The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-07

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ulouaiy. Are you eure9
elm very SURF Miss Norton. =
Z The eirIss voice was srIulsitSly I6W
ana miisieal
& But they're % homely, % unhnlshed
looking. ana th01Ght-Well, never
I mind Arrange them there In that
vase, Il you win. Ny lawyer, young
fellow In whom I've taken a great In
terest, Is coming up TO Wynchell to-
day. and they are his favorite DOVER"
Miss Gray lost the Last of the SEN
tence. From the silver faucet in Miss
Afo-ton's marble bathtub she was
/ drawing wuter for the cut glass she
held Besides, Miss Morton had spo-
ken more than half to herself.
1t hid been only three days now that
! Miss Cray had beea with her In the
capacity of companion. and already
Miss Morton found herself exchanging
that younS persons status from conn
paniol to cSRfd2nte. She had always
had ltlziaS for her, this girl with the
tired. pale face and the sweet. sudden
smile, ever si1ce the day when she
had come personally to expinin that
there had been some little mistake In
the ordered dinner cards and to make
her apologies. II appears she bad Civ
en- the dinner ladies powdered silver
hair instead Of dazzling gold. That
had been at the beginning of last sea-
son. During the present summer the
little sketches that she had been able
to sell hadn't proved sumcient for her
to exc out even a modest existence
with. Miss Morton was looking for a
companion, and she had offered her
services That Il the way It had all
come about
There was the rhythmic thud-thud OF
horses hoofs on mncadam. and Miss
Mortons brown cobs whirled through
an iron gate into a modest drive and
came to an abrupt halt under her
porte-cochere. A gray drizZle had set |
in. but what did that matter to How /
ard Orchard? The hne drops OF rain
driven against his face by the pace of I
the cObs had been an exhilarattnG de :
light to him. AMI as Miss Morton was
wheeled into the library to greet him
he was positively cordial.
Miss Norton had forgotten her lor-
Enon Being yerS shortSighted. she was
nj n loss = !.now exnctly where her
cor, 1n!on hid placed the Eentlans.
\ III above all things. should the sight
of the flowers bring an appreciable
OF pleasure into Orchards i'm
mobile face she didn'; want to lose the
sight. She rnng for maid.
ASK Miss Gray to fetch me my
IorGnon." said she.
$50 you rememberedr' The exclama-
ton came from Orchard. and Miss Nor
ton lost the sight she had wished for.
after all He had crossed to an ebony
cabinet on top of which stood the cut
gIass vase Awkward things to ar
range in vases. though" he commented !
Iaconically. as II reGrettinG his burst Of
'.Yes. that's what my companion said.
=, q went out willingly enough in all
This drizzle to pluck them, but she
;hicd at arranging them in vase. :
She assures me they belong to the
icIls. and
But Orchard veered quickly around :
IN the mirror back OF the ebony cabI-
let he'd caught the reflection of a girls
ace Before he had seen her face.
hough. lie had recognized her. There :
vas no other woman he knew who
reid her head so proudly and Mt the
anne time had that wavering little I
walk so at variance with the queenly
Of her head.
Emily 20 cried. ''You!''
TIE girl. ..ind which held the Ior- :
-ron cIutcled it tightly and went up to
er breast. The other half CROPPED to
yard him, as with little Incredulous
r. she repeated the one word. 'YOu!'
Too bad, too bad" murmured kind o
earted Miss Morton indulGently to =
erSeIf that evening. laying down her
ioetLe unread. The dny had cleared
The last scrap of estate +
ettIing business had been attended to. =
nd now her lawyer and her com.
anton were enjoying a bit OF the mel +
,w harvest moon out on the back =
eranda. TOO bad! was just begin
ing to congratulate myself on what
rcasure Miss Gray would be in my de z
lining years, and now-te end of the =
ecinn!ng or the bc:innng of the end.
larie.'' she said. turning to the maid
t'ke those homcly Ilue flowers away.
AXE them -, u Miss Gr0y's room" +