Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-05-05

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resting 60 49, distant hills. Thea. ax:
i.G her sass - ne. she said
Come here. dear | ~isA to tell yor
q story"
Chokinx down my Angry sohs.
turned 10 obey her request. which a
any other time. wosld have been hasfea
sish elaaness Still feeling hard ana
bitter. I sat down ON tas stool al he
feet and waited for her 10 begin.
The yellow chry santheuluIas sts0l
> raisns aud tail. In the Iiatls fowf
bed before the window. riyaiine thf
sun in brigh ness, the crickets chirped
aud grasshoppers sang. the west win
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tains. and in the stiffness seemed 81
feel the soothing touch Of nature
Perhaps you de net know ! had aa-
other sister beside yoar mo her. d.
gan Aunt Abbie with ar effort 10 spcal
calmly. Yes. when yoar eraBdmothci
died she laft three Of us sirls. yoas
mother. myself and ifttle Agnes. whf
sas seven years younger than me. sh,
was a lovely child Of twelve years
with a gentle. trusting dispos lion
merry. light hearted little thing who
won friends everyWhore.
After mothers death, father became
silent and gloomy and would shut him
self up in his study for hours at time
we lived in the country, and as he was
the only physician within a radius of
twenty miles, would often be gone over
ni&ht-seeing so little of him we grad
to one another. Your mother. Dora as
We called her, and were inseparable
being very near of an age, we shared
each sther's hopes and aspirations.
aoA, leekiAg back ever ths years,
sa0stt0es feel panGs q ps0orss. ~
0s0ewiAG Asw osnUesAe - vsss -
eusssevsa. negSectfAg 11ttss A0sss; -
boUfAg her ts cheese frteoAs aa1 asse-
ceatss where she wsald; the child
nsver see@ed to nstice our carelessness
a her. and We thouGhtlessly cOnsid-
ered our duty done when she Was sent
70 school and her material wants sup
Piled.
Thus five years passed away and
D0ra's wedding day came-I will never
ferget how utterly heartsick l felt-it
seemed that the better part of my life
ell that was worth living for-was
taken away when she went. The old
house seemed SO lonely and gloomy
ana even Agnes could not cheer me
With her brightest talk and gayest
laugh. went On each day doing what
] Vas pleased to call my duty-keeping
house for father. for I had long ago
Aeternined to stay with him while he
lived, but becoming silent and irrita-
bse. Agnes ceased to seek my compan-
isoship. and never confided to me any
u her hopes or ambitions, but led q
care-free sort Of existence. often being
away for hours at a time with parties
q young friends.
Finally q rumor cane to my ears
that she was engaged TO q young artist
Who had been sketching in the neigh
bofhood during the summer. Secretly
making Inquiries, I found him to be
handsome and gay. just such as would
attract a girl like our innocent, trust
ing Agnes, who could not see as could
sthers that he was very dissipated. Not
caring to trouble father. and thinking
that few words Of reason would con-
vince her Of her mistake. went to hel
one evening and, upon questioning her
found the rumor only too true; they
were to be married that autumn shs
told me-
How vividly the memory Of thai
summer evening comes to me yet: sht
and l were sitting alone on the steps
Of the old porch overlooking the clost
cut meadow. while the full moon shed 8
radiance over all. showing the white
path leading down to the stile or
either side Of which stood a tall grace
ful elm tree. l remember looking a
her. as she sat resting her chin in hel
hand. her soft. curling. dark hair IL
contrast with the whiteness of hel
dress. and thinking she might have he
choice Of all the young men of our ac
quAintance.
I'm vain ! reasoned and persuaded
the child. as still thought her. hat
| grown to have will as strong as m,
own. She Indignantly resented all in
timations that her lover was anything
but true and noble: knowing 20 littl,
Of the world, poor child, she though
all to be like herself. pure and good.
might even then have had some infiu
ence over her, but alarmed by the sud
den knowledge OF the extent of affairs
and stung by the guilty feeling that al