Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1902-08-08


ana frankness. Al first, In fact on
setting out with this newly found
cousIu he lad hcen rather taken ahack-
Her matter q fact audacity had some
what Disconnected him. but now be had
grown familiar with her fashion Of adj
dressing him just as II he were her
elder brother.
-Oh. my goodness she exclaimed
when he showed her the Memorial tie
alter. that fantastic gewgaw building
st and the placid riverside scenery.
ibid ever any one see anything SO
uonstrous as that. so preposterous In
itself and 80 out Of keeping with the
quiet. old fashioned towns Why. have
Won no public spirited men in Englandi
Couldn't they raise a subscription 10
buy up that awful structure and have
Il conveyed 10 the coast and hurled ~
20 the sea? How do you expect Shake
speare's ghost 10 rest with thlns IKE
that in the neighborhOOd!
And then again as they were driving
home she said in her airy fashion;
How do you spend the evenings.
Cousin DickT"
after dinner. you mean:" be sad
-Oh. well. the mater is always haT y
enough il she has a volume of Tenny-
son. and I wander about outside with
a cigarette"
~You haven't billiard roOmT
'sNo."
.Pana must see that there Is a bill
lard room in the houss he takes in
London" continued Miss Florence. with
decision. Gentlemen are too valuable
creatures Of an evening TO be allowed
TO go away by themselves TO smoke
And I'm very fond Of smoke.
Perhaps you have tried a cigarette
yourselfy' he asked, with a dash Of
impertinence.
.IY' she answered carelessly. "Oh
no, But l can play billiards little
and don't care how smoky the atmos
phere is. by the way. Captain Dick
are you a good Walter"
Il don't accommodating, | suppose,
/ was his reply.
THAT means you are capital waltz
err" she said, with much satisfaction
"and I'm delighted to hear it. A cous
in who is good waltZer must be sim
! Div invaluable, and when we get on
| London house / shall rely on you t
save me from bad partners. An awfu
/ H. uI- FYtIf Two m ~
One of these evenings at WoOden
we'll clear the drawing room and hav
turn to see If our steps correspond
and. being my cousin, you know, 20
won't be afraid to catch hold of m'
That is the worst of bad partner,
stranger, who seems to think your
made of glass and will break If b
touches you. like to feel that IN
partner has a good grip and know
where he is going"
When they reached home, they foun
that tea had just been brought in
the widows little boudoir, and throug
the windows they could see that Uncl
Alexander was pacing up and dow
the longest path in the garden outsid
walking with quick. little, shuifiin
step. his head bent forward, his arm
swinging at his side.
"Shall go and call your papa. Cou
In FlossI" said Mr.. Richard, bravel
tackling her newly assumed style al
title.
.nb No nov, oho ariad .Jya'u oour
in when he has done the regulatio
quantity. | have no doubt he has car
fully measured out the forty-fol
yards, and forty times make a mil
you know. But If you interrupt hi
he loses count and has to begin Il
mile all over again, and that MAKE
him cross naturally. Poor papa! L
used to be so put out on board shi
He never could get a stretch of Il
upper deck left undisturbed for hiI
As soon as he began one of the office
would be sure to order up the lasca
to do something or other, or else son
of the passengers would come and tai
possession with rope quoits or shove
board. l hope our London house W
be in a square, where papa will
) able to get a measured space witho
being overlooked"
But when Uncle Alexander came
: it was not to tea. He was groanil
and complaining. He hardly kne
} which of his ailments demanded mo
immediate attention, whether it W
: the headache that lay across his bro
like IN iron clamp or the heartbur
that gnawed in his bosom like some il
ternal rat or the sickness and lassitud
that seemed pulling him generally
the ground. Well, he attacked IL
heartburn first, with bicarbonate {
soda. That proving of no avail, L
had thin slice of bread and butte
. thickly spread with cayenne peppe
and, having bolted that bolus, he was
ed it down with a good stiff glass {
brown brandy and water. Wheth,
the heartburn disappeared or not, /
'eemed at least to recover little fro
the hopeless depression that had bee
hanging over him, and he could no
talk without a succession of mela
choly signs.
He was going up to town next NOR
ing, he said. Would it be converter
for Aunt Cecilia to have Florence +
main with her for week OR ten da.
until he had seen to his business a
: fairs in London? The widow reptile
that she would be most delighted. 81
had already cast favoring eyes on tn
frank spirited girl. Thereafter aga
asked Uncle Alexander would Au
Cecilia and Richard come up to tow
and be his guests for week or two
the private hotel he was staying at
Arlington street? Florence want,
= some one TO show her about IOndo