The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-11-12

- joyin 1t accordingly. We are
about a mile from the village and the
road is good and Miss Laura and l
drive over twice a day. Miss Laura
let's me drive sumtimes, but she's
afrade lie get the horse-his name Is
The Dook-out of the stile of driving
that women prefur. And when | titen
up on the lines and The Dock strikes
lively clipp, she says 'Steddy, Tom
N.Y. and then | have to pull him in.
But she is nice girl Notwithstanding
She has the prttiest brown hair, and
such dope darke eyes, and such a
sweet way of speekin'. And they
have a butiful home. Its on hill and
you can see miles around 1t. From
my window can catch site OF the
lake thru gap in the hills. It's
very nice lake tho not dope enun TO
drown me-and Laura's father owns
it. They say he is pritty rich. Mr..
Rummidge sells books In the viii
lage and lets you borrow them for too
sents day-says Laura's father Is n
village Creeses. 1t tells about Creeses
somewhere in a book and he was the
richest man in the State, but / think
he is dead now. CESS you must have
heard about him. He was HISTORY
kal carackter. | wish you was here,
Brother Jim. We'd have CRATE times.
Laura's most us good as boy for
havin' fun. Thare | heer her calm.
The Dock is a-champln on his bit
and waitin' impashent at the cassel
gait. That's the way Laura talks.
She's most as good as a play actor.
Aunt Emmyline says Lauras roman
tick. So must close. Write just as
soon as you hear from papa and mann
ma. From your loving brother.
TON"
James Thornton. rising young attor
ney. smiled over this epistle and laid
it away carefully in a pigeonhole of
his desk, whence 1t would be taken
and inclosed with his next letter to
the absent parents across the sea.
There was long gap between broth
err Jim, aged ~, and brother Tom,
aged u, and this gap had seemingly
drawn them closer together. To broth
er Jim, brother Tom had never seem
ed the aggravated nuisance that little
brothers usually appear In the eyes of
older brothers. Jim had looked with
amused tolerance on Toms widest
FRANKS, and as for Tom-wel, there
were few heroes of childish romance
that did not suggest his clever big
brother. And Tom had been left in
Jim's care while the father and not
oyerstrong mother went abroad for
the latter's health. Ii was hot sum-
mer, and Tom was convalescing from
a severe case of measles, and SO Jim
thought 1t wise TO pack him off to a
little village that nestled in the woods
Of the upper Hudson, where he was
sure TO receive the best of care at the |
home of a superannuated bookkeeper
of the firm Of which James Thornton
was the newly admitted junior mem
Der. And 1t was from Bookkeeper |
Barclays home that Miss Laura Gar /
man had fairly kidnapped him. True,
she wrote a model letter to Jim, In
which she requested the loan of his |
young kinsman, but before his answer
could be received she had him Install
ed at Greyerag, and in position TO |
add his petition to hers.
He was such a delightful boy, she
wrote, and he would make the hours
at Greycrag seem so much less lone
some. Saving for the presence of a
maiden aunt she was quite alone there,
her father and mother having gone
to California to take an invalid sister
Of the latter. Besides she was sure
the altitude of Greycrag was quite GER
tain to hasten the return of Tommy's
strength. She hoped this was not
taking a liberty, but she had never
seen a boy who charmed her quite as
because he reminded
her of little brother who had passed
away in his seventh year.
What could Brother Jim do? He
wrote qualified acceptance OF this
letter of invitation. She must prompt
ly return Tom when she tired of him.
She mustn't tolerate him IL he proved
to be rude or manageable. And he
would ask 1t as particular favor II
she would at once communicate to
him any infraction of conduct of
which Tom might be guilty. Being
30 very much the youngest of the
family" he wrote. In conclusion, Il
fear that We fail to realize how thor
oughly he is spoiled. No doubt you
will find this out very soon. The mo
ment you do, kindly return him to Mr..
Barclay. to be left until called for"
Miss Laura Garman briefly acknowl-
edged Brother Jim's letters. promising
to faithfully abide by all Its condi-
lions, and thanking Jim for acceding
to her request.
So Brother Tom was ensconced In the
Garman household, and, as his many
letters set forth, was having the time
OF his life. At least half of each epistle
was given up to this theme, while the
other half was devoted to the charms
Of Miss Laura.
''She's just the one girl for you,
Jim," he wrote in one OF his daily
screeds. for Tom had become quite a
letter writer 1t may have been
brought about by his weakened health
and possibly took the place of some
more boyish occupation. but 1t was
true that he had Brother Jim hustling
in the endeavor to keep up with his
busy correspondent. You'd make a
stunnin couple. Don't think line
foolln. Laura likes me so well that