of the county, how quickly she
would show him the door.
John is beginning to wonder IL the old
woman intends to sit him out" or II she
will go off to bed at nine o'clock, as a
properly considerable mother should, and
leave him to sit up" with Hetty. Fiji.
teen minutes more, IL the tall clock In the
corner is right, will decide the question.
He steals an inIuirng glance at Hctty,
and she, understanding him, flashes back
u bright, rcassuring smile.
Away ont on the road but mOmentarily
coming nearer, they hear the jingle of
sleigh bells. The silvery harmony comes
up the lane, passing the house, and goes
on to the barn.
''For the lands sake! Who's that. at
this time Of night!" cXclaims Mrs. Null.
| veil.
John and Hetty have no idea who the
late visitor may be and exchange looks
of disappointment and annoyance. A
brief period Of expectant silence ensucs
then there Is a rnp ut the door and, Of
all unwelcome visitors possible, the least
desirable to the lovers, appears-none 9TH
or than Rufus Goldie, his face dark with
q forbidding scowl