Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-02-20

for dcIiVCrancr from battle. murder
and sudden death rauuot hr too strong,
~ expressed Tor me. My answer had.
however, pleased Miss Octavia, and she
clappcd her hands With pleasure.
'CCviliN,' she cried "Somcthing told
me that afternoon nj the ASolando that
my belief in the poteutial seven WAS
not i'll placed. aud NOW you see that in
tntrodurtug myself IL Nr AmrS nj the
seventh shop FROM Fifth avenue. was
led to n meeting with n gentleman |
had been predrStiucd to know.
AS we talked further Il servant ap-
pcared and laid fresh logs across the
stu SmodCriUG fire This thought
would suggest to Miss uolliStcr the
professional character of my visit, hut
the fire kindlcd readily the smoke rose
freely in the tue, and Miss Nollistrr
paid no attention To it The merits OF
chain armor. think il WAS that held
us for half an hour Cecilia and lis
tcuiug with respect to what, in my is
norauce, seemed a remarkable fund ot
N'AN'N N'ASN wv 'AAAFN w N'N''N' NN''NNN y
1--WE dine at !, Mr.. AmeS aud YOU
may amuSc Yourself as you like until
that hour. Cecilia, You may order din
ncr in the gun room tonight"
"CcrtaiulN. Aunt OvtaNia."
Once more | glaurtH at the girl, hop
iuG that ~ome simmer in her eyes
would set me right and establish com
tween us, but she was moving out uf
the room at her aunt's side. The man
who had tended the fire met me in the
hall and conducting me to my room
suggested various offices that he was
ready to perform tor my comfort The
house faced south, and my windows,
midway of the east wing afforded
fine view Of the hills The room was
large enough for Il chamber of state,
and its furniture was massive. 4 four
poster invited to luxurious repose; half
Il dozen ctchings 10y famous artists
Parrish and Van Elten among them
hung upon the wallis,
My bag had been opened and my
things put out. So that, there being
more than an hour to pass before
need dress for dinner. | went below
and explored the garden and wandered
OFF along II winding path that stole
with charming turtiveuess toward n
venerable orchard OF gnarlcd apple
trees, From the height thus gained
looked down upon the house, and
caught n glimpse beyond II of one Of
the chain OF lakes, on which the west,
ern sun gIinted godenly. Thus seeing
the house from Il new angle ! was i'm.
pressed rs had not been at first by
its size. 1t was huge establishment,
and thought with envy of pcpperton
to whom such ample commissions were
not rare. Pepperton, recalled little
bitterly, had arrived, whereas |, who
had enjoyed exactly his own training
for the architects profession, had fail
ed ut it and been Obliged to turn my
hand to the doctorng OF chimneys.
But as | reflected upon the odd cir
cumstances Of my being there my spir-
its rose. Miss HOLSTER was beyond
question n singular person, but her
whims We're amusing. | felt that she
was less cryptic than her nelce and
the thought of Cecilia drove me back
upon Jewett's story Of Virgins inter
est In that quarter. resolved to write
to Virgins when | got back to town
the next day and abuse him roundly
for running Off without 40 much as
goodby. That, most emphatically, was
not like dear old Virgins.
Continued In next week X issue.l