The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-10-15

hNNiNit anu 3bhI "a uAlf INIT aWAsf
an old German cabinet maker
from Cologne, skilled in bis me
tier, makes charming pieces Of ar
tLstic furniture out Of hickory and
curled-leaf maple wood.
Squirrels abound, and brown
mountain rabbits run across the
road, and this old castle is big
and comfortable, and Mrs. Har-
ris, my housekeeper, will look
after you with delight.
! had almost forgotten a small
lake where you can catch noun.
tain perch, and row in a small
boat, if the artist will let you, for
the lake and the boat are his.
There is a small picturesque
church in a hollow, and its slen-
der spire stretches upwards, and,
catching the rays of the setting
sun, breaches its own lesson, and
the sound Of its little bell ie dis
tinctly heard from the terrace Of
my castle, a pretty terrace, Val,
where you and will sit and take
our coffee after dinner, following
the mode of Europe, while listen
ing 10 the tinkliDg a the cowbells,
as "the herd winds slowly DER
the lea"
VIII you come, Val? Yours
faithfully, child,
ALLEN DUNCAN.
OF course i will, and with JOY
unspeakable, Cousin Allen, ifoniy
TO escape persecution, stale and
Improbable gossip, namma's re
proachful glances and a fat man
and his glasses. You may expect
your troublesome ward any day.
/ can't possibly say when, be-
cause our engagement list is
crowded and then mater will new
er let me of from attending at
least one half OF these fearful
functions, which have become
the scene OF an exciting game OF
hide and seek, carried on by pur-
sner and a pursued. The fat man,
who possesses a few railroads,
some towns and villages, and half
the Pacific coast--mamma says,
and the writer Of this note. II
hope you viii be able to read it.l
if il were not for the kindly
help OF a nice boy, Dick FentOn,
who warns n,e Of my enemy's aP
proach and helps me 20 elude him.
and usually lsGds him at the Ia
bic with mamma aud cham
pagne bottle, ] would have fallen
into his clutches dc guerre lasse
and the poor victim, Valerie Farm
lcigh, would have died hideous
death, in white satin and Venice
point, TO the sound OF Mendels
SOM hiafch.
After this explanation you car
realize the utter delight witt
I which Zee away TO YOU and YOU
castle ON the heights, and not !
soul shall know where l have
gone. am positively beginning
10 loathe my ~mOnotonous pleas
ures,1 as you cleyerly call GU
functions aud gatherings, pol,
! excepted, and really, my deares
cousin, IL your invitation had no
come Just when It did ! woul,
have accepted an auto ride will
my prosecutor, the fat man, as
possible alternative ending IN
> stead Of the other man.
The delIghtoftrampingthro
fields Of daisies, milking cows
did You not include milking in th
list Of rural diversions you otie
= and listening TO Glen RirRl
falls, and your sweet ehare
bells
= think | will give mamma th
y slip, let her do the treadmiI
y round Of dinners and other wear
some things, and will take th
. train without even Annette, an
} will run up TO you tomorrow.
.e Have you any pretty, ros!
? faced children in your mouI
~ tainss Who is your artists
10 know only one. he is-well, he
'e a very remarkable man, and wi
IS tell You about him when We az
q sitting on your terrace siPpin
"a coffee.
'h lie, too, loves the mountains
/ believe better than anythiu
~ except his art. He has just le
N town. lie wants 10 hnSsh son
az wonderful picture.
he Tie will have a great reputatio
I'd some day, nay artist. he has re'
genius.
~ Of course l will sit 10 have n
ld portrait painted II you want a
a on your lihraqy walls, although
ou sou will only Invite me ] viii tal
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