Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-18

gentlemeni You cannot afford to miss what will be the greatest opportunity of VOLT lives to secure a variety of valuable antique furniture, rare paint ings and boeks bTie- e-a-brac, carpets and drapeFies. Come, everyone!
 JONATHAN BUELL., Auetieneer,
 Tg consent te such a notice being nailed to every telegraph pole within @ mile and more of her dear old home had cost Sybil Foster many heart ache and more than one sleepless night. The notice to vacate read: At your own convenience" but Sybn Eos ter was enough of a business woman tejsee that those words were simply polite way of saying At oncet"
 Since the death of her father. five years ago. she and her invalid mother, with their faithful housekeeper (Han- nah), had continued to live at the old place. Death claimed Sybirs mother nearly a year ago, leaving Sybn alone, except for the faithful Hannah. Only one sensible course was left to fol- low. and this Sybil had decided to doi dispose of all the old furnishings. ex- cept very few, and secure some sort of position in a neighboring town.
 The day before that set for the auc- ton found Sybil and faithful Hannah down on their knees, polishing and rubbing every piece of furniture till 1t i reflected their own images. It was very necessary that as large a sum as possible be realized from the sale of the various articles, and this fact urged the two workers on.
 We sure have got to make things shine" remarked faithful Hannah in the midst of her rubbing, "'cause them e1,s1rs as eagles when it comes to bargains; | but you just needn't be a-worried Miss Sybil, for if they don't find some l powerful good bargains here tomorrow l then old Hannah's no judge of human nature"
 [ When Clarice Hunter stopped in for | her daily chat she discovered her l friend Sybil lneeling before a beautiful mahogany bureau, crying to herself | and polishing between the spells of 1 crying. A most fUrlorn looking figure l she appeared, and when she spid1 i Clarice fresh sobs shook her frame and she hid her wet face on Clarice's shOul- | der. It was a weak, tjnid voice that | said between the sobs:
 l Its so childHke of me to give way l to my feelings like this, but no one 1 knows how love all the furnishings l of my childhood hOme but especially 1 this bureau, in which mother kept her 1 own personal effects. Why, Clarice, when I open a drawer 1t seems that 1 must see her veil, or gloves, or black lace collar lying just where her dear hands had laid them. Since her death i I've used the bureau for my own trin- lCets, and how can I see it sold?' Sybil arose from her knees and lean l ing both arms on the cherished bu- reau indulged in another long crying spell.
 When Clarice Hunter felt that she could no longer allow Sybil to give way to her grief she gently touched her friends arm and endeayored to com fort Sybil.
 Its very hard, I know said Clar- ice, but what would you do with all this heavy furniture, living in crowded city quarters? So dry your eyes and let's talk of things more cheerful Look at the many gifts you need to feel thankful for: Youth, ambition, not 8
 few accomplishments and a. personal appearance which most young women
 would be proud of.
 For shame on you, SEbil Fosterl' | Clarice Hunter rattled on in this cheery manner till the smiles played in their accustomed places on Sybil's
 countenance.
 To describe Sybil Fosters appear ance. her old friends used but few
 words: "A smile, a kind word and 3
 rose" for Sybil was rarely ever seer
 without a rose in her hair, or her belt
 and more often with whole basket Ot roses on her arm. Her erect carriage
 could not be mistaken for pride, witf
 capital "P" (This was Clarict
 Hunters way of putting it) Always
 neatly gowned with her heavy chest
 nut brown hair coiled low in the bacI 1 of her neck and falling in waves ovel
 a broad, intellectual forehead, earnest
 gray eyes, large nose and mouth, btf
 such a perfect set of white teeth that
 straightway one forgot the largenesf
 of the mouth, and the nose also. II
 this wise Dame Nature had endowed Sybu Foster.
 On the day set for the auction
 crowds began to arrive about o'clocl
 at the Foster place, which had been {
 noted landmark for more than a score
 of years They came in groups O
 threes and fours; some on loot somt
 in carriages, and some in automobiles
 First to arrive was the secondhand
 man, who expected to get something , l for nothing" Sauntering along eaSil7 came the antique furniture man, Wh knows a real antique the instant hi hawklike eyes perceive it.
 , The curiosity seeker who is alway
 on hand in a crowd was there, too Why she came would be hard to eX plain, for she ''could buy if she would and wouldn't buy if she could" Jus
 there perhaps to peer at folks an, things in general, but undoubtedly GU rious to learn if Sybil Foster carrie
 herself as proudly as in. happier days I'll cheat the whole crowd" de clares GIarice Hunter, as she hustle Sybil off to the Hunter place, ava. from the prying eyes of the over
 curious and the comments of the criti 7 cisers. Then. too," Clarice adds, wit | a roguish wink, some of those strang gentlemen might be conceited enoug to think Sybil went with the furnish } ings, and make bid for the heart an hand of the Proud Miss Foster"
 Last, but in no wise of least i'm l portance, to arrive is the auctionee 3 himself. Rowing to this and that ac r Quaintance, Jonathan Buell. elbows hi 3 way through the crowd and mounts
 large box which had been placed in tn center of the spacious hall, thus en
 abling the auctioneer to command tn 2 best view of the people As he stand
 on the box, looking the crowd ovel l let's take a look at him. Tall an
 decidedly lean, all arms and legs, h i appeared T need them in my busi
 ness," he often remarked, piercin black eyes, set into q long, thin fact s whose eornteHanee was capable c s looking as black as a thunder cloud c & as bright as a sunbeam, just as tn [ occasion demanded. Thus briefly hay e we the makeup of Jonathan Buell., que
 uuneer.
 f The crowd is all attention, for in
 auetieneeTs deep bass voice is say
 ing: Ladies and gentlemen; I recl16 3 article for sale from the great book . case in wonder coPHeF to this delieat d vase which hold in my hand :. New to busnessl" Holding up til Il vase, he proceeds; Here I have be
 au-i-fui blue china vase, sound as