Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-02-07

| not stay IONS.
Others are yet more quaint Nan
nan, Of course. is Nan-nan She
came into my room this morning with
a martial tramp, humming THE Wed.
ding March" and bringing me my tea
Nan-nan is distinctly naturlich, and if
do not report her remarks it is
merely because l have got into the
habit of drawing the line somewhere.
II you want the details apply to the
other Englishwoman. Personally /
must content myself with saying that
Nan-nan was a little previous.
When Roberts-no, not of Kanda-
har-brought round my pony this
morning he touched his hat sixteen
times and did step dance. I thought
it such nice. cordial way of showing
that he knew and approved. Natural
| ly invited him to discuss you with
me and he said that he knew you
when he was in service before, and
that you were a "rorty young dog"
| Grooms in this part of the country are
allowed a freedom of expression which
elsewhere might be thought almost
disrespectfuI
And Lord Lardy would smile and OBJ
serve,
How strange are the customs of
France
| | don't know what ''rorty" means,
but am sure you were and l would
not have it otherwise. I had been
meaning to show your photograph to
the new kitchen maid and to collect
some further expression of candid
| opinion. But she has only been here
three weeks, and l have the feeling
! that l do not know her we'll enough
Am too shy? I will be all that you
wish
| have a great longing at times for
you to set me difficult things to do
No; not to say, six times quickly, that
he stood at the door of Burgess fish
sauce ship, Strand, welcoming him in
Bid rather my wings and my eyes
Do you see the meaning? If so you
are fortunate. Oh, dear heart, forgive
me for being no more than I am;
many people are no more than they
are, and one has to put up with it.
Ever your OWN, own.
You told me, dearest, that should
find your mother formidable I did
if anything, you understand it. She is
person very much in the grand
Berserker style. I admire it. but it
comes little heavy at an afternoon
call. 1t seems to check anything that
could be called expansion Do you
think you were quite wise to leave her
to come alone? 1t seemed to me that
she should always have one or more
attendants. | am told that some of the
private asylums are quite comfortable
and trouble is taken to make the pa
tients happy.
| like her; | do trust that nothing
have said has given you the impress
sion that [ don't like her I hope that
she will look in any time that she is
passing and if she will let me have a
line beforehand l shall know what to
do. | believe that under a manner
which purists might call slightly rude
she conceals heart of gold but she
seem sunable to get change and put a
little of into general circulation. She
could forgice theft from the person
with violence, supposing that it were
some other person. You feel at once
that she will be sorry for it afterward
when she is quiet and that when she
is quiet she must be much less noisy
Eccentric "-allOwing the usual mar
gin for politeness- sums her up. Oh,
am so fondeof her.
[ understood, and can readily be-
lieve, that you have known her for
some few years and | have met her
only once; SO it would be presumptr-
Gus for me to offer advice. Otherwise
would say-humor her. If she says
that she is the queen of Honolulu, and
that she insist on your marrying Joan
of Arc, | want you to welcome it as if
it were a contribution to your plans
for the future. Do be kind to her.
Kindness, a strait waistcoat and six
easy lessons in how to behave at tea
are what she really wants.
| need not go through it all; she
will have told you all that did not
happen, and by a process of eXhaus
ton you can guess the rest. 1t was I'M
| fortunate that she should have come
| into the drawing-room with the i'm
preston that she was engaging an up
and-down girl at registry Office. We
| did not shake hands. Our talk was
very little Of you. She began by ask
| ing me if l drank, and | asked her if
she would like to go and see the can
aries. I own | felt it. She said that
she wanted a girl who would do the
steps as they ought to be done, ard
not an upstart. Where did she get
the upstart idea? My family was
known and respected in Brondesbury
| for upward Of three years before we
came to live in the country. l
guessed that she would like frankness.
l said that there was some misunder-
standing and that l wanted to marry
her son. She replied that there was
no harm in wanting, and that she had
wanted her tea for the last half hour.
We then went back to the drawing
room