Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-01-18
You had gone abroad, and sgd

! ing. we'll!
We'll, one day he came home, on!
! quite late in the afternoon, and walked
into the room and looked around, and
/ then threw his hat on the table, and
burst out laughing. May, l though he
had gone mad; ana l got up to run out
Of the room, but ne caught me and
held me at arms length, and made me
/ bow, just as if were a princess, and
said, in the strangesl voice, with his
face all red and his lips trembling
Miss Dalton, your carriage
waits. allow me to conduct YOU and
then l began to cry, and he made me
sit down, and stood with his hands in
his pockets, and his head up in the air.
"Carrie, he said, I've hit it at
last! believe I'm one of the richest
men in the city of London!' Oh, May!
I thought he was out OF his mind,
But after a little l knew that it was
true for the next evening he came
home in a cab, and he took out roll
of bank notes! l could have covered
the table with them May; and he got
all the tradesmen's books, and all the
bills, and went out with me to pay
them, and gave me ten-pound note
to buy clothes, and we had champagne
for supper.
"And then, day after day, it went
on; there seemed no end to 1t; and one
day he told .de he had bought an
etsate ii Berkshire, and brought me
down here And. oh, May! I'd never
seen such a place; you haven't seen
it yet. dear, and cannot guess how
large and beautiful it is; and there
was an old house-such a pretty little
place, but the gentleman who came
down with us was an architect, and
shook his head, and said it must come
down And they pulled it down and
built this; and you haven't seen this
yet, May! It was so grand that l was
afraid To move about when we first
came into it; but I'm used to it now.
80 | see" murmured May, watching
the eager face.
And then came the furniture and
TIE servants. and the grounds were
laid out do long for you to see the
garden and the tennis-lawn-and the
carriage and the horses. You've only
seen one carriage, deari And papa
was quite another man-quite-quite
different to what he used to be when
he went up to the city every morning;
and then he wanted to have a COVER
: ness for me. and then cried, and said
wouldn't have any one to teach me
but you, and he looked angry and
blew his nose
ooh, he still blows his nose? ISM
that rather vulgar?"
"As he used to do when he was put
e out, and l was afraid to say any more
then; but, oh, May! ! did long for you
50, and didn't care one bit for it al
the while you were away"
; Poor Carrie!"
ard then the people began to cal
and. oh. that was awful for they al
stared about, and one old lady put VI
her eyeglass and looked papa up ant
down as If he were some curious ami
NAL, and papa grew red and pulled
and blew. and waved his poke
a handkerchief"
+ 'Iucky she wasn't bull says Ma
inaudibly.
:. And then they began to ask que.
g tons, Was l an only daughter" an
o then papa said no. that there wa
you; they asked where you Were an
: lie said on the continnong; hut h
s never said a word about poor Sieneyi
# lowering her voice.
h Mays face flushed and then pales.
GO on, dear It is very prett
. comedy. Go on"
q Comedy? What do you meal
q dear May? Well. when they kept asl
y ing when you were coming, ] could sc
: papa was uncolH tortable. and one da
= | was SO dull and wanted you so baC
:, ly. that / said wouldn't stay If yo
= didn't come bGck; and after a momer
: he said that you could come back
= you liked. and would promise never
: mention Sidnay's name, and then
;. wrote-and he wrote and-that
= aH,"
:. Here eudeth act first; and yer
: exciting act it is, Carrie, mine
. viii take me all night to digest it,
, And tomorrow, saI Carrie, cage
= ~, we viii go over the place. Oh,
= long to show you ever. thing. it
i such a long way-rieht down TO II
river And it is al so beautiful. Mr.
= Godfrey Turner says that there
only one place better in the who
. county, and that is Sir Heron Letc
ford's'
: And who is Sir Heron Letchfor
= and whereabouts is it's it called III
: Perch?"
= "Thc Perch? Oh. see-becaus
! his names Heron, a birdi How funny
), never thought fthat How quie
. you are--you always were. dear Ma.
9 The Perch, And he is something liB
y stork no. a heron isn't stork.
ut? He is 80 tall and thin and CRANE
- loldng. and holds his head 50 higl
= And, on, he's so handsome. dear
something like one Of he pictures i
y the hall"
a TO be continued