The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-29
; The Last Days Of Summer
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By S. Rhett Roman.
I T had been q pleasant, quite pleas
l ant summer. Harold thought,

1T had been q pleasant, quite pleas
ant summer, Harold thought,
lazily.
Coming to the seashore to spend the
first few months Of mourning for his
Uncle Dick. Poor old fellow! He
was always 80 absurdly lenient and
forgiving of those college pranks, and
he remembered later and worse mis-
deeds!" Harold thought musingly,
while looking out across the water.
Harold had anticipated dull time.
Aunt 10 abbreviated from Jo-.
sephine). had never been a specially
hilarious individual, and Harold's
earliest and latest recollections Of her
were unvarying.
They represented a somewhat quer-
ulous, very exacting, elderly woman,
fastidious in her tastes and habits.
spoilt by adulation, as wealthy women
are apt to be, and very much Of an
imaginary invalid.
Her town establishment was on q
grand scale, and "Sea View" this cot
tage on the Atlantic coast, one OF her
layorite summer resorts, was ideal
from the standpoint of comfort and
luxury.
Il Aunt 10 could only be induced to
distract her thoughts from herself and
her supposed ailments by reading, sew
ing or knitting, or by a pug dog, it
would be blessing. She would be
more bearable, and less gossipy. Har-
old was convinced. y 9
When her urgent invitation came,
after the funeral, when going back to
the great lonely house; whose every
nook and corner seemed to miss the
presence Of the kindly. genial man
whose love and affection were 80 I'M
wavering, Harold had come to rely on
them, as on the rising and setting Of
the sun, he hailed It with pleasure, as
Offering some solace from the terrible
depression, Of the handsome rooms,
always crying out for one, who was
absent. ~
Dismiss the servants and shut up
the house, Harris will be away
three months, at my a,int's, Mrs. Stuart
Campbell, and later may go abroad.
I will notify you." directed Harold to
his uncle's gray-haired butler, whose
stolid grief was in itself 2 reason for
the new heir to all this wealth to get
away from the home which had been
his from earliest childhood.
His Uncle Harry had brought him, q
forlorn child, too young to realize the
awful disaster which had bereft him
Of parents.
"Of course Mrs. Benson must stay to
help you air the house and look after
things. I may be away quite a long
while" Harold added, which gave a
shade Of relief to the sad, austere face
Of the old man.
Il will be delighted to have you," his
aunt had written. "You will find Sea
View very quiet. My nervous condi-
ton does not permit me to take any
part In social functions, even II poor
Harry's death permitted 1t. But, of
course, you will want to be out of that
sort Of thing for some months, while
Fyour lawyers are attending to matters
then you will be able to go, abroad.
You will find life here ponotonous.
But suppose. under the circum-
stances, 1t will not be worse than any
where else.
Z $50 4 will expect yod ON: Thursday:
Sof course. you know that I have Nam
mics daughter with me. By taking the
morning train you can reach us in time
for church. q seven O'Clock. The drag
viii be at the wharf. Your atfectionate
aunt, f3.8 -
JOSEPHINE STEWART CAMPBELL"
& Harold now looked back with smile
Ito his first introduction to this distant
fand heretofore unknown cousin.
4 Before reaching the pierhead, while
cleaning on the deck railing watching
Nthe usual connection the arrival OF q
Ssteamboat creates in remote places. he
saw . pair Of bays and drag come
ssweeping down the shell road. The
horses were driven by young woman
G. who certainly knew how to handle
& them. ~. -. ~. 49,.
4 Pulling mp short with considerable
dexterity, she looked up to scan the
/ passengers on the deck, waiting for the
y boat to land, and the gangplank to be
~ Hlsllo! f've come for y you, She cried III