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

you all. Silas and Harold will be
sont To school and you viii be
brought mp AZ homo by your aunt. rs
other young ladies arc"
\ look Of surprise irradlaicd by n
plcam of pleasure came over her face
watch was succeeded by her grave.
anxious expression.
Il had been thinking" she said. "oi
I hcirg a teacher II | can get a place
I ~ the town here. and the boys coulG
attend the public school six months
In the year. ard do work In the sum
mer months FOR the farmers untn
| they were old enough TO go TO col
| lcrc."
Nonsense, Eleanor" exclaimed
Harold Starg. as she paused In her
tccital II won't hear OF such a
/ thing. You forgot I'm your uncle:
/ your mother was my sister and In.
tend To provide for her childrcn!"
1t would be- very nice" she said
I rchcctlycly. III the boys could be
looked after until they had goou
,ducation. but I've quite set my heart
ON being a teacher and I've thought
Z all over and planned IL out. so that
I'm sure there wouldn't be any trou
bic as to my getting along
II won't hear at q. what you nccd.
my dear. is less thinking and plan
ming. and more beef. wine and iron. to
| put color into those pale checks of
yours. DO you suppose you could
arrange to start day after tomorrow?
can have your fathers books and
such other things as YOU don't wish
~ have sold stored or shipped 10 YOU
IN New York" he added
Day after tomorrow" she cjacu-
lated. In tone OF trouble.
Yes. / am a busy man myself. and.
of course. I'm anxious 10 get back
as soon as possible
II would be- very nice for the
boys. she reiterated. and it's very.
very Kind OF You, Uncle Harold.
THAT means you'll start day after
/ 'l.morr0w morning.
Would you like 10 go 10 New
I Work 10 live Silas aud Hail. she in
! Uuircd. witt mothcrly solicitudc.
We won't so unless you go. Flea.
nor said the elder. stoutly
That's right. said Harold Stage.
She has to CO..
ElCanor's eyes filled with tears
f suppose ought. she said, after
moment You mustn't think me
urgratcful. uncle. or that | don't ap.
| precIate how good and generous you
are. but it's hard 90 leave the house
ard the place where I've lived so
long" she wcpt softly FOR a few
moments. tlcu wiped her eyes. and
taid with quiet decision. I'VE shall
be- ready 60 start uncle. day after
tomorrow"
"Thatll 90 nicely. dear. replied
. Harold who had been inwardly de-
batting how 90 deal with so unfamiliar
q factor az young girls tears I'll
telegraph your aunt Emma that you're
| .oming.
The journey was uncycntml. but
very Interesting to the boys. who
| quickly rcraircd their spirits and be-
came taIsatite under the influence oi
novel surroundings
Eleanor sat pcus!yc and wan. un.
9, spuusiyc and lacking appetite
thereby pulling her uncle. who could
better have understood torrents Of
tears than this dry .cycd. moping man.
ncr ul grief. lie found that she like.
TO talk about her father. whose com.
Ianinn and Contidantc she seemed "a
have been, ard toward the end OF tlo
Journey tioy brancacd on ON one oc.
OasiuE. ON books. each surprising the
o'her hy discovering that their tastes
IN poetry were not dissimilar Harold
d'd not pretend to read everything
jHat VAS COINS but he knew the
names OF the prominent publications
and IL was evident that Eleanor was
familiar with most OF them All sl,
lcCdcd. hv reelected. was little
I knowledge ol the way of tue world
and n few suggestions as 20 her attire
iu order 90 make him q proud uncle:
for while go many of the young Wo
men In society were mere but;crnic.
pr dolls did not shc possess. ln addl
zion to a pretty face. the charms Oh
intellectual culture? Emma would
/ fAttNht sAtAAAhA h'ftAAAAa AHM w 80 hllHAANN II
this inconspiCuous cyGuot into daz
2llng swan.
Here We are said Harold S;arg
NJ the carriage stopped before "a g..
rosideuce.
4 flood ot Hight from the doorwa,
dazzlcd Eica:or's eyes. and she wuL
dcrcd at the llaVlcss individual wht
Supervised their passage into ,lc hall
until her uncle said
Parsons. has Mira stacs sore O,
bed2"
No SIR. sac b. awaiting yuu Ia
Ire drawiug.room. answered the but
Ter. She was about to retire. SIR
when your tcleEraphic message ar
+ rived. be added IN a lower tone. In
; tended Cor bis masters ear. "Supuei
o. quite ready sir.
We'll we're ready Tor a. arer1
wc. boys? Twenty minutes of twelve,
Mercy ON u.s. be exclaimed. a. D.,
closed his watch with a snap. Il dar,