The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-12
ABOUT WIDOW DOW
BY cLARIcE GAINES.

and the income from the half dozen
little cottages had been an addition
to his income. OF course, the prop
erty was sadly out of repair and
great deal of money had been spent
upon it, still the agent had made
many complaints about dissatisfied
tenants.
Jay reread the letter.
About this Widow Dow said the
agent, "she lives in the last cottage
at the very edge of the woods, and
she says that some of the trees should
be cut down because the shade makes
her place damp. l tell you she ought
not to make complaints when she is
behind with her rent
"Pshaw!" muttered Jay, thrusting |
the letter into his pocket. I'll run |
down there myself and have it out |
with Mrs. Dow"
The next day. quite unknown to
Agent Green. Jay Dickson aighted |
from the train at the Dorilton sta
ton and took a short cut through the
woods to reach his property
He was not prepared for the huge
black woman who waddled across the
garden with heavy foot Her woolly
hair was tied up in a snowy turban
and her white gown was immaculate.
Are you Mrs. Dow?" asked Jay.
The woman looked at him shrewdly.
Il am Armada Dow she admitted.
"Mr. Green wrote to me about you,
Mrs. Dow; he said you wanted some
trees cut down. I will see him about
the matter
Jay, puzzled at finding his agent
had rented one of the cottages to
other than white people, pursued his
way through the street toward the
agents Office. Near his destination
he was just in time to snatch a young
woman from under the wheels Of
racing automobile.
AS it was, they were both flung
against the curbstone, and the young
woman lay pale and white against
| Jays arm.
'Tll show you,' volunteered a
woman, and she led the way toward
| Jays row of cottages.
She passed them all until she came
to the last one, the abode of the
/ WIDOW LOW.
4 will go inside with you The
doctor is on his way now" she said,
as she opened the gate.
| Armada Dow met them in the porch,
and she took the slender, unconscious
form in her arms and bore her up
stairs, where the village doctor ar
rived in few moments.
II
in the little garden, could not rid
his mind of that lovely face which had
lain against his shoulder 1t was a
pale, spiritueIle face, framed in rich,
red hair that grew low on her fore
head. The lashes that lay on her
creamy cheek were thick and dark
and curling. What color were her
eyes?
What allied him, anyway? he asked
himself fiercely. Never before had he
cared about the color of women's
eyes!
The doctor came down and spoke t.
him.
Her arm is broken" he said
It's her working ARM" shifted
Armada, as she went out.
: Mrs. Dow is an artist" explained
; the doctor in low tone. She's beer
having hard shedding, understand
and l guess losing the use of he
right hand for many weeks won't hell
any"
Il am Jay Dickson, the owner o
these cottages. / came down to Sc,
Mrs. Dow" explained Jay, feeling un
; reasonably elated because his divinit,
was the Widow Dow--and free!
Strangely contented at the outcom
of affairs, this most impractical @
landlords proceeded to visit his othe
tenants in the row, and with then
planned to make such improvement
in the cottages and grounds as woul
Justify a change i'll the name Of tn
place.
In the course of time it was trans
formed into Rose Terrace, and it wa
due to the good taste of the Widov
: Dow, who acted as Jays adviser i
the matter of improvements. Durin
her convalescence the Widow Do
went to drive in Jays big automobile
Z while Armada sat, a mountain {
swelling pride, in the tonneau.
= Green, the agent, was pleasant
shocked to receive a generous chez
. when his employer was married. H
: never really knew what it was TO
: but Jay explained to his lovely bride
IF it hadn't been for Green's con
planning letter I'd never have gon
down to see the Widow Dow-an
: some other chap might have won he
first
: But the widow only laughed in he
: delightful way.
: There couldn't possibly have bee
any other chap" she said, for ther
is only one you, you know"
/ And Jay Dickson was supremel
contented with this very lucid e
PLANTATION,