The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-10-22

e hs''My dear. may ilahelp you 70 an
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4 f''Thank you. mo. Josiah.sI have .
full sufilciencyr p.trcuum. .nisg.dll
Theffirst speaker turned again to
their guest. Rev, Mr.. Robert Duncan.
who had come to take charge, for two
!. months of the little church IN the
western village OF and who was
Being entertained by the Rawiins Tor
Z the MIST tif1eI' $40 poirss1l a1ay,
did you hear that Miranda Spear.
our deacon's wife. fell today on the ice
: and broke her limb Piss /. ,f,o-s,,ff, !.
asked, the preacher, y, did
notrai Then he asked, with q certain
vagueness Of sympathy pardonabls
from the fact he had not met the un-
fortunate lady, WAS It an arm or a
leg? IN s"s'Ah' no .goad5sil' ~
A tethered giggie here broke loose
from Sulalia, the only other, one at
the table, nand'a nlece Of the hostess
who, in default of other relatives, had
undertaken to- i"raise,g her. To ,''sup.!
press" her would have been O truer
statement Of the case. ,,i,.a =.
q Mr. Duncan. with q responsive twin
kle IN his eye, for the first time really
noticed the girl. What a. rldicHlous
looking little creature she was, amy
way. with her freckled faces Irish nose,
and two black piaits Of hair braided 50
tightly they stood out from behind
her ears and curled w, at the ends. 30
After the stilted meal was over, and
iEulalia, Notwithstanding her fourteen
years, sent at once to- bed. Mrs. Raw,
Inns volunteered some Information re-.
garding her troublesome Charge Her
poor romantic sister. II appeared, had
sdisgraced' the family by, clipping WITH
AN Irish comedian, with, whom. Mrs:
SRawllns was sunwilhngly bound to ADJ
INIT she, was not actually unhappy.
evenfithoughl suohu,a marriage did
shorten her life, i The husband, too,
died, aapd for, three. years their one
child had been living with them Here
Mrs, Rawlins folded her hands piousiy
and expressed the hope the good Lord
would not hold her responsible, Iat'
Yeast not altogether. for the miserable
failure she bad thus far made of
things; that at least he would give,
her credit for having in her poor way
tried to do her humble best, ...,
ia, Mr., Duncan, who was a very I'm
conventional parson, was Just about
TO give utterance to most conven-
tional remark. when q crash was heard
from the floor above. e.f3n q ls.
"ft's some Of that crazy stage seen,
cry. Euly's been rigging up in the loft.
I'd better go up and see II she aint
buried under II. She don't always 90
TO bed when she's sent-'u,
~ With an air, of resignation, turning
TO one Of Indignation when we'll out Of
sight. Mrs Rawlins sailed on disclaim-
Ing any help from the men. who Of
fered to accompany her. nasl
Mr.. Rawlins half took HIS niece's
part, SHES smart, that girl, in spite
of her nonsense" he-said to MIR. Dun
can. "And she'd have the gumption.
every time, to pour sand down rat
hole.' Now that bis wife was out Of
hearing as WELL, Josiah Rawlins felt
he could speak naturally again.
The next time Robert Duncan saw
Eulalia was one afternoon when, re-
turning from visit to Deacon Spear.
he caught a glimpse Of a 1.-THE little
figure dancing down the road. Had It
not been for the right-angled pigtails
and stiff gingfam apron he. would
have thought her a. veritable wood
nymph, such was her grace. The girl
stopped In pleased surprise, but
swinging her books around from her
shoulder she found two or three had
slipped the strap. ,..
Il suppose ri have to ind them"
che said, ruefuily. Dsil4S Ai'i
Then sudden impulse seized her.
she said. I'll show you
how to dance" She took the preach
er's hand. He was very nimble-still
very young--and before he knew It he
had fallen in with Eulalia's steps and
the two were skipping along the road
to a distinctly frivolous and very i've
ly tune. 5,NN. t}ip@
Duncan was enjoying himself I'm
mensely, but nc was glad few yards
brought the books to view. Had any
ono happened along the position would
have beensa dificult. one to explain
away. They came to . sudden halt,
both laughing heartily. the man more
90 than he had done since he LETT col |
lege. Then. with remembrances to, ]
the Rawlins, he parted With Eulaiia i
On the. way to the house where he
was staying Robert Duncan Thought
about the little sitf. He VIZ wasting |
no sympathy now On EuIaliap--a pres
emit she did not need h. She was like |
. rubber bail. 1.-the, more force with |
whiohtft wss thrown The, greater the
rebound n she WAS not allowed TO
sing and dance and laugh IN the
house ,she could 60 ont Into the sun
shine. But When EoiaiiH Ifew ! little |
older Where would BE- found the sifsc-
tionatH wisdom II6Sded 10 Guide this
evidently ~Ilful soul = Not IN the I'm.
clt. who wa1 chiefly Interested In ihit.l
niecs's precocious cleverness. nor IN |
tho aunt with her ridiculously Affected |
vpys and narrow religious Views.
The two u0onfhnt Wof6 fn0v. M and |,