The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-01-18

sue ledueu UdCk Oh uer SedC as IL re-
lieved from some form of a great anx-
iety about the departure of that Cap
itaine, the Count de Lasselles.
rs it that you are also friend of
my capitaine?" l demanded, with &
great eagerness of pleasure if it should
be so.
ooh, no, no, indeedr' exclaimed the
beautiful Madam Whitworth Il was
speaking Of my own friend. who might
have taken a Canadian line instead OF
the American. She is so careless about
instructions. Now look. We are be
ginning to wind down into the very
heart of the Harpeth valley, and by
the time you make very tidy that mop
Of hair you have on your head and /
powder my nose We viii be il Hayes
vile to face the general in all of his
glory. Mind, you kiss my hand so he
can see you. want to give him that
sensation in payment of a debt | owe
him. Now, do go and smooth the mop
if it takes a pint Of water to do it.
That New York tailor has turned you
out wonderfully, but even those very
square English tweeds do not entirely
disguise the French cavalier You're
beautiful boy, and the girls in
Hayesville viii eat you up-if the zen
eral ever lets them get q sight of you,
which he probably won't. Now go to
the mopr'
For many years, since the lonely
do 90
err, when my father took me into the
furthest depths of his sad heart and
told me of his exile from the place in
which he had been born and about
the elder brother who had hated my
beautiful mother, who hated all wo-
men, 1 had spent much time erecting
in my mind a statue that would be
the semblance of that wicked and
cruel uncle. I had taken every dis
agreeable feature of face and body
that l had beheld in another human or
in a picture or had read of in the tales
Of that remarkable Mr. Dickens, who
could so paint in words a monstrous
person to come when the lights are
out to haunt the darkness, and had
carefully patched them one upon an
other so as to make them into an ideal
of an old uncle of great wickedness.
On that very ship itself l had beheld
man, who came upon the lower deck
from the engine who had but one eye
and Il great scar where that other eye
should have been placed. Immediate
" my image of the General Robert
CGrruthers lost one Of the wicked eyes
| had given him from out the head Of
the stepfather who did so cruelty stare
at the poor young David COppertield
and became man with only one eye
which Sbu heiu the maIeVo-ehce tllal
was hurled ut That small David Ana
with TINS squat crooked eNll llha-e
OF the General Robert Carrulheis Ill
my heart aiishted from the tr;uh
INTO the city OF Ha|esTl'ie' Wiiieh Is
the capital OF the great American state
OF Hafpeth. me piEcE man hau
swung himSelf OF with my bags ana
that OF the belutlIuI Maham MI
worth VINO, with nc, was the IasJ OF
the passengers TO descend from li'1
steps Oh the car.
MY dear Jett.' exclaimed my So
lovely new friend as she raised her
veil for n very seemlY KISS from
tall and quite broad gentleman with
a very wide hat and long muStachloS
that dropped far down with want or
wax that 1t IS the custom to use Tor
their elevation in france, as well
know from my fathers Wrathy re-
marks to his valet II he made TOO
great use II 1t upon rs. And TINS
is General Carruthers nephew who
came down Oh the train with me.
Ny husband, Mr. Carruthers Of Gree
and Bye" with which introduction she
confronted me with the gentleman.
Glad to know you, young man;
glad to know YOU" he answered as
he took my hand and gave it an en-
brace of such vigor that l almost
made outcry. "There's the general
over there looking for you. Come to
see us some time. Come on. Patsy
"Goodby, Mr.. Carruthers. I'll see
you soon" said the beautiful Madam
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