The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-06-02
CHAPTER VIII.
The r. A. Concert.

Nutwood was a comfortable, old
fashioned gray country house stand
ing "over the hill," as Portsmouth
folk say, in small park a little way
hack from the London road It had
It's neat belt uf shruhbery and wood
behind it, its walled gardens, and its
compact stables, and was altogether
as sp1lb. and cosy little slip of est ate
as any ord sailor of the gneen's navy
could have selected to spend his latter
!! days in, latter he forsool the waves: ;:
Xer1hlns abont tbs, h!o@nsessana
grounds. showed a quart cr-deck pre-
cision and exactness; there was not
leaf on the close-cropped lawn nor a.
cut in the well-rolled drive. The adj
with two fagstaffs to quarterback
length, and there he used to Keep his
! watches new and again with a telt:~
scope under his arm. Mrs Shuttle
waite was a placid old lady, given to
knitting. and Miss Yonge. She had a
taste for missions and baZaars, and
some leaning in favor Of unlicensed
dabbling in medicine, and would dose
any of her friends or present them
! with a collecting card at the faintest
excuse.
1t might have been thought dull
| house for a girl to come on a lengthy
| visit, but to Ursula nothing ever was
dull. She had that peculiarly happy
cast of mind that finds it's own amuse-
| ment and pleasure without dependence
! on the outer world. People SO gifted
| are not to be cOmpassionated in the
! most quiet OF homes. They make the
| fortunate people they live amongst
! partakefs of their gift from the gods.
! Ursula Walked over The fields round
| Waterloo and Purbrook, and bicycled
The country round, when she was left
to her own resources. The admiral
! provided her with mount and took
! her to a meet when there was one in
the neighborhood, and she patiently
! put up with the dearth Of foxes and
enjoyed the blank days other people
grumbled about. = -.
! She wandered round the green
houses, with the old man, ands1istened
| while he pointed out n new varieties of
plants he was experimentingsWith. and
spent, evenings with him in the study
! while he showed her the course of diff
! fercnt bygone cruises and read her
bits from his old log. s -
| She found out new knitting patterns
| for Mrs ,Shuttlewaite and sat by: her
copying out receipts for cough mix
lures and chi]blain. lotions, which the
long:suffering servants aud ,villagers
were expected to put to the test. She
took her list of books to the library
and changed them for. her, and drove
with her into Southsea to shop and
pay visits, Nothing came amiss>< to
| Ursula. >$ss> .> =. ~. ,.,.-~
She was not without gayer forms Of
entertainment; for she, was asked to
+ balls and the like now and then, yand
! the *admiraI's, married niece, = whose
! husband was. :lt4Whale Island, Offered
TO chaperone her and nut her up for
nights. The Shuttlewaites themselves
J were confirmed dinner. *$givers,% and
dined the :neighborhood with i great
! state. y: Winstanley's. Invitation !. went
l to him without delay, the a dmiral hav-
ing been impressed with tb'e. generals
+ I, account: Of his "a. D. c. !, and believing
! that he had met Maj. Whist tanley On
the China station once upon. time, Il
4 u HE dined at Nutwood With several
i other people and he took n Ursula - to
i din ner, prob bly, AS: m,lc her con
s|sSt4ent asS Sto hisSown, fterWards, ,,ins the
ratW,s,ing room, u She san had
II EE.,,prett voice her own had