The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-04-04


of Miss Marthas parlor, which was
also part way open. Miss Martha,
like her cousin, was waiting for news
of Towser. At any moment Jimmy
Jones might bring such news, when
the ladies would appear in the sepa-
rate doorways to hear the report,
then to recede to their individual Sc
clusions-Miss Matilda to her room.
which Miss Martha never entered. and
Miss Martha to hers. to which Miss
Ma ida was a stranger: for beyond
the necessary words in the manage
mont of the estate they held in com
mon they never spoke And while
the cause of the estrangement was
conjectural with their friends. a letter
in the drawer of the hall table could
have satisfied any existing doubt-a
letter addressed to "Miss Matte Grad
dock" which Miss Martha had INSIST
ed was meant for her, while Miss Ma
tilda tended il was for her alone.
she having elected "Mattie" as her
pro-nomen when she had first entered
her uncle's family, and found that her
Cousin Martha's name had been soft
ened into that admired diminutive.
1t was letter which had come to
the house years ago. and which each
knew was a formal declaration of
love from Tom Gordon. But while
Martha claimed it Matilda would not
open it. and until Matilda ackrowl-
edged that il was not for her Martha
refused TO make herself acquainted
with its contents, and the hot, in
eliminating words that followed its
reception had been forgotten by
neither. Nor had they asked to he
set Alright by the inditcr of the let
ter-if the wrong one should ask he
would know that some such declara-
ton had been expected by her. \
week after it had been dropped into
the table drawer by Miss Matilda.
who declared it might rot there he
fore She opened il while Martha
claimed H. Gordon went west. with
out having seen them. Three months
later came a card addressed to "The
Misses Craddock." announcing his
marriage to one Mary Fonton, whom
they had never so much as heard him
mention.
After that something had to be
done. The house belonged to them
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+ha ana ,,.a'.I.I l,o y, +acft nonfc.,io, IS
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+ho I'm, ~ don,,,.,.,tin, ,,d inns i
wen. Tboir friond. would coIl ~. one
sfd, Of ~. nm tho, cross carero.
,,fo,gI,. o,o,. to IA, othnr ,. ,bouob
i ,,a,,a rorrJ Tho co,ne, ar in tho
ne,.t ,iII,.o br+ one mud r,II tbnre
i u.,s o,I,.. whom Tom Gordan.. son
b,,ptel tbru mn - year oon that the,
mot ia tba hoIl m receive a mutuaI
c,,a.t
Yo,,nr Ton, said he had often heard
III. r,tI,,, snrol. or tbrn and cbonc.
i'm, to IN, in tho reiobhorbood he had
como to 500 tbam Un remained bl,t
- f.,v n,fnutos Rut ne had = srtter
,,.itI, hin, which Ne Lad purchased
IRON, - man in tbr cars co,ninu eos4
mo doc seemed to take to Them. and
90, I,.,iro ,o,,r,, ,ron, parb,n, dis.
or,litiry Tho naJiorae of the animal
o,lad tb,n, If they corod tn own
Tovser Miss Matilda and Miss
NI,r,h, Win ono voica answered.
.Ycs" So To,yse,. stoved. for couId
Miss Martha darIino ia own him if
Miss Matilda desired nronrirtorsbIn in
him a., couId Miss Martha turn from
him and fms olive Miss Martha q
nroboble aIyoptaueo
Ana Toyysrr ,yae lost ANA Jimmy
Joras had bann toId from +br windows
az tho two norIors IN find him His
first renort was to the effect that
Tov,snr Lod brnn soon ooipo in tbe III
rection of tbo river Miss Martha
gave the boy a dime Miss Matilda
told him TO look arafn and so possess
himself of second dime. This was
the beginning Of Jimmy Jones com
inc back and forth. his sympathetic
friends showing at his heels certain