The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-07-23
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...s.'..scafe S'"''''' ,,,.
o's :, Miss Hesketh ir's'dly'
!. I 'sDn h winter cool IN IN
I y y alrays quiet Inc VIZ"
No. !, that the view Of
s.slsR as's Inn that crept towards
= would be ,,., Ideal ada y" that 'l'a the
Fsrc'''e s,srIooked kitchen gar
"a ,s,rII"ned trees Of the PA sra,
be all'i'D ne village beyond
,''s he Ie' turned to Miss Hes
pi's ~
:. . ouIet place, simple
W.. !, NJ, meals served IN my room
rl's' about all his PLAN race
ldn !, = oIeasant smile, Il am
alo ~ he added, "and ! may
r' l.te at night. OF course
Y rbarge for the eN'r" -
,eul' % Elf M at all
l \. aas a great student--yon
n ne "' bis fnvor,te .I lamp, !, .mi y"%
a. thIs concession To the
'ar nastp she had dreaded to
~ ~ aid house with Us FAD
W III and It's many evidences
. ~ @a,s. But failing fortunes
,n her to this extremily-no
a ,.,sl to buy the place and she
Dp,' ,ad hat her knowledge Of
F~ ',Sloe combined with the
J s.0,,r,,s of the place should
NJ, lIvIns for herself and Arch'-
ddld, ,,.ot, d,rl,.
II At twenty, was the s'lbdtled
'.,.o of the stern, elderly aunt,
,,.si..tb had secretly mar
sssutiful dancer who had given
|. aun life for wee little Amabel.
s.u brought the baby home TO
'rraed elder sister and later had
II At sea. 50 Lydia Hesketh,
,srsr wanted, a husband or a
/ IN Of her narrow life, found
\ n middle age with a child to
n 10 womanhood. Is 1t any
Il that Amabel was strangely
ind restrained! She had few
A enpanlons and her education
M undertaken by Miss Hesketh,
Az flere was the brown old IL
1, Am IN summer, coy In win
I'd log fires and hundreds of
and occasionally old friends
NM ii for tea, or there would
h,aar at the church. No won
! % Girls dark gray eyes were
y pools rejecting only the flame
xhsss and sunsets.
N little niece will wait upon you.
thuss laxative child and l am
X will not annoy you" con-
Miss Hesketh after the Pc
y matters had been arranged.
Nd found Marshall most lib
h 10 terms, and when he moved
nn into the south room on the
door she went downstairs In
tlthen, humming a weird little
NJ minor key. Things looked
idsht. indeed, for the old house.
III was In the kitchen hulling
Fkrries. She looked up and
" d Miss Hesketh entered, and
\ Amabel smiled all the gravity
Mn. there was mirth in eyes that
NJ lips that curved deliciously,
~ IN the creamy cheeks.
rAght Of this loveliness Lydia Hes
vas panlc-stricken. Whenever
M frightened or Disconnected
Immediately became very iras-
You must not smile like that
y Marshall, child-you are so
" looking he might think you
Tying to fllrt with him. / be-
should walt upon him myself"
xSFs face sobered. For the firwt
ne realized that she had an OBJ
while unrlly face; she had al
nought most approvingly of her
F1en IN the dim old mirrors, for
y her own playmate for many
Why couldn't | wear one Of
a~ys frilled caps, Aunt LYDIA?
n not frivolous. Hepsy left.
y them when she went away
@ are clean and starched. In
n PRESS She ran and fetched
~ Mpped II over her dark hair.
would have suspected that the
a~ under the quaint starched
Wy cap was that of a girl in her
WIN her small stature and
an Amabel looked like a child
= grandmother"
a'ent,' pronounced Miss Hes
Now, there Is no reason why
4s'd not carry his meals I'D
.a'e ! attend to the other
out Marshall elected to eat
= ihe gloomy dining room and
ranced at the funny little
.alfed upon him every day.
y read while he ate. which
10Y, but Amabel and her
proved. So. money came
house and the old wom-
young one rejoiced in the
~; they still cultivated
~ beds aud the small
pace and made and sold