Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-21
Observation-Disclosures
ELMHURST
BY RUBY RIDLEY.
Observation-Disclosures:

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viii be here next THURSDAY aanas @
! If she will like the coua,ry y
probably used TO city WAYS and ,h,as
Suppose she should be stuck an -
carry her nose in the air. H. .-~
believe that any child OF Iau-.,,s oa ,1
be like that. Yet I've AWAY, t-liasa,
that city-bred children were a,r.s.
more or less stuck up" Matilda s,,n
ped, only because she had to a. Il.
time She got her breath again bs, ha"
band was speaking.
Pooh, Marty. You alnt -s., :.
think that OF little Violet. 1,gs. :
amt going to let you. DID sou .ar tb.,
she was coming Thursday. Wan IN
take a look at the Calendar. Wbv
that's tomorrow You'd better sg,,
right in now making some cookies ana
pies. while finish ms aar5 +, Is
barn. Violet Barclay. a .irl of ooa
teen. was just the opposite Of ub,,
Aunt Matilda said about being stuck
up. Being in poor health her mofbq,
had decided TO send Violet 10 her
aunt's home in the country.
Thursday morning dawned a- las
and Uncle John harneSSed Maggie and
drove her TO the little station At
last he spied Violet coming towards
him.
Violet greeted her uncle with an en-.
thusiastic kiss on either cheek. which
quite took his breath away.
II feel better all ready. Uncle John
she cried as they were driving home.
Il knew should the minute got cut
of that hot, dusty city"
Three days after her arrival yiale.
had donned her new farmerette suit
and started garden.
One day Aunt Matilda asked her Il
she wouldn't like to visit EHuhur,t
why. where's that auntie:" Violet
asked.
"Oh. it's the most heautifal house
ever saw" replied Matilda There
are elns all round it and-wel
verify believe that l should get lost
In it,"
This aroused violets curiosity at
once.
WHO owns it," she asked
mir. Preston used 10 OWE il Int
he's dead now" vas the reply. "The
sister died mere. 50 he wanted 10 live
here; he built that house rs for
sale. furniture and all. | heard 10th
er day that a certain Nh H. Roberts
intends to huy it. I hope he's nice
he's going to live there
ooh. where is it, auntie? II sounds
very interesting. Is 1t very far from
here? May 90 this afternoon?
NO. Violet. it is not very far from
here. I thought you'd like TO see IT,
You'n find 1t easy II you keep TO tbs
road for about one mile.
That afternoon Violet started. Sne
reached the place and found il more
beautiful than Matilda had said II wax
Violet wandered around under me
elms and then Went toward the house
II wonder if they Keep the doors
| locked" she said 70 herself Il sup
| pose they do, hut I'll love 70 20 inside
To her surprise. as she tried tue
door it opened. Going inside, she
found herself in large hall.
at won't do any harm if 90 o,s
around a little" size said TO heFSf"'
so she cautiously opened door Dea''
by. Seeing nothing very interesting u
his room. she wandered on. All 'F
rooms were luxuricnsly furnished
After a while she went upS'a"N
Looking in one Of the rooms she NJ"
bedroom. She crossed the room
glance at herself in the mirror - a.
~ fix her hair. What she saw. cow
ever was young man lying on NV
bed and apparently fast asleep Nv
was dressed in a dark blue sui
stantlv Violet thought of the MI h0v
erts of whom Matilda had spo@'D
She supposed he had aTu'po 'V'''
and, feeling tired, had lain down
And then TO her horror she your.
she had 10 sneeze. She started I'' s w..
door. making funny little noises '1
had inst time to get out Of me t"'a
and cover her face with her iHuoN''
chief before she sneezed. She WIN
lust beginning to go down Inc ''a .5
on tiptoe when the door opened '''
tbe man came out laughing.
II suppose l should have ''.' .3,ot
that I was not asleep" BE- >a'" w
heard somebody coming aI'>.a@
and Won can imagine my ,aF p.,,t
when YOU came in / Thought 49,
when you had to sneeze. Il II.
Are you Mr.. RobertsT' asked
olet.
II am. and you wing
Miss Barclay" She said. ST .-.r
soon they we're TALKING a. IVES
had known each other a'' ''.' .-Asr
'' after this they saw eae' r ,
oft A,'t and Il was nor lon- before l. .sa
aszed Violet to share bis he'd
home with him. and because ~. Ia
alresdv begun to love E.a'..,
also ifs owner she dill 10. ...r
downright. 19l& by Mcclure
'o'l'' syndicate
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