Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

me like this and know that is Martha Carpenter
know her knock There Marie does it show" Sic
continued after Marie had given her the powder puff
A second and more vigorous knock sounded at the
door.
The mother held to her daughters dress until she
received a satisfactory answer to the powder, be-
fore leaning back in her chair greet with becoming
formalit.' the expected neighbor.
Marie threw open the door rather abr1.tlv because
of the delay only to encounter a strange young man.
who seemed rather confused for the moment at the
freshness and beauty of the young girl and the sud-
denness with which she appeared
After brief embarrassing silence, Marie, with
half concealed smile, bowed her head slightly and
said, " Did you wish something's
Il am looking for Mrs Ingram
Il am Miss Ingram. My mother is at home.
Won't you in?' and the next instant Jimmy
Fox, hat in hand, was talking rapidly, his remarks
directed to the lavender lady.
You will pardon my intrusion, said the young
man; but was directed here by some ladies down
the street. 1t was my last chance
:" Your last chance?" echoed Marie, who stood at
her mothers side.
Yes. You see have been looking for an elderly
lady, first Margaret last name unknown
who sometimes called the lavender lady, who
had sister Marie living in New York, and is
supposed to live in Westfeld. Fox stopped to take
breath
Marie, Marie!" gasped the old lady: " He means
1t is my sister Marie my name is Margaret. and
am the lavender lady,, and she stared at the young
bewidered
You see, Mrs. Ingram" said Jimmy Fox with
tone Of apology int the last two months have
States trying find you; that is trying to find
the lavender lady first Margaret, whose sister
Marie lived in New York. In New Jersey, out in
Western New York, in Connecticut everywhere but
here in Westfeld Vermont, they laughed at me
when l spoke of the lavender lady. ! guess they
thought was crazy. But as soon as landed from
the train here felt sure had found you. The
first woman met down the street said the lavender
lady was surely Mrs. Ingram"
Yes. young gentleman broke IN Mrs Ingram
THEN Jimmy Fox very gently and quietly told
her of the death of her sister Marie. He related
how Sargent senior, attorney for Marie Passavant,
had been called suddenly to witness her will; she
having previously drawn up rough memoranda of
the document, and signed it. how the attorney had
arrived only to find her unconscious, and how
physicians had been sent for and finally how she
had died during the night without recovering
seriousness.
ION the table by her bedside" continued the
young man. Mr. Sargent found the draft of her will
She had mentioned her sister Margaret and her niece
Marie but by strange oversight had not given your
last your exact place of residence. AS
remember the will it read about like this: 1 be-
queath to my beloved sister Margaret whose friends
delight in calling her the lavender lady, and my dear
godchid Marie both of West6eld-'
And here she had stopped went on Jimmy Fox.
evidently intending to write in the next few lines of
the provisions of the will and the value of her estate
but down at the bottom of the sheet she had signed
her name in full"
Poor dear Marie" sobbed the lavender LADY,
Then Fox told the mother and daughter that Sar-
gent senior had been appointed administrator of
the estate, and that every effort had been made to
find the sister Margaret.
And there were so many Westfeldsl'' he said.
why, in the postal guide found there
Westfeld in almost every State, and after l had
visited the four Westfeds nearest New York it be-
not. Luckily all the Westfelds small towns.
You see, the name Margaret meant nothing at all,
after We found the right Westfeld; but the
lavender lady, Mrs. Ingram, that really
thing worth while something to work
OF course, " continued Fox your sisters friends
in New York had often heard her speak of a sister
Marc hit he had tfe1d