The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-03-23
CHAPTER XIII


my toilet carefully brushed my hal
In different ways, trying which was tn
more becoming But with all my pains
cut but very sorry figure.
Dear me. how spruce you look thi
morning, said Martha. as | carle dow
to breakfast. And quite elated. too
Before 10 o'clock | was in the neigh
borhood OF her house. Ii was too earl
to go there yet; so l fingered about 70
time How Tery awkward it was tina
had no knowledge of her namei l ha,
quite forgotten to ask it. AS the tint
drew near l began to feel nervous !
church clock struck eleven as l timidl,
knocked at the door. l was answered b,
stout. good tempered looking old lady
You have young lady staying here,
l began, in a hesitating tone.
"Oh. you are the young man that Miss
CLARA expects. l suppose" Saying which
the old lady deliberately drew a paii
of spectaeles out of her pocket. and ad
lusting them, carefully scrutinized me.
My appearance seemed TO satisfy her. for
she said. in more friendly tone. Walk
IN. young man: Miss Clara will be with
you directly"
She showed me into a neat little mar
Ior. Irpon the fable vsrs saveral wafer
colored DRAWINGS some 6r;sba5 soma nm
frished. also some Rarl;, wool work
Rououets ~ loxvsrs wore svarxvbara.
upon the table amidst rho work nnon the
mantelpiece in two vasas mon a I;ttla
stand facing the w;,dow and unon tho
rottaga n;ano tb.+ sto,5 =, a corra- Tba
air was loaded with tbair narfpma In
. few moments tha 49, onana5 and
Clara came int tha -o,,,
..You have coms then I" she said with
her sweet msla,cboIv s,,;Ia
As ifa pgbt hut dss,b or ;mnr;sonr,snt
could have lent me AVA,
She manfred wats--colo- n;ctr-ss and
did Berlin wool WORT FOR tho sbons She
told me Sba sst don,, 80 o,ea on, ha-
psn ber WORT and I ,va;,a5 r,or ~
washed bar brrsbas .-,,,,d ~ .olors
adjusted the Hind and hstwssn tbsss
little Offices 7 watched bsr bpsv f,gsrs.
bur oftener nv ewes wars unon bs- Saca
craving ire axarv li,asr,an, 49,, -
memory Navar hsva 7 Ioots,, 49, o.
other face 90 sn;-;,rsl,v haa,,;s,I IL
WAS one Of those heads tbat The ola ItaI-
ian paipters loved 10 Give 70 tba;r An
gels and Nadonnas 81 nrasactIv serene
40 utterly free from bnman nassions
The fair wavy hair untrammalad nv
art: the oval face neither fuu nor thin
but perfectly smooth. the low forehead.
the blue ewes. the straight Grec;an ncse.
the small mouth. the swelling qracefruv
arched neck. the skin so deIicarelv white
tinted upon the cheeks with the faintest
carnation. Her fgure was Of about the
middle height. exouisitelv graceful vet
painfully fragile. She wore a black
dress made high TO the neck. with a 1
small plain white COLLAR.
We talked very little; she was too busy
with her work. and silence was more
congenial with our mood.
At 3 o'clock Mrs. Wilson called rs TO
dinner. which we took in a breakfast
parlor below. The old lady was very
rhatty and very curious. and asked me
a great number of indirect questions;
those | did not care to answer 1 con-
frived pretty skillfulIy TO evade.
.sYou must excuse my questions. sir
she said: -but although Miss Clara is
no relation of mine. and. indeed. know
nothing about her. still | feel as much
in her as though she were my
own child; she is so innocent. and knows
50 little about the world. that it's quite ,
necessary that she should have some one
to look after her. Now. you are the ,
first visitor that she has ever had. and
she has lived with me these two years. ,
But. when she came home last night she
told me that she had met an old ac- I
quaintance who was coming to see her; !
that he had come TO the city in search Of 4
employ ment, and had no friends nor ac-
quaintances, and was so dreadfully mis-
cradle that it made her quite unhappy
10 see him. At first, | set my face
against it. but she soon coaxed me over,
md COMPROMISED the matter by saving =
hat you should come this once. but that
( / did not approve OF you, it was TO be
he first and the last visit. But | must r
Jay you seem a very nice. quiet. modest
,ort Of young gentleman. And what Kind :,
II employment might Won be seekiugs-
1 told her had been usher at school.
nut that at present was doing COMING.
did not saw OF what kind. The old =.
adv remarked that an usber's was =
cry genteel sort Of empIoyment Alto :.
other she seemed very well satisfied !
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