The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-01-21

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Ann Dir
NV narahle is NOT hard n read 70.
plied Miss Carrington Uith a smile bnt
as Alison sfudied The nicture with in
creased Interest and admiration nsIr
rirl,s focc
Go and NUT Yourself in flat easy
chair opposite and tell me all about it.p
she said at last ronsino her nv good
hundred little nnsb ~ mpst finish This
branch If am n eniov INV nights rest.
but | can listen TO any amount Of let
tered woes f" with suggestive glance at
Alison,s hand
"oh ANN nj how do Won find ont
filings 49,, sra n,oarad Alison then MS
though nsad IN ohedience she moved to
tba chair that was always reserved for
Miss Carrington,s visitors whom sbe was
wont 70 entertain after a fashion of her
own
/ xEn | a.
fence y obsar,.ad Ntiss Corri,gton noint.
inc on industriouslv as Alison sat with
droonino head looking at her letters with.
ont oferirg r. road them az am mite
s,re those ara Rndars tragoling cbarac-
TORS thai hov,s bandwriting is disgrace
70 the family If has mt him ONT of NV
will forever fancy ones nenbew being
e,.cb SORRY scriba y
"Rndel does write badly returned ALI
son with faint HttIe smile ..but I like
his letters better Than Missie,s: there is
one from Miss I.eirh too do Won admire
her bandwriting. Amt Di?p
mo; 1t is too thin and angular" re-
turned Miss Darlington, severely; sit
wants freedom and breadth; it reminds
me too much of Miss Leigh herself"
Il do not think we are any of us very
fond of her." interrupted Alison. II know
she fidgets father dreadfully, and Roger,
too. though he is so good to her"
Roger is good to everyone but him
self responded Miss Darlington but
even he, with all his good nature, has
owned to me that Miss Leigh has very
trying manner You see, Alison, fussy
Leigh has never leisure for anything but
her own worries she is too overweighted
for cheerful conversation if she could
forget Poppie's misdemeanors, and Mis-
sizes pertness, and RudeI's roughness,
and the servants failures for about half
an hour at a time, | could quite fancy
Miss Leigh a pleasing companion; but
now let me hear her letter"
1T is dreadfuIly long" sighed Alison,
as she reluctantly obeyed 1t was evil
dent that she wished Miss Darlington to
read the letters for herself, but Aunt
Diana held a different opinion
NV dear Alison ,, If hogan 81 am
afraid that INV weekly account will he
IittIe more cheering than tba last. in
daad am arriving SLOWLY st +ba con.
viction that. nnIess some change be made
in the household arrangements shan
he comneIled however reluctantly 70 ra-
sion nv most
..Hnn,bi tbat lacks bodp from ,rss
Darlington.
II have done all can in representing
to your father the mischief that must
result from his injudfcious treatment of
Mabel: she is becoming so thoroughly
spoiled, so entirely her own mistress, that
no amount of reasoning has any effect
upon her. do not wish to lay any I'M
due stress on her behavior to myself;
but her treatment of Mr.. Roger. and the
bad example that she sets to Poppie, not
to mention the constant pickering that is
always going on beween her and Rudel
are quite destroying the harmony of the
You may imagine, my dear
Alison, how trying all this is to a person
of my sensitive temperament.
"I-always said it was black day for
us when Miss Darlington took you away
from The HoIms. With all due Difference
to your aunt,s benevolence and good feel |
ings, | can not help thinking that a |
place is with her widowed |
father. OF course you will talk the |
matter over with your aunt. and perhaps |
Won may be able to assist me to some So |
luton of our difficulties.
PATIENCE LEIGH"
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