Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-09
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Whcn left ls"trc tot Mis- liarlnons schooI fog girls 'uy !a,arf lived i'll HI nois Whrn l GAS graduated hr lad removed |" l.ani>luli. \ Y. He gave tnc the street aud nunilcr, but i,c ";i~ . lawyer. and lawyers were ill tho.' days proNerhial for their Wrrtchcd liandw TiliuG. sn l found il difficult [" snake out the address NS near as you'd come To de- ii.licriu@ the nam" of tue street il was l,a;HSciic Fms WH@ not correct Y was Sas,ri'e street. Leaving thr station oH uA arrival, l took T cab and taid tic driver to take me to .iO Lafayette street When saw ahc house l uss surprised that ny father co,lld afford io five in il. had left two Stof. frame cottage ih the west to come i" four story stone front house ill the east
 paid the coaehman anu, going ul' fhc stoop, rang the tcii. \ maud came 10 the door whom l had never seen. and told her 10 tell nRolcr that tad come from aehap!. She asked me N 'ioln she should say had come told her ..ler daughter. of course" and. going into the tlra wing roen, looked ah"Gl me at the handsome furniture, s'ui wondering how father had been able to purchase it. The inaid went upstairs to make tue announcement.
 I waited quite q tong Whtc for hcl ret,iru When stc came down she told me that no oar N:i$ a home except my mother Wli" had recently had a cata ract removed from ullc ot her eyes and was obliged lo remain in Il dark room. | was surprised Tor 1 had not been li formed of there }Tin@ anything the matter with her eye, aud as the maid said l was [" <" ul' io her l r;'l up stairs and thruugh to"ul thiil h;id been ,larkcued so i.,at one entering nlN mothers room ehouId nnt let ill anf light The chamber occupied hA my mother was so dark that could scarce iy see my hand l,ef"re my face. didn't know wiiich Way to tnrn till she called lne and cNrn ihtl1 went ia iIt' wrou" direction till she had done so several times. T!un l found het sit ting in an easy ehair and put my arms around her neck.
 "Why. child" she said, "WhN did Yea write LIS that you would come i"in"i' TOW: Your brother would laSt met Von 1t the Staii"n
 Wit startled As ho, her'S Nr; ' had changed Could il be thsa her trouble with her eye had broken her faculties.
 ''There'S some mistake about that, mother dear, rrl.Ii1.t! "l Wrntc that l was coming oil Thursday Thursday and Friday hA bad writer may be made to look alike Perhaps there's where the error lies.
 was about ta Si,e;sk of her trouble when | heard the duur of thc ante room open and slut, Then the ,.o0r "i the room was in opened. some one hurried in and q mans vo:,p Sail
 Where are you, SiS:9
 I'm here.
 Ellen told lHe Non,d come. and come q day ahead of time,
 My brother Tum. ten years my senior. never ealird me anything but sis and ''SiSscN but there was some thing wrong with his voice. had no time to wonder what had caused the change when felt myself clasped in two strong arms aud lips pressed against mine
 What's become of Naur beard: l asked
 "Beal,l, never had one, We've hecn counting on yoHr coming Moth er is shul up fer ti,c present, hut she'll come out all right Ihe doctor says she may have tllv tight in one week more Awful glad to see you l mean to feel you. ha M, Can't see any thing in here Have te rely on the toucl. And he gave me another good hug and >eNoIa |,jSscs "Eut come out into tho lism want to see how you've improved Yan won't mind will you, mol her.
 'No if you don, keep her too lon@ . rutjiA1 his ann around my waist. he Led me out lhloa&h tbe antcroom, and. opening th, oulel daar. We stood on the threshold tefweea# lho room anl tlle hal
 Say We stood fhege and ~o we did. We didn't gel aa. tar5her, at least not just then NeNe" ar, two people more astoni~ho0 he{ |. red We were on tire strangers ta es th ether.
 Great Scotts,A as his exclamation "IIeaNenN, N4s eljae.
 He dropped his ay3u aS5u il had hcep shot. and quickly drew away.
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 II must have t into the Wron4"
 At this point 2 regained his equal. nimity. If you tc not my sister, you're certainly worthy to De any ones sister. At any rate, fm happy 10 make your acquaintance, cIc " mistake, though