Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-10-15
CHAPTER XIV.
At The Quay.

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, At The Quay.
On the day of Barbara's departure
{ Eve attended diligently to the dutie!
: of the house, and found that every
thing was in such order that she was
, content to believe that all would &c
on of its own accord in the old way
without her supervision, which de
clined next day, and was pretermitted
on the third
g. Jasper did not appear for midday
dinner; he was busy on the old quay
He saw that it must be put to rights
The woods could be thinned, the cop
Ipice shredded for bark, and bark put
on a barge at the bottom of the almost
PERCEPTIONS slope, and so sent to the
tanyards at Davenport. There was
waste Of labor in carrying the bark up
the hills and then carting it to Beer
Ferris, some ten miles.
No wonder that, as Mr.. Jordan COM
plained, the bark was unremunerative.
The profit was eaten up by the waste
Iful transport It was the same with
the timber. There was demand for
oak and pine at the dockyards, and
any amount was grown in the woods
of Morweu.
So Jasper asked leave to have the
quay put to rights, and Mr.. Jordan
consented He must supervise pro-
Iceedings himself, so he remained the
greater part of the day by the river
edge. The ascent to MorWell House
was arduous if attempted directly up
the steep fall, long if he went by the
zigzag through the wood. 1t would
take him a stiff three quarters Of an
! hour to reach the house and haitian
hour to return. Accordingly he asked
that his dinner might be sent him.
On the third day. to Ewes dismay,
she found that she had forgotten to
let him have his food, both that day
and the preceding. He had made no
before. Ewes conscience smote her
cOnvalescent left for nine or ten
h urs without food.
When she recalled her promise to
send it him she found that there was
no one to send. In shame and self
reproach, she packed a little basket,
and resolved to carry it to him The
day was lovely. She put her broad
brimmed straw hat, trimmed with for
get-me-nOt bows, on her head, and
started on her walk.
The bank of the lamar falls from
high moorland many hundreds of feet
to the waters edge. In some places
the rocks rise in sheer precipices with
gulIies of coppice and heather between
them. Elsewhere the fall is less
abrupt, and allows trees to grow, and
the richness of the soil and the friabIe
nature of the rock allows them to
From MorwelI House a long detour
through beautiful forest, affording
peeps of mountains and water, gave
the easiest descent to the quay, but
Eve reserved this road for the ascent,
and slid merri1y down the narrow
corkscrew path in the brushwood be-
tween the crags, which afforded the
quickest way down to the waters
edge.
Oh, Mr.. Jasper. she exclaimed. !
I have sinned, through my forgetful-
ness; but see, to make amends, / have
brought you a little bottle of papa's
Burgundy and a wee pot of red cur
rant jelly for the cold mutton
And you have come yourself to |
overwhelm me with a sense of graft |
tude'
Oh, Mr.. Jasper, l am so ashamed Of |
my naughtiness. I assure you I nearly |
cried. Bab'-I mean Barbara-wouId |
never have forgotten. She remem-
bers everything. Her head is a per-
feet store-closet, where all things are
in place and measured and weighed
and on their proper shelves. You
had no dinner yesterday J
'To-day's is a banquet that makes
up for all deficiencies
Eve liked Jasper; she had few to ,
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ces. no friends, and she was delighted
to be able to have chat with anyone,
especially if that person f1attered her
and who did not? Everyone natuv-
ally offered incense before her; she
almost demanded it as a right. The
lamar formed a little bay under a
wall of rock. A few ruins marked the
site of the storehouses and boatsheds
Of the abbots. The sun glittered on
The water, forming Of it a blazing mir
,or. and the dancing light was re-
7eeted back by the fower-wreathed !.
rocks.
Where are the mem asked Eve.
Gone into the wood to fell some
pines We must drive piles into the
bed Of the river, and lay beams on !:
them for basement
Oh said Eve listlessly, I don't I'M
about Easements and all
that She seated herself on log,
How pleasant 1t is here with the
flicker of the water IN ones face and !.
eyes. and sense of being without
shadow! Mr.. Jasper, do you believe
n pixies i