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

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gentle mother whom she petted and .
leased and spoiled and laughed at al .
/ AT once
Il declare. Richard" said the widow
on one occasion when Cousin Floss had
fust left the room. when that girl goes
out. Il Is Just as II hurricane had
psssed by. leaving n sudden calm be-
hind H."
aAnd vet you don't seem to dislike
her. mater" be observed
.DisIike her? No. Sometimes think
! am getting too fond Of her" the wild
ow said. with sigh. Perhaps she was
thinking OF what might have been
Then came the evening on which the
great Waiting experiment was TO be
tried. AS well as they could. they
cleared the tables and chairs from the
larger drawing room. and Mrs. King
stop was asked TO ofiiciate at the pi-
apo. How long was il since the widow
had played a waltz, or any other spe-
cies of musical composition. for the
matter Of thati Nevertheless she could
refuse this headstrong girl nothing so
presently she was STUNNING away at
some fine old fashioned tune, while the
young people were gliding round the
cleared SPACE TO the tinkle tankle OF
the venerable Instrument When they
stopped. Miss Florence was good
enough TO say:
"You do very well. Cousin Dick. oh.
yes: you and will have n little prac-
tice every evening. and we'll get into
. each others ways perfectly. | like
your reversing; you're not afraid to
catch hold. And then | shall rely on
you in London. mind Whenever
. want to get rid OF bore or bad dan
I Ger shall claim you. You must be at
nv beck and call It's wonderful what
tricks you can play with a programme
when you have an accomplice, and
when the accomplice is your cousin it's
/. all right. don't you seeF
But the opportunities for bringing
y this dark conspiracy into operation
were as yet afar of, for when Mrs.
. Kingston and Mr. Richard eventually
!, went up to London with Cousin Floss
: the whole party found themselves in a
+ priyate hotel, Uncle Alexander not yet
r having provided himself with a house.
O And meauwhile. as the retired China
Il merchant was still being called upon
>. TO 90 into tue city on business matters.
d the Introducing of Miss Florence 10 the
G WAYS and customs of the town. AMI to
/. its outward features as well. fell upon
| LAT. f,,ll -l,A
I. almost as much strangers as herself
a That, however, did not matter much
e to Mr.. Richard, who had the arrange
e ment of their little excursions and
Y rather liked going about with this pref
s ty and vivacious cousin.
The barouche which Uncle Alexander
d had hired he seldom was allowed to
o make use of. 1t was in almost CON
b slant reguisition for the three sight
lie seers. Miss Florence was, of course,
n taken to the Tower. The British mu-
lie scum did not occupy much of her time,
e but a students day in the National gal
Is lery interested her keenly. She heard
part of debate in the house of COM
s. mons and had tea in the tearoom. She
" hunted out the neighbOrhoOds that had
ID grown familiar to her in her favorite
novels. Was that. then. the actual
10 building in which poor Angelica had
IN sat and stitched and watered her bread
o. with tears and given her lover up fol-
~ dead. the lover who was pining in a
. Spanish prison far away and never
m hoping to regain his native landf 9th
70 or buildings also whose names she had
as heard of she was taken to visit-th'
re Trafalgar at Greenwich, the Star ant
n Garter at Richmond, and so forth, u q
le most frankly did she enjoy the little
festivities that accompanied these
II wanderings. Then there were concerts
r. and theaters for an occasional after,
Ut noon or evening. Hardly day seemed
re long enough. The widow grew quite
Ell cheerful through her constant assocla
IL ton with this bright and bold young
De life that was showing all its pleasant
vi est characteristics in these varied
scenes. Mr.. Richard had never seer
IN her look so well or SO happy, and she
ne was content Gf with smile of dolefu
w resignatiOn) to wear whatever Miss
Isl Florence imperiously insisted on heI
as wearing. Uncle Alexander, it may bt
w observed, remained apart from these
N gayeties. For one thing, his business
n arrangements did not go forward quite
10 as smoothly as he had expected; for an
b other, the state of his health called fol
~ a constant care. He was his own ply
- stefan. He had found that ordinary
~ doctors were rude persons, who were
:, not ashamed to hint that he ought t
eat and drink less and take more exer
], else. He knew that his many ailments
arose from far more reconcile cause.
and demanded the most studious treat
ment. These continuous escapades OF
y the part of his daughter and her TIVE
- relatives were not for him. How coul(
= he be expected to go and breathe til,
polluted air of theater when he ha(
II to be in his own room looking every ter
minutes at his tongue in a mirror
H. But he was glad to think that Flos!
Ut had youth and health and spirits to en-
t joy all that mad gadding about, and h,
" hoped that his sister-in-law and her sol
Il would prolong their stay in London al
1u long as they conveniently could.
ne Amid all this whirl of amusemen
lis and enjoyment Mr.. Richard suddenl,
I'D remembered that the day appointe,
Ut for his first visit to Bristol was draw
IN ing near, and perhaps he had an un
at easy consciousness that he had beef
In somewhat neglectful of poor little Nan
ed ciebel. He had not written to her liter