The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-04-25
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INTRODUCING CHARLES ANDERSON
Emma NJ, Wise. in Philadelphia Ledger

interested, is coming to New York to max
his fortune. | will give him letter o
introduction to you, and if you can do any
thing to help him along please do it, dea
Auntie, for my sake. hope you will like
him. do. "
Miss Sterling read that part of Janet
letter to her friend, Mrs Culver II d.
believe, she said, that the child ha
been falling in love again
1t does sound like it, said Nbrs Cnl
yer What is his name
She loesn' say; she just writes some
body aud a dash, which Is very signif
cant. The dash in some people writing
is more important than what they say.
may be taken to mean most anything. II
this case, take it to mean that Janet i
in love
i When Is he coming p said Mn. Cul
Yer. She doesn, say any anythin.
definite about that. either. She only say
he will be here soon. which may mean to
day or tomorrow or any time within th,
week
Ii proved to mean the next Monday af
teFuoOu. to be exact, at , Is o clock
Mara, the colored woman who preside,
over the basement aoor. told her he wa
there
Hes a heathen, said Mara II,
can understand word that Christian
folks say to him He's ~, letter 70
YOU wanted To bring i, upstairs to you
bu. he woaljn le, me have il
Mara description Of the visitor va
NJ; reassuring and Miss Sterling wen
down stairs in considerable trepidatipn
I The heather stood up AwkwArily whel
she came in. and made cirrastous thrust
=, her person with the letter he held it
hi. hand Having been relieved Of hr
precious u,srs,a,v. he backed Of with heAvl
frszti
Tank va be sasi
To sei oas even thu-e two dcnstional
iIel words required an effort which suf
fa.ei hi. face with an Apople,ic glow. an,
Ma,s Sterling, becoming suddenly fcarfa
for his physical welfare if Submitted {,
further -sra,iny retired behind the win
dow curtain to rad the letter Of intrudae
;ioa.
Dear Aun,ic--' Is ran. Tbs vi
b, handed yos hy my friend Charles An
irrsSa Charley i an iayesios He Ia
c0ne 10 Nrw York beSaass be thinks. ans
F thInk. that there are noEc oppor1anItlsz
feF him 10 ri>c in a large city than in 1
,asAA plaos Ike Mesivillc While per
feesing bis inveosiOn, be sill have 60 woga
hs. way =, Whatever odd Jobs be can lal
his hands on, aud | Do hop~ Aantir, tha
+ sua SAL b. able 81 ihrow something ia hr
way ani 50 save him the worry aud snxtcsl
be would necessarily suffer If be should b"
F obliged 70 lie around Idle for nany DAYS II
I that great e,iy am .aFc you wsll hk,
him Your loving niece.
JANET SrEslINa
Z Miss Sterling Fyaaaiacd in her Windov
cuTtain psFr4, bong enough to scS be
nerves anirr contrrl aud then she sseppe,
aat and faced ChaTlc= Asdrr,ou again.
Arr you Charlcs ArlersoB ? 81,
asked, ,hgmpins her finger against tia
particular line in the letter whercou Ia,
name vas vTiiten.
The yoaas man stood up and bowed
'Tauk va be said
For goodness .ake, said Miss StcTl
ing undvr her breath Then. 10 max,
ameBds for thus iupoIi,ely whispering t,
herself IN the presence of oompany sh'
raised her voice a iall half octave above it
usual pitch.
Are you Charles Anderson ? she re
Peaiei.
/ He bowed again. Charla Andrasan
he said
You came to me from my niece ii
Meadville, she went on. She gay'
you this letter
Again Charles Anderson eui dangerousl,
red in the face, aud great beads Of mois
,ure stood out all over his face Ike aque
Gus pimples ready for the lancet Mis-
Sterling stalked susPiciously around to tht
other side Of him On the floor, in tn,
shadow Of his chair, she saw a cloth GOV
cred bundle about foot square As to siz'
aud blue a. To color, an umbrella and
shoe box
For mercy sake, - she groaned, b.
has come to stay, and he is either deaf o
crazy, or born idiot, and Swede int,
the bargain. What on earth shall | d,
with him ?"
She motioned him back 10 the chair an,
rang for Maria.
Maria. she said, when the displeaseC
face of the black woman appeared in th'
doorway, Il want YOU to run in next doc
and tell Mrs. Culver and Bob to com,
here. Tell them | want them this min
ute, and that they must come, no mattel
who is there or what they are doing.
Miss Sterling was asking the young maj
for the tenth time if he was Charles An
derson. and for the tenth time he was say
ing it over after her parrot fashion
''Charla Andrason, when Mrs. Culver
shadowed by Maria aud her strapping Is
year old son. answered the imperative
summons.
Mrs Culver, said Miss Sterling
Mr. Charles Anderson. He is tn,
somebody of whom my niece, Janet
wrote me the other day What do you
think of him ? You needn be afraid to
speak right out. He can't understand !
a word you say.
II think, said Mrs Culver, ''that W.
| misinternreted JaDets dash. | don