Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-15

then the dream Of town would be
realized and your father would i'm
lmediateIy move to some other lonely
spot to start all over again. It's hard
to be the pioneers of the suburban
town"
Ms. Merton paused and then went
on. "It's so lonely for the first few
Years. If it's a prairie location YOU
are practically prisoner through the
winter, when the snow has buried the
little narrow walks two or three feet
deep. No one ever calls to see YOU
because they would not find the place
without a chart and z compass. The
first year we lived at Daisylea your
aunt Miranda Dawson came out
Christmas afternoon to see US. but she
got lost and wandered around in two
feet CT snow on the prairie until after
dark and had Ter feet so badly frost
bitten that she cut you out of her will
There is nothing to see from the win
dows Of the house but the prairies and
the Lots for Sale signs, and always
: the column of smoke in the distance.
which marks the place where people
are living in tribes and not like cast
always on a lonely island"
! "Tanglewood," said Susie suddenly.
That must be one Of the wooded
places. At least trees will be prettier
to look at than this horrible prairie"
Mrs. Merton shuddered: "ThereIl
be boot owls she said, land people
will come out into the woods to kill
themselves somewhere between our
house and the depot, and there'll be
a mysterious murder committed there
every year, and the detectives will
give us no peace. That's the way it
was at Beechwood Hill. Il was only
/ two miles from the edge of the city
and people used to just love to come
and kill themselves theres it made me
so nervous that | never could look
outside the house after o'clock in
the afternoon. There comes the troll
ley car on its up trip. What a delight
it has been to watch that ca come
past here every hour. 1t made me
feel as though had house in the
busiest part of State street. It's been
such a comfort, although it has been
like the skeleton at the feast, too. for
every time it has come past it has re-
minded me that civilization and the
commuter have come to South Della
view on the Hill and that we will have
to trek, as they say in south Africa"
Susie slowly rose to her feet and
stood watching the yellow trolley car
as it went grinding gayly down the
street. Then she went up to her room
and packed some clothes into a dress
suit case and put on her hat and
Jacket. She sat down at the table and
scrubbed a note that she pinned to
the outside of her door as she went
downstairs. She went into the parlor
and kissed her mother.
I'm going down to Treasure Cove
on the trolley" she said, 81 want to
take some things over to Notices.
He mother watched the girl as she
went down the walk and stood waiting
for the car, which was coming back
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Poor child said Mrs. Merton, "she
loves to be with her kind. It's too
bad she belongs to such a hermit fam
lily"
1t WAS late when Mr.. Merton came
bursting in that night. 'Eve-ything is
all fixe1 Going to put UP fine house.
Well have hard job making Tangle
wood 60. Lonesome sort Of place, but
Of course you're used to that. Told
Susie this morning couldn't let her go
away to school next year. Need her at
TangleWood. Nice, pretty gil like that
will be quite a drawing card. Where
is she?'
Mrs. Merton turned a pair Of tear
filled eyes towards him. ''Susie has
gone. She left this note
Mr.. Me ton took the note. 1t read:
Dear mother: I am sorry, but |
have finally decided to marry Mr..
Arnold. He is nice and love him in
spite Of the fact that father hates him
so. | dc not like to go contrary to
your wishes, and as between you and
father en- the one hand and Mr.. Ar