The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04
August %. 1904.
THE SLENDER GIRL
WITH THE PRETTY EYE.
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4sss CHAPTER i.
Tie September sun was setting In NIL
gold reflected In the window panes 81 the
gold reflected III the tllndow panes of the
houses In the little village of NJ. The
trees were already putting on rich huns
and the maple seemed In all Its glory.
rho only sounds 10 be heard were those
OF the COW man, as he called co-bos5
I.ro.bossle. bessie. and the tlnkng OF the
cowbells. As tho sui, sark lower It kept
getting darker. until the silverS NOON
ana twinkling stars appeared above.
Then the people began to make lights
which shone through, the shutters ana
told OF the cheer within
In one 81 The houses oil the suburbs OF
tic village the scene was not as cheerful
az 1t should have been.
1'he house had two dlngy little rooms
Its occupants were slender girl Of
fourteen and a stout old woman and q
sailor. The sailors feet We're per ched
upon the ,nantelpiece. and his CHAR
was Tilted back. He was smoking a. ptr
md seemed very much At ease. VI i he stout
old woman was trying to spell out lno
perplexing words in a letter, and had u
much worn LITTLE dictionary open in her
lap. and every now and then she wouiu
consult It.
The slender girl was In a deep reverie.
Her large, wlstfn eyes wera SHINING
with ieers, ana her fluffy golden brown
hair was hanging loose around her race
and over her shoulders. Her features
were not harsh and rough, but finely
EthiseIed, and she was n picture that All
artist would bo proud to COPY.
Y You could SEQ al n glance tfiat she was
no relative of he rough Old sallor OF tile
Stout old woman. ts Fs3t " &. n gs}
The sailor was evidently thinking about
her for nov and then he would look AT
Nor. shake HIS head or sigh. and ,pufe
and puff at his pipe. \, +.
last the. stout woman rose ana pus
tho er onu,r w
tears and SAT pa ientlSa waiting for what
the stout woman might say. KY.
The stout woman gave her eli air a. JERK
cleared her throat and S$ turned to t Ilt
sailor: She's tue prit " tue give away,
now ain She Henry q
slender sHirl. .ping bust 1T all ~ he said
$,.I@ cant tell why \ she can Is stay here
She "a the light or this house, ann " IVY
DO awful bad TO come home and not flnu
no little sunsnine. AS, ny! lassie, = my
way could be done L keep yea safe !. at
home here, and not AVE YOU p ara! y
the country with an ctor8 ans
Ne rubbed his rough hand Quickly across
The y. stout wol,,a smiled N knew what
you'd aay but after III viii. be- best.
for egcat kee know. " y
lonesome hut We Don get used g g, u,
and she'll enjoy liersel 4 lo ~
shafter.Stae. Tlle man said kHilefi he came
here last winter hat she Al,a q g fortune
III the birdy voice of Efler 4,
The IA lors sighed and Z shook his "a ad.;
and the slender girl broke down ana
began 10 weep. IS, B, 4, !, .,
leave! SAID the e lloF,S
up wit a yawn
The stout woman 4 looked very tincom-
Portable. The sailor left the Dom I. T her,
the stout woman began to weep. too. All
this was very soon In erruptc cd e by a NJ
other stout SWoman's appearance, where
upon the slender girl shranls back and
coldly said Good evening 4 Mrs. gM "
Vote ana my guide lady WILL excuse me
II know and she hurriodlyS left he ROOM,
The .g,,delady''ssS was the OIL " name AZ he
slender girl had for the stout woina an.
THE gudclady,'' whose real name was
Mrs. K Ohm loved tho girl about ms much
as she would love q pet cat and would
not grieYe much over the girls departure,
thinking to herself, she will soon go and
he forgo item 81 al 6 s5 s85s /.
Mrs. kackay,s The fat Wonlt'i, with the
wart on her nose WI s very much Of a
gossip, 50 when Sister Kohn 4 told her the
news about F,the slender girl going away
TO bean actress she spread tho news
lar and wide, and the Indignant Girl was
ialreadyEca lled The " Actor Cir "
u This people did not know her very well, III
from whence she came no one but her-sJl
self knew, and SO SHE did not associate
with the Village people,. They called her
s.N'Btuck up. Therefore. no one cared, IL
she did 60 away. 5.f
8 No ono excepting a poor lame dog. and
stheHo old sailor n sf} s5$5 "A
CHAPTER II. DIS u
Clarissa, the slender girl had IN history
or herself that no one but herself knew.
swI atwus.ths Observation-Disclosures
It was this: Y
Three years before the story opens an
epidemic OF fever broke on t in New * rk.