The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-01-10
CHAPTER XIX

Inc morning tram bound for Albany
stood in the depot, waiting the signal to
start, and just before the final "all
aboard was sounded handsome equip
age drove slowly up, and from it alight-
ed Mr.. Lincoln, bearing in his arms his
daughter whose head rested wearily up
on his shoulder. Accompanying him
were his wife, Jenny and gray-graired
man, the family physician. Together
they entered the rear car, and instantly
there was hasty turning of heads, Il
shaking Of curls ana low whispers. as
each noticed and commented upon the un
earthly beauty of Rose, who in her faith
er's arms lay as if wholly exhausted with
the effort she had made.
The sight of her, so young, so fair and
! apparently so low, hushed all selfish feel
ings, and a gay bridal party who had
! taken possession of the ladies' saloon inn
mediately came forward, offering it to
| Mr.. Lincoln, who readily accepted it, ana
laying Rose upon the long settee, he made
her as comfortable as possibleywith the
numerous pillows and cushions he had
| brought with him. AS the creaking en-
gine moved slowly out of Boston Rose
asked that the window might be raised
and, leaning upon her elbow, she looked
out upon her native city, which she was
leaving forever.
Toward nightfall of the next day they
reached Glenwood, and Rose, more ia
tigued than she was willing to acknowl-
edge, now that she was so determined to
get well, was lifted from the carriage
and carried into the house. Mrs. How
land hastened forward to receive her,
and for once Rose forgot to notice wheth-
er the cut of her cap was of this years
| fashion or last.
Il am weary" she said LAY me
where | can rest" And with the grand
mother leading the way, the father car
ried bis child to the chamber prepared
! for her with so much care
| "1t's worse than | thought twas" said
Mrs. Howland, returning to the parlor
! below, where her daughter had thrown
herself with a sigh upon the chntz-cover-
| ed lounge. ITS a deal worse than l
thought twas. Hasn't she catched cold,
or been exposed some way?"
'Not in the least returned Mrs Lin
coin, twirling the golden stopper of her
smelling bottle. THE foundation of her
sickness was laid at Mount Holyoke, and
! the whole faculty ought to be indicted for
manslaughter."
Jenny's clear, truthful eyes turned to-
ward her mother, who frowned darkly,
| and continued: She was as well as any
| one until she went there, and | consider
it my duty tao warn all parents against
| sending their daughters to place where
neither health, manners nor anything else
is attended to except religion and house
work"
Jenny had not quite got over her child
lsh habit of occasionally setting her moth
er right on some points, and she could
not forbear saying that DR.. Kleber
thought Rose had injured herself by at
tending Mrs. Russell's party.
''Dr Kleber doesn't know any more
about it than do" returned her mother.
Hes always minding other folks busi-
ness, and so are you. l guess you'd bet
ter go upstairs at once, and see if Rose
doesn't want something"
Jenny obeyed, and as she entered her
sisters chamber, Rose lifted her head
languidly from her pillow, and pointing to
window, which had been opened that
she might breathe more freely, said,
Just listen; don't you hear that horrid
croakingT
Jenny laughed aloud, for she knew
Rose had heard that horrid croaking"
more than a hundred times in Chicopee,
but in Glenwood everything must neces-
sarily assume a goblin form and sound.
Seating herself upon the foot of the bed,
she said: ''Why, that's the frogs. love
to hear them dearly 1t makes me feel
both sad and happy, just as the crickets
do that sing under the hearth in our old
home at Chicopee."
Jenny's whole heart was in the country
and she could not so well sympathize
with her nervous, sensitive sister, who
shrank from country sights and country
sounds. Accidentally spying some tall To-
Gust branches swinging in the evening
breeze before the east window she again
spoke to Jenny, telling her to look and
see If the tree leaned against the house,
"for IL it does," said she, "and creaks,
shan't sleep wink tonight"
After assuring her that the tree was all
right, Jenny added: Il love to hear the
wind howl through these old trees, and
were it not for you, | should wish it
might blow 50 that | could lay awake and
hear it."
When 1t grew darker and the stars be-
gan to come out, Jenny was told Ito close
the shutters"
"Now, Rose" said she, you are MAX
ing half of this, for you know as we'll as
that grandma's house hasn't got any
shutters"
"Ohl mercy, no more it hasn't. What
shall do?' said Rose half crying with
vexation. THAT coarse muslin stuff is
worse than nothing, and eyerybody'll be
looking in to see me-
"They'l have to climb to the top OF the
trees, then" said Jenny, .'for the ground
descends in every direction, and the road,
too. is so far away. Besides that, who
is there that wants to see you?'
Rose didn't know. She was sure there
was somebody, and when Mrs. Rowland
came up with one of the incest little sup
ners on small tea tray, how she was
shocked to and the window covered with