The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
ELMHURST
BY RUBY RIDLEY.

probably used to city ways and thinrs
suppose she should be stuck ND and
carry her nose In the air. No. I can't
believe that any child Of Laura's could
De like that. Yet I've always believed
mat city-bred children were always
more or less stuck up" Matilda stop
PED. only because she had to. BY the
ume she got her breath again her hus-
oand was speaking.
feon. Aatty. Ysu amt going -
tlnk that Of little Violet. cause I
ant going TO let You. Did you say that
she was coming ThursdayI Well, rn
taks q lsok at the calendar. Why,
tAats tomorrow Yoa'd better start
night In now making some cookies ana
/ Pies while hnish my work IN The
barn. violet Barclay. q Girl Of nine
TEEN. was just the opposite Of what
Aunt Matilda said about being stuck
uA Being In Door health, her mother
haa Seeded 20 send Violet ts her
sunes homo IN the country.
Thursday morning Aawned at last.
and Uncle John harnessed Marie ane
drove her to the little station. AZ
him.
Vislst greeted her pnsis WITH an o.
mssiast1c kiss On either cheek, which
quite took his breath away.
Il fsel better al ready. Uncle John.
she cried n they were driving homo.
Il knew should the minute I rot spt
ef that hot, dusty city,
Three days after hsr arrival vlelst
had donnsd her now farmerstts suit
and started q garden.
Ors day Aunt Matilda asked her n
sAe wouldn't IKE q visit Elmhurst
Why. where's that, auntisr' Violet
aaked.
~oh. it's the most beautiful house
svsr sawt" replied Matilda. There
are eIms all round 4 and-wsll, I
verify believe that should get lost
u It"
once.
whe owns itr' shs asked.
"Gr. Preston used @ own Il but
hss dead now" was he reply. '.Tns
dstsr died here, 90 hs wanted to live
here; no built that hsuse. It's for
sale. furniture and an. I heard 10th
q day that q certain Mr.. n. Roberts
intends to buy It hope he's nice Il
he's going to live tAsrs."
oh, where II q, auntisf It aounds
vsFy interesting. u Il very far from
here1 May 60 this aftsrnoonr'
NE, Violet, II 10 not very far from
mere. thought you'd like to ses II.
4euu md II easy II ysu keep to thls.
road for about one milA.s
That afternoon vielst started. s6s
Tsached the place and found II NOR.
beautiful than Matilda had said r. vss
Violet wandered around under the.
ems Ia ana thsn went toward the house.
4 wonder II they keep the door,
locked, she said to herself. IT SUD-
pose they do. but I'd love to 20 inside.
TO her SURPRISE a. she tried ther
ooor 1t opened. GOdng inside. she
round herself In . largo hall.
IL won't do any harm II do look
lround q little" she said to herself
20 she cautiously opened a door near.
~. seeing nothing very interesting In.
Ms room, she wandered on. All the.
'ooms were luxuricusly furnished.
A1tef while De went upstairx
looking In one Of the rooms she saw
eoroom. She crossed the room "a
nance at herself In the mirror no An.
nx her hair. What she saw. bow-
ssi' was young man lying on the
eo and apparently fast asleep. He
'as dressed In a dark blue suit In
'anuy Violet thought Of the Mr.. Rob
'ts or whom Matilda had SPOKEN.
ne supposed he had arrived TODAY
no. FEELING dred. had lain down.
ana then to hsr horror she found
10 nao to sneezA She started for the
'or' making funny little noises. She
"a Just time to get out Of the room
10 cover her face with her handker-
LEI before she snssssd. She wa.
st beginning to 70 dswh the Stair
uptoe when the door opened and.
man came out laughing.
I suppose I should have told vou
:. ! was not aslssp," he said, but
nearo somebody coming upstairs,
q you can imagine my surprise
en you came In. I thought I'd burst
en- you had to sneess..
Are you Mr.. RobsrtsS' asked VI
{.
I am, and you-r
MISS Barclay" ahs said, smilins.
loon they were talking n II thew
known each other all their livss.
Ifter this they saw each other
IA and 1t was not long before Raiph
ed Violet to share his beautifui
70 with him, and because shs had
'ady begun to love Elmhurst and
Its owner. she did not refuse.
wright, 1918. BY Mcclure Nsvspsnsr,
syndicate.)