The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-11-28

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one OF the children crying. and I'd
gone mp Just for n moment, thinking
should be- sure TO hear II YOU came
IN"
Yes. chorub. here We are safe and
sound. Eleanor. silas. Hal, tais Is
!. cur aunt Emma"
How d'y do. my dcar8? I'm very
Elai 10 see YOU" said Mrs Stacy.
!ssirg Eleanor ON the cleek. and
leaning kindly ON tho boys, who. be-.
tween the butler the electric lights.
the spacious hall and this now splon.
did relative stood conluurdod YOU
must be tired out. and wei go rlglt
In Co supper.
What DO you suppose. Emma. /
caught this young woman doing just
now? Bcautifyirg herself In the
glass; It's New York air. I WAGER
that within week she'll have been
inside of every drcssmakcr's and
mllliner's shop In the city" Where
upon Harold Stays laughed glcclully.
Il imagine YOU have discovered by
his time that your unclo's sad
tease said Emma. who was leading
the way. havigg already. In a single
Glance. the capab.lity OF which poor
eleanor realized. Compensated the
primitivouoss Of her nieccs ideas on
clothes. She reflected that had Har.
Odd been a malicious man he could not
have thought OF anything more In.
Sidious than TO call attention to the
poor cIild's toilet. to say nothing OF
The fact that Eleanor was, and must
remain for the present, IN deep black.
Such lack of perception on the part
OF her botterhalf prompted her 20
turn and link her arm sympathetically
N the young girls. while Harold. TO
whom Il had suddenly occurred that
his allusion 20 millinery was the re.
verse of wcil.timcd. followed behind.
,ndcayuring 10 conceal his sclf-con-
eciousness by vigorously rubbing the
fnargy heads OF his two nephcws. and
trolling blum nlcc the burden OF
which was that his heart was true 10
Poll.
An EoGr later the BaIdwins were
comfortably grsconccd in tho blue
suite. ard Emma was hearing from
the lips of her husband an account of
the journey. Although sac had
mapped uut ~ her mind "a probable
programme. she had waited 90 see tho
children. before giving her imac.na.
ton fun swing but now that they
appeared 10 o. very much what she
had hoped. all sorts at thoughts were
churulug boz her brain regarding their
adaptation tp Ter household ard the
proper cNortiurs 90 be made IN their
behalf The boys were nf Just tho
right age for Mr. Sampson. as she
had expected. and in the autumn.
after summer by the seaside. they
could ID" packed on with hrand.ucW
outfits. aud she br saved from further
responsibility except in vacation
time, for several years to come. As 10
Eleanor. she vas agrcJably disIp.
pointed. To hc sure. Harold had writ.
ten that she was a quiet. uuohjection.
able sort oi Eirl bat She bad not boon
able 20 dismiss from her mind a
haunting idea OF snowy, slangy
young person with gushing manners.
and mourning bcdizcncd with jet. un'
til the teal niece stood before her
Emma congratulated herself that she
would have very plain sailing; Flea.
ror was dowdy unsophisticatcd and
retiring. but single season in soci.
ETY. would work the necessary
changes She was rather pretty now
and she would hc very fetching. In
deed. when sl, learned to hold her.
self PROPERLY and 20 dress her hair
with some regard to what was becom
ms How preferable jo have 90 deal
with an unobicctionablc child who
had no rreconcciyci ideas. than with
q humptiuus coquCttc whose bad man
ugrs were already formed
tTo be- contlnuedl